security Screwdriver optional: fingerprint lock broadcasts its unlock code over Bluetooth (and the steel is garbage) Cory Doctorow

music This playful online rave is the perfect party for homebodies Popkin

cute Enclose.horse is a daily puzzle game about keeping a tiny horse penned in Gail Sherman

Boing Boing Gadgets Careful parents—this calmer kids' app is $59.99 for life right now Boing Boing's Shop

gadgets Boox Tappy is a wireless e-book page turner Rob Beschizza

privacy How a retired technician handed EFF the proof of NSA mass spying Ellsworth Toohey

apps Beloved Windows text editor Notepad++ now on Mac Rob Beschizza

History Did Victorians really treat headaches by hammering metal helmets? Popkin

crowdfunding An artist painted a monster, an occult poet conjured it to life, and now it wants to kill your Mörk Borg character Gareth Branwyn

politics Jury: Meta must pay $375m for enabling child exploitation Rob Beschizza

DHS Trump associate allegedly tapped ICE to settle a personal score Jason Weisberger

The long history of waking people up before alarm clocks Ellsworth Toohey

Boing Boing Gadgets Your wallet called. It said, "Stop losing me. Get a MagTag Tracker for $24" Boing Boing's Shop

music I just learned Keanu Reeves has a band, so you have to learn that too Grant St. Clair

art Frazetta painted the clothes off Vampirella, sold the result for $3.1M Ellsworth Toohey

Technology Donald Knuth, the godfather of computer science, says an AI solved a math problem he was stuck on for weeks Ellsworth Toohey

Reviews Logitech's Keys-To-Go 2 is a portable typing powerhouse Séamus Bellamy

Space Dying star lights up the Helix Nebula Rob Beschizza

movies Phones will soon be allowed in Alamo Drafthouse theaters Séamus Bellamy

music What would you put on Korg's Phase8 "acoustic" synthesizer? Rob Beschizza