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Cory Doctorow

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Jul 26, 2025

Iranian brickwork, arbitrated pillows, smothered comics, and aerogel desalination

Also: bricked exercise gear, Air Canada luggage mystery, and praise for Enshittification.

A framegrab of Tommy and Dicky Smothers mid-act, with Tommy looked baffled and Dicky looking irritated; the image has been roughed up with static and CRT scanlines, and slightly desaturated. It is set in a wooden frame that is elaborately illustrated with scenes of antiquity — marble angels at the corners, magi and sojourners acting out scenes around all four sides.

Cory Doctorow

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Nov 9, 2023

The enshittification of garage-door openers reveals a vast and deadly rot

Firms undisciplined by competition, regulation, or self-help measures.

“A detail from Blake’s ‘Fall,’ depicting the Serpent coming down out of the Tree of Knowledge to tempt Eve with the apple. The image has been altered: Eve has been colored electric blue, and the colors have been similarly punched up for both the snake and the apple. Eve’s eyes have been replaced with the glowing red menacing eyes of HAL 9000 from Kubrick’s ‘2001: A Space Odyssey.’ Emerging from the tree branches is an image of Uncle Sam, raising a cocktail coupe in a toast to the scene. The back

Pyotr

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May 17, 2023

Be aware of Apple’ “shared albums”

Another note about the Internet of Shit

Be aware of Apple’ “shared albums”

Cory Doctorow

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Jul 29, 2021

Unauthorized cups

RFID-equipped disposable cups deny water to homeless people.

A self-service Coca Cola drink-dispensing machine displaying an error message: ‘You’re going to need a different cup. Just ask at the counter.’ A woman’s hand is holding a disposable wax-paper McDonald’s cup before the machine. Image: @AnemoneAndMe https://twitter.com/AnemoneAndMe/status/1420540789734612992

Cory Doctorow

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Jun 22, 2021

Peloton bricks its treadmills

Your kids are dead because you didn’t buy the subscription.

A still from the opening credits of The Jetsons in which George Jetson is about to be maimed by a high-tech treadmill; superimposed over the image is a quote from the Peloton email announcing that its treadmills now require subscriptions (‘Unfortunately at this time, ‘Just Run’ is no longer accessible without a Peloton Membership’). Image: The Jetsons/Hanna-Barbera

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Creative Lab

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Tim Broddin

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May 13, 2020

Tech Time van Tim: muiscursors, Internet of Shit en deno

Ik ben nog steeds Tim, creative coder bij het VRT Creative Lab, en elke week verzamel ik interessante nieuwigheden uit de tech world.

Tech Time van Tim: muiscursors, Internet of Shit en deno

renaissance chambara

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Aug 8, 2018

The Internet of Stupid Things

The internet of stupid things is a more charitable phrase for what many consumers call the Internet of Shit.

Michael Kazarnowicz

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Dec 10, 2017

Crowdfunding the Internet of Shit

Lessons from backing more than 130 crowdfunding projects

Crowdfunding the Internet of Shit

Thomas Biasci

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Aug 15, 2017

Top 5 du CES 2017

Le CES 2017 se termine à peine que l’école des FAQ est déjà de retour de Las Vegas pour vous en parler. Je suis un peu jetlag, vous…

Top 5 du CES 2017

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SecurityBytes

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Leigh

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Apr 7, 2017

Bricking IoT devices gives incentives for better security

(was: ‘How to force manufacturers to take IoT security seriously?’)

Bricking IoT devices gives incentives for better security