books Coffee lids: new book on the elegant design of a modern scourge Andrea James

smartphones Drinking glasses made from old smartphone screens Rusty Blazenhoff

Gadgets Save 60% on this certified refurbished Apple Mac Pro with a Xeon E5 processor Boing Boing's Shop

Business Why I won't buy an Ipad: ten years later Cory Doctorow

apple Apple led the campaign to kill Right to Repair, now it's supplying parts to (some) independent repair shops Cory Doctorow

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christ what an asshole Frontier receives $283.4m/year in taxpayer money, neglects network, rips off customers — and Trump's FCC won't investigate Cory Doctorow

Copyfight Big Tech lobbyists and "open for business" Tories killed Ontario's Right-to-Repair legislation Cory Doctorow

Business California's Right to Repair Bill, killed by Big Ag and Apple, has been reintroduced Cory Doctorow

recycling Inside an incredible "prop library" of vintage electronics and obsolete consumer tech David Pescovitz

future The urgent threat of hormone-disrupting chemicals to our health and future Mark Frauenfelder

google Amazon is using purchase data to sell targeted ads, which is creepy, but not because they've invented a mind-control ray Cory Doctorow

tips Here's why you shouldn't rinse dishes before putting in the dishwasher Mark Frauenfelder

eu The EU could give every European the #RightToRepair, but lobbyists will kill it unless we take action! Ugo Vallauri

Copyfight Taylor Swift makes a payout to all Universal artists a clause in her new record deal Cory Doctorow

Business Apple's war on repair continues: Amazon now bans refurb Apple products from third parties Cory Doctorow

Copyfight Repair Day: How "contempt of business model" cheats you out of the use of your property Cory Doctorow

Gadgets Learn Six Sigma and study for project management certification online Boing Boing's Shop

Funny The Institute of Gremlins 2 Studies, an interview with the founder David Pescovitz

computer science A hard look at the wastefulness of "proof of work," the idea at the core of the blockchain Cory Doctorow