Copyfight Google DRM for Email can be disabled by ticking a few boxes in Firefox Cory Doctorow

google Gmail rolls out DRM for email and office documents, calls it "Confidential Mode" Cory Doctorow

crime Google employee charged with fraud after winning $1.2m on Polymarket Rob Beschizza

Technology An AI agent published a hit piece on the developer who rejected it Ellsworth Toohey

lawsuits Tesla's bullying cost the shareholders an extra $183 million Jason Weisberger

FDA After delays, Novavax Covid vaccine is on track for full FDA approval Jennifer Sandlin

Entertainment "Chainsaw Jerry" reveals untold stories from Texas Chainsaw Massacre movie 50 years later Mark Cerulli

politics Melania's representatives backpedal after attempt to fleece CNN Jason Weisberger

tech German navy still using 8-inch floppy disks Rob Beschizza

guns Arizona man planned to kill Blacks, Jews and Muslims in mass shooting to start "race war" Rob Beschizza

Boing Boing Shop Pamper your cat with a Cheerble Ball: the ultimate interactive cat toy is 20% off Boing Boing's Shop

websites Photobucket archives may sell for billions to train AI Rob Beschizza

censorship University of Pennsylvania affiliates face McCarthy-style treatment Natalie Dressed

twitter Twitter's new policy: reduced enforcement for hate speech, alleged leaked documents show Mark Frauenfelder

internet of shit "Smart toilets" that monitor poop, pee and your "analprint" Clive Thompson

tabloids Coronavirus cured (again), Britain's Royals clash (again) and the woman who pees alcohol (unprecedented) in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

surveillance Ring doorbell app packed with third-party trackers Bill Budington

security China's new cybersecurity rules ban foreign companies from using VPNs to phone home Cory Doctorow

happy mutants David Silverberg's "Terms and Conditionals": the things you just agreed to David Silverberg

politics Here are 20 questions raised by the Mueller Report Xeni Jardin