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video games Nvidia software limits mining in an attempt to increase GPU availability Jason Weisberger
international space station Studying wine that was aged for a year on the space station Clive Thompson
News Coronavirus outbreaks on mink farms could speed mutations which can spread back to humans: EU report Xeni Jardin
COVID-19 A group of MIT and Harvard scientists are biohacking themselves with a DIY COVID-19 vaccine Thom Dunn
Business Genetic genealogy company Gedmatch acquired by company with ties to FBI & law enforcement—why you should be worried Jennifer Lynch
music THE BUREAU: Part Ten, "Your Death" — with a Turing Machine, Bouncing Ball Envelope, and Other Randomized Voltage Ethan Persoff
music THE BUREAU: Part Six, The History of Telepathic Infant-Based Mind Control of U.S. Presidents Ethan Persoff
security If you're an American of European descent, your stupid cousins have probably put you in vast commercial genomic databases Cory Doctorow
music THE BUREAU: Part Three, "Assessing Others" — with a Metasonix D-2000 Vacuum Tube Drum Machine Ethan Persoff
biology Genetic analysis reveals that bizarre extraterrestrial skeleton isn't extraterrestrial David Pescovitz