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privacy Spying on everyone to combat COVID-19 will further erode civil liberties just like 9/11, privacy advocates warn Xeni Jardin

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surveillance This robot tuna could become a swimming surveillance system David Pescovitz

china Hong Kong protests level up in countermeasures, tactics, art and deadly seriousness Cory Doctorow

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makers Play thousands of retrogames with this DIY table arcade game player Mark Frauenfelder

Gadgets Security researchers identify "fingerprints" in 3D printed objects that can be used to trace their manufacturing Cory Doctorow

Science Watch how to use light to move matter Andrea James

Space Humans have left 400,000 pounds of "garbage" on the moon David Pescovitz

fiction Brilliant short story about being trapped in an infinite IKEA Rob Beschizza

bugs Contraption to shoot mosquitos with laser beams David Pescovitz

Science The physics of fidget spinners David Pescovitz

picks NASA's Juno is about to reach Jupiter after a 5-year journey. I visited JPL before the big show. Katherine Leipper