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Yes, Jeff Bezos Could Buy and Eat the Mona Lisa if He Wanted To

A Change.org petition encouraging the billionaire to ‘Gobble da Lisa’ has picked up several thousand signatures this week.
Jelisa Castrodale
6.16.21
Politics

Guantánamo Detainees Say Conditions Are Worse Since Biden Became President

“Life here is like a nightmare.”
Leah Feiger
6.16.21
Hacking

Police Bust Major Ransomware Gang Cl0p

Police in Ukraine announced it arrested members of the ransomware gang that called itself Cl0p, seizing computers and cash in a major international operation.
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
6.16.21
students

‘I’m Paying £7,000 for Student Accommodation I’ve Never Set Foot In’

Brendan Dooley, a first-year law student at the University of Aston in Birmingham, has paid thousands of pounds for accommodation he was advised not to travel to by the government.
Ruby Lott-Lavigna
6.16.21
energy

Texas’s Power Grid Works Great Unless It’s Too Hot or Too Cold

Amid a surge of generator outages and high summer demand straining the grid, Texans are being asked to limit their power consumption.
Audrey Carleton
6.16.21
Hacking

Fugitive Anonymous Hacker ‘Commander X’ Arrested, Extradited From Mexico

Christopher Doyon faces charges associated with an alleged DDoS attack on the government of Santa Cruz, California in 2010.
Radhamely De Leon
6.16.21
Apple

Apple Is Letting Over 150 Countries Censor LGBTQ+ Content In The App Store

Despite its rainbow branding for Pride Month, the company's App Store is blocking queer dating and news apps around the world.
Gita Jackson
6.16.21
Hacking

Inside the Market for Cookies That Lets Hackers Pretend to Be You

A representative for the hackers who breached EA said they bought the cookie from a site called Genesis Market.
Joseph Cox
6.16.21
Silicon Valley

A16z Launched Its 'Future' Blog by Arguing Financial Speculation Is Good for Society

The venture capital firm's media property definitely reflects its goal of bringing 'optimism' to technology writing.
Edward Ongweso Jr
6.16.21
Donald Trump

Trump Apparently Bought Into an Unhinged QAnon Conspiracy Involving Obama

It also involves Italian military satellites.
David Gilbert
6.16.21
tech-science

Scientists Solved a Decades-Long Mystery About Colossal Explosions In Space

How long can ordered magnetic fields survive in the aftermath of a gamma-ray burst? A new study confirms that these primordial fields are rapidly smashed to smithereens.
Becky Ferreira
6.16.21
Boris Johnson

‘WTF Do We Do?’: Read Boris Johnson's Wild Leaked COVID WhatsApps

In March 2020, Boris Johnson called UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock ‘totally fucking hopeless,’ WhatsApp messages published by the Prime Minister’s former chief adviser show.
Ruby Lott-Lavigna
6.16.21
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