Last Week in Plain English

By In Plain English

A weekly dose of tech news, a fascinating global news roundup, with a few unique stories mixed into the concoction.

Previous issues

The ‘Old Tech’ Souls, New Features of Deno 1.27 & Building Data-Driven Dynamic Forms in React

#62 Nov 28, 2022

What's New in Angular v15, React v18 & How Poor Collaboration is Affecting Dev Performance

#61 Nov 21, 2022

Fall of the ‘King of Crypto’ and the World’s Scam Capital

#60 Nov 14, 2022

#59

Nov 7, 2022

Mayhem in Twitterland & Building an eCommerce App from Scratch – All is not well in the land of Twitter since Elon Musk’s takeover. Not only have users jumped ship to
#58

Nov 1, 2022

10 Most Popular Programming Articles (October 2022) – Here are the 10 most popular articles on In Plain English. Need inspiration for your next article — l
#57

Oct 31, 2022

Why Your Startup Is Failing and What's Behind Twitter's Surge in Hate Speech? – Elon Musk's Twitter takeover has triggered a rise in hate speech on the social media platform - is hi
#56

Oct 24, 2022

Musk to Lay Off 75% of Twitter’s Staff & Choosing the Right Database for Next.js Apps – Upon acquiring Twitter, Musk Reportedly Plans To Cut 75% Of Twitter Staff.Plus: There are a lot of op
#55

Oct 17, 2022

Meta's Profit from Hate Speech Ads & Drugs to Delay Aging in Dogs – Meta has made thousands of dollars from numerous hate speech ads in 2022. These ads use the "groomer"
#54

Oct 10, 2022

Ex-Uber Security Chief Convicted & A Look Inside ‘Quiet Firings’ – Uber’s former chief security officer has been found guilty of obstruction of justice and concealing a
#53

Oct 4, 2022

10 Most Popular Programming Articles (September 2022) – Here are the 10 most popular articles on In Plain English. Need inspiration for your next article — l
#52

Oct 3, 2022

Crypto Company's Founder Withdraws $10M Before Filing for Bankruptcy & End of the Internet? – Celsius's founder took out $10 million from his failed crypto lending company before freezing custome
#51

Sep 26, 2022

Internet's Worst Stalker Site, Big Tech Hiring Loses Steam – Tech giants like Google and Meta, once known for their "rapid hiring, luxurious perks, and corporate
#50

Sep 19, 2022

Uber Hacked By Teen & Robot Who Laughs – An 18-year-old hacker deployed basic social engineering techniques to breach Uber’s internal systems.
#49

Sep 12, 2022

How Tech Firms Penalise the Innocent & Historic Drop in US Life Expectancy – Google’s automated detection system flagged a father as a criminal for sending pictures of his naked
#48

Sep 6, 2022

10 Most Popular Programming Articles (August 2022) – Here are the 10 most popular articles on In Plain English. Need inspiration for your next article — l
#47

Sep 5, 2022

What GPT-3 Knows About You & Middlemen Who Make Money Off Climate Disasters – Large language models, such as OpenAI’s GPT-3, are trained on troves of personal data hoovered from t
#46

Aug 29, 2022

Jack Dorsey’s Twitter Regret & Europe’s Narrow Escape From Radiation Disaster – Jack Dorsey, the Founder and former CEO of Twitter expressed his regret about the social media platfo
#45

Aug 22, 2022

Car Explosion Kills Daughter of ‘Putin’s Brain’ & Google Workers Demand Abortion Protection – Darya Dugina, daughter of Putin’s ally and far-right philosopher Aleksandr Dugin, was killed in a car
#44

Aug 15, 2022

The State of Online Privacy Post-Roe & How Meta is Tracking Users – Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, is using a tracking code to follow its users arou
#43

Aug 8, 2022

Alex Jones Fined $45m for Sandy Hook Claims & A Troubling Trend in Startup Layoffs – InfoWars’ Alex Jones, who claimed that the 2012 Sandy Hook shootings were a hoax, has been ordered to

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