Disney Woman dies from allergic reaction at Disneyland, but Disney says husband can't sue because he used Disney+ three years earlier Mark Frauenfelder

movies Coyote vs. ACME trailer runs off precipice, hovers, drops Rob Beschizza

Technology Publishers see traffic plummet as Google's AI answers keep users from clicking links Ellsworth Toohey

Business "Eccentric" brewery owner seems more interested in shutting than opening pubs Rob Beschizza

books McAtlas documents, analyzes, and celebrates the international multiformity of McDonald's Ruben Bolling

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

politics Target scrapped DEI to please Trump. It's not helping business. Rob Beschizza

lawsuits Johnson & Johnson sues researchers who linked asbestos in talc to cancer Rob Beschizza

workers rights Dollar Tree's working conditions condemned Elías Villoro

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

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Space SpaceX bought two massive offshore oil rigs as floating launchpads for Starship rockets David Pescovitz

Boing Boing Gadgets The desktop isn't dead — and these 20 killer deals from Dell, HP, and more are all on sale Boing Boing's Shop

health On-nomi (オン飲み) is the new Japanese term for drinking online Rob Beschizza

Boing Boing Gadgets Abbott Labs kills free tool that lets you own the blood-sugar data from your glucose monitor, saying it violates copyright law Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Europe's Right to Repair rules have passed, and will take effect in 2021 Cory Doctorow

nsa US sues Edward Snowden, 'Permanent Record' violates NDAs 'signed with CIA & NSA' says Justice Department Xeni Jardin

security Why haven't cyberinsurers exerted more pressure on companies to be better at security? Cory Doctorow

apple Apple led the campaign to kill Right to Repair, now it's supplying parts to (some) independent repair shops Cory Doctorow

Old school "IBM PC Compatible": how adversarial interoperability saved PCs from monopolization Cory Doctorow