politics Large, diverse coalition of civil society groups tell the US, UK and Australian governments not to ban working encryption Cory Doctorow

facebook Edward Snowden on the global war on encryption: "This is our new battleground" Cory Doctorow

law Creating a "coercion resistant" communications system Cory Doctorow

google It's 2018, and Google just proposed an instant messaging tool with no encryption Cory Doctorow

security A critical flaw (possibly a deliberate backdoor) allows for decryption of Whatsapp messages — UPDATED Cory Doctorow

security Iphones secretly send your call history to Apple's cloud, even after you tell them not to Cory Doctorow

movies Sony deleting 551 movies from own customers' accounts Rob Beschizza

bbc The BBC ends longwave radio service today Rob Beschizza

gadgets Reviving old PCs with Linux now that new ones cost an arm and a leg Rob Beschizza

trademarks Famed "trademark troll" Tim Langdell back on the Edge Rob Beschizza

music Man detained after playing Imperial March to troops in D.C. wins "substantial" settlement Rob Beschizza

trump FEMA official who teleported to Waffle House teleports out of agency Rob Beschizza

crime Rapist who faked own death reportedly dead again Rob Beschizza

conservatives Judge orders Huntington Beach to add more democracy to its democracy Jason Weisberger

politics A man got 30 years for moving boxes of left-wing zines Ellsworth Toohey

Ruger AC-556 That time road rage met a 6'8" guy named Gary with a machine gun Jason Weisberger

Pedo Protector Leon Black's Epstein testimony ends with Congress demanding receipts Jason Weisberger

failures Trump's "Great American" state fair opens with busted rides and a cow named Melania Jason Weisberger

Tanzania Man lives with a knife blade in his chest for 8 years Séamus Bellamy

Coffee Used coffee grounds can now be turned into fuel in 90 seconds Séamus Bellamy