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aliens The best evidence for extraterrestrials may be their massive engineering projects David Pescovitz
politics Venezuela hit by second electrical blackout in one month, capital city of Caracas mostly without power Xeni Jardin
politics Former NSA contractor Reality Winner sentenced to 5+ years in prison for leaking secret report on Russian election hacking to The Intercept Xeni Jardin
Gadgets There's something very odd about the video showing off "Be", a prototype battery-less motorized toothbrush Rob Beschizza
History Hi rez images from NASA's 1967/8 Lunar Orbiters were withheld to hide US spying capabilities Cory Doctorow
happy mutants Stealing data from airgapped computers by using power fluctuations as a covert channel Cory Doctorow
security New Consumers Union report catalogs the potential collateral damage from the crypto wars Cory Doctorow
corruption Foxconn's corporate welfare deal will cost Wisconsin taxpayers more than 3 billion dollars Cory Doctorow
happy mutants Claude Shannon, MOOCs, and nanoassembly: what 3D printing is really about Cory Doctorow
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