security CIA secretly owned world's top encryption supplier, read enemy and ally messages for decades Xeni Jardin
Technology Zoom transmits your info through China, and uses non-standard encryption, researchers say Xeni Jardin
Gadgets Become a master of Raspberry Pi and Arduino with the help of this training Boing Boing's Shop
Gadgets Transform your handwritten notes into editable digital text with this writing pad Boing Boing's Shop
crime Ex-Microsoft engineer convicted of 18 felonies after stealing $10M in digital currencies from Microsoft to make extravagant purchases Xeni Jardin
Business The bubbles in VR, cryptocurrency and machine learning are all part of the parallel computing bubble Cory Doctorow
AI Peter Thiel claims AI is "Leninist" and "literally communist" in a sprawling speech for a think tank Thom Dunn
infosec This Welsh password generator might keep you safe from hackers, but definitely from dragons Thom Dunn
education Indiana University Provost: The First Amendment says we can't fire our notorious bigot professor, so here's what we're doing instead Cory Doctorow
Business Donald Trump had undisclosed dinner with Mark Zuckerberg and Peter Thiel at White House, Facebook confirms Xeni Jardin
happy mutants Naomi Kritzer's "Catfishing on the CatNet": an AI caper about the true nature of online friendship Cory Doctorow
happy mutants Tpmfail: a timing attack that can extract keys from secure computing chips in 4-20 minutes Cory Doctorow
