privacy Every minute for three months, GM secretly gathered data on 90,000 drivers' radio-listening habits and locations Cory Doctorow

infosec GM's Dieselgate: mechanics privately admit software update removes crimeware from Opel cars Cory Doctorow

automotive General Motors recalls 1.4 million older cars over engine fires sparked by oil leaks Xeni Jardin

Technology Turning bricks into batteries David Pescovitz

Science Programmable, 3D-printed fabric that can "remember" its original shape and transform into new ones David Pescovitz

Gadgets Your home office could use some work of its own and these 20 items might just do the trick Boing Boing's Shop

tabloids Jeffrey Epstein’s prison confession, the world’s most dangerous woman, and the end of the world, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

youtube Watch this maker restore a WWI lighter made from a bullet Andrea James

DIY Analog Tetris — the homemade cardboard version Rusty Blazenhoff

tabletop games Solo roleplaying a Thousand Year Old Vampire Gareth Branwyn

Gadgets MagiMask is the next stage in the evolution of augmented reality Boing Boing's Shop

1980s Kevin Kelly talks about the Electronic Whole Earth Catalog in this 1980s news segment Mark Frauenfelder

novels An interview with Charlie Kaufman about his new novel takes a weirdly meta Kaufman-esque turn Thom Dunn

puzzles A surprising solution to the (in)famous "Cross the Network" puzzle Mark Frauenfelder

native americans That time George Washington ordered "total destruction and devastation" of the Haudenosaunee Thom Dunn

Gadgets Here are 39 of the best July 4th deals to help keep some money in your wallet Boing Boing's Shop

police brutality Cops charged with murder after tasing man 50 times Rob Beschizza

science fiction "Southland Tales" is the perfect hot mess of a movie for the 4th of July in the hellscape of 2020 Thom Dunn