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The World Is Running Out Of Sand Sand is a key ingredient of modern life and yet, astonishingly, no-one knows how much sand there is or how much is being mined. Yet its being extracted faster than it can be replaced. July 2, 2019 at 10:29PM Continue: https://ift.tt/322dtfT

This Ultra Durable Cable Doubles As A Portable Charger When you need a lightning cable, you usually need a power source: this Nomad 1.5M Battery Lightning Cable gives you both in one sleek package. It's a perfectly portable lightning cable with a high capacity 2,800mAh portable battery attached. July 2, 2019 at 09:29PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2XnxEGp

How To Start Speaking A New Language In 3 Weeks Created by 100+ experts, Babbel is helping millions speak a new language quickly & with confidence. See results in as little as 3 weeks. Try a free demo today! July 2, 2019 at 09:19PM Continue: https://ift.tt/322Z03z

Keep Your Most Important Stuff Safe In This Cross-Body Sling If you need to keep your phone, wallet and meds safe when you're traveling or hiking, this water-resistant sling is a smart purchase. July 2, 2019 at 09:19PM Continue: https://ift.tt/3258c7s

Can We Abolish Time? An island in Norway wants to cut ties with the clock so residents are free to mow their lawns at 4 a.m. July 2, 2019 at 08:59PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2RNgzjl

The Pear Tree Invading US Forests In the 1960s, America fell in love with a new tree: the Bradford pear. Cultivated from Asian stock by scientists at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Bradford pears display clouds of pretty blossoms in the spring and garnet leaves in the fall, and are hardy enough to grow just about anywhere. Which has turned out to be a problem. July 2, 2019 at 06:56PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2LG3mrF

I Opted Out Of Facial Recognition At The Airport—it Wasn't Easy Last year, a Delta customer service representative reported that only 2 percent of customers opt out of facial-recognition. It's easy to see why. July 2, 2019 at 06:56PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2xoxaAr

This Is One Of The Weirdest Animated Love Stories We've Ever Seen "Jacob and the Giraffe" makes no sense. And yet, it also makes perfect sense. Come for the weirdness, stay for the incredible animation, twist ending and general visual storytelling excellence from Cool 3D World. July 2, 2019 at 05:44PM Continue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&utm_source=ifttt&v=t9_AZOPxmhM

The Simple Way Apple And Google Let Domestic Abusers Stalk Victims One morning a couple of weeks ago, I handed my iPhone to my wife and asked her to help with a privacy experiment. July 2, 2019 at 04:09PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2xs4BC9

An 11-Year Neighborhood Feud Involving Restraining Orders, Spells And Jail Time Mark Cantor was pulling his green Mini Cooper into his driveway one evening when a pair of headlights jumped the curb behind him and came barreling across the front lawn, straight toward him. July 2, 2019 at 04:04PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2xnk3iT

The Long, Slow Death of Venice The local population is at its lowest since the 1950s, with no turnaround in sight, as tourists continue to chase locals out. July 2, 2019 at 03:49PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2XIYzMf

Against Marriage What if marriage is not the social good that so many believe and want it to be? What is lost by making marriage the most central relationship in a culture? July 2, 2019 at 02:59PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2KUjh64

A Deep Dive Into Catalyst: What The Future Of Mac Software Looks Like According To Apple And Devs The people already using Catalyst tell Ars Technica what Mac users and devs should expect. July 2, 2019 at 02:44PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2xo22kz

The Beautiful Annoyance Of Tumbleweeds, In Photos It is no surprise that these otherworldly plants, which arrived in the US in the 19th century as a brittle form of the Russian thistle, are nicknamed "wind witches." July 2, 2019 at 02:21PM Continue: https://ift.tt/3221OOe

Google’s Jigsaw Was Supposed to Save the Internet. Behind the Scenes, It Became a Toxic Mess Google’s internet freedom moonshot has gotten glowing attention for its ambitious projects. But current and former employees, leaked documents, and internal messages reveal a grim reality. July 2, 2019 at 01:49PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2RP9mPw

The time I tried to ruin Halo 2 How two otherwise competent researchers drew the wrong conclusions about an innovative piece of game design and made bad recommendations, and how the game succeeded in spite of that. July 2, 2019 at 01:29PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2XmDgRf