Technology State-sponsored hackers are using COVID-19 as cover for espionage, report from Google's Threat Analysis Group shows Xeni Jardin
canada Canada's infrastructure was once cheap and effective to build. Now, it's a titanic transfer from taxpayers to the world's biggest businesses and investors Rosemary Frei
algorithmic racism The Chinese version of 23andMe purports to tell you what percentage Uighur you are John Struan
happy mutants Chasing down that list of potential Predpol customers reveals dozens of cities that have secretly experimented with "predictive policing" Cory Doctorow
music THE BUREAU: Part Seven, "Lockdown in the Building, News of an Active Shooter Near the Cafeteria" — with Mr Quintron's Circuit-Bent Guitars Ethan Persoff
happy mutants Evermore: a LARP themepark, elaborately themed and filled with costumed actors Jeremy Putnam
happy mutants Portals of London: urban exploration to discover gateways to alternative universe Cory Doctorow
Gadgets Facebook to offer wide-angle videocall camera that tracks you as you move around your home Rob Beschizza
telcoms Governor of Montana signs executive order banning state from doing business with non-neutral ISPs Cory Doctorow