podcasts Listen to the new Vice podcast all about the science of Dune Thom Dunn

surveillance Motherboard files legal complaint against London police to force it to explain why an officer bought creepy, potential illegal stalkerware Cory Doctorow

bitcoin I can't believe it took this long for someone to make a Bitcoin-mining space heater Thom Dunn

libraries Libraries throughout the US are getting bomb threats Gareth Branwyn

History 1954's Salt of the Earth told a powerful story of American labor Elías Villoro

2 Girls 1 App School messaging app used to send Goatse image to thousands of parents Jason Weisberger

felonies A teen and her mom face felony charges for abortion in Nebraska — and Facebook DMs helped with the arrest Carla Sinclair

tattoos This service retrieves your dead loved ones' tattoos and preserves them as framed mementos David Pescovitz

gadgets A pyramid PC case large enough for full-size video cards Rob Beschizza

Crrrrrypto Handy cheat sheet shows how much it costs to pay an influencer to shill for your NFT Jason Weisberger

CIA CIA releases new documents about Russian telepathy experiments in the 60s Thom Dunn

Games Loop Hero's Russian developer invites players to pirate game, since they're not getting paid Rob Beschizza

privacy Grimes admits hacking Hipster Runoff and "basically blackmailing" it Rob Beschizza

Running a scam Crypto is very good at showing Melania's NFT team bought her own NFT Jason Weisberger

foia FOIA request reveals rare photographs of that Wu-Tang Clan album bought by Martin Shkreli Thom Dunn

auctions An Apple-1 computer hand-built by Jobs and Wozniak sells for $400,000 Carla Sinclair

design Teenage Engineering designed a PC case. It's orange. Rob Beschizza

antiques Amateur diver hauls up 900-year-old crusader sword off Israel coast Rob Beschizza

police Sheriff's deputy says he was told to play copyrighted music in hapless attempt to prevent video of him being uploaded Rob Beschizza

texas Techy TikTokers are sabotaging Texas's abortion whistleblower website Annie Rauwerda