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police This popular police "mindreading" technique is bullshit — but the things that cops say about it are somehow even worse. Thom Dunn
law enforcement That Robot Dog from Boston Dynamics has a new job on the Massachusetts State Police Bomb Squad Thom Dunn
Games The designer of Universal Paperclips has a new game to play with your home smart speaker John Struan
Copyfight A new copyright bill would be a disaster for how regular people use the internet Katharine Trendacosta
privacy Gawker's new owners demand right to search journalists, ban encrypted email and institute dress code Cory Doctorow
happy mutants Al Jaffee's MAD Life: how a traumatized kid from the shtetl became an American satire icon Cory Doctorow
politics Consultant helps game developers not do stupid things such as decorate lava levels with Stars of David Rob Beschizza