police Drone detectives to identify evidence and create immersive simulations of crime scenes David Pescovitz

Games Enjoy a relaxing half hour compilation of rain scenes in videogames David Pescovitz

podcasts Open Culture has a new directory of the "Best Podcasts to Enrich Your Mind" Mark Frauenfelder

location privacy How one guy's exercise routine made him a burglary suspect, thanks to Google's Geofence Warrants Thom Dunn

politics Trump administration to begin taking DNA samples from migrants crossing border or in detention for federal criminal database Xeni Jardin

censorship A new play lets formerly incarcerated people tell their stories. Meanwhile, prisons are still banning books. Thom Dunn

Science Scientists claim 100% accurate way to tell pot from hemp: lasers Xeni Jardin

DRONES Mystery drone squadrons flying over Colorado and Nebraska David Pescovitz

novels Review: "The Nobody People" is like a literary X-Men novel for the Trump era Thom Dunn

futility closet Frances Glessner Lee created miniature death scenes to train investigators in the 1940s Futility Closet

Games Review / Control Rob Beschizza

News New federal rules will limit police searches of DNA ancestry databases Xeni Jardin

crime Violent mobs of alleged Triad gangsters dole out savage beatings to Hong Kong democracy protesters, cops nowhere to be found Cory Doctorow

surveillance When you take a commercial genetic test, you opt your whole family into warrantless state genetic surveillance Cory Doctorow

birds Notorious Vancouver crow steals knife from crime scene Jason Weisberger

whackings New York mob boss whacked for first time since 80s Rob Beschizza

picks China uses DNA tech to spy on people. Yale geneticist and a U.S. biotech helped. Xeni Jardin

happy mutants Scenes from the Bangalore Literature Festival Jasmina Tesanovic

london London food couriers targeted by motorcycle thieves Rob Beschizza

politics Beach Week (2018), a film by the Coen Brothers Rob Beschizza