movies That time when ferocious flocks of seabirds attacked people, inspiring Hitchcock's The Birds David Pescovitz
media Right-wing political propaganda posing as local news circulating across country Jennifer Sandlin
racism Bomb threats at more than a dozen historically Black colleges on the first day of Black History Month David Pescovitz
News Trump pardons Steve Bannon, Elliot Broidy, Lil Wayne, others — 73 pardons, 70 commutations Xeni Jardin
News Hurricane Laura at 150mph winds, near Category 5 — Texas-Louisiana landfall expected Xeni Jardin
artificial intelligence Why didn't OpenAI release the "Unicorn" version of its AI storytelling software? Mark Frauenfelder
trump The military sysadmins in charge of Trump's cellphones can't get him to give up wildly insecure practices Cory Doctorow