apple Apple forced by EU to give other earphones same abilities as AirPods Séamus Bellamy

legal Woman fined $25k for calling company's vegetables "poisonous" Mark Frauenfelder

politics Retailers warn Trump tariffs will trigger consumer price explosion — who will he blame? Ellsworth Toohey

utilities California utility monopoly with $2.47B profits has one simple trick to make more money (it's charging you more) Ellsworth Toohey

America's anti-litter campaign was corporate PR in a recycling costume Jason Weisberger

politics Democrats shocked to be let down by Trump's nominees Jason Weisberger

News Royal Mail's Dungeons & Dragons stamps: geek culture goes postal (and I went broke) Ellsworth Toohey

rumors Purina responds to social media rumors: "our food is safe" Rob Beschizza

career impersonators California man busted for impersonating doctor, "treating" cancer and infections for years, say prosecutors Carla Sinclair

conspirituality How Tik Tok amplifies the consumerist fever dream of conspirituality Jennifer Sandlin

foods FDA adds new major food allergen to its list of regulated ingredients David Pescovitz

Business Google continues to funnel vast sums to notorious climate deniers Cory Doctorow

politics Warren trolls Facebook by running campaign ads that lie about Mark Zuckerberg Mark Frauenfelder

Business DOJ approves $26 billion T-Mobile and Sprint deal Xeni Jardin

dupe Alan Turing will be on England's £50 note Rob Beschizza

News FCC closed due to government shutdown, Ajit Pai won't be at CES Xeni Jardin

politics Maria Butina to plead guilty to conspiracy, accused Russian agent flips to help investigations Xeni Jardin

politics Sheryl Sandberg ordered Facebook staff to investigate George Soros after he gave THIS speech (READ IT) Xeni Jardin

gop After killing disaster-recovery rules, Ajit Pai can't understand why carriers aren't helping hurricane-hit Florida Cory Doctorow

Boing Boing Gadgets Epson is teaching the internet not to install security updates Cory Doctorow