Letters to the Editor: Hackers, Asteroids, Deep Sea Mining, and Pee
Motherboard readers respond to this week's stories.
Beat This Game by Sending Evil Amounts of Junk Mail
In 'Unsolicited,' there's a quota to meet. And if you fail to meet it or send too many letters with errors in them, you'll get fired.
Japanese People Pay Real Money to Have Their Stuffed Animals Eat at This Cafe
Why not enrich the life of one of your inanimate cotton-stuffed friends by sending them off to a pricey cafe to hang out with other plushies?
I Paid for a Bot to Send Me Useless Junk for a Month
Unsurprisingly, this ended up being really annoying.
Why Is Licking Envelopes Still a Thing?
It's 2015 and we're still licking envelopes with our tongues like a bunch of barbarians.
The UK Postal Service Is 3D Printing Stuff So It Can Deliver It
From today, the UK's postal service is trialling a 3D printing delivery service.
Classic Video Gems Go Postal With Ireland's Latest Round Of Stamps
Ireland's postal system is cornering the demographic of gamers who still communicate with snail mail—and the result is awesome.
The US Postal Service Sucks at Tracking Suspicious Mail
A new Inspector General's Office audit suggests the USPS routinely mishandles "mail covers," the service's primary tool for monitoring the data on the outside of mail that's been flagged for investigation.
Hero Worship Of Steve Jobs Will Live On As A Postage Stamp
Finally, you'll be able to lick photos of Steve Jobs without feeling weird about it.
The Postal Service Is Partnering with Amazon to Deliver on Sundays
Everybody wins—except for brick and mortars.