crowdfunding Cory Doctorow's new book on beating big tech at its own game Mark Frauenfelder

Business A sweeping new tech bill from Silicon Valley Democrats promises privacy, interoperability, and protection from algorithmic discrimination and manipulation Cory Doctorow

privacy Apple poses a false dichotomy between "privacy" and "competition" Cory Doctorow

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Boing Boing Gadgets This is your smartphone on feminism Cory Doctorow

Business Interoperability: Fix the internet, not the tech companies Cory Doctorow

happy mutants EFF has published a detailed guide to regulating Facebook without destroying the internet Cory Doctorow

Copyfight Google DRM for Email can be disabled by ticking a few boxes in Firefox Cory Doctorow

Business Oculus breaks promise, uses DRM to kill app that let you switch VR systems Cory Doctorow

Copyfight How DRM would kill the next Netflix (and how the W3C could save it) Cory Doctorow

Games Microsoft to block third-party controllers and accessories on XBox Rob Beschizza

music MIDI pioneer Dave Smith dead at 72 Rob Beschizza

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privacy The answer to the Clearview AI scandal is better privacy laws, not anti-scraping laws Cory Doctorow

eff In serving big company interests, copyright is in crisis Cory Doctorow

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