Hungary's nominally democratic government has passed a law allowing companies to demand 400 hours of overtime annually from a worker, and not even pay for it until years later. (Which perhaps means never, if the company is shut down.)

Protesters Are Slowly Winning Electronics Right-to-Repair Battles in Europe.

Flaws in computer security on ships puts them in danger of collision or shipwreck.

I suggest that over-reliance on digital systems for the operation of a ship is a fundamental design flaw, which ought to be illegal. One ship was saved from disaster by having paper charts for backup. Every ship should be required to carry paper charts.

Redundancy of systems requires redefinition, too. Having another computer as backup is worthless if it is easy to take over both of them digitally.

Maria Butina has plead guilty to hooking up officials and donors of the NRA with the Kremlin, whence they hoped to receive support for their activities.

Iranian students in UK universities face expulsion because US sanctions against Iran are stopping them from transferring the tuition fees to the UK.