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Tech NewsPrivacy & SecurityEx-Yahoo Engineer Pleads Guilty to Hacking Thousands of Accounts to Search for Nude Photos
A former Yahoo software engineer who worked at the tech company for more than a decade pleaded guilty on Monday to accessing email accounts belonging to thousands of customers while searching for sexually explicit content. Reyes Daniel Ruiz, 34, confessed to using his company access to breach the accounts, accessing internal systems and cracking passwords, … Continued
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Tech NewsPrivacy & SecurityWords With Friends Data Allegedly Stolen in Breach That Could Affect 218 Million Users
One of the most popular mobile games in the United States has reportedly been breached by a prolific hacker. The Hacker News originally reported that the Pakistani hacker, who goes by the alias Gnosticplayers, told the outlet that on and before September 2 he was able to access data belonging to all players who installed the … Continued
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Tech NewsCrimePolice Drone Finds Fugitive Living in Cave After 17 Years on the Run
Chinese police used a drone to track down a convicted human trafficker 17 years after he escaped from jail. As NBC News reported, in a statement published to WeChat on Thursday, Yongshan police said that authorities had attempted to find Song Moujiang several times over the last several years, and they obtained new tips on … Continued
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ScienceHealthLab Test Finds Toxic Chemicals in Black Market THC Cartridges
A test of more than a dozen THC vape cartridges by NBC News has some produced some sobering results: Every sample bought on the black market was tainted by at least one toxic additive, including a chemical linked to the mysterious vaping illness that has sickened hundreds. The report comes amidst a growing health crisis believed … Continued
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Tech NewsTransportationAirlines Begin Telling You How to Avoid Sitting Next to a Baby, Sparking Hope for Wider Adoption
At least two airlines have adopted the brilliant idea of allowing passengers to try to sit as far away as possible from auditory powder kegs—babies on airplanes. I can’t confirm this, but based on my decades of flying I believe it is a scientific impossibility for a baby to make it through an entire flight … Continued
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Tech NewsSocial MediaReport: US Justice Department to Open Facebook Antitrust Investigation
The U.S. Justice Department is reportedly planning on joining the growing cluster of agencies investigating Facebook for antitrust violations. Bloomberg and Reuters both reported on Wednesday that each was informed by a source that the Justice Department will soon open an antitrust investigation into the social media company. This would only add to Facebook’s regulatory … Continued
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ScienceBiologyCreator of Labradoodles Says He Unleashed ‘Frankenstein’s Monster’
Three decades ago, while working at the Royal Guide Dogs Association of Australia, Wally Conron bred a guide dog that could live in a household with a blind woman and her dog-allergic husband. Almost immediately he realized that his creation, the labradoodle, was a monstrosity. Conron, who was a breeding manager, received the request from … Continued
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Tech NewsMegabots Throws in the Towel and Puts Battle Robots on Ebay
Megabots, a startup that was dedicated to bringing behemoth battle-robot entertainment to the masses, is selling off its assets before filing for bankruptcy. On Monday, Megabots released a YouTube video advertising the sale of one of its most visible assets—the 15-ton Eagle Prime battle mech–and explaining why the company had to call it quits. When … Continued
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ScienceBiologyPolice Say Woman Bit Camel’s Balls: ‘The Camel Did Nothing Wrong’
If you had asked me yesterday if there is a circumstance in which you should bite a camel’s testicles, I would have said, “No, there is absolutely no reason anyone should ever bite a camel’s testicles.” Today, I’ve learned that indeed, there might be a good reason for just such an act. However, today I … Continued
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Tech NewsKik Kills Off Messaging App to Focus on Cryptocurrency Amidst Rising Company Chaos
Kik Interactive plans to shut down its popular messaging app following a legal battle with the Security Exchange Commission, and will instead focus on its cryptocurrency Kin, which is at the center of the lawsuit. On Monday Kik CEO Ted Livingston published a Medium article explaining that the company had decided to kill Kik and … Continued
