History Ancient bad ass had knife for a hand Seamus Bellamy

late stage capitalism Cyber-arms-dealer Grey Heron really, really doesn't want you to know about the connections between them and the disgraced Hacking Team Cory Doctorow

elections The Rich and the Normal Jasmina Tesanovic

video Watch this very good boy fearlessly escape a pack of wolves Seamus Bellamy

politics A census of leading Italian politicians' Twitter followings finds a horde of zombies and bots Cory Doctorow

Kids This video on how to cut a Parmigiano Reggiano cheese wheel is very satisfying Andrea James

Kids The Leaning Tower of Pisa is empty inside Andrea James

politics Convicted criminal Silvio Berlusconi returns to Italian politics as a kingmaker Cory Doctorow

security A newly discovered strain of Android malware contains never-seen surveillance features Cory Doctorow

videos Talking Casa Jasmina, a house of the future designed for people, not corporations, with Jasmina Tesanovic and Bruce Sterling Cory Doctorow

Gadgets Apple brought back Braun design, but Google is bringing back Olivetti Cory Doctorow

happy mutants The story of Casa Jasmina: the first automated home built to improve its residents' lives Cory Doctorow

finance In austerity-pounded Italy, 11 alternative currencies smooth out a surging barter economy Cory Doctorow

holidays Fascist beach closed Rob Beschizza

apple No, Italy isn't banning the iPhone Simone Brunozzi

corruption The Malta Files: a European version of the Panama Papers, revealing a global web of corruption Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Charles Babbage wrote a "cardboard vaporware" app in 1840 and left it in Turin Cory Doctorow

crime Mafia used the text-message ticker at the bottom of a sports broadcast to get messages to mob bosses Cory Doctorow

Business Cyber-arms dealers offer to sell surveillance weapons to undercover Al Jazeera reporters posing as reps of South Sudan and Iran Cory Doctorow

gender On "Eastern European Women" Jasmina Tesanovic