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
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
politics Right-wing Twitter poster receives 7-month jail sentence in vote-suppressing conspiracy Rob Beschizza
donald trump Conman Trump tells GOP to shut down the government to stop his criminal trials (which it won't) Carla Sinclair
books Chuck Tingle's new queer Christian horror novel Camp Damascus is genuinely terrifying 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