Technology Twitter tells facial-recognition app maker to stop scraping photos, Clearview AI used by 600+ US law enforcement agencies Xeni Jardin

anonymity This facial recognition app 'may bring end to public anonymity' Mark Frauenfelder

misogyny "Tingle Monsters" is an incredibly unsettling ASMR feminist horror film Thom Dunn

Games Kickstarting Sugar Heist, a delightful card game about stealing candy from babies Thom Dunn

Gadgets Suit up for the ultimate summer camping trip with these essential items Boing Boing's Shop

Gadgets More than a flashlight, this gadget packs a fully-loaded tool box Boing Boing's Shop

Technology Upload a photo of anyone to this site to find more images around the internet of that person Xeni Jardin

podcasts This true crime podcast is actually a cool modern adaptation of Lovecraft Thom Dunn

Gadgets Have some fun with these attention-grabbing face mask designs Boing Boing's Shop

facebook 'GrokNet', the AI behind Facebook Shops, looks for body type, skin tone, location, socioeconomic class in photos Xeni Jardin

shelter in place Michelin-starred inn uses mannequins to make things less weird Janelle Hessig

neo-nazis Police decline to arrest the leader of a Neo-Nazi terrorist network because he's 13 years old Thom Dunn

coronavirus Mysterious drone flies over New York park warning people to "maintain a social distance" Carla Sinclair

zoom You can use ANY image for your Zoom background Rusty Blazenhoff

fbi One of the jurors who convicted Whitey Bulger started up a strange pen pal friendship with him Thom Dunn

privacy The answer to the Clearview AI scandal is better privacy laws, not anti-scraping laws Cory Doctorow

Sex This children’s book on the miracle of life is very graphic and very anatomically correct Thom Dunn

impeachment inquiry House Dems release Lev Parnas's handwritten notes about the Ukraine scandal ahead of impeachment trial Thom Dunn

late stage capitalism Departing Kotaku writers post a farewell message to their private equity asshole boss: "Sup dude. Suck it." Cory Doctorow

DRONES Mystery drone squadrons flying over Colorado and Nebraska David Pescovitz