apple Apple's fine-print reveals a secret program to spy on Iphone users and generate "trust scores" Cory Doctorow

china China's pervasive "social credit" scheme is still in development, but already profoundly shaping public behavior Cory Doctorow

surveillance The predictable dystopian trajectory of China's Citizen Scores Cory Doctorow

china Chinese jaywalkers are identified and shamed by facial recognition, and now they'll get warnings over text message Cory Doctorow

Civlib China's "citizen scores" used to blacklist 6.7m people from using high-speed rail or flying Cory Doctorow

donald trump DeSantis dodges questions on Trump's "vermin" slur (video) Mark Frauenfelder

donald trump Trump insists his speech errors are done on purpose Mark Frauenfelder

google Google sues two men who sent out fake copyright takedowns Rob Beschizza

Internet The new rise and fall of .TK domain names Thom Dunn

music The Wiggles "deeply disappointed" by the weaponization of their music David Pescovitz

politics Right-wing Twitter poster receives 7-month jail sentence in vote-suppressing conspiracy Rob Beschizza

rudy giuliani IRS presents Rudy Giuliani with bill for $549,435.26 in unpaid taxes Mark Frauenfelder

donald trump Conman Trump tells GOP to shut down the government to stop his criminal trials (which it won't) Carla Sinclair

dogs At least 8 dogs killed on the way to police training after truck AC fails Thom Dunn

nostalgia The 1980s moral panic over video games Jason Weisberger

books Chuck Tingle's new queer Christian horror novel Camp Damascus is genuinely terrifying Thom Dunn

racism When US law discriminates differently against Black Native Americans Thom Dunn

Republicans Marjorie Taylor Greene keeps playing her one-note song about the insurrection Jason Weisberger

politics Senate votes to remove the endangered lesser prairie-chicken from the endangered species list Jennifer Sandlin

donald trump Trump calls for defunding federal law enforcement after facing charges Mark Frauenfelder