picks Chicago Police Accountability Task Force Report: racism, corruption, and a "broken system" Cory Doctorow

gadgets Good picks for Windows laptops in the gaming 'n' creating sweet spot Rob Beschizza

computers Local council in England to remove apostrophes from road signs because Computer Says No Rob Beschizza

gadgets Windows is automatically installing HP printer bloatware, even if you don't have one Rob Beschizza

Science Forensic scientist fabricated evidence that sent men to jail, says judge Rob Beschizza

The Office Illinois' governor gives commencement speech with 'Office' quotes, not knowing Steve Carell was in the audience Rusty Blazenhoff

twitter Boob jokes about renaming Twitter Jason Weisberger

science fiction Kickstart the audiobook for Cory Doctorow's new novel, Red Team Blues Thom Dunn

immigration This short film explores how immigrant children have to deal with anglicizing their names Devin Nealy

tabloids Will Smith's slap and Angelina Jolie's feet in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

pranksters Man pranks conservative radio show by naming a ton of punk bands in his liberal bash Carla Sinclair

politics Military bases to be renamed, after veto-proof U.S. Senate vote Rob Beschizza

cults Love Letters to Hitler Mike Shaughnessy

politics Clearview AI founder linked to Trump world and Far-Right, NYPD denies facial recognition firm's boast that it helped catch terrorist suspect Xeni Jardin

guns Gun Violence Isn't a Problem — it's actually 5 Problems, with Different Solutions Thom Dunn

makers My top ten maker tips for 2019 Gareth Branwyn

AI Second wave Algorithmic Accountability: from "What should algorithms do?" to "Should we use an algorithm?" Cory Doctorow

AI Peter Thiel claims AI is "Leninist" and "literally communist" in a sprawling speech for a think tank Thom Dunn

happy mutants Learning to See the Commons David Bollier and Silke Helfrich

Republicans Florida GOP finally admits that maybe they shouldn't have banned the phrase "climate change" after all Thom Dunn