star wars Mixed-reality demo displays C-3PO and R2-D2 in any room Andrea James

Virtual reality Is Magic Leap the Theranos of augmented reality? Mark Frauenfelder

privacy What the rest of the world doesn't know about Chinese AI 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

Copyfight "Originality" is just filing the serial numbers off of others' contributions to your ideas Cory Doctorow

happy mutants What, today, would most delight a serious Joni Mitchell fan? (Other than a new album?) Spider Robinson

Business Just because Cambridge Analytica tells its customers it can sway elections, it doesn't follow that they're any good at it Cory Doctorow

Technology Interesting sneak peek of Vaunt, Intel's new smart glasses Andrea James

books An excerpt from Souls, Light and Wings, a debut novel by Simon A.G. Spencer Simon A.G. Spencer

News Don't miss: 'Brain Candy Live' with Adam Savage (Tested, Mythbusters) & Michael Stevens (Vsauce) Xeni Jardin

fake news Inside Kim Jong-Un’s bunker, the plot to kidnap Prince George, and other fabrications in this week’s tabloids Peter Sheridan

islamophobia Man who created islamophobic children's book with Pepe the frog ordered by court to give profits to Muslim charity Mark Frauenfelder

interviews Interview with Timothy Leary archivist Michael Horowitz Lisa Rein

music Proof the Thomas the Tank Engine theme works with all rap Rob Beschizza

Games The 20 games you shouldn't miss in 2016 Brandon Boyer

world music On "Adiemus" and the world's music Rob Beschizza

tiny houses Why I am moving from a tiny house into a tinier house Dee Williams

Technology The magical future of virtual reality David Pescovitz

offworld Help a blind girl find her cat in a world where you see without eyes Laura Hudson

What happens when mind melds are real? David Pescovitz