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1.

God's Lonely Programmer (motherboard.vice.com)

883 points by eli 2014-11-25 | 320 comments

2.

In Groundbreaking Decision, Feds Say Hacking DRM to Fix Electronics Is Legal (motherboard.vice.com)

880 points by jbegley 2018-10-25 | 2 comments

3.

Almost Nothing About the ‘Apple Harvests Gold from iPhones’ Story Is True (motherboard.vice.com)

655 points by MikusR 2016-04-20 | 202 comments

4.

DARPA Is Building a $10M, Open-Source, Secure Voting System (motherboard.vice.com)

649 points by shpat 2019-03-14 | 288 comments

5.

Researcher Who Stopped WannaCry Ransomware Detained in US After Def Con (motherboard.vice.com)

567 points by Shinkirou 2017-08-03 | 254 comments

6.

We should replace Facebook with personal websites (motherboard.vice.com)

552 points by jbegley 2018-12-20 | 287 comments

7.

MIT Researchers Have Developed a ‘System for Dream Control’ (motherboard.vice.com)

547 points by dsr12 2018-04-23 | 133 comments

8.

Sorry, NSA, Terrorists Don't Use Verizon. Or Skype. Or Gmail (motherboard.vice.com)

527 points by Libertatea 2013-06-25 | 354 comments

9.

26 States Now Ban or Restrict Community Broadband (motherboard.vice.com)

493 points by grecy 2019-04-19 | 147 comments

10.

Defense in Silk Road Trial Says Mt. Gox CEO Was the Real Dread Pirate Roberts (motherboard.vice.com)

480 points by jordn 2015-01-15 | 231 comments

11.

Princeton’s Ad-Blocker May Put an End to the Ad-Blocking Arms Race (motherboard.vice.com)

477 points by hourislate 2017-04-14 | 334 comments

12.

Socially Engineering Myself into High Security Facilities (motherboard.vice.com)

477 points by anarbadalov 2017-10-20 | 214 comments

13.

Apple Sued an iPhone Repair Shop Owner in Norway and Lost (motherboard.vice.com)

476 points by dsr12 2018-04-13 | 285 comments

14.

Apple's Proprietary Software Locks Kill Independent Repair on New MacBook Pros (motherboard.vice.com)

471 points by rodneyrdx 2018-10-04 | 435 comments

15.

I Bought a Book About the Internet from 1994 and None of the Links Worked (motherboard.vice.com)

460 points by slyall 2017-08-15 | 318 comments

16.

Google Will Soon Shame All Websites That Are Unencrypted (motherboard.vice.com)

448 points by devhxinc 2016-01-27 | 356 comments

17.

Confirmed: CMU Attacked Tor, Was Subpoenaed by Feds (motherboard.vice.com)

430 points by danso 2016-02-24 | 160 comments

18.

The 'SimCity' Empire Has Fallen and 'Skylines' Is Picking Up the Pieces (motherboard.vice.com)

426 points by DiabloD3 2015-03-18 | 185 comments

19.

Sex Workers Say Porn on Google Drive Is Suddenly Disappearing (motherboard.vice.com)

415 points by MilnerRoute 2018-03-24 | 386 comments

20.

Coinbase Ordered to Turn Over Identities of 14,355 Crypto Traders to the IRS (motherboard.vice.com)

414 points by therealmarv 2017-11-30 | 369 comments

21.

FTC Warns Manufacturers That 'Warranty Void If Removed' Stickers Are Illegal (motherboard.vice.com)

408 points by runesoerensen 2018-04-10 | 134 comments

22.

Wikipedia’s Switch to HTTPS Has Successfully Fought Government Censorship (motherboard.vice.com)

401 points by rbanffy 2017-05-29 | 119 comments

23.

The thriving black market of John Deere tractor hacking (motherboard.vice.com)

397 points by artsandsci 2017-03-21 | 177 comments

24.

Google’s lawyers are asking to find Oracle’s lawyers in contempt of court (motherboard.vice.com)

395 points by ivank 2016-09-23 | 138 comments

25.

