Researchers Find ‘Backdoor’ in Encrypted Police and Military Radios(vice.com)

129 points by pseudolus 3 years ago | 45 comments

A Computer Generated Swatting Service Is Causing Havoc Across America(vice.com)

28 points by thunderbong 3 years ago | 11 comments

Kids trying to play video games on school laptops(vice.com)

76 points by cpeterso 3 years ago | 138 comments

Every Day Is April Fool’s Day Now(vice.com)

46 points by zhte415 3 years ago | 41 comments

India's Alphonso mangoes are virtually impossible to find in America (2018)(vice.com)

57 points by shubhamjain 3 years ago | 41 comments

Uber, DoorDash Sue NYC to Stop Delivery Drivers from Getting a Minimum Wage(vice.com)

75 points by isaacfrond 3 years ago | 68 comments

The day Windows died(thomasbandt.com)

918 points by alexzeitler 3 years ago | 710 comments

Personal blog post by Thomas Bandt recounting his history with Windows and why setting it up as his son's first computer didn't work out.

How to copy a file from a 30-year-old laptop(unterminated.com)

551 points by tfvlrue 2 years ago | 257 comments

A personal blog post describing how the author transferred files off a 1994 Apple PowerBook Duo 280c laptop.

FBI raids home of prominent computer scientist who has gone incommunicado(arstechnica.com)

825 points by JaimeThompson 1 year ago | 332 comments

Ars Technica article reporting that the FBI raided the home of an Indiana University computer scientist whose profile was quietly removed and who has gone silent.

It's time to make computing personal again(vintagecomputing.com)

646 points by mariuz 1 year ago | 296 comments

Benj Edwards essay on Vintage Computing and Gaming arguing that surveillance capitalism and DRM turned home tech against users and computing should be personal again.

The early days of Linux(lwn.net)

1199 points by Paul-Craft 3 years ago | 198 comments

LWN article by Lars Wirzenius recounting his memories of the earliest days of Linux and his time with Linus Torvalds at the University of Helsinki.

Judge rules $400M algorithmic system illegally denied Medicaid benefits(gizmodo.com)

358 points by rntn 2 years ago | 95 comments

Gizmodo news article on a judge ruling that a $400 million algorithmic eligibility system illegally denied thousands of people Medicaid benefits.