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The FTC Is Rewriting the Rules of the Internet, Just in Time for the AI Sea Change
There’s a widespread misconception about whether or not federal law protects your privacy. It doesn’t, at least not explicitly. Congress has managed to squander a decade’s worth of bipartisan agreement about the internet’s data problems. In the absence of legislation, one group of regulators recently stepped in to fill the void. It’s a ragtag group…
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Tucker Carlson Tells Church Crowd He’s Not Vaccinated Against COVID-19: Report
Far-right TV host Tucker Carlson hasn’t been vaccinated against COVID-19 and doesn’t plan to be, according to a report from the Voice of San Diego. It’s the first time Carlson has publicly declared his vaccination status, though it obviously needs to be taken with a huge grain of salt, given Carlson’s penchant for lying.
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The Gizmodo Guide to He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
He-Man was the most powerful man in the action figure universe during the ‘80s, a pioneer in kid’s cartoons that made the toy company Mattel $513 million in 1986 alone during the height of his popularity. But after that, he and the other Masters of the Universe fell from grace to near total obscurity, minus…
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Reagan Thought This 1983 Nuclear Apocalypse Movie Validated His Nuclear Policy
Have you ever seen the 1983 TV-movie The Day After? It’s bleak as hell, to say the least. It was a media event, with untold numbers of Americans dying in the film after a tit-for-tat nuclear war with the Soviet Union. But curiously, President Ronald Reagan thought that it validated everything about his get-tough nuclear…