Business US DOD inspector general finds Pentagon decision to award $10B JEDI contract to Microsoft 'consistent' with acquisition standards Xeni Jardin
late stage capitalism Congressional shaming prompts notorious Pentagon price-gouger to refund $16.1m Cory Doctorow
surveillance Pentagon mass surveillance slurped up the world's social media traffic; then they dumped it on a publicly accessible Amazon cloud server Cory Doctorow
corruption Facebook manipulation experiment has connections to DoD "emotional contagion" research Cory Doctorow
death Mohamed Al-Fayed, billionaire ex-owner of Harrods who feuded with royal family, dead at 94 Rob Beschizza
military Check out the US Department of Defense's official new UFO website for government personnel to report their sightings David Pescovitz
politics Rudy Giuliani's NYC home up for sale for $6.5m–perfect timing after losing a defamation lawsuit Rob Beschizza
drm HP covers printer's USB port with warning sticker to make sure you don't go right ahead and use it Rob Beschizza
books John Darnielle, lead singer from The Mountain Goats, tells us about books he's reading Jennifer Sandlin
Republicans That North Carolina Democrat who suddenly switched parties was a GOP plant Jason Weisberger
activism Read about the activists who helped bring down bleach-peddling, wellness-grifting Grenon family Jennifer Sandlin