offworld Why would you spend $3000 on Clash of Clans? Leigh Alexander

Business Frustrated game devs automated the production of 1,500 terrible slot machine apps and actually made money Cory Doctorow

surveillance Foreigners visiting China are increasingly stumped by its cashless society Cory Doctorow

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makers How to make a replica of the GENIAC Electric Brain from 1955 Mark Frauenfelder

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facebook With repetition, most of us will become inured to all the dirty tricks of Facebook attention-manipulation Cory Doctorow

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fake news Sexbots, Nostradamus and Donald Trump, in this week’s tabloids Peter Sheridan

web theory David Byrne: The secret appeal of technology is that it takes away the need to talk to people Cory Doctorow

habits The "ludic loop" of checking email, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram all day Mark Frauenfelder

happy mutants House Republicans just voted to defund the agency that fights election hacking Cory Doctorow

Business Russia's slot-machine bans let criminals buy machines on the cheap and reverse-engineer them Cory Doctorow

Technology This Wand Remote makes couch surfing magical again Michael Borys

politics Donald Trump, deadbeat Cory Doctorow

family How Machines Work: Zoo Break! – An interactive book of building machinery and moving gears Wink

psychology How to turn your fears and anxieties into positivity and productivity with cognitive reframing David McRaney

offworld Women take a place at the pinball table Laura Hudson

fiction The Man Who Sold The Moon Cory Doctorow

casinos The mystery Vegas casino you can only visit once every two years Dan Lewis