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Tech

How Government AI Stole Hundreds of Millions of Dollars From Citizens

09.03.20

By Ben Makuch
China Is Sending a COVID Testing Team to Hong Kong. Locals Worry It Might Be a Front for Government Spying.

08.03.20

By Heather Chen
Pulse

China Is Sending a COVID Testing Team to Hong Kong. Locals Worry It Might Be a Front for Government Spying.

08.03.20

By Heather Chen
Pulse

The Canadian Government Says It Accidentally Spied on a Citizen for 5 Years

02.05.20

By Anya Zoledziowski
Pulse

How China Is Wiping Memories of Tiananmen Square off the Internet

06.04.19

By David Gilbert
Games

You Will Ruin Lives in This Surveillance Game, the Only Question Is Why

04.06.18

By Cameron Kunzelman
Pulse

A secret microphone at Guantanamo Bay led an alleged terrorist’s attorneys to quit

03.07.18

By Alexa Liautaud
Tech

This Artist Used a Computer Model of His Face to get a French National ID

06.15.17

By Sarah Emerson
Pulse

Intelligence agencies didn’t see Manchester bomber as imminent threat

05.24.17

By David Gilbert
Pulse

Microsoft may be accidentally helping Thailand’s government spy on its citizens

01.26.17

By David Gilbert
Pulse

Canada’s spies may have kept the Trudeau government in the dark about their main intelligence database

01.04.17

By Justin Ling
Pulse

Secret government electronic surveillance documents must be released, judge says

09.17.16

By Jason Leopold

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Daily Horoscope: April 10, 2026

The Half Moon’s calling everyone to account today and the cosmos aren’t accepting any excuses. Show up honestly or don’t show up at all.

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Life

These Cruise Ship Passengers Got a Real-Life ‘Cast Away’ Experience

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Life

Why Is There a Volkswagen Beetle Hanging Off the Side of a Mountain?

Someone hoisted a gutted Volkswagen Beetle onto a B.C. mountainside, and now officials have to solve an absurd engineering puzzle.

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By Luis Prada
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Tech

Bitcoin Creator Satoshi Nakamoto’s True Identity Has Been Revealed. Or Has It?

The New York Times thinks it may have found Bitcoin’s ghost dad, but the case is still more Internet detective board than slam dunk.

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By Luis Prada
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Music

3 Groovy Indie Rock Bands With Under 500 Monthly Listeners

These three bands possess incredible skills, so why don’t they have more listeners?

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By Lauren Boisvert