Welcome to hell: Apple vs. Google vs. Facebook and the slow death of the web

So let's talk about ad blocking.

You might think the conversation about ad blocking is about the user experience of news, but what we're really talking about is money and power in Silicon Valley. And titanic battles between large companies with lots of money and power tend to have a lot of collateral damage.

(Welcome to hell: Apple vs. Google vs. Facebook and the slow death of the web)

iOS 9 came out yesterday (in fits and starts) and with it, support for content blockers in iOS 9. There

Lightning in Indian states 'kills 32'

At least 32 people have been killed following lightning strikes in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Orissa, reports say.

Twenty-three people died in seven districts of Andhra Pradesh. Nine people were killed in the eastern state of Orissa.