telcoms Comcast: if you don't subscribe to cable TV, we won't sell you high-speed internet Cory Doctorow

britain Struggling British pound shop chain Poundland sold for £1 Rob Beschizza

AI A.I. company CoreWeave not having a great IPO Rob Beschizza

aviation At least 6 feared dead in Philadelphia plane crash Rob Beschizza

psychology Stanford's massive tobacco ad archive reveals a century of psychological manipulation Ellsworth Toohey

News FCC threatens to disconnect 2,400 phone companies enabling illegal robocalls Ellsworth Toohey

Republican AGs abhorrent predilection for pregnant teens Jason Weisberger

Delightful Creatures Hands in! Humans join hands to see if their dogs join in Gail Sherman

News Securus Technologies loves charging exorbitant fees for families to talk to incarcerated loved ones Yoy Luadha

protests "Imagine the worst, most foul thing you have ever smelled" – protestors sprayed with crowd-control chemical report severe symptoms Mark Frauenfelder

gadgets The worst tech you can buy in 2023 Rob Beschizza

privacy New vehicles a "privacy nightmare" where you consent to carmakers collecting data on behavioral, biological, even sexual activity Rob Beschizza

florida More insurance companies leave Florida Rob Beschizza

amazon The Bezos biopic is as boring as the man who inspired it Greg Nussen

guns Gun manufacturer pitches the "JR-15", a rifle for kids styled on the AR-15 Thom Dunn

twitter Finally, something interesting came from the Twitter Files Thom Dunn

fireworks Fireworks wrapper combines gun worship, right-wing Christianity, American flags, and patriotism Jennifer Sandlin

Vintage Weird The Johnson Smith Novelty catalog offered 600 jam-packed pages of vintage weirdness Mark Frauenfelder

healthcare The worst thing about Theranos wasn't the hinky blood testing machines or the alleged fraud Rob Beschizza

mistakes Is this the worst dark ride in America? Rob Beschizza