Gesellschaft
- German power sector: coal and nuclear down, renewables up in 2017
A look back at renewable energies in Germany in 2017 - Dutch agencies provide crucial intel about Russia’s interference in US-elections
Crazy. I didn’t even know the Dutch were involved in Cyber Thingies - The Follower Factory
A detailed investigation by the New York Times on the Twitter bots ecosystem. It can only be by Twitter’s choice to be so reluctant in bot detection; there are so obvious pattern! - The Google Lunar X Prize’s Race to the Moon Is Over. Nobody Won.
Haven’t heard about the X Prize in quite some time. Now I know why.
Umwelt
- 2017 Was One of the Hottest Years on Record. And That Was Without El Niño.
One memorable quote by Rachel Licker from the end of the article: »It’s startling to know there are individuals on the brink of adulthood who have spent their entire lives in a climate that, largely due to human activity, is vastly different from the one their parents experienced growing up«
Technologie
- The Strange Brands in Your Instagram Feed
About digital pop-up stores, re-selling Chinese stuff directly to ad-targeted customers - How we made the microprocessor
The Intel 4004