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
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
books Check out this new book about the man who read every single Marvel Comic ever written. Thom Dunn
Boing Boing Gadgets The Serafim Keybo turns any flat surface into a full-sized keyboard Boing Boing's Shop
military Brain-frying energy weapons actually do exist, say scientists who would know David Pescovitz
tech Google AI researcher Timnit Gebru fired after complaining of "aggressions and harassments" Rob Beschizza