RoboCop Neill Blomkamp to direct new 'Robocop' sequel, with original's writers on board Rob Beschizza

politics Trump commutes Roger Stone's prison sentence Xeni Jardin

videogames COPS, the Atari arcade videogame from 1994 based on the now-cancelled "reality" TV show David Pescovitz

trump Joe Scarborough in WaPo Op-Ed: The slimy tsunami of bilge spewing from President Trump is hurting innocent people Mark Frauenfelder

fbi Newly released documents show that the FBI used standard FBI tactics on Michael Flynn Thom Dunn

tabloids An Epstein tell-all, a vengeful Queen wannabe, and Harry & Meghan’s final insult, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

sexual harassment Academic published erotic fiction about own students Rob Beschizza

Business US charges 4 Chinese spies with hacking Equifax Xeni Jardin

education Boston Police Union throws a tantrum over Black Lives Matter at school week Thom Dunn

foia Why is the FBI protecting Superman's civilian identity? Thom Dunn

trumpism Despite denials, it's clear that Google's new top national security hire was instrumental to Trump's #KidsInCages policy Cory Doctorow

law Poland changed its laws regarding IVF, denying women access to their own embryos John Struan

guns Seattle authorities used "Red Flag" gun laws to disarm a Neo-Nazi Thom Dunn

corruption The corrupt Brazilian prosecutors who locked up Lula now want to release him, to make him less sympathetic Cory Doctorow

censorship Europe's highest court Facebook verdict hits a new low for technomagical thinking Cory Doctorow

security Hackers stole a US Customs and Border Patrol facial recognition database Cory Doctorow

youtube YouTube pushes children's videos to pedophiles through content recommendation engine Xeni Jardin

china Human Rights Watch reverse-engineered the app that the Chinese state uses to spy on people in Xinjiang Cory Doctorow

vaccinate Our social contract demands people able to be vaccinated get vaccinated Jason Weisberger

github Rise of the Surveillance Scooters? Albert Fox Cahn