coronavirus PornHub offers free Premium service to Italians and will donate proceeds to fight coronavirus Thom Dunn

publishing Penthouse magazine no longer to be printed Rob Beschizza

tabloids Meghan runs off with Princess Diana’s jewels, Prince Andrew caught fleeing, and Ron Jeremy’s wood, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

tabloids Kim Jong-un is dead, Prince Andrew is broke, and Kobe Bryant killed himself, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

b-side Trump administration is drafting plans for corporate moon mining Thom Dunn

Sex Understanding the neuroscience of pleasure Mark Frauenfelder

politics UK to empower media regulator Ofcom to regulate internet, remove 'harmful' content Xeni Jardin

passwords Anyone can sign up for this "Password-of-the-Day" list that gives you free random login credentials Thom Dunn

boing boing 20 years of blogging at Boing Boing Rob Beschizza

tumblr A year after banning "female-presenting nipples", Tumblr is much-diminished but still alive Rob Beschizza

facebook A San Diego Republican operator ran a massive, multimillion-dollar Facebook scam that targeted boomers Cory Doctorow

AI The worst thing about deepfakes is that we know about them Thom Dunn

mistakes Richard Stallman resigns from MIT and the Free Software Foundation Rob Beschizza

media WordPress owners buy Tumblr (Update: for "less than $3m") Rob Beschizza

Alien invasion base on the moon, Michael Jackson’s body missing, and Prince Harry’s clash with Trump, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

trump Former Trump advisor George Nader ordered jailed until his child porn trial Xeni Jardin

eu We lost the fight for balance in the EU's Copyright Directive, but here's what we won Cory Doctorow

uk The Chinafication of the internet continues as the UK proposes blocking any service that hosts "illegal" or "harmful" material Cory Doctorow

trumpism Blockbuster Gizmodo investigation reveals probable masterminds of the massive anti-Net Neutrality identity theft/astroturf campaign Cory Doctorow

Business The Death of Tumblr Nate 'Igor' Smith