Dear Congress, It's No Longer OK To Not Know How The Internet Works (motherboard.vice.com)

389 points by nextparadigms 2011-12-16 | 77 comments

26.

Harvard Study Shows Why Big Telecom Is Terrified of Community-Run Broadband (motherboard.vice.com)

379 points by owens99 2018-01-12 | 144 comments

27.

Why Sleep Apnea Patients Rely on a CPAP Machine Hacker (motherboard.vice.com)

363 points by runesoerensen 2018-11-15 | 249 comments

28.

Off the Grid, but Still Online (motherboard.vice.com)

356 points by theandrewbailey 2015-10-12 | 159 comments

29.

Spyware Company Leaves ‘Terabytes’ of Selfies, Messages, Location Data Exposed (motherboard.vice.com)

356 points by wglb 2018-08-23 | 141 comments

30.

Hacker Publishes Personal Info of 20,000 FBI Agents (motherboard.vice.com)

356 points by molecule 2016-02-09 | 171 comments

31.

Tractor Hacking: Documentary About Farmers Fighting for the Right to Repair (motherboard.vice.com)

352 points by goodmachine 2018-02-15 | 115 comments

32.

My Year in San Francisco’s $2M Secret Society Startup (motherboard.vice.com)

344 points by dcschelt 2016-03-08 | 120 comments

33.

Eight Years On, Google Fiber Is a Faint Echo of the Disruption Promised (motherboard.vice.com)

329 points by olds 2018-03-05 | 323 comments

34.

Pennsylvania license plate reader SUV camouflaged as Google Street View vehicle (motherboard.vice.com)

325 points by uptown 2016-05-12 | 127 comments

35.

My Roommate, the Darknet Drug Lord (motherboard.vice.com)

323 points by Thevet 2015-03-12 | 161 comments

36.

Steve Wozniak Was My Computer Teacher in 1995 (motherboard.vice.com)

317 points by curtis 2016-12-14 | 56 comments

37.

Patreon Is Suspending Adult Content Creators Because of Its Payment Partners (motherboard.vice.com)

306 points by cribbles 2018-06-30 | 225 comments

38.

DIY Powerwall Builders Are Using Recycled Laptop Batteries to Power Their Homes (motherboard.vice.com)

304 points by prostoalex 2017-08-27 | 178 comments

39.

T-Mobile CEO to EFF: ‘Who the Fuck Are You?’ (motherboard.vice.com)

300 points by tshtf 2016-01-07 | 119 comments

40.

“Dear subscriber, you are registered as a participant in a mass disturbance.” (motherboard.vice.com)

297 points by f_salmon 2014-01-22 | 101 comments

41.

‘Star Citizen’ Court Case Reveals the Messy Reality of Crowdfunding a $200M Game (motherboard.vice.com)

296 points by danso 2018-07-17 | 326 comments

42.

Dead People Are Posting Anti-Net Neutrality Comments to FCC Website (motherboard.vice.com)

290 points by phr4ts 2017-05-25 | 74 comments

43.

Man Fined $500 for Crime of Writing 'I Am an Engineer' in an Email to the Gov't (motherboard.vice.com)

289 points by runesoerensen 2017-04-25 | 237 comments

44.

FCC’s Inspector General investigating whether Ajit Pai acted inappropriately (motherboard.vice.com)

289 points by cpeterso 2018-02-15 | 39 comments

45.

Google Demanded T-Mobile, Sprint Not Sell Google Fi Customers' Location Data (motherboard.vice.com)

283 points by tonyztan 2019-01-11 | 149 comments

46.

Copyright King: Why the "I Have a Dream" Speech Still Isn't Free (motherboard.vice.com)

281 points by ck2 2012-01-17 | 117 comments

47.

Walmart’s $10 Smartphone Has Better Specs Than the Original iPhone (motherboard.vice.com)

279 points by bane 2015-11-15 | 199 comments

48.

Shazam Keeps Your Mac’s Microphone Always On, Even When You Turn It Off (motherboard.vice.com)

278 points by qzervaas 2016-11-14 | 104 comments

49.

