The Donbass region has been convulsed by civil war since 2014, yet many residents refuse to evacuate. https://media.wired.com/photos/5bc4c8dd2b915f2dff96d73e/master/pass/01-Donbass-20170328.jpg
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New software helps uncover Mafia crime masked as ordinary business
The code breaks the silence FOR an inkling of how hard it is for Italian authorities to identify Mafia activity, consider how mobsters disguise the pizzo, or protection payments, they extort. The owner of a business may find that customers have been scared off by a menacing stranger. Within days a mysterious man visits. He […]
Royal Baby: This is why Kate Middleton would NEVER give birth at ‘ordinary’ NHS hospital
The royal baby due date is getting closer, as Kate Middleton, 36, prepares to give birth to her third child with Prince William, 35, at the Lindo Wing of St. Mary’s Hospital in Paddington. The Duchess of Cambridge is receiving private maternity treatment for the birth process, as she did with Prince George and Princess […]
Trailer Round-Up: ‘Nightflyers’, ‘Wildling’, ‘The Last O.G.’, ‘An Ordinary Man’, ‘The Miracle Season’, ‘Adventure Time’
Attention, citizens: do not panic. It’s time for a trailer round-up. We’ve cast a wide net into the sea of trailers, and hauled back some keepers for you. Thank us later. Below you’ll see new trailers for the Syfy series Nighflyers, the horror movie Wildling, the TBS series The Last OG, the drama An Ordinary Man, the uplifting sports […]
‘Love, Simon’ Review: A Fairly Ordinary Teen Movie…and That’s Why It’s Wonderful
It’s difficult not to describe Love, Simon in contradictory terms. To put it as simply as possible: it’s extraordinary for just how ordinary it is. If one were to point out its faults, they would be the same as any other mainstream teen coming-of-age movie. Maybe it’s a little glib, maybe it bucks realism for […]
It took three months for news of North Korean soldier’s dramatic defection to reach ordinary citizens
AFP/Getty Images News of a North Korean soldier who defected in November 2017 has begun to spread in North Korea. The news came via towns along the Chinese border, which is where most North Korean’s foreign contact occurs. Olympic developments have been overshadowed by the news. North Korea strictly controls news coming in and out […]
Intimate Glimpses of Ordinary Life in Iran
A photographer goes beyond the headlines to capture day-to-day life in the ever-opening country. https://media.wired.com/photos/5a6a50022c3a6112ee631cb6/master/pass/18_IRAN%20COMING%20SOON.jpg
Great Barrier Reef is in danger: How ordinary travelers can help
Share this article The second consecutive year of mass coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef highlights the wider global problem affecting many of the word’s marine habitats. What do the experts say, and what can ordinary travelers do? According to the United Nations Environment Programme, the period between 2014 and 2016 saw the longest […]
In Ordinary Trash, Volvo Sees Autonomous Treasure
– Far from the sleek and futuristic concept cars often showcased by automakers, the first iterations of self-driving vehicles to reach the road may be no more glamorous than garbage trucks. That’s because they may literally be garbage trucks. – Volvo has started work on joint research and development with Renova, a waste-disposal company in […]
Everyday Curation – Using Ordinary Tools To Promote 1000 Game Developers
Making games is a daunting process. Releasing them even more so. Managing to survive both of those things, only to be met with indifference and silence, can be crushing. This happens all the time in this industry, though. Games, large and small, are met with no fanfare when they release, finding small audiences and few […]
