News Qantas coughs up $79M for selling tickets on already canceled flights Mark Frauenfelder

politics Judge halts construction of Trump ballroom Rob Beschizza

Technology China is testing a 280 mph bullet train while America can't build a rail line between two cities Ellsworth Toohey

privacy This free VPN is a massive security risk Séamus Bellamy

politics Trump pardons billionaire for "brazen" stock scheme Ellsworth Toohey

politics Cracker Barrel to return to old logo after Trump "weighs in" Rob Beschizza

law 4chan, file-sharing services among first targets of UK's "Online Safety" law Rob Beschizza

gaming Free zombie game Urban Dead announces shutdown after 20 years due to UK Online Safety Act requirements Ellsworth Toohey

Technology Roku update turns on hated motion-smoothing feature, with no off switch Rob Beschizza

Vintage Weird Princess Nicotine: an enchanting short film from 1909 Popkin

law Judge orders Intuit to stop lying about TurboTax being "free" Rob Beschizza

arts and crafts Check out these spectacular handcrafted wool needle-felted animals Jennifer Sandlin

corruption Steven Donziger proved oil company Chevron dumped billions of tons of toxic waste. But he's the one going to jail. Thom Dunn

apple Apple fires misogynistic employee just hours after he was hired Mark Frauenfelder

science fiction A new blog post series exploring the history and import of cyberpunk launches on Adafruit Gareth Branwyn

happy mutants Wyden's "Mind Your Own Business Act" would force online services to respect Do Not Track Cory Doctorow

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

monopolism Bill Gates: if we break up Big Tech, we'll just have more bad companies Cory Doctorow

elections Europe's surging, far-right, "anti-establishment" parties: funded by billionaires, voting for billionaire-friendly policies, lining their own pockets Cory Doctorow

Copyfight The New York Times on Carl Malamud and his tireless battle to make the law free for all to read Cory Doctorow