Business Wells Fargo accused of ripping off rich people, too Cory Doctorow

jeffrey epstein The "Jeffrey Epstein's Financial Assistant Scheme" is a 2020 twist on the classic Nigerian Prince Scam Thom Dunn

coronapocalypse The shield you want — DEVO selling Energy Dome PPE face shields Gareth Branwyn

facebook Facebook must pay $52M for 11,250 content moderators' mental health issues caused on the job Xeni Jardin

UFOs Pentagon releases UFO footage Thom Dunn

law Sad news: red light camera revenue down due to coronavirus Rob Beschizza

News Social security for all — for now Maureen Herman

coronavirus Right-wing websites are weighing the pros and cons of letting people die from coronavirus to help the economy Thom Dunn

late stage capitalism Doomsday Preppers are now selling timeshares, too Thom Dunn

politics In leaked audio, Michael Bloomberg defends racial profiling: "throw them up against the wall" Rob Beschizza

useful stuff Interview with Douglas Rushkoff Mark Frauenfelder

fbi The FBI doesn't need Apple to give it a backdoor to encryption, because it already has all the access it needs Thom Dunn

eff In serving big company interests, copyright is in crisis Cory Doctorow

Business The bubbles in VR, cryptocurrency and machine learning are all part of the parallel computing bubble Cory Doctorow

Journalism VICTORY! New Free File rules ban tax-prep firms from hiding their offerings, allow IRS to compete with them (a love-letter to Propublica) Cory Doctorow

christmas Does the creepy Santa mask from "It's a Wonderful Life" exist somewhere? Rusty Blazenhoff

corruption Private equity firms should be abolished Cory Doctorow

tabloids The Queen’s worst nightmare, Prince Andrew jailed, and Royal cosmetic surgery exposed in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

los angeles Hollywood assistants are the latest group to come together, share their salaries, and demand better working conditions Thom Dunn

health In any other industry, emergency medical billing would be considered fraudulent Cory Doctorow