crypto wars Installing a root certificate should be MUCH scarier Cory Doctorow

facebook Facebook cancels its all-spying, secret "research" program, Apple cancels Facebook's developer account Cory Doctorow

sponsored It's Time for Silicon Valley To Finish Its Job of Disrupting the Racist Drug War Boing Boing

News Facebook to warn users if they try to share content more than 90 days old Xeni Jardin

facebook Facebook's new Fact-Checking policies have carved out an exemption for climate deniers Thom Dunn

coronavirus Doctors say DO NOT take Dexamethasone to prevent COVID-19, no evidence it works as a coronavirus prophylaxis Xeni Jardin

australia The first known baby koala since the Australian wildfires has been born in a zoo Thom Dunn

facebook Facebook makes 'Boogaloo' groups advocating US civil war harder to find, after arrest of participants plotting violence Xeni Jardin

facebook Over 30 ex-Facebook employees slam Zuckerberg's inaction on harmful political posts in open letter Carla Sinclair

politics Facebook studied how it polarizes users, then ignored the research Xeni Jardin

Technology U.S. Navy tests a new laser weapon system [VIDEO] Xeni Jardin

Technology Zoom transmits your info through China, and uses non-standard encryption, researchers say Xeni Jardin

COVID-19 Prusa Research develops 3D-printable face shield in three days Gareth Branwyn

animals Newly discovered c.1933 footage of the extinct Tasmanian Tiger (thylacine) David Pescovitz

Business Trump campaign buys '$1M+ a day' YouTube election day masthead ads: Reports Xeni Jardin

makers Seven top tips from makers so far this year Gareth Branwyn

Science Fourth season of NASA Explorers premiers, focuses on microgravity and space science Gareth Branwyn

surveillance Ring doorbell app packed with third-party trackers Bill Budington

privacy The answer to the Clearview AI scandal is better privacy laws, not anti-scraping laws Cory Doctorow

drugs A sober look at kratom, a psychoactive plant that has many claimed benefits, and has also inspired a moral panic Cory Doctorow