Dogecoin's inventor looks to the past for insight into the future (motherboard.vice.com)

269 points by thisisit 2018-01-12 | 247 comments

50.

To Save Net Neutrality, We Must Build Our Own Internet (motherboard.vice.com)

266 points by cardamomo 2017-11-23 | 156 comments

51.

Key iPhone Source Code Gets Posted Online (motherboard.vice.com)

261 points by tonyztan 2018-02-08 | 112 comments

52.

What to do when your self-driving car decides to drive you to the police (motherboard.vice.com)

258 points by wut42 2016-02-22 | 123 comments

53.

Whoever Is Leaking Trans-Pacific Partnership Drafts: Please Leak More (motherboard.vice.com)

257 points by DiabloD3 2015-05-10 | 91 comments

54.

Rise of Ad Blocking Is the Ad Industry's Fault, Says Outgoing FTC Commissioner (motherboard.vice.com)

253 points by chopin 2016-04-04 | 215 comments

55.

We need internet that isn't owned by big telecom (motherboard.vice.com)

253 points by BravoCo 2017-12-17 | 101 comments

56.

Why We Should Build Cloud Cities on Venus (motherboard.vice.com)

253 points by cryptoz 2015-02-02 | 190 comments

57.

FBI Says a Mysterious Hacking Group Has Had Access to US Govt Files for Years (motherboard.vice.com)

251 points by ebrenes 2016-04-05 | 77 comments

58.

If you care about privacy, you should not use Google Allo (motherboard.vice.com)

248 points by walterbell 2016-05-20 | 150 comments

59.

Internal Documents Show Apple Is Capable of Implementing Right to Repair (motherboard.vice.com)

246 points by kaboro 2019-03-28 | 145 comments

60.

NASA Scientists Suggest We’ve Been Underestimating Sea Level Rise (motherboard.vice.com)

241 points by bilifuduo 2016-10-30 | 231 comments

61.

The World’s Oldest Blockchain Has Been Hiding in the New York Times Since 1995 (motherboard.vice.com)

240 points by chuckblake 2018-08-28 | 78 comments

62.

An Amoeba-Based Computer Found Solutions to 8-City Traveling Salesman Problem (motherboard.vice.com)

239 points by n0pe_p0pe 2018-12-21 | 76 comments

63.

How Is Critical Life or Death Software Tested? (motherboard.vice.com)

238 points by pablobaz 2015-06-01 | 154 comments

64.

Hackers Hijacked Asus Software Updates to Install Backdoors (motherboard.vice.com)

237 points by yankcrime 2019-03-25 | 72 comments

65.

Mysterious Mac Malware Has Infected Victims for Years (motherboard.vice.com)

235 points by kawera 2017-07-24 | 135 comments

66.

Judge Rules FBI Must Reveal Malware It Used to Hack Over 1,000 Computers (motherboard.vice.com)

234 points by 56k 2016-02-20 | 77 comments

67.

Criminals Are Tapping into the Phone Network Backbone to Empty Bank Accounts (motherboard.vice.com)

231 points by secfirstmd 2019-01-31 | 149 comments

68.

Reaction to the Sony Hack Is 'Beyond the Realm of Stupid' (motherboard.vice.com)

231 points by wglb 2014-12-18 | 100 comments

69.

Valve Bans Game Publisher After It Sues Players That Gave It Bad Steam Reviews (motherboard.vice.com)

228 points by r721 2016-09-17 | 35 comments

70.

Unselfish People Are More Likely to Wind Up with Depression (motherboard.vice.com)

226 points by smn1234 2017-10-04 | 128 comments

71.

The Plane Giving the F-35 a Run for Its Money (motherboard.vice.com)

224 points by RachelF 2015-09-21 | 161 comments

72.

A Hacker Has Wiped a Spyware Company’s Servers (motherboard.vice.com)

219 points by petethomas 2018-02-19 | 110 comments

73.

The Four Thieves Vinegar Collective (motherboard.vice.com)

218 points by surlyadopter 2018-07-27 | 137 comments

74.

When Telecom Companies Search Your Home for Piracy (motherboard.vice.com)

216 points by Thorondor 2018-10-26 | 112 comments

75.

