Games Fantastically deep history of plug & play videogame consoles David Pescovitz

mistakes Enjoy watching this fancy smartphone car entry system fail utterly Rob Beschizza

security A year later, giant Chinese security camera company's products are still a security dumpster-fire Cory Doctorow

security Vtech covered up a leak of data on 6.3m children and their families, then tried to force us not to sue – the FTC just fined them $0.09/kid Cory Doctorow

crapgadgets Gallery of awful tech garbage at CES Rob Beschizza

security Not just crapgadgets: Sony's enterprise CCTV can be easily hacked by IoT worms like Mirai Cory Doctorow

Gadgets A visit to the crapgadget impulse aisle with Meh. Cory Doctorow

Gadgets WiFi ResetPlug power cycles router whenever Wifi fails Rob Beschizza

Gadgets Crapgadget apocalypse: the IoT devices that punch through your firewall and expose your network Cory Doctorow

Business Vtech, having leaked 6.3m kids' data, has a new EULA disclaiming responsibility for the next leak Cory Doctorow

Science Transvaginal foetal sonic bombardment: woo-tunes for your hoo-hah Cory Doctorow

Funny Crapgadget watch: toys of unimaginable ghastliness Cory Doctorow

Gadgets Vtech toy data-breach gets worse: 6.3 million children implicated Cory Doctorow

Gadgets A company that makes spy-tech for cops threatened to sue Vice for publishing its sales literature (because Iran!) Cory Doctorow

twitter A megathread of dirty industry secrets that you'll be glad you know even as you wish you didn't Cory Doctorow

religion Probing a mysterious network of dropshippers, evangelicals, crapgadgets, and semi-vacant Manhattan department stores Cory Doctorow

Business Cut the cord NOW: Cable bills are up 50% since 2010 Cory Doctorow

china In-depth investigation of the Alibaba-to-Instagram pipeline for scammy crapgadgets with excellent branding Cory Doctorow

Gadgets Inexpensive keyboard has two settings: “OFF” and “NO” Rob Beschizza