picks US endorses self-driving cars, with a catch: Feds want to control tech approval, not states Xeni Jardin

Business Criminal entrepreneurship in Mexico's high-tech drug cartels Cory Doctorow

DRONES Sobering overview of the future of autonomous weaponry Andrea James

video Experience Norway's midnight sun by drone Andrea James

Business UK gives OK to Amazon for drone delivery exploration Xeni Jardin

Gadgets To hell with the Trolley Problem: here's a much more interesting list of self-driving car weirdnesses Cory Doctorow

videos That time London was nearly destroyed by Nazi paleo-drones Cory Doctorow

picks Drone's eye view photos reveal the racism of South African neighbourhoods Cory Doctorow

Gadgets Hey Y'all We're Having a 4th of July Drone Sale in our Store Because America and Freedom Boing Boing's Shop

picks Obama says US drones strikes have killed up to 116 civilians, watchdogs say real count is higher Xeni Jardin

Business Moral economy and software development: software without politics is recipe for totalitarianism Cory Doctorow

DRONES Medieval reenactor spears drone from the sky David Pescovitz

happy mutants Edward Snowden on the accelerating pace of whistleblowing, and what it means for state secrecy Cory Doctorow

DRONES "The world thinks I faked a drone crashing through my office window and into my head" Mark Frauenfelder

Technology See this drone that draws David Pescovitz

Kids Children in Uganda watch a hobbyist's drone fly for the first time, and totally flip out Xeni Jardin

war Killing people with drones is working out great for America, says ex CIA chief Xeni Jardin

spooks NSA and GCHQ's crappy Big Data techniques may be killing thousands of innocents Cory Doctorow

Disney Watch this beautiful ballet of drones (also, Disneyland Drones!) David Pescovitz

privacy Domestic surveillance the old-fashioned way: cameras installed on utility poles, watching your home Rob Beschizza