Wikipedia bans Breitbart as a source for facts (motherboard.vice.com)

215 points by aceperry 2018-10-07 | 200 comments

76.

NRA complaint takes down Surge's 38,000 websites (motherboard.vice.com)

215 points by rmason 2016-06-30 | 187 comments

77.

How I Ate No Food for 30 Days (motherboard.vice.com)

213 points by hoov 2013-11-12 | 287 comments

78.

The People Who Risk Jail to Maintain the Tor Network (motherboard.vice.com)

209 points by Errorcod3 2015-04-27 | 72 comments

79.

'PC Building Simulator' Is More Fun Than Building a Real Computer (motherboard.vice.com)

205 points by danso 2018-03-29 | 197 comments

80.

The Mir Space Station (motherboard.vice.com)

204 points by rmason 2016-02-22 | 31 comments

81.

Prototype iPhones That Hackers Use to Research Apple’s Most Sensitive Code (motherboard.vice.com)

203 points by runesoerensen 2019-03-06 | 46 comments

82.

An Oral History of Something Awful (motherboard.vice.com)

201 points by never-the-bride 2017-04-15 | 108 comments

83.

The Mystery of the Creepiest Television Hack (motherboard.vice.com)

201 points by mjschultz 2013-11-30 | 11 comments

84.

iPhone Bugs Are Too Valuable to Report to Apple (motherboard.vice.com)

201 points by cinquemb 2017-07-10 | 137 comments

85.

PDF Is the World's Most Important File Format (motherboard.vice.com)

201 points by jbegley 2019-05-03 | 212 comments

86.

13M Pages of Declassified CIA Documents Posted Online (motherboard.vice.com)

200 points by happy-go-lucky 2017-01-18 | 45 comments

87.

U.S. Telcos Sold Highly Sensitive Customer GPS Data Typically Used for 911 Calls (motherboard.vice.com)

198 points by walterbell 2019-02-09 | 62 comments

88.

Angola’s Wikipedia Pirates Are Exposing the Problems with Digital Colonialism (motherboard.vice.com)

197 points by jackgavigan 2016-03-25 | 140 comments

89.

Seals Used to Protect Voting Machines Can Be Opened With a Shim from a Soda Can (motherboard.vice.com)

197 points by ProAm 2018-10-17 | 79 comments

90.

Aleksey Vayner Has Died at 29 (motherboard.vice.com)

197 points by ColinWright 2013-01-24 | 79 comments

91.

I Visit Libraries to Sell Bitcoins to Random People from the Internet (motherboard.vice.com)

195 points by danso 2015-02-04 | 83 comments

92.

Big tech lobbying gutted a bill that would ban recording without consent (motherboard.vice.com)

194 points by clumsysmurf 2019-04-14 | 62 comments

93.

FAA says monetized videos shot from drones are subject to commercial regulations (motherboard.vice.com)

194 points by ccvannorman 2015-03-12 | 230 comments

94.

The Life, Death, and Legacy of iPhone Jailbreaking (motherboard.vice.com)

192 points by sinak 2017-06-30 | 107 comments

95.

Facebook Has Hosted Stolen Identities and Social Security Numbers for Years (motherboard.vice.com)

191 points by rbanffy 2018-04-24 | 36 comments

96.

Apple Says Right to Repair iPhones Will Turn Nebraska Into a ‘Mecca’ for Hackers (motherboard.vice.com)

191 points by petethomas 2017-02-18 | 103 comments

97.

Nintendo Makes It Clear That Piracy Is Only Way to Preserve Video Game History (motherboard.vice.com)

189 points by ingve 2019-01-30 | 55 comments

98.

Looking Up Symptoms Online? These Companies Are Tracking You (motherboard.vice.com)

185 points by sinak 2015-04-26 | 102 comments

99.

Build a do-it-yourself IMSI Catcher for about $20 (motherboard.vice.com)

185 points by mises 2018-11-16 | 59 comments

100.

Apple Forces Recyclers to Shred All iPhones and Macbooks (motherboard.vice.com)

185 points by bootload 2017-04-23 | 142 comments

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