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math Jaques Tits, the mathematician behind Tits buildings, the Tits alternative, the Tits group, and the Tits metric, has died at 91 Annie Rauwerda

Business Lyft said their names are offensive. Candice Poon, Cara Dick, and Mike Finger disagree. Xeni Jardin
anonymity Using real names online doesn't improve behavior Andrea James
Business Ten principles for user-protection in hostile states Cory Doctorow
security Names that break databases Cory Doctorow
Business Global coalition tells Facebook to kill its Real Names policy Cory Doctorow
web theory Facebook tells Native Americans that their names aren't "real" Cory Doctorow
china G+'s Real Names policy has moved to China Cory Doctorow
web theory The apology letter Google SHOULD have used to announce the end of G+ "Real Names" Cory Doctorow
web theory Google Plus drops "Real Names" policy Cory Doctorow
youtube Google admits that Youtube/Google Plus integration increased ASCII porn, spam and trolling – UPDATED Cory Doctorow
youtube Vi Hart: cramming G+ into YouTube has made comments even worse, I'm leaving Cory Doctorow
Copyfight Teaching computers teaches us how little we understand about ourselves Cory Doctorow
politics Signalgate's Waltz blames his own inept war-plan leak on, er, Joe Biden (video) Carla Sinclair
makers Coffee table with live traffic map (video) Gail Sherman
adorable creatures The bat-eared fox can chew five times a second, which makes for some awesome ASMR! Jennifer Sandlin
adorable animals Capybaras sound just like laser beams, and here's proof! Jennifer Sandlin
AI TikTok flooded with deepfake copies of real creators' videos Rob Beschizza
New high-tech boat to track 57,000 belugas as Arctic sea ice vanishes Ellsworth Toohey
History Documentary uncovers forgotten 1946 football game months after Nagasaki bombing Ellsworth Toohey