Technology Feds charge Evil Corp, Russia-based creators of Dridex malware, in $100 million bank hacking spree Xeni Jardin

tabloids Kim Jong-un is dead, Prince Andrew is broke, and Kobe Bryant killed himself, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

nihilism Two great deep-dives mine the endless hole at the bottom of Mitch McConnell's inhumanity Thom Dunn

kickstarter Jim Starlin, creator of many awesome cosmic comics, has a new Kickstarter for his labor of love Thom Dunn

Comics "The Black Ghost" is a fun Latina twist on urban noir superheroes Thom Dunn

facebook 2019 was the year of voice assistant privacy dumpster fires Cory Doctorow

music Butthole Surfers' Gibby Haynes wrote a young adult novel and it sounds fantastically weird David Pescovitz

climate change UK officials blame asthmatics for the carbon footprints of 180,000 cars Thom Dunn

apple Apple led the campaign to kill Right to Repair, now it's supplying parts to (some) independent repair shops Cory Doctorow

Japan Tokyo Listening – an interview with author Lorraine Plourde Roger Park

rpgs The Outer Worlds is coming to the Nintendo Switch Seamus Bellamy

happy mutants The People's Republic of Walmart: how late-stage capitalism gives way to early-stage fully automated luxury communism Cory Doctorow

useful idiots Marketers intentionally enrage social conservatives to promote brands Mark Frauenfelder

scholarship Conducting "evil" computer research, in the name of good Cory Doctorow

class war In LA, the teachers of America's largest school district are on strike Cory Doctorow

trumpism The longest-serving Congressman in US history proposes a four fixes for American democracy Cory Doctorow

fake news Michael Jackson is alive, Elvis is haunting Wayne Newton, and Sean Hannity’s secrets are revealed, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

Gadgets The new Pixel phone has a bizarre, obscure "opt out" arbitration waiver Cory Doctorow

google A history of the tech worker uprising Cory Doctorow

Business Dystopia watch: American schools are installing anti-shooter smoke cannons and bulletproof doors Cory Doctorow