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Drone Pwn

Watch Hackers Use a Drone-Mounted Laser to Control Malware Through a Scanner

Researchers in Israel have shown off a novel technique that would allow attackers to wirelessly command devices using a laser light, bypassing so-called air gaps.
Kim Zetter
3.28.17
thump news

MUTEK 2017 Announces Lineup Including Daphni, Aurora Halal, Robert Henke, and More

The long-running Montreal electronic festival moves to August this year and expands to five days.
Max Mertens
3.28.17
Transformations

Giving Up Drinking Changed My Life

I’d been using alcohol to treat my anxiety, but it wasn’t helping.
Andrew Daniels
3.28.17
agriculture

Meet the Couple Growing Tropical Supergreens in the Costa Rican Jungle

The founders of Finca Tierra went off-grid to sow greens that grow like weeds. Their humble goal: have the smallest carbon footprint possible.
Clarissa Wei
3.28.17
Silicon Valley

Uber's diversity numbers are just as bad as the rest of Silicon Valley

Noah Kulwin
3.28.17
space art

Three Artists Locked Themselves in a Museum for a Simulated Mission to Mars

Alongside Amapola Prada and Elizabeth Marcus-Sonenberg, artist MPA spent 10 days in a corridor of the Whitney as a meditation on colonial legacies and future colonization on Mars.
Andrew Nunes
3.28.17
Canada

From Burnaby to Saigon, Figure Skater Nam Nguyen Finds Home on the Ice

Figure skater Nam Nguyen is part of a new wave of Asian skaters redefining Asian-Canadian identity on the ice.
Minnia Feng
3.28.17
government

Is Philadelphia the Most Corrupt City in America?

Does a jawn shit in the jawn?
Aaron Kase
3.28.17
Hackers Get Creative

Apple Extortionists Trading Media Exposure for More Accounts

The Turkish Crime Family is allegedly creating something of a media-frenzy feedback loop to get more Apple related accounts.
Joseph Cox
3.28.17
Paris

Fatal police shooting of Chinese man sparks protests in Paris

Michael Kalenderian
3.28.17
Politics

Conservative leadership candidates one-up each other on immigration, as membership deadline looms

It comes as the deadline looms for party memberships in advance of a May vote on who will lead the party.
Tamara Khandaker
3.28.17
connection

Indigenous Peoples in Canadian Cities Want Their Own Radio Stations

Radio is a technology that connects people to their culture.
Jordan Pearson
3.28.17
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