Gadgets Apple prototypes hit eBay Rob Beschizza

elon musk Be like a SpaceX rocket in quarantine: pressurized yet chilled and not exploding Thom Dunn

Weird A prototype toy line for the X-rated epic film disaster Caligula (1979)… April Fool's! David Pescovitz

COVID-19 Prusa Research develops 3D-printable face shield in three days Gareth Branwyn

Games The Sony PlayStation prototype sold for $360,000 to Pets.com founder Greg McLemore David Pescovitz

Games Prototype Nintendo PlayStation up for auction. Bidding's already sky high. Rob Beschizza

toys Hot Wheels Camaro valued at the same price as four real Camaros David Pescovitz

corruption Defense contractors gleefully report record earnings in divisions that bid on "classified" projects, the fastest-growing part of the Pentagon's budget Cory Doctorow

canada Sidewalk Labs' quiet plan for Canada's banks to manage a national digital ID for health care and housing Lilian Radovac

I scream you scream we all scream for ice cream Thrifty "square" ice cream scoops already sold out Rusty Blazenhoff

invention A cereal bowl that amplifies the "snap, crackle, and pop" of your Rice Krispies Rusty Blazenhoff

design A designer comes up with a much better supermarket receipt Mark Frauenfelder

History ROM image of ultra-rare Atari arcade game dumped and released for MAME Rob Beschizza

happy mutants Kickstarting a gigantic retrospective on the wonderful, lo-fi Cheapass Games Cory Doctorow

picks Trump will sign funding bill and declare national emergency in attempt to fund border wall Xeni Jardin

trumpism In DHS tests, prototypes of Trump's chosen barrier posts were easily defeated by hacksaws Cory Doctorow

Business PWC recommended that corporations should ask science fiction writers about the future Cory Doctorow

Games Remember the Vectrex videogame system from the 1980s? It had a little brother David Pescovitz

class war How trade unions are addressing automation Cory Doctorow

Space Jeff Bezos's new lunar lander David Pescovitz