security Tor Project is working on a web-wide random number generator Cory Doctorow

Business The TSA spent $1.4M on an app to tell it who gets a random search Cory Doctorow

Business Juniper blinks: firewall will nuke the NSA's favorite random number generator Cory Doctorow

tabloids Joe Biden dying and a UFO cover-up in this week's dubious tabloids. Peter Sheridan

privacy Philips Hue to make you create an account and log in to adjust your lightbulbs Rob Beschizza

tsa TSA officer gives invasive pat-down to man in skin-tight shorts Mark Frauenfelder

free speech Penthouse nepo baby Bob Guccione Jr. defends Jann Wenner in transphobic rant Thom Dunn

tesla Los Angeles' Tesla-driving terror sentenced to five years Jason Weisberger

television Bill Maher also stabs the WGA in the back Jason Weisberger

mistakes Urine-soaked Federal narcotics prosecutor wants police investigating hit-and-run crash to know who he is Rob Beschizza

canada Watch out for the Toronto Ink Bandit spraying people with pigment! David Pescovitz

michigan Fraudulent elector compares legal stress to cancer diagnosis in desperate fundraiser Mark Frauenfelder

Weird MrWeebl's classic viral animation "Badgers" turns 20 Grant St. Clair

corruption Could a random lottery solve the sociopath problem in American politics? Mark Frauenfelder

Space Space clean-up mission is complicated as junk is smashed by more junk Jason Weisberger

weapons Woman nearly impaled by a spear thrown through her car's windshield (video) David Pescovitz

art Contribute the Daily Doodle Club's free online art gallery Popkin

tabletop gaming What's new in tabletop gaming for August, 2023 Gareth Branwyn

bad cops North Carolina cop fired after being accused of trying to kill girlfriend Rob Beschizza

music Taylor Swift concert caused seismic equivalent of 2.3 magnitude earthquake in Seattle David Pescovitz