law A report from the Christchurch Call, where the future of "anti-extremist" moderation was debated at the highest levels Cory Doctorow

politics Trump lies, 'They’ve come up with the AIDS vaccine' Xeni Jardin

Creepy Interesting and Real Fish has a human-like face Mark Frauenfelder

china Son of Ghostnet: the mobile malware that targets Tibetans abroad Cory Doctorow

racism Facebook claims to be taking white supremacist violence more seriously, LMAO Xeni Jardin

computers Security company reports vulnerability in VLC, but it's already patched Seamus Bellamy

xreality Bill Murray deepfaked into Kubrik's Full Metal Jacket Mark Frauenfelder

animals Watch this incredible real-life Jaws moment David Pescovitz

politics Boris Johnson tops first vote in UK Conservative Party election; winner will be prime minister too Rob Beschizza

youtube Google and YouTube executives ignored warnings on toxic video content, now we're all paying the price Xeni Jardin

politics Ex-NSA American mercenaries for UAE used 'Karma' to hack journalists and human rights activists Xeni Jardin

climate change 1,500 private jets coming to Davos Mark Frauenfelder

books Why Do Birds: Damon Knight's amazing, underappreciated science fiction novel about putting all of humanity in a box Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Cragne Manor, an 84-room horror "exquisite corpse" text adventure that's a tribute to the classic game Anchorhead Cory Doctorow

uk UN poverty envoy calls UK poverty a "political choice" that inflicted "great misery" Cory Doctorow

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

videos Security researchers can access and modify security footage from Nuuo surveillance systems Cory Doctorow

Book Here's how to save a wet book or paper Andrea James

security Over 55,000 security camera DVRs are vulnerable to an exploit so simple it fits in a tweet Cory Doctorow

art Artist creates portraits from intricate string art Andrea James