happy mutants Radicalized is one of the Wall Street Journal's top sf books of 2019! Cory Doctorow

ice cream Japan parks ban screaming on rollercoasters Rob Beschizza

Business Brooks Brothers bankrupt Rob Beschizza

corruption Trump administration gave a $700M bailout to a $70M truck company after it allegedly defrauded the Pentagon Thom Dunn

law IRS says it bought in to location database for millions of US cellphones to track tax crime suspects Xeni Jardin

The Covidiot in Chief Trump said some Americans wear masks to “signal disapproval of him” Mark Frauenfelder

Business Amazon to be hit with antitrust charges in Europe Xeni Jardin

politics Biden leads Trump 14 points in new poll, but we've been here before Rob Beschizza

politics Facebook studied how it polarizes users, then ignored the research Xeni Jardin

Technology Google is about to be hit with multiple antitrust cases in the U.S., reports WSJ Xeni Jardin

coronavirus Elon Musk: 'Tesla is restarting production today against Alameda County rules' Xeni Jardin

Business Facebook may lose seal of approval that gives ad buyers confidence they get what they buy in advertising, WSJ reports Xeni Jardin

coronavirus Entrepreneurs are seeing mini-empires of Airbnb properties collapse Mark Frauenfelder

rona U.S. coronavirus death toll hits 50,000 Rob Beschizza

usps They're never going to get rid of the Postal Service because then who would deliver the scorpions? Thom Dunn

politics Trump insults WSJ as 'fake news,' boasts of his coronavirus TV ratings while Americans die Xeni Jardin

coronavirus State governors are taking to smuggling PPE to get around the feds Thom Dunn

trump Trump to rank coronavirus risk of U.S. counties, tells governors they can decide to relax COVID-19 restrictions Xeni Jardin

Business Dow jumps over 11% in largest one-day gain since 1933 Xeni Jardin