neural nets Horspest and Shivercell: a neural net invents names for fruit varieties Mark Frauenfelder

magnets Apple teaches a lesson to neodymium bullies Mark Frauenfelder

County fair Fair food fix: California county fair hosts drive-thru events Rusty Blazenhoff

the rona What would happen if beachgoers were as lax about sharks as they are about coronavirus? Colbert shows us! Carla Sinclair

Gadgets Drama Mayhem is the game we can all use right about now Boing Boing's Shop

Business More reporting links Clearview AI to Trump-aligned racists, neo-Nazis, and alt-right trolls Xeni Jardin

Weird Do not lure deer into your home to feed them, Colorado authorities plead Xeni Jardin

Business Trump and Apple's Tim Cook to meet at Davos Xeni Jardin

facebook 2019 was the year of voice assistant privacy dumpster fires Cory Doctorow

1201 Apple's extension of "Activation Locks" to laptops will turn refurbishable electronics into e-waste Cory Doctorow

Funny Watch police try to catch runaway pig David Pescovitz

nanotechnology Researchers print electronic tattoos directly onto the skin David Pescovitz

youtubers YouTuber, iced out of monetization, looks to China Rob Beschizza

Lowell Farms: A Cannabis Cafe First cannabis cafe in the US opens today Carla Sinclair

corruption Phoenix's police union has a secret deal with the department to purge dirty cops' disciplinary records Cory Doctorow

apple Apple cleans up Siri's privacy problems, screwing over workers in the process Seamus Bellamy

privacy Microsoft contractors are listening to your Skype conversations Seamus Bellamy

crime Corruption is contagious: dirty cops make their partners dirty Cory Doctorow

Games Already regretting assigning Bret Easton Ellis to review Minecraft's photorealistic texture pack Rob Beschizza