News from last month (2019/08 edition)

LPT: The biggest communication problem is that we don't listen to understand. We listen to reply. When in an argument, put your anger aside and actually try to empathise with the other person, so as to defuse the situation.

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Open source, Projects & Tools

typings.gg is a sleek and modern typing test website. it support many custom themes
Git 2.22 Adds Topology-Preserving, Interactive Rebase
Firefox 68: BigInts, Contrast Checks, and the QuantumBar
Tiles to Curves: Fun With Voronoi Graphs (part 1)
listmonk: Self-hosted newsletter + mailing list manager
Decentraleyes: A web browser extension that emulates Content Delivery Networks to improve your online privacy
Watch a Computer Solve a Virtual Rubik’s Cube the Size of a Skyscraper

Privacy, Digital Rights, Security

It’s not that we’ve failed to rein in Facebook and Google. We’ve not even tried
China Is Forcing Tourists to Install Text-Stealing Malware at its Border
Google workers listen to your “OK Google” queries—one of them leaked recordings
After Microsoft moves its servers back to the USA, German state's privacy commissioner advises schools not to use Office 365
How the biggest decentralized social network is dealing with its Nazi problem
Mitigating Poisoned PGP Certificates
DuckDuckGo Expands Use of Apple Maps for Enhanced Search With the Same Commitment to Privacy
To Break Google’s Monopoly on Search, Make Its Index Public
Facebook Embeds 'Hidden Codes' To Track Who Sees And Shares Your Photos
Microsoft, Google and Apple clouds banned in Germany’s schools
Google bought my friend's face for $5
Your Data Were ‘Anonymized’? These Scientists Can Still Identify You
The Encryption Debate Is Over - Dead At The Hands Of Facebook
Google reveals fistful of flaws in Apple's iMessage app

In French:

L’Allemagne bloque l’accès à Microsoft Office 365 dans ses écoles

Science

Hayabusa2 lands on an asteroid and sends back amazing pictures to prove it
The Blue Marble Shot: Our First Complete Photograph of Earth
Sexual images are just as arousing for women as they are for men
Margaret Hamilton: ‘They worried that the men might rebel. They didn’t’
Apollo 11 As They Shot It
Unhatched Baby Birds Can Amazingly Communicate with Each Other by Vibrating
A Programmer’s Regret: Neglecting Math at University

Various

How to pick a random number from 1-10
Super Mario 64 decompilation
How France’s equivalent of ‘Monty Python and the Holy Grail’ taught me the sweet loneliness of TV in a foreign language
350 Japanese Counters Grouped by Usefulness
Judge a Programming Book by its Cover
Rick and Morty first photos from season 4 revealed
An Animated Map of the Earth
Notre-Dame came far closer to collapsing than people knew. This is how it was saved.
Learn more: What is a Multi-Layer Dictionary?
Use plaintext email
Netflix creates new executive position focused on inclusion and diversity
How to Resist by Matthew Bolton review – protest and thrive
Huge London creates spoof brand guidelines for new PM Boris Johnson
Phones and washing machines must be made to last, MPs say as Government launches inquiry into 'Tsunami' of e-waste
Adblocking: How About Nah?
The Man Who Built The Retweet: “We Handed A Loaded Weapon To 4-Year-Olds”