justice Former Reuters journalist Matthew Keys sentenced to 2 years for a 40-minute web defacement Xeni Jardin

racism Weather Channel apologizes for TV graphic stating: "This is your weather my Ni**ers." David Pescovitz

tabloids Biden's Vietnam and his blackmail nightmare in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

Comics The wild story of a new comic book publisher con artist who bought up popular 90s comics IP Thom Dunn

Killers hunt Prince Andrew, Brad Pitt's secret daughter, and George Clooney's plastic surgery shocker, in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

Technology Zoom transmits your info through China, and uses non-standard encryption, researchers say Xeni Jardin

facebook Facebook to pay handpicked corporate news outlets up to $3 million a year to license content: WSJ Xeni Jardin

cinema The Beach Bum should start a cult — and not just the midnight movie kind Natalie Dressed

crypto wars Debunking "ghost users": MI5's plan to backdoor all secure messaging platforms Cory Doctorow

crypto "Phooey": a pre-eminent cryptographer responds to Ray Ozzie's key escrow system Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Teen's devastating bug-report on a "tamper-proof" cryptocurrency wallet shows why companies can't be left in charge of bad news about their products Cory Doctorow

picks Inside a Florida 'Cookie Monster' doll, 314 grams of cocaine found Xeni Jardin

law "Nerds getting owned by normals" in Oracle v Google Rob Beschizza

Business California assemblyman joins NY legislator in proposing ban on crypto for phones Cory Doctorow

politics Ex-Reuters social media editor Matthew Keys found guilty of 3 federal counts of hacking Xeni Jardin