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U.S. Attorney General Investigated After Claiming He Thought Hit-And-Run Fatality Was a Deer

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2 years ago

U.S. Attorney General Investigated After Claiming He Thought Hit-And-Run Fatality Was a Deer

Justin T. Westbrook

Facebook Routinely ‘Ignored’ Efforts to Manipulate Elections Across the Globe: Whistleblower

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2 years ago

Facebook Routinely ‘Ignored’ Efforts to Manipulate Elections Across the Globe: Whistleblower

Tom McKay

How Can I Live a More Phone-Free Life?

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2 years ago

How Can I Live a More Phone-Free Life?

Anti-Maskers Forced to Dig Graves For Covid-19 Victims In Indonesia

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2 years ago

Anti-Maskers Forced to Dig Graves For Covid-19 Victims In Indonesia

Facebook Joins the ‘Watch Party’ Party and Launches Watch Together on Messenger

2 years ago

Facebook Joins the ‘Watch Party’ Party and Launches Watch Together on Messenger

Your Weather App Is Selling You Out

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2 years ago

Your Weather App Is Selling You Out

Shoshana Wodinsky

Oracle Is the Likely Winner of the Great TikTok Bake-Off

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2 years ago

Oracle Is the Likely Winner of the Great TikTok Bake-Off

Whitney Kimball

Wellness Influencers Denounce the Spread of QAnon

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2 years ago

Wellness Influencers Denounce the Spread of QAnon

Whitney Kimball

Better Names for Pepsi’s Sleep Beverage, Ranked

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2 years ago

Better Names for Pepsi’s Sleep Beverage, Ranked

Vinyl Sales Beat CDs While Still Managing to Lose

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2 years ago

Vinyl Sales Beat CDs While Still Managing to Lose

Shoshana Wodinsky

CBP Seizes Batch of ‘Counterfeit AirPods’ That Appear to Just Be Legit OnePlus Buds

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2 years ago

CBP Seizes Batch of ‘Counterfeit AirPods’ That Appear to Just Be Legit OnePlus Buds

How Tech Billionaires’ Visions of Human Nature Shape Our World

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2 years ago

How Tech Billionaires’ Visions of Human Nature Shape Our World

Simon McCarthy-Jones

Nikola’s Founder Is ‘Pissed’ and Tired of the ‘Haters’

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2 years ago

Nikola’s Founder Is ‘Pissed’ and Tired of the ‘Haters’

Tunnels For Trafficking, or Just a Subterranean Service? Time to Rescue These Spaces From the Conspiracists

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2 years ago

Tunnels For Trafficking, or Just a Subterranean Service? Time to Rescue These Spaces From the Conspiracists

Victoria Kolankiewicz

Ferrari Can’t Decide If Its 2020 F1 Season Has Been Bad or Not

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2 years ago

Ferrari Can’t Decide If Its 2020 F1 Season Has Been Bad or Not

Elizabeth Blackstock

New Teams Have to Pay Nearly $300 Million to Existing Constructors to Join F1

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2 years ago

New Teams Have to Pay Nearly $300 Million to Existing Constructors to Join F1

Elizabeth Blackstock

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2 years ago

Optus Raises Some Prices During Pandemic After Criticising Telstra for Doing It

No, This Plane Almost Certainly Didn’t Fly In A Pentagram Shape Over Melbourne

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2 years ago

No, This Plane Almost Certainly Didn’t Fly In A Pentagram Shape Over Melbourne

Xbox All Access Is Deeply Confusing, but I Think I Figured It Out

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2 years ago

Xbox All Access Is Deeply Confusing, but I Think I Figured It Out

Amazon Japan to Pay Nearly $26 Million to Suppliers, Seems Pretty OK With It

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2 years ago

Amazon Japan to Pay Nearly $26 Million to Suppliers, Seems Pretty OK With It

Whitney Kimball

Three Electrostatic Motors Almost Make This Pricey Watch Worth It

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2 years ago

Three Electrostatic Motors Almost Make This Pricey Watch Worth It

Tuck Me Inside the Scorpion Machine

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2 years ago

Tuck Me Inside the Scorpion Machine

Pennyworth’s Second Season Will Feature Bruce Wayne, Uh, Kind Of

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2 years ago

Pennyworth’s Second Season Will Feature Bruce Wayne, Uh, Kind Of

No, You’re Not Seeing Things. Facebook Has Launched a Poll Worker Recruitment Drive

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2 years ago

No, You’re Not Seeing Things. Facebook Has Launched a Poll Worker Recruitment Drive

Facebook Finally Cracks Down on Bogus Propaganda About Oregon Wildfires

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2 years ago

Facebook Finally Cracks Down on Bogus Propaganda About Oregon Wildfires

Alyse Stanley

Trump’s HHS Goons Smear CDC as ‘Deep State,’ Routinely Meddle with Covid-19 Reports

