money US authorities seize almost one million dollars in counterfeit $1 bills David Pescovitz

Copyfight China wants to lead the UN's World Intellectual Property Organization Cory Doctorow

Business The three biggest Chinese business scams that target foreign firms Cory Doctorow

money Counterfeiter caught after he tossed test prints in his trash David Pescovitz

late stage capitalism Wework, Uber, Lyft, Netflix, Bird, Amazon: late-stage capitalism is all about money-losing predatory pricing aimed at creating monopolies Cory Doctorow

Copyfight Poland rejects the EU's copyright censorship plans, calls it #ACTA2 Cory Doctorow

law Debullshitifying Microsoft's smear campaign against the recycler it helped send to prison Cory Doctorow

Business Microsoft sends recycler to jail for reinstalling obsolete, licensed copies of Windows on refurbished PCs Cory Doctorow

lawsuits Amazon hit with class-action lawsuit for selling unsafe eclipse glasses Mark Frauenfelder

facebook Google and Facebook's "fake news" ban is a welcome nail in the coffin of "software objectivity" Cory Doctorow

apple Apple: more than 90% of "official" accessories on Amazon are fake (UPDATE: Amazon response) Rob Beschizza

Idiocracy Texas police tell little girl she is in "big trouble" for buying school meal with $2 bill Mark Frauenfelder

criminals After winning poker tournament, gentleman caught flushing fake poker chips down toilet Mark Frauenfelder

John Dee was the 16th century's real-life Gandalf Jason Louv

Science Fake drugs and the plague that never lifts Boing Boing