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Patent lawyers: Help! The evil Makers won't let us apply for bullshit 3D printingpatents!

Two minor characters from my novel Makers have apparently come to life and written an article for 3D Printing Industry.

Nintendo claims ownership over gamer fanvids onYouTube

Alan Wexelblat comment on the news that Nintendo has claimed "monetization rights" to fan videos on YouTube that feature tips on playing its games.

NYPD wrongfully seize wrong SDcard

New York City police officers arrested a woman who was video recording them from a public sidewalk as they conducted some type of vehicle safety checkpoint. p> The officers apparently stole a memory card from a camera, which turned out to be the wrong one, allowing us to view the video.

Top UK government officials tamper with inquest into Brit assassinated by Russian spies in London, suppressevidence

Marina Litvinenko, widow of Alexander Litvinenko (a British citizen who was assassinated in London by two former KGB agents who poisoned him with radioactive polonium) has accused the British government, Secretary of State William Hague, and PM David Cameron of sabotaging the coroner's inquest into

Associated Press quietly nukes its dumber-than-dumb DRM-for-newssystem

Do you remember the Associated Press's 2009 announcement that they had discovered a magic-beans technology that would let them stop people from quoting the news unless they paid for license fees (for quotes as short as 12 words, yet!)?

Since the launch...

To do this weekend: Maker Faire BayArea

Maker Faire Bay Area is this weekend, in San Mateo, California! Pesco, Mark and I will all be there, and I'm sure many of you reading Boing Boing will be, too. Mark has been posting some great behind-the-scenes snapshots on his Instagram.

World's tiniest monkey eats anoodle

About this video, which shows a Pygmy Marmoset noshing on a macaroni, Meredith Yayanos says: "The tinier the primate, the deeper the Uncanny Valley.

Black Code: how spies, cops and crims are making cyberspace unfit for humanhabitation

I reviewed Ronald Diebert's new book Black Code in this weekend's edition of the Globe and Mail.

Is this the best song from this year's Eurovision SongContest?

The battle of the bands, featuring acts from Ireland to Israel, is underway as we speak. Our Europe Correspondent Leigh Alexander will be filing a report, but not until she's had a bit of a lie down afterward.

Brain hacking: using neurofeedback to master conflicting wills in yourmind

I've written before about Moran Cerf -- celebrated neuroscientist, former military hacker, and good-guy bank robber -- who also happens to be a great storyteller.