offworld Try AURA, a meditative, musical twin-stick shooter Leigh Alexander

offworld I didn't like shooting games. Then I fell in love with Splatoon Laura Hudson

crime Ahmaud Arbery's killers arrested and charged with murder Rob Beschizza

racism Ahmaud Arbery: 2 months ago, unarmed black man shot and killed by civilians for jogging. Video just came out. Thom Dunn

History 1980s VHS babes shooting machine guns Rob Beschizza

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

valve You can pick up a Steam Controller for five bucks now Seamus Bellamy

law enforcement That Robot Dog from Boston Dynamics has a new job on the Massachusetts State Police Bomb Squad Thom Dunn

privacy The top FBI lawyer who tried to force Apple to backdoor its crypto now says working crypto is essential to public safety and national security Cory Doctorow

astronomy SKYGLOW: Night-sky homage to America's indigenous stargazers Xeni Jardin

if you can't open it you don't own it Inside NYC's slowly-vanishing repair shops Clive Thompson

security Independent evaluation of "aggression detection" microphones used in schools and hospitals finds them to be worse than useless Cory Doctorow

howdy doody time The Booty Duty bag: tactical toiletry for camping, fishing and hunting Jason Weisberger

Cloud Based Games Google Stadia sounds like a bad idea Jason Weisberger

Gadgets Bring your game idea to life and learn to design from home Boing Boing's Shop

guns Teen journalists profile each of the 1,200+ US children killed by guns since Parkland Cory Doctorow

surveillance Credit card activity as a predictor of mass shootings Cory Doctorow

fake news Quantum mechanics and Kevin Spacey, JFK’s five assassins, and proof of reincarnation, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

law 13 dead in California bar after gunman opens fire (Update: shooter identified) Rob Beschizza

Reviews Review: The Oneplus 6T is almost as nice as a flagship handset for a fraction of the price Seamus Bellamy