computer science A hard look at the wastefulness of "proof of work," the idea at the core of the blockchain Cory Doctorow

china More anti-money laundering measures hit China as top three Bitcoin exchanges freeze withdrawals Cory Doctorow

books Free Bitcoin textbook from Princeton Cory Doctorow

Space Scientists working to uncover space-based nuclear weapons Séamus Bellamy

Science The ancient spark plug and other "out-of-place artifacts" Ellsworth Toohey

gadgets Microsoft says 8GB "great for everyday use" after years insisting on 16GB for Windows 11 Rob Beschizza

politics TED-stage futurist/longevity salesman says mass surveillance will make us behave Séamus Bellamy

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gadgets CrankGPT is an offline AI box for the apocalypse Rob Beschizza

Technology Kevin Kelly rereads his big weird book from 1994 and mostly stands by it Ellsworth Toohey

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oink A pig liver and two pig kidneys worked in a human body for five days Jason Weisberger

gadgets Muxcard: a portable computer the size and thickness of a credit card Rob Beschizza

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toys Stretch Armstrong: the gloriously goo-filled toy that shouldn't have worked (but did) Jason Weisberger

conspiracy theories This morning I met the "QAnon Shaman," and here are ten takeaways from our conversation Jennifer Sandlin

art Fog Panther is a new image editor for Linux Rob Beschizza