google Gmail rolls out DRM for email and office documents, calls it "Confidential Mode" Cory Doctorow

Technology The YouTube channel with 77,000 videos of red and blue rectangles Ellsworth Toohey

china China is using recruitment sites to buy top secret information Séamus Bellamy

Japan What happened to the 2.5 mile high building designed to be taller than Mount Fuji? Ellsworth Toohey

bias Bari Weiss' CBS News swims in Epstein-related baggage Jason Weisberger

art Watch a caterpillar enjoy a tiny playground built just for bugs Popkin

weather Mysterious New England boom was meteor Rob Beschizza

gadgets United flight declares emergency over Bluetooth broadcast, passengers say Rob Beschizza

gadgets Muxcard: a portable computer the size and thickness of a credit card Rob Beschizza

Patagonia is suing Pattie Gonia, which seems off-brand Jason Weisberger

Space Blue Origin rocket explodes during Florida test Rob Beschizza

Boing Boing Gadgets Start solo-mining Bitcoin from your desk for $60 Boing Boing's Shop

gadgets Folding iPhone case ads all but announce the device itself Rob Beschizza

retrocomputing ZX Spectrum basic interpreter remade from scratch on the web Rob Beschizza

Blingphone brand Vertu folded years ago, but now has a folding phone Rob Beschizza

politics Investigator found 40 White House sites hidden behind one private Cloudflare gate Ellsworth Toohey

Stable Genius As war looms, Grandpa Pudding Brains delivers emergency remarks on decorative water features Jason Weisberger

websites Make your own futuristic computer logo with the Sinclair-o-Matic Rob Beschizza

Delightful Creatures Bears, smarter than average, decide to attend Calabasas school Jason Weisberger

politics 27,224 people pre-ordered the Trump Phone Rob Beschizza