automotive Inventive students detach IoT car-immobilizers, use their SIMs to power free wifi hotspots Cory Doctorow

china As police scrutiny tightens, Hong Kongers use Tinder and Pokemon Go to organize protests Cory Doctorow

china How China ingests and adapts western culture Cory Doctorow

makers Homeless people in San Francisco are hotwiring electric scooters Cory Doctorow

Gadgets Prison inmates built working PCs out of ewaste, networked them, and hid them in a closet ceiling Cory Doctorow

china Ikea Shanghai to elderly, lonely Chinese people: buy something or get out Cory Doctorow

science fiction A new blog post series exploring the history and import of cyberpunk launches on Adafruit Gareth Branwyn

b-side Pittsburgh's tradition of claiming a public parking space by putting a chair in it David Pescovitz

guns Gun Violence Isn't a Problem — it's actually 5 Problems, with Different Solutions Thom Dunn

DRONES Protestors use laser pointers to bring down police drone David Pescovitz

happy mutants Medallion Status: comparison is the thief of joy, and John Hodgman is the thief-taker Cory Doctorow

photography A modern mudlarker finds treasures washed up on the River Thames banks David Pescovitz

law Court orders carriers to remotely brick phones that have been smuggled into prisons Cory Doctorow

art Artist makes fantastic digital paintings using Excel David Pescovitz

Gadgets Finally, a face-slimming gadget you can leave the house in Rob Beschizza

Technology See a coffee maker rebuilt into a "bionic" hand David Pescovitz

happy mutants The saga of Ian Bogost's pressure-washer Cory Doctorow

obama President Obama's final State of the Union address Xeni Jardin

movies The Spirit was by far the best movie of 2008. Deal with it. Zach Spound