music Private equity looters startled to be called out by name in Taylor Swift award-acceptance speech Cory Doctorow

Entertainment Taylor Swift used facial recognition tech at concerts to spy on stalkers Xeni Jardin

picks Taylor Swift escapes her enclosure at Sacramento Zoo Rob Beschizza

politics Voter registration surges in the wake of Taylor Swift Instagram post Seamus Bellamy

News Trump: 'I like Taylor’s music about 25% less now,' after reporters tell him Taylor Swift supports Democrats Xeni Jardin

taylor swift Rob a bank in an effort to pitch woo at Taylor Swift and you're gonna have a bad day. Seamus Bellamy

army Taylor Swift's Duck Army Heather Johanssen

taylor swift Here’s some pop-punk Taylor Swift to brighten your Monday Caroline Siede

animation Taylor Swift video rotoscoped into complete insanity by 49 animation students Rob Beschizza

marvel George Takei supports Taylor Swift, throws shade at Marvel Caroline Siede

infosec Infosec Taylor Swift's cyber-philosophical musings Andrea James

songwriting Semisonic's "Closing Time" is not the bar room party song you think it is Thom Dunn

eff In serving big company interests, copyright is in crisis Cory Doctorow

tabloids Adjectival overload, and the tabloids finally get one right, in this week’s round-up of the rags Peter Sheridan

Business Explaining the con that is private equity Cory Doctorow

serious business The attention economy "bifurcating" is just the long tail in dystopia Rob Beschizza

Business Amazon stores recordings of Alexa interactions and turns them over to internal staff and outside contractors for review Cory Doctorow

fake news The Queen dying, Brad Pitt’s bigamy, and official approval for hand jobs, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

toto Toto's 'Africa' perfectly played on sweet potatoes and squash Carla Sinclair

Copyfight Eclectic Method's latest remix asks 'Is it illegal if you take just one note?" Rusty Blazenhoff