Lego Goes Deep Into the World of Sesame Street in the Week’s Best Toys
Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9’s regular round up of the very best in plastic-based goodness on the internet. This week, Hot Wheels celebrates Back to the Future with a nifty board you’ll never want to take out of the packaging, Lego takes a trip down Sesame Street, and Medicom swings the finest ‘90s Spider-Man…
Senate Republicans’ Bullshit Talking Points on Their Section 230 Bill, Debunked
The GOP-controlled Senate Commerce Committee is holding a hearing next week on Big Tech, and it’s called on Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey to testify. Republicans on the committee have made it abundantly clear that their intent is to grill the CEOs over a conspiracy theory that…
Cops Turn to Canadian Phone-Tracking Firm After Infamous ‘Stingrays’ Become ‘Obsolete’
Law enforcement agencies across the United States are scrambling to secure funding for new cellphone-tracking equipment after the maker of the controversial “Stingray” device quietly announced last year it would no longer sell equipment directly to local law enforcement. L3Harris Technologies, formerly known as the Harris Corporation, notified police agencies last year that it planned…
