Google is burying the web alive(nymag.com)

111 points by doener 1 year ago | 84 comments

Prince's special custom-font symbol floppy disks (2016)(nymag.com)

38 points by arbesman 1 year ago | 15 comments

The Christians Who Believe Empathy Is a Sin(nymag.com)

8 points by tastyface 1 year ago | 2 comments

The AI-Scraping Free-for-All Is Coming to an End(nymag.com)

33 points by geox 1 year ago | 24 comments

Frankenstein's Sheep(nymag.com)

11 points by domofutu 1 year ago | 2 comments

Everyone Is Cheating Their Way Through College(nymag.com)

44 points by jsheard 1 year ago | 39 comments

New York City to ban deceptive subscription practices(theguardian.com)

583 points by randycupertino 3 months ago | 295 comments

Guardian article reporting New York City will become the first US city to ban deceptive subscription practices and junk fees under a rule from the Mamdani administration.

Why banks are suddenly closing down customer accounts(nytimes.com)

455 points by ljosa 3 years ago | 653 comments

New York Times article explaining why banks are abruptly closing individual and small-business customer accounts, leaving people unable to pay rent and bills.

New York may ban noncompete employment agreements and Wall Street is not happy(fortune.com)

504 points by pg_1234 2 years ago | 308 comments

Fortune/AP article on a New York bill to ban noncompete employment agreements, awaiting Gov. Kathy Hochul's decision, and opposition from Wall Street firms.

Private equity is buying everything from vet offices to tech conglomerates(theverge.com)

482 points by Brajeshwar 3 years ago | 312 comments

A Verge Decoder interview with prosecutor Brendan Ballou on how private equity buys companies from vet offices to tech firms, why the system is broken, and fixes.

IRS to begin trial of its own free tax-filing system(nytimes.com)

606 points by thelastgallon 2 years ago | 261 comments

New York Times article about the IRS beginning a pilot of its own free online tax-filing system; the capture shows a CAPTCHA page.

Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow(freedom.press)

380 points by healsdata 1 year ago | 54 comments

Freedom of the Press Foundation article praising Wired for removing paywalls on FOIA-based reporting and urging other outlets to do the same.