Japan Pop-up restaurant serves last meals of death row inmates Rusty Blazenhoff

history of the future 1947 film about the future shows handheld TV users bumping into each other Mark Frauenfelder

racism Lawyer for gun-toting St. Louis couple describes his clients as "melanin-deficient human beings" Thom Dunn

tabloids Hollywood hypocrites tearing America apart and rioters battling to destroy the United States, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

Food FDA relaxes food labeling regulations for pandemic Rob Beschizza

robots Watch Japan's first robot bartender mix and serve a cocktail Carla Sinclair

surveillance Surveillance is the new blooming onion at Outback Steakhouse Thom Dunn

Food The south's latest culinary trend: inadequate, rotting prison food, supplemented by cattle feed Cory Doctorow

corruption A former pharma rep explains how the industry pushes doctors to overprescribe Cory Doctorow

Business Chick-fil-A slightly less homophobic now Xeni Jardin

Science The 2019 Halloween Candy Hierarchy David Ng and Ben Cohen

boston This-City's-Makin'-A-Comeback Bingo Card Thom Dunn

canada Critical essays (including mine) discuss Toronto's plan to let Google build a surveillance-based "smart city" along its waterfront Cory Doctorow

animals Judge orders man not to brag that he threw an iguana at a Perkins restaurant manager David Pescovitz

artificial intelligence Why didn't OpenAI release the "Unicorn" version of its AI storytelling software? Mark Frauenfelder

religion Meatless burgers are Satan's work David Pescovitz

Business Patronscan wants cities to require bars to scan your ID with its service so it can maintain a secret, unaccountable blacklist Cory Doctorow

picks After sexual assault reports, TripAdvisor adds 'safety' filters for hotel bookings Xeni Jardin

Copyfight Blame authors' fortunes on monopolism, not university professors, booksellers and librarians — UPDATED Cory Doctorow

class war Disneyland's laundry used "gamification" as an "electronic whip," leading to worker stress and injuries Cory Doctorow