computer science Wireheading: when machine learning systems jolt their reward centers by cheating Cory Doctorow
crime Japanese stalker found victim's home by looking at reflection in her pupil in a high resolution photo Mark Frauenfelder
Business Russia's slot-machine bans let criminals buy machines on the cheap and reverse-engineer them Cory Doctorow
politics In leaked audio, Michael Bloomberg defends racial profiling: "throw them up against the wall" Rob Beschizza
security Model stealing, rewarding hacking and poisoning attacks: a taxonomy of machine learning's failure modes Cory Doctorow
Business A sweeping new tech bill from Silicon Valley Democrats promises privacy, interoperability, and protection from algorithmic discrimination and manipulation Cory Doctorow
class war How the British left should seize this moment to strip finance of its political clout Cory Doctorow
Business Telcoms lobbyists oppose ban on throttling firefighters' internet during wildfires Cory Doctorow
youtube Youtube CEO: it will be impossible to comply with the EU's new Copyright Directive (adios, Despacito!) Cory Doctorow
Business Youtube CEO: EU Copyright Directive means that only large corporations will be able to upload videos Cory Doctorow
Business In two days, an EU committee will vote to crown Google and Facebook permanent lords of internet censorship Cory Doctorow
happy mutants Wikipedia discontinues its "zero-rating," will focus on research-driven outreach Cory Doctorow
corporatism The W3C has overruled members' objections and will publish its DRM for videos Cory Doctorow
sexism Study finds that hurricanes with female names kill more because they aren't taken seriously (Old news) Rob Beschizza
happy mutants Journalism After Snowden: essays about a free press in a surveillance state Cory Doctorow
