security My review of Sandworm: an essential guide to the new, reckless world of "cyberwarfare" Cory Doctorow

security Attribution is hard: the incredible skullduggery used to try to blame the 2018 Olympic cyberattack on North Korea Cory Doctorow

elections News report claims Dutch spies hacked Russian cyberwar operation and pwned their CCTVs, then recorded video of Russian government hackers attacking the DNC Cory Doctorow

security Hackers hack hackers to steal their hacking tools and deflect blame Cory Doctorow

security Political leaks disrupt Ecuadoran election Cory Doctorow

security The hacker who took over San Francisco's Muni got hacked Cory Doctorow

iphones NYT stands behind claim Chinese women better at making iPhones because of their small, nimble fingers Rob Beschizza

music How to make a boombox that's less than half-an-inch thick Mark Frauenfelder

sad face Elon Gaming website apologizes to Elon Musk for punching down on him Mark Frauenfelder

plagiarism Principal busted for plagiarizing another principal's reflections on the pandemic year. Twice. David Pescovitz

tabloids Insiders, sources and pals–the dubious origins of this week's tawdry tabloids Peter Sheridan

psychology The strange psychological phenomenon that explains why people hate cyclists Thom Dunn

infrastructure The pandemic is changing how cities think about bicycles, and it's about damn time Thom Dunn

OCD Non-invasive electrical brain stimulation reduced OCD behaviors Mark Frauenfelder

time Here are all the ways time is an illusion Andrea James

politics CISA, FBI, NSA, ODNI: The 'likely Russian in origin' attack on USA was for 'intelligence-gathering' Xeni Jardin

hentai Australia bans Japanese hentai Mark Frauenfelder

uber Judge to Uber and Lyft: Your drivers are employees, so deal with it Andrea James

Supergroups I miss The Traveling Wilburys Séamus Bellamy

Sharp Toshiba's laptop business shuffles off this mortal coil Séamus Bellamy