Business Microsoft employs a giant plush Clippy whose performer has a large Clippy tattoo Cory Doctorow

teeth Teen forced dentist to remove braces, at gunpoint David Pescovitz

Gadgets Learn how you can build versatile apps for Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant with this training Boing Boing's Shop

Funny An oral history of The Office David Pescovitz

Business DOJ charges Huawei and CFO Meng Wanzhou with racketeering, conspiracy to steal IP Xeni Jardin

politics Tuesday Afternoon Massacre: More federal prosecutors resign from Roger Stone case, some quit DOJ entirely Xeni Jardin

crime Florida man impersonated state prosecutors in order to drop charges against himself David Pescovitz

Business US charges 4 Chinese spies with hacking Equifax Xeni Jardin

kickstarter Jane Metcalfe, co-founder NEO.LIFE, has a cool upcoming book Mark Frauenfelder

crime Florida man convicted of smuggling lizards from Philippines in electronics Xeni Jardin

Weird Alaska man arrested for $400,000 of heroin and meth stuffed in rotten goat guts Xeni Jardin

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

wikipedia Someone at the NRA has been quietly editing Holocaust Denial articles on Wikipedia Thom Dunn

crime Cop found guilty of murdering man in his own aparment Mark Frauenfelder

nsa US sues Edward Snowden, 'Permanent Record' violates NDAs 'signed with CIA & NSA' says Justice Department Xeni Jardin

aviation The explorer who found the Titanic is off to find Amelia Earhart's plane David Pescovitz

jeffrey epstein Unsealed Jeffrey Epstein documents show how he & Ghislaine Maxwell lured girls into sex abuse Xeni Jardin

Business DOJ approves $26 billion T-Mobile and Sprint deal Xeni Jardin

Science Science offices throughout U.S. government closing under Trump at alarming rate Xeni Jardin

Gadgets 10 deals too good to miss out on from TVs to CBD gummies Boing Boing's Shop