crime Japanese stalker found victim's home by looking at reflection in her pupil in a high resolution photo Mark Frauenfelder
Business Russia's slot-machine bans let criminals buy machines on the cheap and reverse-engineer them Cory Doctorow
Science In simulation, AI-enabled drone kills its human operators if they try to cancel its mission Ruben Bolling
mistakes Investigator claims U.S. intelligence unit had attempted to "recruit" two 9/11 hijackers Elías Villoro
california Americans will eat 1 billion Peeps this Easter. A California lawmaker wants to change its ingredients Mark Frauenfelder
History Why We Fight was a 2006 documentary on the logic of America's endless parade of pointless wars Elías Villoro
politics The U.S. has launched 251 military interventions since 1991—and 469 since 1798 Elías Villoro
COVID-19 New study: pointing out racial disparities in COVID-19 makes white people more reckless Thom Dunn
politics In leaked audio, Michael Bloomberg defends racial profiling: "throw them up against the wall" Rob Beschizza
security Model stealing, rewarding hacking and poisoning attacks: a taxonomy of machine learning's failure modes Cory Doctorow
Business A sweeping new tech bill from Silicon Valley Democrats promises privacy, interoperability, and protection from algorithmic discrimination and manipulation Cory Doctorow
class war How the British left should seize this moment to strip finance of its political clout Cory Doctorow
