offworld Mobile game of the week: You Must Build a Boat Laura Hudson

surveillance Police databases contain the faces of nearly half of Americans Mark Frauenfelder

apple Apple reverses ban on HKmap.live app tracking Hong Kong protests & police Xeni Jardin

apple Apple bans an app because Hong Kong protesters might use it to avoid the murderous, out of control police Cory Doctorow

Weird New York Times: Navy pilots reported a rash of strange UFO encounters David Pescovitz

Japan New York Times investigates Japan's lowrider culture Mark Frauenfelder

toys Donating unwanted LEGO to someone less fortunate is a great way to bring more joy to the world Seamus Bellamy

politics 'Donald's Right.' Putin praises Trump Syria withdrawal tweet as 'the right decision' Xeni Jardin

Holy shit what happened to reality Trump's Korean summit trailer is a template for fun Jason Weisberger

News Trump calls Americans who don't clap for him 'treasonous,' 'Un-American' while stock market drops Xeni Jardin

Internet Cool 360 degree video shows the Internet at a NYC intersection Mark Frauenfelder

#Irma After hurricane, reports of civil unrest on St. Martin, with "gangs overpowering military and local police" Carla Sinclair

NASA How to decode the images on the Voyager Golden Record Ron Barry

video Engineers create smart glove that turns sign language into text Andrea James

psychology Video of 67 people paid to jump from a 33-feet diving tower for the first time Mark Frauenfelder

politics Here's the weirdest, scariest stuff Trump said at 77-minute 'I’m not ranting and raving' meltdown Xeni Jardin

picks Intel's Inside the Trump Administration Xeni Jardin

politics Echoing Infowars, Trump lies that 'very dishonest' U.S. press are covering up terror attacks Xeni Jardin

picks Mary Tyler Moore, a television icon for women in an era of change, has died Xeni Jardin

politics Clinton campaign breaks silence, demands declassification of Russian election hack intel Xeni Jardin