reverse engineering Researchers reverse-engineer Roman concrete Andrew Yi

legend of zelda Gamers create web tool to help solve the worst Zelda minigame ever Clive Thompson

cereal It's not easy to make Lucky Charms from scratch Rusty Blazenhoff

Boing Boing Gadgets Reverse-engineering a connected Furby toy, revealing its disturbing security defects Cory Doctorow

security Shazam song-identification program keeps your mic on, even when you turn it off Cory Doctorow

gadgets Doom for Nintendo Alarmo Rob Beschizza

cars Tiny vehicles, big impact: the past, present, and future of the ingenious microcar Yoy Luadha

Technology Hacker defies the odds, unlocks $3 million Bitcoin wallet locked since 2013 Mark Frauenfelder

Internet ICQ is EOL: 28-year-old chat service to shut Rob Beschizza

politics USC valedictorian Asna Tabassum speaks out after school cancels her speech Natalie Dressed

Games Classic 90s game Worms 2 hacked to run on modern computers—and to have its hidden features Rob Beschizza

california Sewage to be recycled into drinking water, as California battles drought Jason Weisberger

Failure Ninth Circuit says FCK no to bigot's vanity license plate Jason Weisberger

Games Classic game Another World implemented as hardware Rob Beschizza

tabloids A paranoid prince, proof of UFOs, and a panicked Trump in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

Science Former U.S. Intelligence official says the U.S. possesses craft of non-human origin Ruben Bolling

perverse engineering Drones installed in taxidermied birds. They even flap, nightmarishly. Rob Beschizza