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Tech

Researchers Use ‘Invisible Finger’ to Remotely Control Touchscreens

08.10.22

By Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
News

How an ‘Ethical’ Hacker Convention Is Fueling Trump’s Big Lie

01.11.22

By Spenser Mestel
Tech

Legit-Looking iPhone Lightning Cables That Hack You Will Be Mass Produced and Sold

09.30.19

By Joseph Cox
Tech

This Hacker Made Clothes That Can Confuse Automatic License Plate Readers

08.15.19

By Samantha Cole
Tech

Hacker Discovers Way to Cheat in Zwift, the Virtual Bike Racing Exercise Game

08.11.19

By Joseph Cox
Tech

These Legit-Looking iPhone Lightning Cables Will Hijack Your Computer

08.10.19

By Joseph Cox
Tech

Why The FBI Arrested the Hacker Who Saved the World From WannaCry

08.08.19

By Ben Makuch
Tech

Why This Revenge Porn Activist Is Selling Nudes to Get to DEF CON

06.18.19

By Samantha Cole
Tech

Silk Road 2.0 Admin May Only Be Prosecuted For Tax Crimes After Cooperating with Feds

05.30.19

By Joseph Cox
Tech

Now You Can Watch the Nuclear Apocalypse Unfold in VR

02.15.17

By Leif Johnson
Tech

A Sex Toy Lawsuit Highlights Privacy Concerns Around ‘Smart’ Dildos

09.14.16

By Joseph Cox
Tech

Surprise! Scans Suggest Hackers Put IMSI-Catchers All Over Defcon

08.12.16

By Joseph Cox

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Tech

DuckDuckGo Asked a Simple Question: Yes or No AI?

The results are heavily skewed in one direction.

1 minute ago

By Matt Jancer
Tech

Perplexity AI Now Lets You Search Your Google Drive

Forget the AI-generated songs. This is what I want AI to do for me.

8 minutes ago

By Matt Jancer
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Music

A$AP Rocky Candidly Opens Up About How He Felt When Ferg Dropped A$AP From His Name

A$AP Rocky opens up about his relationship with Ferg and how he admittedly felt ‘bothered’ by him dropping ‘A$AP’ from his name.

15 minutes ago

By Caleb Catlin
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Gaming

Arc Raiders Roadmap for 2026 Revealed – All Update Release Dates, Maps & New Enemies

Embark Studios has just released an Arc Raiders Road Map that reveals the next four major updates coming to the extraction shooter in 2026.

58 minutes ago

By Brent Koepp
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Music

Foals Share Details of Upcoming War Child Album Contribution: ‘Reading a Lot of the Trench Poets’

The War Child charity album drops on March 6, with the full tracklist featuring Foals, Arctic Monkeys, Fontaines D.C., and more.

1 hour ago

By Lauren Boisvert