politics Google spent ~$150 million on US lobbying over last decade, followed by Facebook at ~$81M, Amazon almost $80M: Federal filings Xeni Jardin

Business Former Google exec says he was pushed out after he lobbied for human rights program Xeni Jardin

Business Kathryn Spiers: 'I was fired last week by Google for organizing.' Xeni Jardin

Space Russia launching mission to rescue astronauts stranded in space David Pescovitz

no one can talk to a horse of course Nicole Shanahan was not horsing around with Elon Musk Jason Weisberger

Hey baby want a horse? Father of 10 children via multiple women claims no "time for shenanigans," too busy to have an affair Jason Weisberger

tabloids Royals sell souls to the devil, TV's most hated host, and Cougar manhunts in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

security China's new cybersecurity rules ban foreign companies from using VPNs to phone home Cory Doctorow

google Larry Page approved $150M stock grant to Andy Rubin despite sex abuse allegations & without board's OK, lawsuit claims Xeni Jardin

Business Google board sued for $90 million payout to Andy Rubin amid sexual abuse probe Xeni Jardin

trumpism NYT: Saudi Arabia's Prince Charming was Mister Bone Saw all along Cory Doctorow

Business Leaked documents reveal Google's plan to create a censored search engine for the Chinese market Cory Doctorow

security Machine learning models keep getting spoofed by adversarial attacks and it's not clear if this can ever be fixed Cory Doctorow

palaeoart Dinosaur art is not bullshit (unless you're doing it wrong) Mark P. Witton

Flynnghazi Newsweek: "Trump either knows exactly what Flynn said, or he is incompetent" Mark Frauenfelder

Business Tim Cook confirms: tech met with Trump to ask for billions in tax breaks Cory Doctorow

nonconformists How to spot an original, and how to be one Xeni Jardin