videos NRA ads says Americans need guns to shoot "the Resistance" Cory Doctorow

tabloids An Epstein tell-all, a vengeful Queen wannabe, and Harry & Meghan’s final insult, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

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

Real things you can actually buy And we've come full circle: Carrying straps for wireless AirPods Rusty Blazenhoff

fire 45,000 barrels of Kentucky bourbon went up in flames Seamus Bellamy

privacy Mary Meeker's 2019 Internet Trends: stalled growth, security dumpster-fires, more online education and fear of regulation Cory Doctorow

crime Mexico City residents carry fake iPhones to turn over to muggers David Pescovitz

surveillance The New York Times's chilling multimedia package on China's use of "smart city" tech to create an open-air prison Cory Doctorow

Business New York Times profiles a sleazy Twitter follower-farm, the sleazy serial liar who made millions on it, and the celebs, politicians, sports figures and "influencers" who paid him Cory Doctorow

happy mutants A Sarlacc Pit baby-lounger: "allow the young one to snuggle in awesomeness without the fear of being digested over a thousand years!" Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Parasitic Souls: what if there was a tech bubble, but for magic? Kater Cheek

Institute for the Future What I learned after spending two days with futurists and positive psychologists Mark Frauenfelder

Gadgets Vtech, having leaked 6.3m kids' data, now wants to run your home security Cory Doctorow

Easy money Why are Jihadis obsessed with Red Mercury? Rob Beschizza

photography What emotions are most sought in stock photos? David Pescovitz

Less time, more packaging: Amazon Prime Now tested Nicole Dieker

Build a micro-sized first-person-view quadcopter Steve Lodefink