security Guy returns his "smart" light bulbs, discovers he can still control them after someone else buys them Cory Doctorow

Business Europe fines four electronics companies $130,000,000 for price-fixing Cory Doctorow

Copyfight A lightbulb worm could take over every smart light in a city in minutes Cory Doctorow

Gadgets You can get a Philips Momentum 43-inch LED 4K monitor for about $500 Boing Boing's Shop

music Knight Rider theme performed on eight cellos Rob Beschizza

syd mead Legendary sci-fi artist Syd Mead dead at 86 Rob Beschizza

Gadgets Are electronic toothbrushes worth it? John Struan

china Chinese enthusiasts are serving global Thinkpad fans by making modern motherboards that fit in classic chassis from the Golden Age of the Thinkpad Cory Doctorow

security "Smart home" companies refuse to say whether law enforcement is using your gadgets to spy on you Cory Doctorow

tools Stubby multi-bit screw and nut driver fits in tight spaces Jason Weisberger

beards This beard trimmer does a great job of trimming my beard Jason Weisberger

Gadgets UK consumer review magazine Which?: your smart home is spying on you, from your TV to your toothbrush Cory Doctorow

star wars Luke did not need a god damn beard trimmer Jason Weisberger

graffiti Desktop dumpsters Rusty Blazenhoff

backfires The Onion has exclusive information from Jaime Phillips about Roy Moore’s sexual indiscretions Mark Frauenfelder

This $15 travel electric razor is my go-to shaver Mark Frauenfelder

"Weird Al" Yankovic Weird Al scales back for his 2018 'Ridiculously Self-Indulgent, Ill-Advised Vanity Tour' Rusty Blazenhoff

knight rider Alternate version of the Knight Rider theme tune Rob Beschizza

cool stuff This week in the Recomendo newsletter Mark Frauenfelder

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