security Singapore will disconnect entire civil service from the internet Cory Doctorow

coronavirus Wear your mask in the bathroom so you don't get coronavirus from poop Thom Dunn

politics Coronavirus scams prove a federal anti-price gouging law is needed — Amazon's VP of public policy Xeni Jardin

interviews Talking adventure games with Olivia Wood Jeffery Klaehn

makers Seven top tips from makers so far this year Gareth Branwyn

guns Gun Violence Isn't a Problem — it's actually 5 Problems, with Different Solutions Thom Dunn

privacy AI Now's annual report: stop doing "emotion detection"; stop "socially sensitive" facial recognition; make AI research diverse and representative — and more Cory Doctorow

authoritarianism Cops and spooks all over the world rely on a junk-science "walking polygraph" method to steer their investigation Cory Doctorow

trump Taxpayers spent $10b for Trump's wall (so far); smugglers are cutting it with $100 saws and $10 blades Cory Doctorow

learning Kevin Kelly, Adam Savage, Norm Chan discuss continuous learning, knowledge sharing, and how tools open up possibilities Gareth Branwyn

Business Big Tech's addiction to illegal, overreaching NDAs protects wage discrimination, sexual harassment, and other evils by "terrorizing" employees Cory Doctorow

scholarship Despite public pledges, leading scientific journals still allow statistical misconduct and refuse to correct it Cory Doctorow

class war In LA, the teachers of America's largest school district are on strike Cory Doctorow

Business Uber forces its drivers to arbitrate, rather than sue, but Uber also won't arbitrate Cory Doctorow

late stage capitalism Labour report on executive pay proposes giving customers a vote on compensation, ending share-based compensation for execs Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Behold! The Library of Congress's audacious plan to digitize and share the nation's treasures Cory Doctorow

books The ethics of wiping out a mosquito species Christopher Preston

happy mutants Buskers are the only performers making money at the Edinburgh Fringe. Here's how. Mat Ricardo

art Magnificent new show of Scott Albrecht's deconstructed, typographical art opening in San Francisco on Saturday David Pescovitz