The (Usually) Weekly Whatever: Asking for a pardon for any and all things
Technology
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Amazon admits it has been giving Ring security camera videos to police without permission.
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Yo dawg, I heard you like DOOM.
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Ever wonder why digital CD audio was set at 16 bits, 44.1kHz? The answer is that it was designed to be easy to store on analog video tape...
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Mars Express spacecraft will finally be upgraded from Windows 98.
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Driverless taxis simultaneously stop, blocking a street for hours.
Media
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Facebook may not be able to take down posts selling guns in a timely fashion, but boy can they take down posts in a hurry that offer abortion pills.
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People care about climate change for about as long as it takes them to finish reading the article.
Food and drink
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New England distillery is making whiskey out of green crabs.
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Singapore brewery is making beer out of recycled toilet water.
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Daily Harvest meal kits lead to emergency gall bladder removals.
Video games
- Applicant wanted to work as Pringles vending machine refiller in popular video game.
Seems reasonable
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Prince Charles accepted a £2.5m donation from the former prime minister of Qatar — in the form of bank notes stuffed in carrier bags and a suitcase.
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If a fetus is a person in Texas, it should count as one for HOV vehicle lanes, right?
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Brazilian woman marries rag doll, says they have a baby.
Law and order
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Once again a dispute over mayonnaise leads to deadly gunfire.
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A 1955 warrant is found for the arrest of the woman who falsely accused Emmett Till of assault, leading to his lynching. Mississippi decides not to prosecute the white woman, who is still alive and insists she didn't want him murdered and that she was a victim too.
Crapto
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Cryptocurrency hedge fund files for bankruptcy after defaulting on $670m loan.
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CoinFlex cryptocurrency exchange claims it's owed $47m by a Bitcoin enthusiast, and that's why you can't withdraw your money.
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Coinbase is selling customers' geotracking data to Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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Once again a "smart contract" bug leads to over $100m of money being siphoned away, and "the code is the contract" doesn't stop the developers from calling in the FBI and claiming theft.
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Twice bankrupt RadioShack is now a cryptocurrency company. Third time's the charm?