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How WhatsApp became the world's default communication app, including as a political propaganda tool, a business tool, and a private social network (Pranav Dixit/Engadget)
https://www.engadget.com/how-whatsapp-became-the-worlds-d…

How WhatsApp became the world’s default communication app | Engadget
Fifteen years after it was created, the messaging app runs the world..

How did Ukraine lose Avdiivka? Russian tactics explained: https://benborges.xyz/2024/03/01/how-did-ukraine.html

👻 How insurance companies fill their networks with 'ghost' therapists
https://www.metafilter.com/202275/How-insurance-companies-fill-their-networks-with-ghost-therapists

How insurance companies fill their networks with ‘ghost’ therapists
If you’ve tried to find a therapist recently who fits your specific needs, takes your insurance and has an immediate opening, you already know it can be as rare as an orca spotting. But just how...

Listened to a #Freakonomics #podcast https://freakonomics.com/podcast/how-to-…

How to Pave the Road to Hell - Freakonomics
How to Pave the Road to Hell - Freakonomics

How the Village Voice Met Its Moment | The New Yorker https://www.newyorker.com/books/under-review/how-the-village-voice-met-its-moment

How the Village Voice Met Its Moment
Michelle Orange reviews “The Freaks Came Out to Write,” Tricia Romano’s oral history of the Village Voice and its legacy as an alternative newspaper.

How Zelensky became Ukraine's president in 2019: https://benborges.xyz/2024/04/01/how-zelensky-became.html

👻 How insurance companies fill their networks with 'ghost' therapists
https://www.metafilter.com/202275/How-insurance-companies-fill-their-networks-with-ghost-therapists

How insurance companies fill their networks with ‘ghost’ therapists
If you’ve tried to find a therapist recently who fits your specific needs, takes your insurance and has an immediate opening, you already know it can be as rare as an orca spotting. But just how...

How an empty, private AWS S3 bucket had ~100M PUT requests in a day, racking up a substantial bill, due to a popular open source tool using the same bucket name (Maciej Pocwierz)
https://t.co/b2nmYU6Mdt

How an empty S3 bucket can make your AWS bill explode
Imagine you create an empty, private AWS S3 bucket in a region of your preference. What will your AWS bill be the next morning?

@antarcticcenterua How to Record the Song of Whales?: https://benborges.xyz/2024/03/31/antarcticcenterua-how-to.html

A Chinese seller details how he ships civilian electronics, which could be repurposed for military uses, to Russia via distributors and Russian e-commerce sites (Nikkei Asia)
https://t.co/KCp6bGmE6X

How China's ad-hoc tech pipeline fuels Russia's Ukraine war efforts
Civilian electronics, sourced from Chinese e-commerce sellers, find their way to the battlefield