theranos Kate McKinnon to star as Elizabeth Holmes in limited series for Hulu Gina Loukareas

art Nighthawks in quarantine Rob Beschizza

Gadgets These earbuds created by Beats by Dre engineers are just as awesome and cost a whole lot less Boing Boing's Shop

Games Who can sell Ms. Pac Man? Rob Beschizza

jeffrey epstein Jeffrey Epstein gave dirty money to cops, but also Harvard, Ohio State, science & technology institutions Xeni Jardin

game shows "Um, Actually," there is a game show of nerd pwnage Gareth Branwyn

Technology Fantastically far out poster for 1974 artificial intelligence lecture at UC Berkeley David Pescovitz

germany Germany's top domestic spy advised far right xenophobic political party on how to avoid being billed as "extremists" Cory Doctorow

workarounds Teacher says no phones during midterm exam, so student brings portable record player with headphones Carla Sinclair

neither a borrower nor a lender be Plagiarism software finds Shakespeare plundered cool words from a little-known book Clive Thompson

happy mutants Hey, Kitchener-Waterloo, I'm headed your way next Monday! Cory Doctorow

facebook How Facebook broke America Rob Beschizza

DRONES Chris Anderson: Drone mogul and former bass player for REM (no, not *that* REM). Rob Reid

Business No one wants to host the Olympics Cory Doctorow

podcasts How Sam Harris Became Sam Harris (plus, many a thought on terrorism and AI risk) Rob Reid

David Sedaris David Sedaris shares his writing process – always carry a notebook Mark Frauenfelder

happy mutants Soupy Leaves Home: a masterpiece of YA graphic storytelling, about hobos on the open road Cory Doctorow

makers I made my own ink for the apocalypse Meg Elison

family Meet Japan's 10-year-old philosopher, published author, and grade school dropout Mark Frauenfelder

education Hard work and lower standards raise our national high school graduation rate Jason Weisberger