politics Signal reaffirms it will leave European market rather than agree to help governments surveil users Rob Beschizza

privacy Apple says it will pull Messages and FaceTime if UK forces back-door access to its encryption Mark Frauenfelder

mark zuckerberg Mark Zuckerberg loves him some Signal Messenger Séamus Bellamy

encryption A glimpse at the messy future of Signal, the popular encrypted messaging app Thom Dunn

privacy Signal's new "Sealed Sender" will hide your identity from Signal Cory Doctorow

security Efail: can email be saved? Cory Doctorow

privacy Amazon doesn't like how Signal circumvents censorship Séamus Bellamy

web theory Amazon orders Signal to stop using AWS to defeat censorship Cory Doctorow

happy mutants A profile of Moxie Marlinspike: the seagoing anarchist cryptographer who brought private messaging to millions Cory Doctorow

Space Voyager 2 science experiment shut down to preserve power Rob Beschizza

Space Planet orbiting Barnard's Star among closest so far found Rob Beschizza

greetings Woah! Woman waves at a stranger's cat — and much to her surprise, it waves back (video) Carla Sinclair

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adorable animals This alligator is an incredibly gentle mom! Jennifer Sandlin

bizarre competitions Wolfing down scalding hot biscuits and other weird contests from 1897 Mark Frauenfelder

Science Scientists win award for discovering mammals can breath through our anuses Allan Rose Hill

movies How the movie Jaws inspired the creepy Friday the 13th "ki ki ki, ma, ma, ma" sound effect Allan Rose Hill

robots This robot is controlled by a living mushroom (video) Allan Rose Hill

Science Scientists make temporarily transparent mice Jennifer Sandlin