Friday, May 19, 2017

Let's All Dump Chrome Together

This week, we learned that Chrome is a garbage browser, cars have gotten a lot safer and MP3s are a dying breed.
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WHAT WE LEARNED THIS WEEK
You Should Be Using Opera Instead Of Chrome, And Other Facts
digg.com
This week, we learned that Chrome is a garbage browser, cars have gotten a lot safer and MP3s are a dying breed.
HASHTAG LIFE
An Oral History Of The #Hashtag
wired.com
Whether you first knew # as a number sign, the pound symbol or a tic-tac-toe board, its incarnation as the hashtag has changed language for millions.
1977 WAS A GOOD YEAR
The Biggest Movie From The Year You Were Born
thrillist.com
Your entire birth year deserves a symbolic movie, too, the BIGGEST film from a 12-month window that surely says something about where you've come from, and who you've become.
SHE CLICKED SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO
Lost In The Digital Swamp, Link By Link
nytimes.com
Clicking "Around The Web" links feels like taking a tour through the internet's id — each grotesque screenshot and gender stereotype that manages to override our thinking brains and reduce us to pure click monsters.
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DARK ENTERTAINMENT
THE WEIRD KIND OF ESCAPISM
Why America Desperately Needs The 'Twin Peaks' Revival Right Now
theweek.com
In the Black Lodge of the Trump years, we need Agent Cooper's resilient humanity.
IT'S XENOMORPHIN' TIME
What The Reviews Have To Say About 'Alien: Covenant'
digg.com
It's a sequel to "Prometheus," a prequel to "Alien," and there's plenty of face-hugging, flesh-bursting and bloody messes to go around. Here's what the reviews have to say.
THIS COULD BE UTERUS BUT YOU PLAYING
Could 'The Handmaid's Tale' Actually Happen?
theatlantic.com
We're a long way from Gilead, praise be, but pollution can hurt fertility.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
WHO IS SHE?
Little Boy Completely And Utterly Transfixed By Little Girl During Playtime
digg.com
He's got his mom, he's got a kiddie shopping cart, he's got some Oreos. But the only thing that has got his attention is a new arrival.
IN THE NEWS
Sweden Drops Assange Prosecution But British Police Say He Still Faces Arrest
Anthony Weiner Expected To Plead Guilty To Transferring Obscene Material To A Minor
Comey Pushed Trump Away After Repeated Personal Inquiries About Investigation, And Other Trump News From Today
FBI Once Warned GOP Congressman That Russian Spies Were Recruiting Him
House Oversight Chair Jason Chaffetz Resigns — Here's What You Need To Know
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It's Friday! You made it to the end of the longest news week in history.