Technology Google removes 106 malicious Chrome extensions with 32M downloads that collect browsing history and sensitive credentials Xeni Jardin
marine life Giant string-like creature composed of "millions of interconnected clones" found off the coast of Australia Thom Dunn
oceans New footage of a bizarre sea creature that's likely the longest animal in the oceans David Pescovitz
facebook A San Diego Republican operator ran a massive, multimillion-dollar Facebook scam that targeted boomers Cory Doctorow
late stage capitalism Stock buybacks: how Wall Street has created "profits without prosperity" Cory Doctorow
late stage capitalism Wework, Uber, Lyft, Netflix, Bird, Amazon: late-stage capitalism is all about money-losing predatory pricing aimed at creating monopolies Cory Doctorow
Business A year after Meltdown and Spectre, security researchers are still announcing new serious risks from low-level chip operations Cory Doctorow
Weird Thief sucked used Burger King grease into 1,600 gallon truck container to resell for biofuel Xeni Jardin
facebook Man stole $122m from Facebook and Google by sending them random bills, which the companies dutifully paid Cory Doctorow
eu German data privacy commissioner says Article 13 inevitably leads to filters, which inevitably lead to internet "oligopoly" Cory Doctorow
class war Striking West Virginia teachers won swift and decisive victory; Oakland next? Cory Doctorow
los angeles Emboldened by the LA teachers' "blue state" victory, Denver's teachers declare strike Cory Doctorow
politics Shutdown: Dot-gov websites vulnerable to cyberattacks, certificates expiring amid funding pause Xeni Jardin
Business British Parliament seizes internal Facebook documents by threatening to jail a rival exec Cory Doctorow
Copyfight Taylor Swift makes a payout to all Universal artists a clause in her new record deal Cory Doctorow
