politics Google spent ~$150 million on US lobbying over last decade, followed by Facebook at ~$81M, Amazon almost $80M: Federal filings Xeni Jardin
politics New York passed the nation's first right-to-repair law. Pleasing tech lobbyists, Governor Kathy Hochul hasn't signed it Rob Beschizza
healthcare The worst thing about Theranos wasn't the hinky blood testing machines or the alleged fraud Rob Beschizza
News Trump pardons Steve Bannon, Elliot Broidy, Lil Wayne, others — 73 pardons, 70 commutations Xeni Jardin
Business Tech CEOs — Facebook, Amazon, Alphabet/Google, Apple— to testify before House Judiciary antitrust panel Monday, July 27 Xeni Jardin
politics Facebook helps launch American Edge, lobbying group in DC to fight antitrust regulators Xeni Jardin
usps They're never going to get rid of the Postal Service because then who would deliver the scorpions? Thom Dunn
Business Former Google exec says he was pushed out after he lobbied for human rights program Xeni Jardin
Business Mint: late-stage adversarial interoperability demonstrates what we had (and what we lost) Cory Doctorow
security One Weird Law That Interferes With Security Research, Remix Culture, and Even Car Repair Kit Walsh
corruption Hunter Biden's Ukraine gig was corrupt, just not in the way Republican conspiracists claim it was Cory Doctorow