“Yoshitaka Sakurada said he had ‘always directed my staff and secretaries to do that kind of thing.'” Buzzfeed: Uh, So Japan’s Cybersecurity Minister Says He’s Never Used A Computer Before.

+ The British publisher said ‘toxic’ was chosen over words like ‘techlash’ and ‘gaslighting’ thanks to the ‘sheer scope of its application.'” Toxic is the word of the year.

+ The Ubiquity of Smartphones, as Captured by Photographers. (This is just about as depressing as you’d imagine…)