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2 years ago

Trump’s HHS Goons Smear CDC as ‘Deep State,’ Routinely Meddle with Covid-19 Reports

Alyse Stanley

Major QAnon Site Shutters After Operator Gets Outed

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2 years ago

Major QAnon Site Shutters After Operator Gets Outed

Alyse Stanley

China Would Rather See TikTok Go the Way of Vine Than Bow to U.S. Pressure: Report

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2 years ago

China Would Rather See TikTok Go the Way of Vine Than Bow to U.S. Pressure: Report

Alyse Stanley

Dem Congressional Nominee Abruptly Drops Out of Race Against QAnon Conspiracy Theorist

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2 years ago

Dem Congressional Nominee Abruptly Drops Out of Race Against QAnon Conspiracy Theorist

Tom McKay

Debunked ‘Antifa’ Wildfire Rumours Spread on Facebook Overload 911, Spur Calls to Violence

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2 years ago

Debunked ‘Antifa’ Wildfire Rumours Spread on Facebook Overload 911, Spur Calls to Violence

Facebook: Privacy Is Cool, but Have You Guys Heard of Money?

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2 years ago

Facebook: Privacy Is Cool, but Have You Guys Heard of Money?

Shoshana Wodinsky

Enable 2FA on Zoom’s Mobile and Desktop Apps Right Now

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2 years ago

Enable 2FA on Zoom’s Mobile and Desktop Apps Right Now

Does Trump Remember When He Wanted TikTok to Be Sold?

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2 years ago

Does Trump Remember When He Wanted TikTok to Be Sold?

Whitney Kimball

Censoring Jon Hamm’s Penis Doesn’t Violate Copyright Law, Federal Judge Rules

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2 years ago

Censoring Jon Hamm’s Penis Doesn’t Violate Copyright Law, Federal Judge Rules

The Electric Hummer Is A Water Sign

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2 years ago

The Electric Hummer Is A Water Sign

Bradley Brownell

McLaren Wants To Sell Its Iconic £200 Million Bond Villain Headquarters Amid Restructuring

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2 years ago

McLaren Wants To Sell Its Iconic £200 Million Bond Villain Headquarters Amid Restructuring

Justin T. Westbrook

Goodfellas at 30: Scorsese’s Massively Influential, Virtuoso Gangster Film

2 years ago

Goodfellas at 30: Scorsese’s Massively Influential, Virtuoso Gangster Film

Adrian Danks

A Look At Some Awesome Classic Cars Destroyed In The California Wildfires

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2 years ago

A Look At Some Awesome Classic Cars Destroyed In The California Wildfires

David Tracy

Here’s Exactly How LEGO Super Mario Works

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2 years ago

Here’s Exactly How LEGO Super Mario Works

Researchers Made A QAnon AI Bot Because Things Aren’t Already Bad Enough, Apparently

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2 years ago

Researchers Made A QAnon AI Bot Because Things Aren’t Already Bad Enough, Apparently

Google Says It’s Getting Rid of Search Suggestions About Candidates and Voting

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2 years ago

Google Says It’s Getting Rid of Search Suggestions About Candidates and Voting

Alyse Stanley

Does This Restored 1973 Mazda RX2 Restore Your Faith In Rotary-Powered Cars?

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2 years ago

Does This Restored 1973 Mazda RX2 Restore Your Faith In Rotary-Powered Cars?

Android 11 Go Now 20 Per Cent Faster, Works With More Phones

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2 years ago

Android 11 Go Now 20 Per Cent Faster, Works With More Phones

Amazon Has an Exploding Product Problem

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2 years ago

Amazon Has an Exploding Product Problem

Alyse Stanley

Tesla Is Finally Falling Back To Earth

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2 years ago

Tesla Is Finally Falling Back To Earth

Bluetooth Unveils Its Latest Security Issue, With No Security Solution

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2 years ago

Bluetooth Unveils Its Latest Security Issue, With No Security Solution

Shoshana Wodinsky

Amazon Brings on Former NSA Overseer to Do, Uh, Something

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2 years ago

Amazon Brings on Former NSA Overseer to Do, Uh, Something

Whitney Kimball

Drone Video of Bay Area’s Orange Haze Fits Too Perfectly With Blade Runner 2049 Soundtrack

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2 years ago

Drone Video of Bay Area’s Orange Haze Fits Too Perfectly With Blade Runner 2049 Soundtrack

Crypto Traders Cut Out the Middleman, Simply Rob Victim

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2 years ago

Crypto Traders Cut Out the Middleman, Simply Rob Victim

Anti-Vaxxers Think The AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine Trial Suspension Shows They’re Right. They’re Not.

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2 years ago

Anti-Vaxxers Think The AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine Trial Suspension Shows They’re Right. They’re Not.

