surveillance Toronto business and government signal full support for Sidewalk Labs' dominance of the city and beyond Rosemary Frei

coronavirus Racial disparity in COVID cases far worse than you imagined, CDC data shows Xeni Jardin

politics Why is Customs and Border Protection flying a Predator drone over Minneapolis? Xeni Jardin

Technology U.S. Navy tests a new laser weapon system [VIDEO] Xeni Jardin

Technology Damien Patton, CEO of tech surveillance company Banjo, once helped KKK shoot up a synagogue: Report Xeni Jardin

coronavirus San Francisco police bust alleged speakeasy David Pescovitz

health That time in 2005 when junior senator Barack Obama argued for 'decisive action to prevent a pandemic' Xeni Jardin

Gadgets Ring does not fight crime, say cops in 8 states whose PDs partnered with Amazon-owned home surveillance Xeni Jardin

picks First American coronavirus death confirmed Xeni Jardin

Business China is using big data to track people with coronavirus Xeni Jardin

surveillance Ring doorbell app packed with third-party trackers Bill Budington

podcasts Podcast: The case for … cities that aren't dystopian surveillance states Cory Doctorow

politics Clearview AI founder linked to Trump world and Far-Right, NYPD denies facial recognition firm's boast that it helped catch terrorist suspect Xeni Jardin

Business Charter/Spectrum sold customers expensive home security systems, then killed the program and left them high and dry Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Documentation Gathering, Sanitization, and Storage: an excerpt from "A Public Service" Tim Schwartz

mistakes Cop "fired" after fabricating story of insulting McDonalds coffee cup Rob Beschizza

Weird Thief stuffed 30 bags of frozen shrimp in his pants, say police Xeni Jardin

Business Genetic genealogy company Gedmatch acquired by company with ties to FBI & law enforcement—why you should be worried Jennifer Lynch

books Boing Boing's 28 favorite books in 2019 Rob Beschizza

law About Face: EFF's new campaign to end government use of face surveillance Cory Doctorow