security Screwdriver optional: fingerprint lock broadcasts its unlock code over Bluetooth (and the steel is garbage) Cory Doctorow

art Computer finds faces in grains of sand David Pescovitz

Cryptozoology That time Davy Crockett met Bigfoot David Pescovitz

Business House Judiciary demands Jeff Bezos testify on Amazon's alleged misuse of third-party seller data Xeni Jardin

scared straight Indonesia punishes self-quarantine violators by locking them up in haunted houses Carla Sinclair

Gadgets From headphones to Bluetooth speakers, these audio deals will make lockdown more tolerable Boing Boing's Shop

Business Canada PM Justin Trudeau says country has signed with Amazon for medical supply distribution in COVID-19 crisis Xeni Jardin

trump Trump: 'I would love to have the country opened up and just raring to go by Easter' Xeni Jardin

surveillance What it's like inside the CIA during Donald Trump's "Deep State" purge Thom Dunn

Business Ireland suspects Russia is trying to crack transatlantic fiber-optic ocean bed cables Xeni Jardin

apps Monty Python co-founder Terry Jones's last major project was this Canterbury Tales app David Pescovitz

music Fifty of the most drug-drenched albums of all time Gareth Branwyn

Business The privacy-invading, junk science "home DNA test" industry is cratering Cory Doctorow

politics Google spent ~$150 million on US lobbying over last decade, followed by Facebook at ~$81M, Amazon almost $80M: Federal filings Xeni Jardin

card games My favorite new game, KnifeTank: The Shüffling, is now on Kickstarter Gareth Branwyn

retro gaming Review of an ultra-tiny but usable Bluetooth gamepad controller — the 8Bitdo Zero 2 Mark Frauenfelder

Business "Out of Home Advertising": the billboards that spy on you as you move through public spaces Cory Doctorow

futurism A timeline of (possible, fascinating) future events from a (wide) variety of perspectives Cory Doctorow

dogs Dog has learned to "speak" with a soundboard: "Outside. Come now." Rusty Blazenhoff

samsung There's a galaxy-sized security hole in Samsung's S10 smartphone Seamus Bellamy