Big tech companies are hell-bent on taking away our agency and forcing us to use their surveillance-based services, apps, and devices. It’s hard to fight against, and it often feels much easier to giv...

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One of my favorite original yo-yo tricks started off as a joke. I tell the story of how Brent Dillinger, a competitive yo-yoer who dominated the scene in the early 2000s, inspired two separate tric...

Food lovers unite! Cultural critic, cookbook writer, and food journalist Soleil Ho leads Introduction to Food Writing, an opportunity to take your story from the plate to the page.

A shoulder robot and AI pal in training. Updated with a new, soft outer shell and speech smarts! By Alex Glow.

Timnit Gebru argues that AI companies are stoking fears of extinction to avoid discussing actual harms, like autonomous weapons.

A new GTA mod lets you smash and shoot Flock’s automatic license plate readers around the fictional Los Santos.

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how about some technology coworking?

Live-modding a close-up webcam, so I can inspect silicon chips under infrared light!

Novels about Portland's hard-rocking queer magical girls, Magica Riot.