b-side Former CIA Chief of Disguise shares how spies use disguises Rusty Blazenhoff

Science Analyzing mouse-movement to see if you're lying Clive Thompson

deception Truth in Advertising files FTC complaint against lingerie retailer Adore Me for deceptive marketing practices Mark Frauenfelder

crime Woman convicted for pretending to be male during courting and sex with blindfolded girlfriend David Pescovitz

Business DOJ charges Huawei and CFO Meng Wanzhou with racketeering, conspiracy to steal IP Xeni Jardin

cover songs Enjoy 101 different versions of "Fairytale of New York" Thom Dunn

foia Why is the FBI protecting Superman's civilian identity? Thom Dunn

happy mutants Learning to See the Commons David Bollier and Silke Helfrich

Business Ecommerce sites' mobile templates hide information that shoppers use to save money Cory Doctorow

health China is still harvesting organs from prisoners and covering it up Cory Doctorow

AI The worst thing about deepfakes is that we know about them Thom Dunn

institutional cruelty American are being hit with "zombie debts" from government benefits in the 1980s Mark Frauenfelder

Police Blotter Arizona deputy Eli Max, who pulled over a black driver for an air freshener, placed on administrative leave Mark Frauenfelder

books Shannon Messenger tortures her protagonist like no other in Neverseen (Keeper of the Lost Cities Book 4) Jason Weisberger

infinite monkeys StoryAI, a bot that autocompletes a story for you Clive Thompson

law DOJ indicts 80, many based in Nigeria, in business email scam and money laundering Xeni Jardin

white supremacy Ecofascism isn't new: white supremacy and exterminism have always lurked in the environmental movement Cory Doctorow

usausausa Frederick Douglass: What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July? Cory Doctorow