crimes Celebrate the mystery of D.B. Cooper at this weekend's DBCooperCon in Portland! David Pescovitz

police In Portlandia, police confiscated chickpeas and White Claw Thom Dunn

Science Why all scientists must fight the "infodemic" of bullshit claims and quackery David Pescovitz

Sex Understanding the neuroscience of pleasure Mark Frauenfelder

security Carriers ignore studies that show they suck at preventing SIM-swap attacks Cory Doctorow

class war The right is bankrolled by self-interested one-percenters making long-term investments; the left, by one-percenters with "moral whims" Cory Doctorow

security Proof-of-concept supply-chain poisoning: tiny, undetectable hardware alterations could compromise corporate IT Cory Doctorow

World Mental Health Day It’s World Mental Health Day: A primer on depression for the public-at-large Maureen Herman

Science A deep dive into how parasites hijack our behavior and how we evolved to resist them Cory Doctorow

science fiction Read: Jeannette Ng's Campbell Award acceptance speech, in which she correctly identifies Campbell as a fascist and expresses solidarity with Hong Kong protesters Cory Doctorow

crime More than 20 Texas cities and towns have been taken hostage by ransomware Cory Doctorow

security Penetration tester releases proof-of-concept code for hijacking smart buttplugs Cory Doctorow

privacy Interoperability and Privacy: Squaring the Circle Cory Doctorow

surveillance capitalism Internet users are wising up to persuasive "nudge" techniques Cory Doctorow

security An 14-year-old's Internet-of-Things worm is bricking shitty devices by the thousands Cory Doctorow

security Weekend SIM-swapping blitz targets US cryptocurrency holders Cory Doctorow

petard Notorious forum for account-thieves hacked, login and messages stolen and dumped Cory Doctorow

security Research shows that 2FA and other basic measures are incredibly effective at preventing account hijacking Cory Doctorow

security DOJ accuses Verizon and AT&T employees of participating in SIM-swap identity theft crimes Cory Doctorow

security Security researchers reveal defects that allow wireless hijacking of giant construction cranes, scrapers and excavators Cory Doctorow