sports The surprising fun of watching someone try to flip a spoon into a coffee mug. Again and again. And again. David Pescovitz

racism The Merriam-Webster Dictionary has officially changed the definition of "racism." Thom Dunn

Gadgets Tablet with high refresh-rate paperlike display Rob Beschizza

health U.S. Covid-19 death toll passes 100,000 Rob Beschizza

earth abides Jonathan Lethem reviews the 1959 adaptation of Earth Abides, starring Burt Lancaster Mark Frauenfelder

authoritarianism Political journalist Omoyele Sowore arrested and tortured under Nigeria's overbroad "cyberstalking" law Cindy Cohn

politics The 'Ukraine meddling' thing is a Russian operation, say U.S. intel experts Xeni Jardin

art Persistence of Pong Rob Beschizza

security Checkm8: an "unstoppable" Iphone jailbreaking crack Cory Doctorow

eff Adversarial interoperability: reviving an elegant weapon from a more civilized age to slay today's monopolies Cory Doctorow

class war India's e-waste recycling "markets" are toxic nightmares filled with child laborers Cory Doctorow

videos Freedom EV: free/open replacement firmware for your electric vehicle — including a Tesla Cory Doctorow

security Dark markets have evolved to use encrypted messengers and dead-drops Cory Doctorow

scholarship Regardless of political affiliation, over-65s are most likely to share "fake news" (and there's not much fake news, and it's largely right-wing) Cory Doctorow

Copyfight Sony: OK, OK, we don't own Bach Cory Doctorow

Space Case of the missing moon rocks David Pescovitz

Science Weird time-jumbling quantum device defies "before" and "after" David Pescovitz

security 500,000 home routers have been infected with VPNFilter, malware that steals data and bricks devices Cory Doctorow

History Public goods are REALLY good: thousands of years later, the Roman roads are still paying dividends Cory Doctorow

Science Stephen Hawking has died. The famed physicist was 76. Xeni Jardin