Games Star Citizen's "terrifying face tracking" demonstrated Rob Beschizza

Games Will $120m video game Star Citizen ever be ready to launch? Rob Beschizza

native americans That time George Washington ordered "total destruction and devastation" of the Haudenosaunee Thom Dunn

racism The US Department of Justice was originally created to tackle white supremacy Thom Dunn

COVID-19 The European Union may not admit Americans once their borders reopen Seamus Bellamy

Business Plagued by security woes, Zoom promises end-to-end encryption starting in July Xeni Jardin

drugs Today is the 50th anniversary of Dock Ellis's legendary baseball no-hitter on LSD Thom Dunn

police brutality If you see the police, start recording Rob Beschizza

nihilism Two great deep-dives mine the endless hole at the bottom of Mitch McConnell's inhumanity Thom Dunn

Gadgets Your barista may be at home, but that doesn’t mean your coffee game should suffer Boing Boing's Shop

Technology Zoom transmits your info through China, and uses non-standard encryption, researchers say Xeni Jardin

music 1980's 12-year-old post-punk sensation Chandra sings "Concentration" Jason Weisberger

science fiction Max Barry on how science fiction prepares us for the apocalypse Mark Frauenfelder

coronavirus WHO on Coronavirus: 'Test, test, test. Test every suspected case' Xeni Jardin

coronavirus Coronavirus: These airlines are suspending flights Xeni Jardin

colonialism Inside the effort to save an indigenous Pacific Island language that the US tried to destroy Thom Dunn

futility closet In 1942, Winnipeg staged a Nazi invasion to promote the sale of war bonds Futility Closet

crime Ex-Microsoft engineer convicted of 18 felonies after stealing $10M in digital currencies from Microsoft to make extravagant purchases Xeni Jardin

Business Moscow: Twitter and Facebook fined 4 million rubles each for refusing to store data on Russian citizens in Russia Xeni Jardin

tabloids Bigfoot sighted, the Queen’s $1 trillion tax bill, and coronavirus targets the stars, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan