Slashdot: Lost Languages Discovered in One of the World’s Oldest Continuously Run Libraries

Lost Languages Discovered in One of the World’s Oldest Continuously Run Libraries Published on September 06, 2017 at 04:00PM Saint Catherine’s Monastery, a sacred Christian site nestled in the shadow of Mount Sinai, is home to one of the world’s oldest continuously used libraries. Thousands […]

Yes, Google Uses Its Power to Quash Ideas It Doesn’t Like—I Know Because It Happened to Me – After exposing Google’s abuse of their search engine to force Google+ buttons on websites, Google forced Forbes to remove the article and quickly scrubbed the search results for the article from the web. via /r/technology

Yes, Google Uses Its Power to Quash Ideas It Doesn’t Like—I Know Because It Happened to Me – After exposing Google’s abuse of their search engine to force Google+ buttons on websites, Google forced Forbes to remove the article and quickly scrubbed the search results […]

Scribd offers an ‘Essential Student Bundle’, including an NYT subscription, for $1.87 per week

Scribd is giving college and graduate students access to its library of digital content, plus a subscription to The New York Times, at what it says is a 40 percent discount. CEO Trip Adler told me students already make up a significant portion of the […]

The Best and Worst Countries to Live and Work In, According to Expats

The reputations of the U.S. and U.K. as good places to live and work are in free fall among some of the world’s most mobile and cosmopolitan people. Since last year’s presidential and Brexit votes, both the U.S. and Britain are perceived as less friendly to foreigners and […]