tall ships Harrison Ford dedicates the Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge 'Millennium Falcon' Jason Weisberger

Gadgets This digital content training will have customers chasing you, not the other way around Boing Boing's Shop

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

privacy Spying on everyone to combat COVID-19 will further erode civil liberties just like 9/11, privacy advocates warn Xeni Jardin

Business US charges 4 Chinese spies with hacking Equifax Xeni Jardin

Science Albatrosses deployed to detect illegal fish vessels out at sea David Pescovitz

politics Conservative politician shared office with "Sugar Daddy" website Rob Beschizza

Journalism VICTORY! New Free File rules ban tax-prep firms from hiding their offerings, allow IRS to compete with them (a love-letter to Propublica) Cory Doctorow

artificial intelligence This company wants to use AI to help you pretend to increase diversity Thom Dunn

Business Many Chinese manufacturers are behaving as though they have no future Cory Doctorow

Business FTC takes action against stalkerware company Retina-X Gennie Gebhart and Eva Galperin

World Mental Health Day It’s World Mental Health Day: A primer on depression for the public-at-large Maureen Herman

crime Global shipping companies comply with anti-air-pollution rules by dumping pollution into the sea, instead Cory Doctorow

roller coaster Guy on roller coaster catches stranger's phone in mid-air! Rusty Blazenhoff

Science Monkeys can discern the order of items in a list, a skill that may help them manage their social lives David Pescovitz

surveillance Amazon struck secret deals with local cops to get them to push surveillance-camera doorbells Cory Doctorow

late stage capitalism #29leaks: someone leaked 15 years' worth of data from London's most notorious shell-company factory Cory Doctorow

Kids Teens are filling Tiktok with memes deploring #Life360, a parenting app that tracks teens Cory Doctorow

china Huawei employees worked with China's military on AI systems and internet surveillance Xeni Jardin

Games Polymega, a retro game console for the CD-ROM generation Rob Beschizza