The Switch: After leaving LivingSocial, a fresh crop of entrepreneurs sprout up in Washington

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After leaving LivingSocial, a fresh crop of entrepreneurs sprout up in Washington It’s a Monday morning and Alan Clifford is cutting parsnips. The root vegetable will find its way into a beef bourguignon recipe before the French stew is packaged and delivered to kitchen tables across the District.   Read full article »

Innovations: The 12 threats to human civilization, ranked

Earlier this month researchers at the Global Challenges Foundation released a thorough and unsettling look at what threatens human civilization. They define a civilization collapse as a “drastic decrease in human population size and political/economic/social complexity, globally and for an extended time.”  Read full article »

This musician is suing YouTube for libel because of its automatic takedown notice

Last February, a D.C.-based band called the Rasta Rock Opera was celebrating a modest viral hit, a music video featuring two young kids on a Valentine's Day date. Guitarist and composer Stevie Marco passed the video around on social media platforms to professional contacts and friends -- including the kindergarten class of one of the video's young stars.  Read full article »

Activists in the war against revenge porn are finally seeing results

For years, if your intimate photos appeared online without your permission, there appeared to be little recourse. The images spread on the Web while those responsible for posting them often went unpunished.  Read full article »

The Switchboard: US and British spies reportedly hacked into the world’s largest SIM card maker

Published every weekday, the Switchboard is your morning helping of hand-picked stories from the Switch team.Join us today for our weekly live chat, Switchback. We'll kick things off at 11 a.m. Eastern. You can submit your questions now, right here.  Read full article »

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BlendokuColor mecalm and coolwith this puzzle  Read full article »

Handle app helps you get a grip on your life HandleCombine calendar,e-mail inboxand to-do listThis app links three productivity apps into one — the e-mail inbox, calendar and to-do list — to help you get a grip on your life. Handle makes it easy to create to-dos and calendar events from e-mails in your inbox, and can show you everything on one screen. When dealing with e-mails, users simply have to swipe left or right on the message to create a reminder or event, choose to read a certain e-mail later or delete it. To take advantage of the features, you will have to give the app access to your calendars and inboxes.  Read full article »

Conditions for people who make your gadgets are improving — barely

Apple’s latest report on the conditions in its supplier factories included an announcement that it was banning “bonded labor”in its supply chain. The move applies to workers who travel across borders and pay to get jobs in its supplier factories.  Read full article »

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