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

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

counterfeits Comparing a high-quality Rolex knockoff with a real one Mark Frauenfelder

faaaaake Wirecutter compares popular products to counterfeits Rob Beschizza

happy mutants Bunnie Huang's classic "Essential Guide to Electronics in Shenzhen" is now free online Cory Doctorow

Business Without right to repair, the military can't fix its own battlefield equipment Cory Doctorow

Business Before you ask your Chinese factory for a discount, make sure you won't be kidnapped and/or have your product cloned Cory Doctorow

corruption The world's "free trade zones": hives of scum and villainy Cory Doctorow

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

Science Artificial tongue's nanoscale "tastebuds" can sort real whisky from counterfeits more than 99% of the time Cory Doctorow

Business How Amazon's crackdown on dirty sellers has made it easier for dirty sellers to kill good sellers' accounts Cory Doctorow

arbitrage Man made $2500 in a day buying Monopoly for Millennials at Walmart and selling them online Rob Beschizza

law US Customs is seizing refurbished Apple batteries and calling them "counterfeits" Cory Doctorow

art Most paintings in French art museum turn out to be forgeries Rob Beschizza

crypto Bitmarks: using blockchain and human-readable keys to protect indie hardware businesses from fraud Cory Doctorow

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

Business Amazon is full of Chinese counterfeits and they're driving out legit goods Cory Doctorow

Science Fake drugs and the plague that never lifts Boing Boing