scholarship Report on media manipulation "from radicalized groups that emerged from internet subcultures" Cory Doctorow
Business Facebook accuses Israel's NSO Group of exploiting U.S. servers to infect 100s of devices via WhatsApp Xeni Jardin
Gadgets In the ingenious game Lightmatter, lights do matter…because the shadows will kill you Boing Boing's Shop
coronavirus Rush Limbaugh, noted epidemiologist: "The coronavirus is the common cold, folks." Mark Frauenfelder
fbi Both-side-ism comes for the FBI's abortion task force with exaggerated claims of "pro-choice violence" Thom Dunn
security After ransomware took Baltimore hostage, Maryland introduces legislation that bans disclosing the bugs ransomware exploits Cory Doctorow
late stage capitalism Manhattan: a city of empty luxury condos and overflowing homeless shelters Cory Doctorow
authoritarianism Political journalist Omoyele Sowore arrested and tortured under Nigeria's overbroad "cyberstalking" law Cindy Cohn
privacy A woman's stalker compromised her car's app, giving him the ability to track and immobilize it Cory Doctorow
privacy Not only is Google's auto-delete good for privacy, it's also good news for competition Cory Doctorow
