elections Voting machine companies: the names of our parent companies are trade secrets Cory Doctorow
Business Police cameras to be augmented with junk-science "microexpression" AI lie-detectors Cory Doctorow
security Report: UK "Ransomware consultants" Red Mosquito promise to unlock your data, but they're just paying off the criminals (and charging you a markup!) Cory Doctorow
Business Grifty "information security" companies promised they could decrypt ransomware-locked computers, but they were just quietly paying the ransoms Cory Doctorow
Business Foxconn promised it would do something with the empty buildings it bought in Wisconsin, but they're still empty (still no factory, either) Cory Doctorow
gop When Steve Bannon & co spent $1,000 on booze at Mar-a-Lago, taxpayers picked up the tab Cory Doctorow
scams Thanks to the 2008 foreclosure crisis, a Kuwaiti ponzi schemer was able to single-handedly blight cities across America Cory Doctorow
Business Pepsi is suing four Indian farmers for growing a proprietary "Lays" potato, seeking $150,000 each in damages Cory Doctorow
Copyfight The sovereign nation of Iceland has finally invalidated the European trademark on "Iceland," formerly held by a British discount grocery chain Cory Doctorow
health Dentistry's evidentiary vacuum allows profiteering butchers to raid our mouths for millions Cory Doctorow
late stage capitalism The weird grift of "sovereign citizens": where UFOlogy meets antisemitism by way of Cliven Bundy and cat-breeding Cory Doctorow
class war How hedge funds, Goldman Sachs, and corrupt executives used Gymboree's chaotic bankruptcy to cash out while destroying the careers of loyal employees Cory Doctorow
late stage capitalism Study finds 95% of all Bitcoin trading volume is fake, designed to lure in ICOs Cory Doctorow
Copyfight The Vessel: a perfect symbol for the grifter capitalism of New York City's privatized Hudson Yards "neighborhood" Cory Doctorow
facebook Man stole $122m from Facebook and Google by sending them random bills, which the companies dutifully paid Cory Doctorow
floss Electronic Health Records: a murderous, publicly subsidized, $13B/year grift by way of shitty software Cory Doctorow
health A detailed analysis of American ER bills reveals rampant, impossible-to-avoid price-gouging Cory Doctorow
Business Schadenflying: the super-rich are getting ripped off like crazy on their private jet billings Cory Doctorow
