900-Page Pre-Pantone Guide to Color from 1692 (With Complete High-Res Scan)(openculture.com)

255 points by mdp2021 14 days ago | 44 comments

Open Culture article about a 900-page hand-painted color guide from 1692, a precursor to Pantone, with a link to a complete high-resolution digital scan.

Complete Digitization of Leonardo da Vinci's Codex Atlanticus(openculture.com)

123 points by emmelaich 1 year ago | 39 comments

1,300 Beautiful Wildlife Illustrations from the 19th Century Now Restored(openculture.com)

230 points by gslin 3 months ago | 45 comments

1,700 free online courses from top universities(openculture.com)

185 points by momentmaker 4 months ago | 32 comments

The Met releases high-def 3D scans of 140 famous art objects(openculture.com)

323 points by coloneltcb 7 months ago | 68 comments

Open Culture article reporting that the Metropolitan Museum of Art released high-definition 3D scans of 140 famous art objects, including sarcophagi, paintings and sculptures.

George Orwell Predicted the Rise of "AI Slop" in Nineteen Eighty-Four(openculture.com)

46 points by doener 6 months ago | 32 comments

A brief history of the U.S. trying to add backdoors into encrypted data (2016)(atlasobscura.com)

502 points by whatever3 2 years ago | 174 comments

Atlas Obscura article from 2016 recounting the history of US government attempts, including by the NSA, to insert backdoors into encryption.

Influencers and OnlyFans models are dominating U.S. O-1 visa requests(theguardian.com)

357 points by bookofjoe 9 months ago | 258 comments

Guardian article reporting that social media influencers and OnlyFans models increasingly apply for the US O-1 'extraordinary ability' visa using follower counts.

U.S. investors, Trump close in on TikTok deal with China(wsj.com)

413 points by Mgtyalx 1 year ago | 606 comments

Wall Street Journal article on U.S. investors and the Trump administration nearing a deal with China over TikTok's U.S. operations; page shows a captcha.

US urged to reveal UFO evidence after claim that it has intact alien vehicles(theguardian.com)

485 points by bloak 3 years ago | 869 comments

Guardian news article on calls for the US to disclose UFO evidence after a whistleblower claimed the government holds intact alien vehicles.

U.K. orders Apple to let it spy on users’ encrypted accounts(washingtonpost.com)

642 points by Despegar 1 year ago | 925 comments

Washington Post exclusive reporting that the U.K. secretly ordered Apple to provide blanket access to users' encrypted iCloud backups worldwide.

Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban, but Trump might offer lifeline(cnbc.com)

933 points by kjhughes 1 year ago | 2431 comments

CNBC news article reporting that the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the TikTok ban law, setting the stage for U.S. users to begin losing access on Sunday.