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Tech NewsI ‘Stormed’ Area 51, Where Memes Abducted Reality
RACHEL, Nev. — I was 90 minutes north of Las Vegas, driving from the vast Mojave into the even wider expanse of the Great Basin Desert, when I was pulled over for speeding. The cop asked me where I was going, but he already knew the answer: Rachel, Nevada, the tiny town near area Area … Continued
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Tech News‘We Stormed It. I Was Part of History Last Night’—Insider Footage of the ‘Storming’ of Area 51
RACHEL, Nev. — Jeffrey Gonzalez had waited 16 years for this moment. He’s been investigating and researching paranormal activity since 2003, but he never thought he would have a close encounter with Area 51. That is until 2:30 am on September 20 when other attendees of the Alienstock festivities in Rachel, Nevada, stirred him in … Continued
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Tech NewsSocial MediaAuthorities Consider Taking Legal Action Against Facebook Over Storm Area 51 Event
No one is sure what will happen later this week in Rachel, Nevada—the location of a planned Aliengate festival that evolved out of a viral Facebook event—but local authorities are already considering taking legal action to cover $250,000 the county plans to spend to prepare for the potential onslaught of visitors. Matty Roberts created the … Continued
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Tech NewsCrimeMan Accused of Using Drone to Airdrop Explosives Onto Ex-Girlfriend’s Property
Prosecutors have accused an autoworker of using a drone to drop bombs on his ex-girlfriend’s home in Washington Township, Pennsylvania. Jason Muzzicato was arrested by the FBI following a search of his auto business and his home on June 7, which uncovered about 10 guns, including multiple semi-automatic pistols and AR-15 rifles and seven handmade … Continued
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Tech NewsNavy Says Yes, Those ‘Unidentified Aerial Phenomena’ Videos Are Real
Over a year after videos were released showing the public what appeared to be footage of UFOs captured by Navy pilots who exchanged astonished commentary, a Navy official has reportedly released a statement confirming that the videos do in fact depict “unexplained aerial phenomena.” In December 2017 and March 2018, the New York Times published … Continued
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ScienceBiology‘Mass Explosion’ of Bull Semen After Fire at Genetics Lab
A fire in an Australian genetics laboratory has caused 100 cryogenic cylinders containing bull semen to explode, destroying thousands of dollars worth of semen stock, according to Australian news outlets. Firefighters were dispatched to the Yarram Herd Services in Gippsland, Victoria, around 3:00 am on Tuesday morning. It took responders two hours to contain the … Continued
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Tech NewsCrimeTeen Gamer Sentenced to 15 Months in Swatting Case That Led to Police Killing a Man
The second gamer involved in a swatting case that began with a Call of Duty bet and ended with police killing an innocent man has been sentenced. On Friday Casey Viner, 19, was sentenced to 15 months in prison for his involvement the fatal incident. After his release he will be restricted from gaming for … Continued
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Tech NewsPrivacy & SecurityMen Hired to Test Iowa Courthouse Security Arrested After They Did the Job Too Well
Law enforcement arrested two men who broke into Iowa’s Dallas County Courthouse this week, despite their insistence that they had been hired to do so by the state court administration. Early in the morning of Wednesday, September 11, deputies responding to an alarm found the two men with several burglary devices on the third floor … Continued
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Tech NewsTransportationFlight Turned Back After Pilot Spilled Coffee Causing Control Panel to Melt and Smoke
An airplane flying across the Atlantic Ocean had to reroute after a pilot spilled his coffee in the cockpit and damaged the audio control panel. The Condor-run Airbus A330-243 was flying 326 passengers from Frankfurt, Germany, to Cancun, Mexico, when cabin crew gave the pilot a coffee with no lid, according to a report from … Continued
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ScienceHealthOpioid Ghouls at Purdue Pharma Reach Tentative Settlement Worth Billions
Purdue Pharma, the Oxycontin manufacturer that largely fueled the opioid crisis, reached a tentative settlement with attorneys representing municipalities, states, and tribes across the country, according to reports from the Washington Post and New York Times. Purdue’s deceptive and aggressive marketing of Oxycontin led to a rapid increase in opioid abuse since the late 1990s. … Continued
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