Technology U.S. Navy tests a new laser weapon system [VIDEO] Xeni Jardin

video games Get into Google's Stadia game service for free Seamus Bellamy

video games Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3 coming to the Nintendo Switch Seamus Bellamy

video games Game strategy guide publisher Prima is no more Seamus Bellamy

gaming Google to add Xbox One controller compatibility to Android Seamus Bellamy

happy mutants Laser cutters and 3D printers revive century-old a magic lantern show of Erewhon at the Edinburgh Fringe Cory Doctorow

pew pew pew New, unusued Robotron cabinet found still in the box Clive Thompson

movies The final trailer for Avengers: Infinity War is upon us Seamus Bellamy

novels An interview with Charlie Kaufman about his new novel takes a weirdly meta Kaufman-esque turn Thom Dunn

statues The last time a Frederick Douglass statue was vandalized in Rochester, it was because of drunk college kids Thom Dunn

movies Legendary comedian Carl Reiner, RIP David Pescovitz

art Milton Glaser, legendary graphic designer, RIP David Pescovitz

writing Raymond Chandler is the once and future king of opening paragraphs Seamus Bellamy

typography The Butt Types: a bootyful typographical project for parenthesis in different fonts Thom Dunn

politics In crazy tweet, Donald Trump claims police spied on him Xeni Jardin

law Supreme Court rejects church lockdown exemption Rob Beschizza

trump Joe Scarborough in WaPo Op-Ed: The slimy tsunami of bilge spewing from President Trump is hurting innocent people Mark Frauenfelder

Gadgets 30 items on sale for Memorial Day that'll improve your home and beyond Boing Boing's Shop

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