TECH on Vice
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Ethical Hackers Talk Internet Terrorism, Anonymous, and DDoS Attacks
In 2012, DDoS attacks increased by a pretty ridiculous 200 percent, and 35 percent of businesses experienced some kind of disruptive DDoS attack. I was maybe a little overworried about the future of internet terrorism, so I caught up with two very experienced programmers to find out a little more. Full story
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Cuba's Digital Enemy Number One
Watch Motherboard's new video about Cuba's underground railroad of USB drives, how to blog without a computer, and how Raúl Castro is getting craftier at using the internet as a weapon against dissidents. Full story
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Motherboard
Click, Print, Gun: The Inside Story of the 3D-Printed Gun Movement
Cody R. Wilson is a 25-year-old University of Texas law student who is working to build semiautomatic weapons using a 3D printer. Cody is an articulate and tech-savvy mouthpiece for the fight against gun control. I flew down to his home base of Austin, Texas, with a Motherboard f… Full story
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Anonymous Hacked Bank of America
And Seemingly Revealed That They Are Spying on Hacktivists
A massive amount of data allegedly belonging to Bank of America was leaked by Anonymous this week. It seems to indicate that the bank is spying on the hacktivists. Full story
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North Korea's First Racing Video Game Is Terrible
North Korea has been in the news lately for a very scary reason, but it isn’t every day that Asia’s hermit kingdom releases a car-racing video game. And when they do, you can definitely expect it to be a boring simulation about driving down a pin-straight, barely decorated highwa… Full story
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The Creators Project
Meet OKFocus
OKFocus, the creative design agency that counts artists Ryder Ripps, Jonathan Vingiano, and Jules Laplace as its members, likes to take the path less trodden when it comes to website design. This is newly reinforced in their latest project, an alpha-channel video experiment for t… Full story
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We're Going to Get Buzzed by an Asteroid Tomorrow
Good news for people who enjoy being alive: The world isn’t going to end tomorrow when an asteroid comes close to hitting Earth. But it is going to be one hell of a close shave, coming within 17,000 miles of the planet’s surface. Full story
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Why Is Barrett Brown Facing 100 Years in Prison?
Barrett Brown is commonly and paradoxically known as the face of Anonymous, but he's also an investigative journalist who is up on charges that could land him 100 years in prison. We took a look at why. Full story
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From “Necrophilia” to the “Pain Olympics,” Google Knows What You Search For
Google Trends allows you to figure out which country has searched for any given term the most. We put the tool to use and discovered which countries on this planet are most curious about necrophilia, weed, terrorism, and more. The results were unexpected and horrifying. Full story
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The Upside to a Giant Gadget Orgy
To view a trade show like CES solely through the risk-free booths of the big boys ignores the opportunity present to check out what's cooking on the fringes. Full story
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The Coming Age of Corporate Cannabis
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