Trump Recorded Saying He Planned to ‘Play Down’ Virus He Confessed Was ‘More Deadly’ Than Flu

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2 years ago

Trump Recorded Saying He Planned to ‘Play Down’ Virus He Confessed Was ‘More Deadly’ Than Flu

This Robotic Backpack Takes the Load Off

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2 years ago

This Robotic Backpack Takes the Load Off

Chinese Ambassador’s Twitter Account Likes Porn Video, China Calls for Investigation

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2 years ago

Chinese Ambassador’s Twitter Account Likes Porn Video, China Calls for Investigation

Microsoft Is Taking a Gamble By Releasing Two Xbox Consoles at the Same Time

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2 years ago

Microsoft Is Taking a Gamble By Releasing Two Xbox Consoles at the Same Time

Here’s Motorola’s Latest Publicity Stunt — I Mean Foldable Phone

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2 years ago

Here’s Motorola’s Latest Publicity Stunt — I Mean Foldable Phone

Caitlin McGarry

Would Axios Co-Founder Mike Allen’s Dad Have Been Banned From Facebook?

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2 years ago

Would Axios Co-Founder Mike Allen’s Dad Have Been Banned From Facebook?

The Satechi Quatro Looks Like an Almost Perfect Portable Power Bank for Apple Fans

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2 years ago

The Satechi Quatro Looks Like an Almost Perfect Portable Power Bank for Apple Fans

Sam Rutherford

Yubico Adds a Lot More Convenience to Its Latest Security Key

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2 years ago

Yubico Adds a Lot More Convenience to Its Latest Security Key

Trump Campaign Starts Using Proper Grammar For ‘Democrat Party’ in Facebook Ads

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2 years ago

Trump Campaign Starts Using Proper Grammar For ‘Democrat Party’ in Facebook Ads

It’s Time Social Media Platforms Collaborated to Limit Disturbing Content

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2 years ago

It’s Time Social Media Platforms Collaborated to Limit Disturbing Content

Ariadna Matamoros-Fernández and D. Bondy Valdovinos Kaye

Australia’s New Drone Laws Mean You’ll Need to Register Your Little ‘Copter Soon

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2 years ago

Australia’s New Drone Laws Mean You’ll Need to Register Your Little ‘Copter Soon

Sarah Basford Canales

Australia’s New EV Subscription Service Doesn’t Come Cheap, Soz

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2 years ago

Australia’s New EV Subscription Service Doesn’t Come Cheap, Soz

RIP ADSL and Cable: Optus Has Scrapped These Older Internet Plans

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2 years ago

RIP ADSL and Cable: Optus Has Scrapped These Older Internet Plans

What Does Lorem Ipsum Actually Mean?

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2 years ago

What Does Lorem Ipsum Actually Mean?

Leah J. Williams

Cheers to This Facebook Engineer With a Blazing Resignation Letter

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2 years ago

Cheers to This Facebook Engineer With a Blazing Resignation Letter

Whitney Kimball

I, Too, Had a Terrifying Encounter With Satanism in an Airbnb or Maybe My Own Apartment or Whatever

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2 years ago

I, Too, Had a Terrifying Encounter With Satanism in an Airbnb or Maybe My Own Apartment or Whatever

Tom McKay

Google’s Taking on Robocallers With a New Kind of Caller ID

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2 years ago

Google’s Taking on Robocallers With a New Kind of Caller ID

Top Pharmaceutical Giants Pledge to Stick to Science on Coronavirus Vaccine

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2 years ago

Top Pharmaceutical Giants Pledge to Stick to Science on Coronavirus Vaccine

Literally Pause the Internet With This Built-in Browser Tool

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2 years ago

Literally Pause the Internet With This Built-in Browser Tool

Joanna Nelius

China: Hear Me Out on This New Internet Plan

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2 years ago

China: Hear Me Out on This New Internet Plan

Whitney Kimball

That Viral Video of a Trump Boat Sinking Is Old (No, Not That One, the Other One)

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2 years ago

That Viral Video of a Trump Boat Sinking Is Old (No, Not That One, the Other One)

TikTok Battles With its Users to Stop the Spread of a Graphic Viral Video

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2 years ago

TikTok Battles With its Users to Stop the Spread of a Graphic Viral Video

Australians Reckon They’ll Still Read News Even if Facebook Bans it

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2 years ago

Australians Reckon They’ll Still Read News Even if Facebook Bans it

Sarah Basford Canales

The Microsoft Xbox Series S May Have Just Leaked — And It will Be Cheap

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2 years ago

The Microsoft Xbox Series S May Have Just Leaked — And It will Be Cheap

Alyse Stanley

Olympics 2021: International Olympic Committee Says the Games Will Happen ‘With or Without Covid’

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2 years ago

Olympics 2021: International Olympic Committee Says the Games Will Happen ‘With or Without Covid’

Plants Might Be Able to Tell Us About the Location of Dead Bodies, Helping Families Find Missing People

2 years ago

Plants Might Be Able to Tell Us About the Location of Dead Bodies, Helping Families Find Missing People

Neal Stewart

What Would Happen If All Personal Data Leaked at Once?

