RoboCop Neill Blomkamp to direct new 'Robocop' sequel, with original's writers on board Rob Beschizza
politics VOA to be run by Steve Bannon, Sebastian Gorka, and Trump CEO pick Michael Pack, so two top VOA directors just quit Xeni Jardin
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Business House Judiciary demands Jeff Bezos testify on Amazon's alleged misuse of third-party seller data Xeni Jardin
tabloids An Epstein tell-all, a vengeful Queen wannabe, and Harry & Meghan’s final insult, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan
politics Researchers say Voatz voting app has big security flaws, 4 states using it for 2020 elections anyway Xeni Jardin
noaa New FOIA'd emails reveal the chaos behind the scenes of the National Weather Service's #SharpieGate Thom Dunn
elections Bernie Sanders is the most popular candidate among young people, who could determine the outcome of the 2020 election Cory Doctorow
happy mutants Documentation Gathering, Sanitization, and Storage: an excerpt from "A Public Service" Tim Schwartz
fake news The New Deal was partly motivated by a desire to kill the fake news epidemic of the Gilded Age Cory Doctorow
b-side Kentucky's former GOP governor pardoned a bunch of rapists and murderers on his way out of office, including a child rapist Cory Doctorow
scholarship Facebook promised to provide academics data to study disinformation, but their foot-dragging has endangered the whole project Cory Doctorow
police Bill Barr's police speech proves the GOP doesn't actually care about "small government." Thom Dunn
corruption South Carolina's magistrate judges are a clown-car of corrupt cronies, but they get to put people in jail Cory Doctorow