facial recognition Artists disrupting facial recognition technologies Jennifer Sandlin

happy mutants Big Tech loves disruption, when they're doing the disruption Cory Doctorow

invention Fancy high-tech water gun isn't for child's play Rusty Blazenhoff

Technology The end of Windows closes in Andrea James

Technology How iPhones helped Elon Musk crush Detroit Andrea James

petard Ironic quotes from executives who incorrectly predicted the failure of upstarts Cory Doctorow

Business Lin-Manuel Miranda declares war on bots Cory Doctorow

happy mutants What "open learning" looks like when it's for kids who need it most Mimi Ito

entomology Rare Hitler Beetle is being driven to extinction by neo-Nazi collectors Mark Frauenfelder

poop Clorox blames cyberattack for product shortages Rob Beschizza

gadgets Look, it's just not that big of a deal that the iPhone is going to have a USB port Rob Beschizza

Boing Boing Gadgets This high-performance (new open-box) LG Gram laptop is on sale for only $799.99 Boing Boing's Shop

Funny Child's hat upsets airplane passengers (video) David Pescovitz

uk UK air traffic control system crashes Rob Beschizza

retro Short sci-fi story told through imaginary public access station circa 1985 Mark Frauenfelder

health "Dieting is poison" – the anti-diet movement gains ground Mark Frauenfelder

jobs CNN fires CEO Chris Licht after a pretty bad, Trump-friendly year Carla Sinclair

first amendment Middle-school Satanists club can't be banned, rules judge Mark Frauenfelder

Southworst "Intermittent technology issues" force Southwest Airlines to pause all operations Jason Weisberger