texas Frontier: if you don't buy your router, we'll charge you a rental fee; if you DO buy your router, we'll charge you a "support" fee Cory Doctorow

christ what an asshole Frontier receives $283.4m/year in taxpayer money, neglects network, rips off customers — and Trump's FCC won't investigate Cory Doctorow

late stage capitalism Small business in Wisconsin cancels its unusably bad internet service from Frontier; Frontier demands $4,300 cancellation fee Cory Doctorow

infrastructure Minnesota AG's report reveals big telcos are literally letting their infrastructure rot Cory Doctorow

Tow-Mater's Tower of Terror Disney World's Rivers of America to be replaced Ruben Bolling

outbursts Passenger misses her flight, blows a fuse, and hurls Frontier Airlines computer at worker (video) Carla Sinclair

Entertainment Disney announces huge theme park expansions Ruben Bolling

AI The Verge explains all those AI terms Jason Weisberger

Entertainment Captain Kirk's original phaser and communicator on the auction block Ellsworth Toohey

sinkholes Uh-oh. Huge sinkhole swallows up Illinois soccer field — which was built over a working mine (video) Carla Sinclair

psychology Rage rooms don't work: study reveals best anger management techniques Ellsworth Toohey

Alex Jones Rapper cashes in on conspiracy theories with clothing line Jennifer Sandlin

archaeology "Extraordinary" 4,000-year-old skull reveals medical milestone Allan Rose Hill

trees Two charged with chopping down famous tree in England Rob Beschizza

movie reviews "Civil War" is an isolating, information-starved psychological horror Roy Christopher

Games Choose your Mario Kart build with this polished interactive illustration of the Pareto frontier Rob Beschizza

Boing Boing Shop Save an extra 20% on Microsoft Windows 11 Pro – your digital knight in shining armor Boing Boing's Shop

computers Read the Electronic Frontier Foundation's guide to using the Internet in 1994 Rob Beschizza

blatant misuse of power LAPD wants to remotely access 10,000 public and private security cameras Natalie Dressed

education Study: undergraduate students now of average intelligence Rob Beschizza