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Internet ICQ is EOL: 28-year-old chat service to shut Rob Beschizza

fun "This site will self-destruct" finally self-destructs after no-one signs guestbook for 24 hours Rob Beschizza

photography Samsung's AI photo feature adds creepy teeth to baby photos Thom Dunn

science fiction Kevin Kelly discusses "Fall, or Dodge in Hell" with author Neal Stephenson Gareth Branwyn

law Facebook sues notorious spyware company NSO Group for 1,400 attacks on diplomats, journalists, dissidents, and government officials Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Sarah Pinsker's "Song for a New Day": outstanding dystopian rock-and-roll novel of rebellion and redemption Cory Doctorow

music How a Bell Labs engineer/artist created the sounds of planetary orbits for the Voyager Golden Record David Pescovitz

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alternate history Making a better World War II Gregory Benford

books The best young adult literature from 1967 Joshua Glenn