coronavirus U.S. sets record high COVID cases for 3 days in a row, nearly 69,000 new cases today Xeni Jardin
coronavirus The makeshift coronavirus hospital in Central Park requires workers to oppose LGBTQ rights Thom Dunn
politics Trump calls Voice of America's work “disgusting”, threatens to adjourn Congress so he can put a crony in charge of VOA Xeni Jardin
surveillance Toronto business and government signal full support for Sidewalk Labs' dominance of the city and beyond Rosemary Frei
ice New undercover recruitments recordings expose ICE's entrapment tactics at their fake university Thom Dunn
Science Watch crane collapse onto boat, causing a terrible oil spill in the Galapagos Islands David Pescovitz
security Idiotic security mistakes in smart conferencing gear allows hackers to spy on board rooms, steal presentations Cory Doctorow
privacy Search-warrant demands that Google turn over account info, Android info, all accounts and passwords, calendar, contacts, cloud docs, financial data, photos, location history, search history, call records, etc Cory Doctorow
privacy AI Now's annual report: stop doing "emotion detection"; stop "socially sensitive" facial recognition; make AI research diverse and representative — and more Cory Doctorow