meat Worker surreptitiously ate $9,200 worth of deli meat, reports grocery Rob Beschizza

coronavirus U.S. sets record high COVID cases for 3 days in a row, nearly 69,000 new cases today Xeni Jardin

coronavirus Florida reports a massive surge in new covid-19 cases Mark Frauenfelder

coronavirus The makeshift coronavirus hospital in Central Park requires workers to oppose LGBTQ rights Thom Dunn

police Protesting is a non-essential activity, according to the Raleigh Police Department Thom Dunn

b-side Kayaker who spelled out HELP with sticks was rescued by NYPD helicopter Carla Sinclair

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

coronavirus Gentleman intentionally coughs on a debit machine at a drive-thru window Carla Sinclair

politics Clearview AI gave accounts to ex Trump staffer, GOPers, Holocaust denier Xeni Jardin

Cryptozoology Washington state government tweets photo of Bigfoot David Pescovitz

privacy London cops announce citywide facial recognition cameras Cory Doctorow

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

robots AI, machine learning, and other frothy tech subjects remained overhyped in 2019 Cory Doctorow

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

los angeles LA police union will not defend cop accused of sexual assault on a corpse Cory Doctorow

privacy Apple poses a false dichotomy between "privacy" and "competition" Cory Doctorow