privacy Facial recognition isn't just bad because it invades privacy: it's because privacy invasions fuel discrimination Cory Doctorow

privacy AI Now's annual report: stop doing "emotion detection"; stop "socially sensitive" facial recognition; make AI research diverse and representative — and more Cory Doctorow

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

law The Hippocratic License: A new software license that prohibits uses that contravene the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights Cory Doctorow

ethics Towards a "nerdocratic oath" Cory Doctorow

happy mutants How to use science fiction to teach tech ethics Cory Doctorow

books Checking out the Black Speculative Arts Movement Elías Villoro

mistakes Musk tells Twitter employees "bankruptcy isn't out of the question" as it descends into chaos Rob Beschizza

Science The Tasmanian Tiger's been extinct since 1936. Should we bring it back with science? Elías Villoro

tabloids Bill Clinton and the Queen at death's door in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

books Check out this new book about the man who read every single Marvel Comic ever written. Thom Dunn

meditation Would you be willing to neuro-hack your way to enlightenment? Popkin

Boing Boing Gadgets The Serafim Keybo turns any flat surface into a full-sized keyboard Boing Boing's Shop

climate change A top Exxon lobbyist was secretly recorded bragging about climate denial Thom Dunn

military Brain-frying energy weapons actually do exist, say scientists who would know David Pescovitz

AI OpenAI discovers its visual AI can be fooled by written notes Clive Thompson

military France receives official go-ahead to build a legion of bionic super soldiers Thom Dunn

tech Google AI researcher Timnit Gebru fired after complaining of "aggressions and harassments" Rob Beschizza

privacy What to know about COVID tracing apps Thom Dunn