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• Feature

  Dark Arts

  

  The cyberpunk future that science fiction sold us on hasn't come to pass: instead, a much sleeker, cleaner, and subtler world of technology has formed our present. But on Tumblr, artists and curators are beginning to create a new future — one that looks more like the incredible tech we see today.

• Report

  Oral history: the sexual misadventures of the dental dam

  

  The dental dam has been around for almost 20 years at a minimum, and yet it's practically nowhere to be found: not in bedrooms, drug stores, or sex shops. But despite its failure to ascend to popularity, the dam is far from dead.

• Report

  The world's biggest troll is back on trial

  

  The notorious hacker weev is back on trial to appeal an earlier decision that put him in prison for over three years. The case could have big implicati*** for how computer crime prosecuti*** are handled, so we headed to the court house this week to see it begin to unfold.

• Review

  Google vs. Microsoft: a cheap laptop showdown

  

  Chromebooks are putting pressure on low-cost Windows laptops in a serious way, and that's all too evident when looking at Toshiba's two new sub-$400 laptops. One runs Windows 8, has a touchscreen, and works well online, and the other is a sleek and simple Chrome OS machine. So which is better?

• Interview

  The story of Motorola's **artwatch from the man who designed it

  

  Google dropped a big surprise announcement this week: it's building a version of Android perfect for **artwatches. Motorola is already working on a gorgeous **artwtach to run it, and we spoke with the designer behind it to find out how he's bringing Android from a device in your pocket up to your wrist.

• Report

  Meet gaming's punk rock label

  

  Creating a publishing company for indie games might sound antithetical to the whole idea of indie, but Devolver Digital is turning publishing into something less structured and a lot more helpful. It's already working with some of the hottest indie developers out there, and it's building a serious reputation for its quick and violent games.

• Report

  Inside the GitHub scandal: is sexi** part of the Valley's DNA?

  

  Julie Ann Horvath brought big changes to GitHub through the launch of a women-in-tech lecture series, but those changes weren't necessarily felt by her. She left GitHub last week alleging gender haras**ent, and now everyone's talking about how Silicon Valley can do better.

• Report

  Is ITT Tech screwing over students?

  

  ITT Tech's promises might sound too good to be a true, and a new US watchdog bureau seems to agree. It's filed charges against the for-profit college for misleading applicants, but whether those charges will lead to actual changes is far from guaranteed.

• Review

  Lenovo ThinkPad 8 review

  

  Lenovo's ThinkPad 8 is a Windows tablet that looks a whole lot like an iPad mini. But it's far more than just a tablet: the ThinkPad 8 can run full desktop apps and effectively be turned into a desktop too with the right accessories. But just because the ThinkPad 8 can do it all doesn't mean it can do it well.

• Report

  Japan used to rule video games, so what happened?

  

  Last decade, building a game for c***oles became easier and easier for Western developers as c***oles become a lot more like traditional PCs. Now Japan's traditional gaming tastes are out of favor, but a burgeoning indie scene may be able to start bringing back its gaming fame.