privacy Facebook's $5B FTC fine was so laughable its stock price went UP after the announcement Cory Doctorow
trumpism Leaked document shows Trump officials planning to force Americans to spend $311m-$11.8b/year to keep unprofitable coal and nuclear energy plants from shutting Cory Doctorow
security Equifax will give your salary history to anyone with your SSN and date of birth Cory Doctorow
Business JP Morgan-Chase paid its billions in fines for mortgage fraud by committing billions in mortgage fraud Cory Doctorow
Business Equifax waited 5 weeks to admit it had doxed 44% of America, did nothing to help us while its execs sold stock Cory Doctorow
Business Four years later, we learn why Jamie Dimon's JP Morgan Chase settled US fraud allegations for $13B Cory Doctorow
Business Lawmakers' support for bank bailouts was correlated with their individual investment in banks Cory Doctorow
corruption Goldman Sachs really only has to pay half of its settlement for world-destroying financial fraud Cory Doctorow
corruption HSBC settlement approved: no criminal charges, 5 weeks' profit in fines, deferred bonuses for laundering billions for narco-terrorists Cory Doctorow
sports Owen Morse sets hang gliding world record for piloting 222.22 miles over California's Owens Valley Xeni Jardin
science fiction "Southland Tales" is the perfect hot mess of a movie for the 4th of July in the hellscape of 2020 Thom Dunn
tabloids America set to be nuked, anarchy in the US, and the men who knew too much, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan
Science A Scheme of Heaven is a deep investigation of astrology from a scientist’s perspective Ferdinando Buscema
Technology Theft of CIA's 'Vault 7' hacking tools in 2016 resulted from "woefully lax" security, new report says Xeni Jardin
politics VOA to be run by Steve Bannon, Sebastian Gorka, and Trump CEO pick Michael Pack, so two top VOA directors just quit Xeni Jardin
Science Virgin Orbit fails on first rocket launch attempt, 'next big test ASAP' for Richard Branson’s spaceflight firm Xeni Jardin