Shady business
Netanyahu says Israel is "at war" after Palestinian militants fired around 2,200 rockets into Israeli territory. / CNN
See also: Maps and videos chronicle this morning's rapid escalation in fighting. / The Washington Post [+]
23AndMe confirms stolen data from Ashkenazi Jews is circulating on the dark web. However, it's still unclear whether the attack targeted those users. / Bleeping Computer, NBC News
How a deepfake that emerged ahead of last week's election in Slovakia may have helped vote in a pro-Russia party. / A Political Pulse
Chipotle introduces a robot that can make bowls and salads, which together account for around 65% of the chain's digital orders—see it in action here. / Food & Wine
"I've always had whatever the voice was that I had." Composer and vocalist Joan La Barbara on a lifetime of learning and relearning. / Tone Glow
How colors are trademarked, and the many reasons why doing so is a bad idea. / Some Unpleasant Arithmetic
See also: From 2011, how the federal government's official color palette—yes, it has one—controls much of what we see. / The Morning News
A green funeral operator has been suspended after at least 115 bodies were found decaying at his storage facility. He claimed he was doing taxidermy. / AP
As Netflix shutters its DVD service, Seattle's Scarecrow Video, one of the last independent video rental stores in the US, launches a nationwide DVD-by-mail program. / Gizmodo
Save Mary, an Atari 2600 game in development when the console was killed in 1990, is finally getting an official release. / Destructoid, Engadget
Nick Cave: "In my experience, the Kübler-Ross model of the stages of grief is full of shit. Grief portioned into orderly stages does not make sense, on any level." / Rolling Stone
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