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Donald Trump is gobsmacked that his teenage son Barron knows how to turn on a computer. In this Fox News clip, Trump brags to Laura Ingraham about Barron's "unbelievable aptitude in technology" -- a claim based entirely on his son's ability to press ...

Remember when Google started as a helpful librarian then became a pushy salesperson? This scenario-- enshittification--is an example of how "all the internet platforms we rely on were turning into piles of shit," says Cory Doctorow, who coined the ...

Internet anarchy meets government control: 4chan, the message board that helped birth countless memes, now faces a £20,000 fine from UK regulators -- and they're refusing to pay. The clash began when Ofcom, Britain's media watchdog, demanded ...

Ever been frustrated by a locked shopping cart? A security researcher has revealed how to hack those remote-controlled cart wheels using just your smartphone. The discovery, presented at DEFCON 29, exposes the vulnerability in Gatekeeper Systems ...

A very long-held belief that the mechanical computer, "the Norden Bombsight," gave the United States a massive advantage in World War II has been shattered. It isn't that the bombsight doesn't work, but that the type of bombing and targeting it was ...

A top Israeli cybersecurity official who was arrested for attempting to sexually exploit a minor in Las Vegas showed up for the rendezvous with a condom and Cirque du Soleil tickets -- then managed to leave the country after posting bail, as reported ...

Why send boring old wedding invitations when you can include invoices in the envelope? Invitin is a new app that encourages couples to treat their sacred union like a cash grab by charging admission to their own friends and family. Because Aunt Susan ...

Scientists have created a brain implant that can decode a person's inner thoughts with 74% accuracy, but only after they mentally "speak" a personalized password, with one participant using the phrase "Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang." The Stanford ...

My friend Seth Godin (author of Purple Cow, Tribes, and Linchpin) is back on Kickstarter for the first time in a decade, and the project is exactly what I've come to know about Seth: surprising, generous, and a little bit magical. -- Read the rest ...