fashion US DoD white paper: wearing hijab is "passive terrorism" Cory Doctorow

corruption The Olympics are profitable for every host city (that lies about the numbers) Cory Doctorow

security Healthcare workers prioritize helping people over information security (disaster ensues) Cory Doctorow

videos Fansmitter: malware that exfiltrates data from airgapped computers by varying the sound of their fans Cory Doctorow

security Rubber fingertips to use with fingerprint-based authentication systems Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Beyond "solutionism": what role can technology play in solving deep social problems Cory Doctorow

scholarship Broken Windows policing is nonsense Cory Doctorow

Gadgets Electronics repair shops overbill for labor when the customer has insurance Cory Doctorow

scholarship Cataloging the problems facing AI researchers is a cross between a parenting manual and a management book Cory Doctorow

Business Canadian trade policy expert calls TPP a "threat to democracy" Cory Doctorow

Science Cryogenic freezing improves coffee extraction Cory Doctorow

scholarship Let's teach programming as a tool for analyzing data to transform the world Cory Doctorow

happy mutants The forgotten blockbuster locksport competitions of the mid-Victorian era Cory Doctorow

Business Every industry thinks it's special, but only finance gets treated that way Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Award-winning short sf film written by an AI is pretty good Cory Doctorow

Copyfight Deep learning AI "autoencodes" Blade Runner, recreates it so faithfully it gets a takedown notice Cory Doctorow

corruption US government agency's own numbers predict virtually no gains from TPP Cory Doctorow

picks EFF: FBI & NIST's tattoo recognition program exploited prisoners, profiled based on religion, gave sensitive info to private contractors Cory Doctorow

Copyfight Why 3D scans aren't copyrightable Cory Doctorow

Science Bumblebees sense electricity with their fine hairs Cory Doctorow