logistics How to transport a 17-ton, 50-foot wide magnet halfway across the country? Mark Frauenfelder
shipments Woman received Amazon box filled with narcotics and a form from the Drug Enforcement Administration David Pescovitz
layers of indirection Amazon's plan for traffic deaths from same-day delivery: deflect blame to anonymous subcontractors Cory Doctorow
robots stole my jerb Vast majority of truck-driving jobs are not under threat from automation Cory Doctorow
microplastics Mystery solved: why has a beach in France been blighted by washed-up parts for toy Garfield phones for more than 30 years? Cory Doctorow
ups UPS Teamsters ready to stage America's biggest strike since 1997, with solidarity as the main sticking point Cory Doctorow
vanuata Vanuatu will use drones to deliver vaccines across its remote chain of tiny islands Cory Doctorow
positive train control Rail barons and the new gilded age: one-percenters travel in style by hitching private "super-luxe" railcars to Amtrak trains Cory Doctorow
forever days A common satellite comms package for ships and oil rigs has a backdoor that won't be patched Cory Doctorow
not the monorail Disney wants to build an "aerial tramway" between the Disney World parks Cory Doctorow
neo-pullman Luxury overnight bus with sleeper cabins shuttles between LA and San Francisco Cory Doctorow