police Chicago PD's predictive policing tool has been shut down after 8 years of catastrophically bad results Cory Doctorow
cheaply made products Man shows us the scary Cybertruck gas pedal that is causing a Tesla recall (video) Carla Sinclair
News This home security camera uses AI to shoot visitors with paintballs and tear gas projectiles (video) Mark Frauenfelder
politics Maybe Parliament's honeytrap scandal shows Westminster has simply fallen below the ambient stupidity threshold where that sort of scam thrives Rob Beschizza
Games The emergent complexity of Hexopolis: a strategy game with infinite possibilities Jane Frauenfelder
Boing Boing Shop This pint-sized powerhouse of a computer — the Lenovo M900 — will save you $159 Boing Boing's Shop
guillotine watch New study shows that literally every billionaire under 30 was born wealthy, also water wet Thom Dunn
earthquakes Terrifying moment: Pool water cascades from high-rise in quake-hit Taiwan Mark Frauenfelder
bad customer service Incredible AT&T chat transcript with terrible customer support specialist Mark Frauenfelder
road trips 2,000 travelers stranded on California's Highway 1 after another chunk fell into the ocean Carla Sinclair
Delightful Creatures Silly raccoon flips into handstand — then continues to walk upside-down on front paws (video) Carla Sinclair
mistakes Shopper and much of shop falls into floor below after worker removes load-bearing wall Rob Beschizza