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hip-hop production

How Hip-Hop Reached Peak Guitar
The key feature of a popular hip-hop song in 2021—besides a Lil Baby verse—is guitars. What makes the sound so prevalent?
Ashwin Rodrigues
7.13.21
Tech

Notorious Website Kiwi Farms Loses Its Domain Registrar
DreamHost has allegedly asked the website best known for trolls and targeted harassment to find a new home.
Matthew Gault
7.13.21
Hacking

‘Undetectable’ Console Cheat Shuts Down After Activision Request
The maker of a cheat system that used machine vision and promised to work on any game and any platform shut down after receiving a request from Activision, the developer said.
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
7.13.21
Crime

Cops Seize £300m Worth of Cryptocurrency in Money Laundering Raids
The hauls, made by police in London over the space of three weeks, represent some of the biggest ever global seizures of crypto assets by authorities.
Max Daly
7.13.21
sexual assault

Drake Bell Accused of Sexually Assaulting a Teen Girl: ‘He Preyed on Me’
The former star of Nickelodeon’s ‘Drake & Josh’ was just sentenced to two years of probation after pleading guilty to child endangerment.
Carter Sherman
7.13.21
News

WHO Calls Canada’s Mixing And Matching Vaccine Scheme ‘Dangerous’
Experts, politicians stood by the practice—saying it's safe and effective—after the World Health Organization said there's too little data so far.
Anya Zoledziowski
7.13.21
wellness

Inside the Dubious World of RA MA Yoga, and Its Girl Boss Guru to the Stars
According to sources, founder Katie Griggs aka Guru Jagat exploited her loyal followers under the guise of improving “wellness” and facilitating “healing.”
Cassidy George
7.13.21
qanon

QAnon-Loving Pastor Running for Congress Accused of Satanism by, uh, QAnon
He's also been accused of child sex trafficking after posting a photo of his own daughter at a campaign event.
David Gilbert
7.13.21
ransomware

REvil Ransomware Site Goes Offline
The prolific ransomware group is responsible for the wide-ranging attack on Kaseya.
Joseph Cox
7.13.21
Hong Kong

Jackie Chan: Movie Star, Martial Artist – and Communist Party Member?
“I can see the greatness of the Communist Party and it will deliver what it says,” Chan was quoted as saying.
Heather Chen
7.13.21
Anime

Kickstarter Shuts Down Anime Streaming App That Seemed Too Good to Be True
Anime Tube raised more than $100,000 before Kickstarter suspended the campaign.
Gita Jackson
7.13.21
South Africa

South African Army Sent In as Unrest Over Jailed Ex-President Turns Deadly
People took to the streets in protest at the jailing of former President Jacob Zuma. But now unrest and looting has broken out, with dozens of deaths reported.
Dipo Faloyin
7.13.21
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