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Congress Pulls Bill That Would Massively Expand Surveillance After ‘Dramatic Showdown’

12.12.23

By Jules Roscoe
Tech

‘Eyes Everywhere’: Congress Is About to Vote to Expand Mass Surveillance of Americans, Experts Warn

12.11.23

By Jules Roscoe
Tech

Here Is the Manual for the Mass Surveillance Tool Cops Use to Track Phones

09.01.22

By Joseph Cox
Tech

NYPD’s Sprawling Facial Recognition System Now Has More Than 15,000 Cameras

06.03.21

By Todd Feathers
Tech

Baltimore Has Officially Ended Its Creepy Spy Plane Program

02.04.21

By Janus Rose
Another City Is Using Crime Control as an Excuse for Facial Recognition Surveillance

11.27.20

By Varsha Rani
Tech

Congress Introduces Bill to Ban Federal Agencies From Using Facial Recognition

06.25.20

By Kevin Truong
Tech

Surveillance Hawks Sabotaged a Vote to Stop the FBI From Collecting Your Internet History

05.27.20

By Janus Rose
Tech

Congress Has No Idea How Much Web Browsing Data the FBI Collects

05.21.20

By Janus Rose
Tech

Activists Are Trying to Stop the FBI From Snooping on Your Web History

05.18.20

By Janus Rose
Tech

Senate Votes to Allow FBI to Look at Your Web Browsing History Without a Warrant

05.13.20

By Janus Rose
Tech

California Police Have Been Illegally Sharing License Plate Reader Data

02.13.20

By Todd Feathers

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Tech

Scientists Are One Step Closer to Identifying a Gravity Particle

Confirming the existence of gravitons would be a massive leap toward integrating gravity into the standard model of particle physics.

09.10.24

By Luis Prada
Raygun of Australia breaks during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Photo by CAROLINE BLUMBERG/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock.

Life

Breakdancer ‘Raygun’ Now Ranks #1 Worldwide, Despite Olympics Controversy

The World DanceSport Federation, or WDSF, put Raygun at the top of its rankings, and it’s been a controversial move, to say the least.

09.10.24

By Luis Prada
Photo by Sean Champ Smith

Tech

YouTube Reduces Recommendations of Fitness Videos for Teens

Other new options let parents monitor their kids’ activity and receive notifications about uploads.

09.10.24

By Luis Prada
Sean Combs arriving at the Costume Institute Benefit at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2017. Photo by Marechal Aurore/ABACA/Shutterstock.

News

Diddy Ordered to Pay $100 Million Sexual Assault Judgment After Missing Court Hearing

Sean “Diddy” Combs has been ordered to pay $10 million a month beginning on October 1.

09.10.24

By Paige Gawley
Photo by Maciej Kulczynski/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock

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Peru Seizes Box of Endangered Frogs Used as ‘The Viagra of the Incas’

Trafficking a Lake Titicaca frog is punishable by a fine up to $14,500.

09.10.24

By Luis Prada