product fails Unbreakable eyeglasses easily broken Mark Frauenfelder

police Police militarization is objectively bad for police and for society, according to science Thom Dunn

Gadgets Ready to turn the kitchen into your new safe space? These appliances and cooking aids are all you need. Boing Boing's Shop

tabloids Coronavirus cured (again), Britain’s Royals clash (again) and the woman who pees alcohol (unprecedented) in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

guns Gun Violence Isn't a Problem — it's actually 5 Problems, with Different Solutions Thom Dunn

eff ICANN needs to ask more questions about the sale of .ORG Mitch Stoltz

star wars Microtransactions overwhelmed the Disney cinematic universe John Struan

computer science "Intellectual Debt": It's bad enough when AI gets its predictions wrong, but it's potentially WORSE when AI gets it right Cory Doctorow

Gadgets 10 cooking gadgets that belong in any kitchen Boing Boing's Shop

happy mutants A machine-learning wishlist for hardware designers Cory Doctorow

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

education What's wrong with blaming "information" for political chaos Cory Doctorow

floss Electronic Health Records: a murderous, publicly subsidized, $13B/year grift by way of shitty software Cory Doctorow

privacy Zuckerberg announces a comprehensive plan for a new, privacy-focused Facebook, but fails to mention data sharing and ad targeting Cory Doctorow

Business Bunnie Huang's tour-de-force explanation of how hardware implants and supply chain hacks work Cory Doctorow

trumpism Predatory lender found to have swindled veterans' pensions for eight years, so Trump's CFPB fined him $1 Cory Doctorow

Food Court strikes down Iowa's unconstitutional ag-gag law Cory Doctorow

Business "Owning your data" will not save you from data capitalism Cory Doctorow

stress tests New iPad Pro bend test Mark Frauenfelder

Gadgets What should go in an IoT safety-rating sticker? Cory Doctorow