Business US DOD inspector general finds Pentagon decision to award $10B JEDI contract to Microsoft 'consistent' with acquisition standards Xeni Jardin
late stage capitalism Congressional shaming prompts notorious Pentagon price-gouger to refund $16.1m Cory Doctorow
surveillance Pentagon mass surveillance slurped up the world's social media traffic; then they dumped it on a publicly accessible Amazon cloud server Cory Doctorow
corruption Facebook manipulation experiment has connections to DoD "emotional contagion" research Cory Doctorow
wild ostrich chases Runaway ostrich excitedly runs down busy streets as police chase him for an hour (video) Carla Sinclair
donald trump Trump is lying to avoid paying $464 million judgment, says NY Attorney General Letitia James Mark Frauenfelder
paranormal Creepy shadow figure with glowing eyes appears behind kids playing hide-and-seek (video) David Pescovitz
Boing Boing Shop This 4K dual-camera drone will automatically dodge obstacles — and now it's $34 off Boing Boing's Shop
videogames Pong's creator auctioning off incredibly rare Atari protoypes and other videogame rarities David Pescovitz
hacks From license plate flippers to duct tape: how sneaky drivers are bypassing toll booths and costing millions Mark Frauenfelder