Reads: Global Water Crises, Privacy Nihilism & More

A wrap on some of the interesting reads from across the web...

1. The Untold Story of NotPetya, the Most Devastating Cyberattack in History - Wired
2. Phone Numbers Were Never Meant as ID. Now We're All At Risk - Wired
3. The WIRED Guide to Quantum Computing - Wired
4. Increased Use of Facebook in Germany Led to More Attacks on Refugees - The Verge
5. In Less Than a Year, the $1,000 Phone Has Become Entirely Normal - The Verge
6. How a Hacker Network Turned Stolen Press Releases Into $100 Million - The Verge
7. Wellness Cures: Can hospitals learn to better treat Deaf patients? - Harper's
8. Maybe Just Don't Drink Coffee - Eater
9. The Hidden Epidemic of Compulsive Hair Pulling - Mosaic Science
10. The Inescapable Weight of My $100,000 Student Debt - The Guardian
11. Nobody Trusts Facebook. Twitter Is a Hot Mess. What Is Snapchat Doing? - Bloomberg
12. How An Elite New York City Prep School Created A Safe Space For Angry Zionists - HuffPost
13. The Water Crises Aren't Coming—They're Here - Esquire
14. The Ripper: The Disturbing Visceral Games Project That Never Was - Polygon
15. The Impossible Job: Inside Facebook's Struggle to Moderate Two Billion People - Motherboard
16. Welcome to the Age of Privacy Nihilism - The Atlantic
17. Posting Instagram Sponsored Content Is the New Summer Job - The Atlantic
18. Ubang: The Nigerian Village Where Men and Women Speak Different Languages - BBC
19. The End of Ads - Fast Company
20. This Company Hired Anyone Who Applied. Now It's Starting a Movement - Fast Company
21. Steve Jobs' Daughter Forgives Him for Everything. Should We? - The New York Times
22. 5 Sci-Fi Space Travel Methods and the Real Theories Behind Them - Mashable
23. North America Hasn't Had a Megadrought in Recorded History. It Could Be Overdue - Quartz
24. Meet the Nuclear Weapons Nerds - Gizmodo
25. Alexa is Losing Her Edge - Slate