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Tech

‘Your Cock Is Mine Now:’ Hacker Locks Internet-Connected Chastity Cage, Demands Ransom

01.11.21

By Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
Tech

This Simple Tool Will Help You See What Websites Know About You

01.07.21

By Matthew Gault
Tech

Meet Flipper, the Tamagotchi You Feed by Hacking Stuff

01.05.21

By Daniel Boguslaw
News

Singapore Promised To Use Data for COVID Tracing Only. But Police Can Access It.

01.05.21

By Heather Chen
Life

Instagram Showed Me My Own Bedroom in Ads

12.29.20

By Vincenzo Tiani
News

Chinese Fans Abuse COVID App to See What Celebrities Look Like Without Makeup

12.29.20

By Viola Zhou
Tech

The Cybersecurity Stories We Were Jealous of in 2020

12.21.20

By Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai and Joseph Cox
News

How Hong Kong Became a Testing Ground for an ‘Anti-Facebook’ Movement

12.18.20

By Holmes Chan
News

Facial Recognition Is Running Amok in China. The People Are Pushing Back.

12.10.20

By Shen Lu
Tech

3 Million Pluto TV Users’ Data Was Hacked, But the Company Isn’t Telling Them

12.04.20

By Joseph Cox
Tech

Researchers Find Powerful Cellphone Location Surveillance in Europe, Middle East, Australia

12.01.20

By Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai and Joseph Cox
Tech

Facial Recognition Company Lied to School District About its Racist Tech

12.01.20

By Todd Feathers

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Music

Arctic Monkeys May Not Have Imminent Studio Plans, but Drummer Matt Helders Isn’t Ruling It Out

Arctic Monkeys drummer Matt Helders revealed that the band wasn’t thinking of making a new album when they recorded a one-off single.

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By Lauren Boisvert
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Life

What Do Nike’s New ‘Mind-Altering’ Shoes Actually Do?

Nike says its upcoming Mind 001 and Mind 002 shoes can influence how your brain feels and responds by stimulating the soles of your feet.

12 minutes ago

By Ashley Fike
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Gaming

Nintendo Adds First Non-Binary Mii Option in Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream

Nintendo confirms non-binary Mii options and same-sex romance in Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream, launching April 2026 on Switch 2.

12 minutes ago

By Brent Koepp
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Life

Everything We Know About the Man Who Cut Off His Own Foot for Medical School

A 20-year-old man reportedly did something so extreme it feels hard to process even after you read it twice.

19 minutes ago

By Ashley Fike
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Comedy

‘SNL’ Star Colin Jost Might’ve Died Years Ago If It Weren’t for Jimmy Buffett

The ‘Weekend Update’ anchor nearly drowned while surfing in St. Barts

29 minutes ago

By Tony Alpsen