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security

The FBI Tried to Plant a Backdoor in an Encrypted Phone Network

The FBI wanted a backdoor in Phantom Secure, an encrypted phone company that sold to members of the Sinaloa cartel, and which is linked to the alleged leaking of sensitive law enforcement information in Canada.
Joseph Cox
9.18.19
tech-science

Asteroid Dust Could Help Cool the Climate, Scientists Say

A new study links an asteroid collision to a cooling period and a burst of biodiversity 466 million years ago, and suggests that asteroid dust could help the climate crisis today.
Becky Ferreira
9.18.19
TV

'The Boondocks' Is Returning With Two Seasons and a Special On HBO Max

The reboot, coming in fall 2020, will dive into the Trump-era culture wars head on.
Taylor Hosking
9.18.19
body

Staying Motivated All the Time Is Hard, Unless You Know These Tricks

Taking care of yourself feels like a lot of work; how is everyone else to the gym every day of every week of every year while I never feel like it?
Casey Johnston
9.18.19
TV

Chelsea Handler's New Netflix Special Proves She Still Doesn't Understand White Privilege

In 'Hello, Privilege. It's Me, Chelsea' the comic stumbles through a well-meaning but misguided reckoning with her place in the world.
Kristin Corry
9.18.19
Crime

Everything You Need To Know About the Massive Canadian Spy Scandal

Cameron Ortis, one of the highest ranking intelligence officials in the country, was arrested and charged in connection to espionage last week.
Mack Lamoureux
9.18.19
climate change

Greta Thunberg Can't Stop Roasting Congress

Celebrity teen climate activist Greta Thunberg had a message for U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday: Do better.
Morgan Baskin
9.18.19
healthcare

All States Need Emergency Contraception Vending Machines

Six new laws expanding reproductive health care access go into effect in Maine this week, which raises the question: Why not everywhere else?
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Harron Walker
9.18.19
Auto workers

General Motors Is Now Screwing with Auto Workers' Healthcare

The move could even impact the strength and duration of the strike.
Alex Lubben
9.18.19
Neuralink

Azealia Banks Not-So-Subtly Imagines Elon Musk’s ‘Public Execution’ in New Song

A soon-to-be-released song imagines the AI-led public execution of a Neuralink inventor named ‘Alon Dust,’ which ratchets the Musk-Banks feud to previously unseen heights.
Edward Ongweso Jr
9.18.19
North Korea

North Korea Is Building Its Own Bitcoin

The currency will be “more like bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies,” said the official in charge of North Korea’s cryptocurrency conferences.
David Gilbert
9.18.19
labor

Workers Accuse Kickstarter of Union-Busting in Federal Complaint

The company has terminated three of eight members of Kickstarter’s union organizing committee within the past two weeks.
Lauren Kaori Gurley
9.18.19
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