usps They're never going to get rid of the Postal Service because then who would deliver the scorpions? Thom Dunn

rockets Having your mail delivered by rocket is the most 1950s futurist thing ever Seamus Bellamy

makers Autodesk's former CEO and his maker friends are cranking out face shields for nurses and doctors David Pescovitz

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books Snowden's Box: the incredible, illuminating story of the journey of Snowden's hard drive Cory Doctorow

surveillance Ring doorbell app packed with third-party trackers Bill Budington

canada Sidewalk Labs' quiet plan for Canada's banks to manage a national digital ID for health care and housing Lilian Radovac

News NYPD proudly stages seizure of 106 pounds of legal hemp Mark Frauenfelder

Weird Hazmat team responds to Uranium 238 delivery at halfway house Xeni Jardin

privacy Doordash's breach is different Cory Doctorow

security DoorDash data breach: 4.9 million customers, workers, and merchants' info stolen Xeni Jardin

Business Why is GrubHub buying thousands of urls similar to restaurant names, and launching 'shadow sites'? Xeni Jardin

canada Never Trust a Nation Seamus Bellamy

happy mutants David Silverberg's "Terms and Conditionals": the things you just agreed to David Silverberg

robert mueller Robert Mueller to speak on Trump/Russia probe Xeni Jardin

facebook Facebook never delivered its "Clear History" feature Cory Doctorow

crime FBI: Online theft, fraud, exploitation caused losses of $2.7B globally in 2018, up from $1.4B in 2017 Xeni Jardin

china Chinese enthusiasts are serving global Thinkpad fans by making modern motherboards that fit in classic chassis from the Golden Age of the Thinkpad Cory Doctorow

Business Amazon at times used Flex drivers' tips to cover promised base pay, investigation finds Xeni Jardin

fake news Hoover killed JFK, RFK & MLK, Brad Pitt’s private hell, and Mick Jagger’s mental disorder, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan