Action Google CEO says privacy doesn't matter. Google blacklists CNet for violating CEO's privacy. Cory Doctorow
Comics Friday: the new digital-first, pay-what-you-want Lovecraftian YA detective comic from Ed Brubaker, Marcos Martin, and Muntsa Vicente Thom Dunn
flowers Do you have trouble keeping your plants alive? Try this Atreyu and Artax flower pot set. Thom Dunn
tabloids The Queen’s worst nightmare, Prince Andrew jailed, and Royal cosmetic surgery exposed in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan
Games Game champion threatens to sue records website that disallowed his precious Donkey Kong score Rob Beschizza
Copyfight Make the internet better by empowering users, not by demanding that platforms implement automated filters Cory Doctorow
trump CNN: WikiLeaks' Julian Assange got 'new computing & network hardware,' maybe hacked 2016 election data, in weird Ecuador embassy meetings Xeni Jardin
AI Ever, an "unlimited photo storage app," secretly fed its users' photos to a face-recognition system pitched to military customers UPDATE Cory Doctorow
health Dentistry's evidentiary vacuum allows profiteering butchers to raid our mouths for millions Cory Doctorow
ukpoli London councils plan to slash benefit payments with an "anti-fraud" system known to have a 20% failure rate Cory Doctorow
politics Judge Amy Berman Jackson imposes gag order on Roger Stone, can no longer speak publicly about the investigation or case Xeni Jardin
race Police lobbyist: cops will not be motivated to stop crime unless they are allowed to steal people's stuff Cory Doctorow
science fiction The Convoy: a glimpse of a deepfakes future owned by James O'Keefe-style hoaxers Cory Doctorow