privacy Apple's contractors also listening to private conversations Seamus Bellamy

police Police militarization is objectively bad for police and for society, according to science Thom Dunn

trump Tickets for Trump rally come with Covid-19 liability waiver Rob Beschizza

kitchen This stainless steel appliance cleaner actually removes those fingerprint marks Jason Weisberger

pandemic Modern bathroom design is a direct response to pandemic planning Thom Dunn

coronavirus Trump has been hesitant to invoke the Defense Production Act for medical gear. But he's already used it hundreds of thousands of times for weapons and bombs. Thom Dunn

blackwater Blackwater founder Erik Prince used ex-spies to infiltrate liberal groups for Project Veritas Thom Dunn

scams Shady home builder exposed Rob Beschizza

surveillance Multiple Amazon employees have been fired for spying on Ring owners' cameras Cory Doctorow

Business Iraq: Chevron evacuates staff from Kurdistan oil site, will Russia's Rosneft benefit? Xeni Jardin

corruption Private equity firms should be abolished Cory Doctorow

class war Workers at Spin, Ford's e-scooter company, have unionized in San Francisco Cory Doctorow

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

late stage capitalism McKinsey bills the US government $3m a year for anodyne advice from 23-year-old college grads Cory Doctorow

Business After Trump reversed Obama's restrictions on private federal prisons, states started banning them instead Cory Doctorow

corruption Defense contractors gleefully report record earnings in divisions that bid on "classified" projects, the fastest-growing part of the Pentagon's budget Cory Doctorow

spam To find tech talent, an entrepreneur put cans of relabeled Spam on store shelves Rusty Blazenhoff

class war The Labour manifesto: transformation of the welfare system, fair conditions for workers, universal housing, home care for elderly, fully funded NHS, fair taxes for the rich Cory Doctorow

Business Beyond the gig economy: "platform co-ops" that run their own apps Cory Doctorow

Business Uber pretended its drivers were contractors, and now it owes New Jersey $650m in employment tax Cory Doctorow