apple Apple deleted files that I owned without telling me. It was inevitable, but I'm still pissed. Thom Dunn

restoration Impressive colorization of century-old photos Andrea James

video This Queen for a Day image series was made completely from scratch Andrea James

Spoken Word with Electronics For triggers, gates, clocks, and sociopaths alike, "Master/Slave" faces retirement Ethan Persoff

Business FTC orders Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Microsoft to provide details on prior acquisitions of small companies Xeni Jardin

Business A sweeping new tech bill from Silicon Valley Democrats promises privacy, interoperability, and protection from algorithmic discrimination and manipulation Cory Doctorow

uk How Boris Johnson's "model bus hobby" non sequitur manipulated the public discourse and his search results Cory Doctorow

politics Chin pimple suddenly disappears during presidential debate Rob Beschizza

politics A new AI tool from Adobe can detect Photoshopped faces Xeni Jardin

social media Without social organizations, social technologies will eat us alive Marina Gorbis

music THE BUREAU: Part Three, "Assessing Others" — with a Metasonix D-2000 Vacuum Tube Drum Machine Ethan Persoff

social media Algorithmic anti-semitism and computational propaganda David Pescovitz

Technology EU Parliament demands Facebook audit after breach hits 87 million users Xeni Jardin

russia Russian agents allegedly tried to hack lab associated with Skirpal poisoning investigation Seamus Bellamy

Copyfight The Open Revolution: the vital struggle of open vs closed, free vs unfree Rufus Pollock

picks MSNBC's Joy Reid says anti-gay posts on her old blog were 'fabricated', Internet Archive responds Xeni Jardin

politics Research report explains how adtech supercharges political deceit, allowing even bumblers to be master propagandists Cory Doctorow

Gadgets Here's 5 online courses to keep your skills relevant in the next decade Boing Boing's Shop

Boing Boing Shop This paper notebook is completely reusable after a trip to the microwave Boing Boing's Shop

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