Japan Adorable giant cat takes over cashier duties at Japanese store Popkin

machine learning engineers How Chase froze $180k and left a tech consultant scrambling Mark Frauenfelder

Business Everyone hates self-checkouts, from customers to shareholders. They're disappearing in U.S. stores. Rob Beschizza

thanksgiving Watch this cool time lapse video of Costco pumpkin pies flying off the shelves Jennifer Sandlin

law Good morning, shoplifters! Kroger location converting entirely to self-checkout Rob Beschizza

crime Man shoots and kills grocery store clerk in "dispute" over mask Rob Beschizza

rona Unmasked customer beats up McDonald's clerk who refused to serve him Rob Beschizza

china Hong Kong shoppers patronize "yellow" stores that support the uprising; while "blue" businesses that support the mainland are vandalized Cory Doctorow

racism Racist tirade filmed in grocery store Rob Beschizza

late stage capitalism McDonald's will drop opposition to increases in the federal minimum wage Cory Doctorow

cops Receipt checkers aren't there to catch shoplifters Rob Beschizza

police Off-duty officer holds man at gunpoint over $1 package of mints Jason Weisberger

class war The juggalos, class struggle, and the left Cory Doctorow

Business "One price to all" has been the default since 1840, but online retail is sneakily killing it off Cory Doctorow

tokyo travel tips Tokyo travel tips, day 2: busy Takeshita street and quiet alleys of Harajuku Mark Frauenfelder

graphic novels The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl is here to kick butts and eat nuts Wink

offworld Subversive games about waitresses and hairdressers Laura Hudson

Boing Boing Gadgets Apple Watch announced alongside new, larger iPhone Boing Boing