apple Apple releases firmware fix for heat-related throttling issue with newest MacBook Pros Ken Snider

apple Apple's fastest new MacBook Pro is slowed down by heat Seamus Bellamy

facebook In a panic over fleeing advertisers, Facebook launches PR blitz to announce it is "a mirror to society" Mark Frauenfelder

police Rayshard Brooks: Atlanta police officer Garrett Rolfe charged with felony murder + 10 other crimes Xeni Jardin

podcasts Open Culture has a new directory of the "Best Podcasts to Enrich Your Mind" Mark Frauenfelder

podcasts A new podcast explores the CIA's involvement with writing a hit song for the Scorpions Thom Dunn

DIY Making DIY Homemade Puppets with Jim Henson in 1969 Thom Dunn

security The AmazonBasics Folding Bike Lock can be easily picked in three seconds David Pescovitz

recreational lock picking AmazonBasics bike lock picked in the blink of an eye Mark Frauenfelder

books The Math Book: From Pythagoras to the 57th Dimension, 250 Milestones in the History of Mathematics Mark Frauenfelder

powerpoint Gritty livestreamed a 15-minute PowerPoint Presentation about Being Gritty Thom Dunn

music Hollow Earth Radio: "local music, found sound, paranormal encounters, crank calls, dreams, etc" Mark Frauenfelder

music Outstanding, free, and far-out music stream from Aquarium Drunkard David Pescovitz

interviews Talking adventure games with Olivia Wood Jeffery Klaehn

books How To Train Your Robot, a free kids book by an engineer and his 10-year-old daughter David Pescovitz

music "Metropolis Kid" will make you dance like Superboy Thom Dunn

happy mutants Choir! Choir! Choir! to host online "Social Distan-Sing-Along!" Rusty Blazenhoff

copyright A federal judge declared that a famous song about public property is still private property Thom Dunn

LGBTQ rights Miss Staten Island banned from St. Patrick's Day parade when she comes out as bisexual Mark Frauenfelder