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2 years ago

What Would Happen If All Personal Data Leaked at Once?

This Aussie High School Student Invented A Rad Recycling Robot

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2 years ago

This Aussie High School Student Invented A Rad Recycling Robot

Facebook is Paying People to Stop Using it and Instagram Until the U.S. Election

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2 years ago

Facebook is Paying People to Stop Using it and Instagram Until the U.S. Election

There Is a Seed Mystery on Amazon

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2 years ago

There Is a Seed Mystery on Amazon

Delivery Drivers Are Hanging Smartphones In Trees To Beat The System

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2 years ago

Delivery Drivers Are Hanging Smartphones In Trees To Beat The System

What Outdoor Learning Could Look Like During the Pandemic

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2 years ago

What Outdoor Learning Could Look Like During the Pandemic

DoD: Sorry, Amazon, Microsoft’s Still Getting That $14 Billion JEDI Contract

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2 years ago

DoD: Sorry, Amazon, Microsoft’s Still Getting That $14 Billion JEDI Contract

Alyse Stanley

Facebook Blocks Suicide Livestream of French Euthanasia Supporter

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2 years ago

Facebook Blocks Suicide Livestream of French Euthanasia Supporter

Alyse Stanley

Prison Phone App Exposes Millions of Inmate Messages and Personal Data

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2 years ago

Prison Phone App Exposes Millions of Inmate Messages and Personal Data

Dhruv Mehrotra

Facebook’s Militia ‘Mistake,’ FCC’s Speech Police, and TikTok’s Secret Sauce

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2 years ago

Facebook’s Militia ‘Mistake,’ FCC’s Speech Police, and TikTok’s Secret Sauce

Tom McKay

SpaceX’s Satellite ISP Now Boasts Download Speeds of More Than 100 Mbps

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2 years ago

SpaceX’s Satellite ISP Now Boasts Download Speeds of More Than 100 Mbps

Sam Rutherford

Comedian Sued For Creating Fake ‘Antifa’ Events on Facebook

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2 years ago

Comedian Sued For Creating Fake ‘Antifa’ Events on Facebook

Pharma Companies to Release Pledge Promising Not to Seek Federal Approval Until Vaccine Is Safe

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2 years ago

Pharma Companies to Release Pledge Promising Not to Seek Federal Approval Until Vaccine Is Safe

Facebook Is Apparently Testing Out a New Feature That Puts Instagram Stories in Its Main App

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2 years ago

Facebook Is Apparently Testing Out a New Feature That Puts Instagram Stories in Its Main App

Teen Hacker Charged with Paralysing U.S. Schools in Embarrassingly Simple Cyberattack

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2 years ago

Teen Hacker Charged with Paralysing U.S. Schools in Embarrassingly Simple Cyberattack

Alyse Stanley

The Winamp Skin Museum Is X-Tremely Gnarly

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2 years ago

The Winamp Skin Museum Is X-Tremely Gnarly

Russia’s Sputnik V Vaccine Shows Promise in Early Trial — But We Don’t Know Yet if It Really Works

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2 years ago

Russia’s Sputnik V Vaccine Shows Promise in Early Trial — But We Don’t Know Yet if It Really Works

Ed Cara

The Car That Hit Times Square Protesters Used to Be a Police Cruiser

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2 years ago

The Car That Hit Times Square Protesters Used to Be a Police Cruiser

Whitney Kimball

Can I Still Be Hacked With Two Factor Authentication Enabled?

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2 years ago

Can I Still Be Hacked With Two Factor Authentication Enabled?

David Tuffley

Jacqui Lambie Is Letting the Internet Decide Whether She’ll Vote to Ban Mobiles in Immigration Centres

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2 years ago

Jacqui Lambie Is Letting the Internet Decide Whether She’ll Vote to Ban Mobiles in Immigration Centres

Sarah Basford Canales

NBN Co Just Extended Its Free Bandwidth to November

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2 years ago

NBN Co Just Extended Its Free Bandwidth to November

Yes Samsung’s 4K Projector is Coming to Australia

Gadgets

2 years ago

Yes Samsung’s 4K Projector is Coming to Australia

Facebook’s Limiting Forwarding on Messenger to Stop Your Aunt From Blasting Pete Evans to Her Whole Contact List

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2 years ago

Facebook’s Limiting Forwarding on Messenger to Stop Your Aunt From Blasting Pete Evans to Her Whole Contact List

Sarah Basford Canales

A Cheap ‘Apple Watch SE’ is Coming

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2 years ago

A Cheap ‘Apple Watch SE’ is Coming