Countries with more gender equality have fewer female STEM grads
http://www.thejournal.ie/gender-equality-countries-stem-girls-3848156-Feb2018/

(submitted by daenz)

Udemy is infringing upon my content [video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7snZrsKdGU

(submitted by vanilla-almond)

Ubuntu will collect data about your system by default, starting with 18.04
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2018-February/040139.html

(submitted by Santosh83)

Why Silicon Valley billionaires are prepping for the apocalypse in New Zealand
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/feb/15/why-silicon-valley-billionaires-are-prepping-for-the-apocalypse-in-new-zealand

(submitted by oldcynic)

The IRS’s Effort to Convert Its Assembly Codebase to Java
https://federalnewsradio.com/tom-temin-commentary/2018/01/irs-clutches-its-modernization-holy-grail/

(submitted by computerlab)

What If GPS Stood for “Galactic Positioning System”?
https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/aerospace/space-flight/what-if-gps-stood-for-galactic-positioning-system

(submitted by charlysl)

Sleep and Mortality: A Population-Based 22-Year Follow-Up Study
https://fermatslibrary.com/s/sleep-and-mortality-a-population-based-22-year-follow-up-study

(submitted by onderkalaci)

Europe’s central banks are starting to replace dollar reserves with the yuan
https://qz.com/1180434/europes-central-banks-are-starting-to-replace-us-dollar-reserves-with-the-chinese-yuan/

(submitted by tosh)

System Bus Radio: Transmits AM radio on computers without radio transmitting HW
https://github.com/fulldecent/system-bus-radio

(submitted by yarapavan)

Starting an ISP is really hard, don’t do it
http://www.slashgeek.net/2016/05/31/starting-isp-really-hard-dont/

(submitted by pavs)

The popularity of Microsoft’s Surface is the least realistic thing on TV
https://theoutline.com/post/2923/the-popularity-of-microsoft-surface-is-the-least-realistic-thing-on-television

(submitted by pmcpinto)

Airbus A380, Once the Future of Aviation, May Cease Production
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/15/business/airbus-a380-emirates.html

(submitted by okket)

In defence of swap: common misconceptions
https://chrisdown.name/2018/01/02/in-defence-of-swap.html

(submitted by c4urself)

Everyday Soviet Nostalgia
https://newrepublic.com/article/145801/everyday-soviet-nostalgia

(submitted by tintinnabula)

Stop encouraging girls to code for a living
http://www.noemi.ro/stop-encouraging-girls-to-code-for-a-living/

(submitted by noemit)

Microsoft cURLs too
https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2018/01/13/microsoft-curls-too/

(submitted by TXCSwe)

False ballistic missile alert spreads panic in Hawaii
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/1/13/16888374/false-ballistic-missile-alert-spreads-panic-in-hawaii

(submitted by ilamont)

FPGA implementation of an 80186 compatible CPU and PC
https://www.jamieiles.com/80186/

(submitted by jamieiles)

SAFE Network: a decentralized data storage and communications network
https://safenetwork.org/

(submitted by lwhsiao)

When Wi-Fi Won't Work, Let Sound Carry Your Data
https://www.wired.com/story/when-wifi-wont-work-let-sound-carry-your-data

(submitted by katiey)