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shopping-travel

The Best Beach Gear for Under $100, Because You're the Lord of the Sand

Get ready to discuss tyrannical open container beach laws with affordable picks from YETI, Anker, Birkenstock, and more.
Ian Burke
4.26.22
Death Penalty

Why Is the US Going Back to Executions by Firing Squad?

Utah, Oklahoma, Mississippi, and South Carolina have all legalized executions by firing squad once again.
Gabrielle Caplan
4.26.22
tech-science

Demonic-Looking 'Bloodworms' Harvest Copper for Deadly Metal Jaws

"I had recently read Frank Herbert’s Dune, so I jumped at the opportunity to work with real life sand worms," said the study's lead author.
Becky Ferreira
4.26.22
News

The Anti-Vax Trucker Convoy Made a Crucial Error in Messing With Oakland

The group apparently thought it would be a good idea to go annoy people in Oakland.
Mack Lamoureux
4.26.22
qanon

QAnon Thinks Elon Musk Is Going to Let Them Back on Twitter

“Now normies on Twitter will no longer be sheltered from the truth by their globalist overlords.”
David Gilbert
4.26.22
Mastodon

30,000 New Users Signed Up for Mastodon After Elon Musk Bought Twitter

At least some people have signed up to alternative social network platform Mastodon in the wake of Musk's acquisition of Twitter.
Joseph Cox
4.26.22
privacy

Facebook Doesn’t Know What It Does With Your Data, Or Where It Goes: Leaked Document

“We do not have an adequate level of control and explainability over how our systems use data,” Facebook engineers say in leaked document.
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
4.26.22
Streaming

Netflix Is a Victim of Its Own Success

When Netflix started streaming television, it started the entire practice of streaming television. Now it has to figure out how it fits in that landscape.
Gita Jackson
4.26.22
crypto

Crypto Hacker Simply Burns $1M In Stolen Funds

A hacker exploited a smart contract bug to steal $1 million, but in all the excitement seems to have made their haul permanently inaccessible.
Edward Ongweso Jr
4.26.22
Games News

Ubisoft Gave 50 Devs Exclusive NFTs And One Person’s Already Sold Theirs

"There were no restrictions for employees who received one to sell or trade them."
Patrick Klepek
4.26.22
tech-science

China Will Test Planetary Defense by Crashing a Spacecraft into An Asteroid

China's plans are similar to a NASA mission that will slam into an asteroid later this year.
Becky Ferreira
4.26.22
yelp

The Trusted Yelp ‘Elite’ Reviewers Who Sell Their Reviews for Cash

Yelp “Elite” reviewers are verified members of the site who are supposed to be more trustworthy than ordinary users. Some of them are selling their reviews to businesses around the country.
Joseph Cox
4.26.22
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