cheese Italians are microchipping Parmesan to crack down on bootleg cheese Thom Dunn

knockoffs Can you tell the difference? Take this superfake designer handbag quiz Mark Frauenfelder

china Online retailers Shein and Temu go to war Rob Beschizza

Science Compounded semaglutide is dangerous; eat oatmeal Gail Sherman

mistakes Bloomberg reports on Roblox's "pedophile problem" Rob Beschizza

intellectual property rights Vlogger visits a counterfeit book bazaar in Mumbai Mark Frauenfelder

Rolex How scalpers and Rolex store employees are making it nearly impossible to buy a Rolex at retail price Mark Frauenfelder

fish Police bust black market California caviar king pins David Pescovitz

crrrrypto Fraud-filled crypto marketplace Cent stops trading its own NFTs Jason Weisberger

dinosaurs Which of these statues of a T-Rex eating garden gnomes is better? Thom Dunn

dea DEA issues warning about fake Xanax laced with fentanyl, doesn't mention its culpabilty Mark Frauenfelder

cryptocurrency Counterfeit NFTs indistinguishable from the real thing Jason Weisberger

News Trump pardons Steve Bannon, Elliot Broidy, Lil Wayne, others — 73 pardons, 70 commutations Xeni Jardin

wine Italian police seize thousands of bottles of counterfeit "super Tuscan" wine David Pescovitz

mistakes Amazon offers pork spray to protect from "Muslim rape gangs" [Update: removed] Rob Beschizza

happy mutants Bunnie Huang's classic "Essential Guide to Electronics in Shenzhen" is now free online Cory Doctorow

law Beware this marijuana vaping cartridge brand Xeni Jardin

Copyfight CN Tower's management company claims that any picture of the landmark building is a trademark violation Cory Doctorow

late stage capitalism Wework, Uber, Lyft, Netflix, Bird, Amazon: late-stage capitalism is all about money-losing predatory pricing aimed at creating monopolies Cory Doctorow

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