The Verge
Apple's Smart Glasses Strategy: 'Please Don't Accuse Us of Being Creepy'
Apple's smart glasses won't be creepy, promise - they're just taking three years to ensure they don't accidentally become a surveillance tool.
The Verge
Pitchfork
Michael Stipe Drops New Song Where You Definitely Won't Find It (Unless You Know Where to Look)
Michael Stipe releases new song on obscure art website, because why make it easy for fans?
ScienceDaily
Inbred Snakes on Guam: Actually More Genetically Flexible Than We Thought, Which Is Bad News for Electrical Grids
Brown tree snakes in Guam have far more genetic variation than expected, thanks to hidden structural variants that helped them survive inbreeding and conquer the island - bad news for power lines, but maybe good news for endangered species.
The Guardian Europe
Force of Nature Review: Climate Crisis Gets the Disaster Movie Treatment, Complete with Anxious Owls and 'Cluster Bombs of Tornadoes'
In which owls become anxious viscounts and tornadoes are 'cluster bombs' - a nature show turns the climate crisis into a spectacle, and subtlety is the first casualty.
The Good Times
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