gambling The slot machines that used to tour with Lemmy of Motörhead Gareth Branwyn

offworld Why would you spend $3000 on Clash of Clans? Leigh Alexander

boring weirdoes Gentleman shrieks about non-existent "election fraud" in Maricopa County Jennifer Sandlin

art There's probably an art vending machine near you. What are you waiting for? Jennifer Sandlin

pinball machines Short 1964 film present the "Slot Machine Age" Mark Frauenfelder

Boing Boing Gadgets Everyone needs a handy USB hub, and right now, these models are an extra 20% off Boing Boing's Shop

trump July 4, 2030: Opening of the Trump Presidential Library Peter Sheridan

Business Frustrated game devs automated the production of 1,500 terrible slot machine apps and actually made money Cory Doctorow

surveillance Foreigners visiting China are increasingly stumped by its cashless society Cory Doctorow

Dungeons & Dragons What's new in tabletop gaming (Halloween edition) Gareth Branwyn

makers How to make a replica of the GENIAC Electric Brain from 1955 Mark Frauenfelder

Business Facebook's year-old "improvements" to the newsfeed have elevated enraging Fox News posts to the service's dominant form Cory Doctorow

facebook With repetition, most of us will become inured to all the dirty tricks of Facebook attention-manipulation Cory Doctorow

Science New gamblers who see a short video about slot-machine psychology don't get tricked Cory Doctorow

fake news Sexbots, Nostradamus and Donald Trump, in this week's tabloids Peter Sheridan

web theory David Byrne: The secret appeal of technology is that it takes away the need to talk to people Cory Doctorow

habits The "ludic loop" of checking email, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram all day Mark Frauenfelder

happy mutants House Republicans just voted to defund the agency that fights election hacking Cory Doctorow

Business Russia's slot-machine bans let criminals buy machines on the cheap and reverse-engineer them Cory Doctorow

Technology This Wand Remote makes couch surfing magical again Michael Borys