surveillance How the National Reconnaissance Office came to choose a sinister, planet-devouring octopus for a logo Cory Doctorow

education Man, 21, busted for posing as 14-year-old and enrolling in high school David Pescovitz

star wars LEGO Art announces new posters: Warhol, Beatles, Iron Man, and Star Wars sets Andrea James

politics Biden "dominating" Trump in latest national poll Rob Beschizza

Science Swiss scientists grew mini Neanderthal brains in petri dishes Thom Dunn

censorship Bowing to China, Zoom deactivated accounts of US-based activists Xeni Jardin

police The ACLU analyzed the number of police in schools compared to social workers, and the results are staggering Thom Dunn

facebook Over 30 ex-Facebook employees slam Zuckerberg's inaction on harmful political posts in open letter Carla Sinclair

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

patents An AI that invented two things can't receive patent Mark Frauenfelder

rona The open-plan office is dead, long live the plexiglass work panopticon Rob Beschizza

Gadgets Save the planet with a coffee pod sampler of tasty flavors in eco-friendly, compostable capsules Boing Boing's Shop

xkcd "What If?" by Randall "xkcd" Munroe is available on Kindle Unlimited Mark Frauenfelder

Business Verizon says it will buy Blue Jeans Network, Zoom competitor, reportedly for under $500 million Xeni Jardin

tabloids His Royal High-ness Prince Harry’s Pot Farm, and stars with only months to live, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

coronavirus The Trump administration won't re-open enrollment for Healthcare.gov and the Affordable Care Act Thom Dunn

astronomy One year from today, our knowledge of the cosmos could dramatically change (if all goes according to plan) Gareth Branwyn

coronavirus NYC Mayor De Blasio declares State of Emergency over coronavirus outbreak Xeni Jardin

Gadgets From data analysis to machine learning to artificial intelligence, this training explains it all Boing Boing's Shop

Science Freeman Dyson as remembered by Tim O'Reilly David Pescovitz