Business DOJ approves $26 billion T-Mobile and Sprint deal Xeni Jardin

Technology Mega Mobile Merger: $26 billion Sprint and T-Mobile deal to be approved by Justice Department on Friday Xeni Jardin

mobile Leak reveals that hundreds of bounty hunters have had access to super-fine-grained mobile location data for years Cory Doctorow

telcoms Why the hell do we continue to believe the carriers' promises to respect our privacy? Cory Doctorow

corruption A data-broker has been quietly selling realtime access to your cellphone's location, and they suck, so anyone could get it for free Cory Doctorow

telcoms Between Trump, Ajit Pai and a GOP Congress, there's never been a better time for a terrible Sprint/T-Mobile merger Cory Doctorow

Science Why is it so hard to make a phone call in emergency situations? Maggie Koerth

Boing Boing Gadgets Build apps faster, blame tools less—Visual Studio Pro 2026 is just $35 through 5/31 Boing Boing's Shop

Science Wearable tails help elderly folks keep their balance Rob Beschizza

Fire at will New footage shows only one source of gunfire at correspondents' dinner—and it's not the suspect Jason Weisberger

dogs Very good dog finishes third in Olympic cross country sking Gail Sherman

The newest Olympic sport is bonkers Gail Sherman

Culture It is pancake day Rob Beschizza

Games Bethesda is already overpromising for Fallout 5 Grant St. Clair

design State Department to switch from "woke" default Microsoft font to old British newspaper typeface Rob Beschizza

israel Israel finally notices its settler mobs are burning down the West Bank Jason Weisberger

Games Forgotten gem Saints Row 2 finally playable on PC after 14 years Grant St. Clair

racing Lawn mower racing: the surprisingly fast sport born in a British pub (Video) Popkin