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There’s a robust market for your data and SafeGraph will sell to anyone who asks.

This isn’t even the first time the court has leaked out information about Roe.

One of President Zelenskyy’s military advisors compared Russian tactics to those used in the popular RTS game ‘Starcraft.’

The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces aired footage of the destruction of a Russian tank set to ringtone music.

The story of Musk’s attempt to buy the social media site is a tale of shitposts and SEC filings.

As part of its war with Ukraine, Russia has called in dolphins to protect its ports in Crimea.

The details of Musk and Heard’s relationship were detailed in a text message exchange with her former agent.

Emails obtained by Motherboard reveal a disturbingly close relationship between a drone manufacturer and the police.

The tag is showing up on destroyed Russian vehicles across Ukraine and no one knows who is doing it or why.

A symbol of Ukrainian resistance is now a bona fide video game star.

Developed by the U.S. Air Force, the newly created Phoenix Ghost is on its way to Ukraine.

“So you understand, there would be virtually no New York left, there would be virtually no England left. From a single missile.”

Lots of companies are letting people fix their own stuff in a limited way, but we still need federal laws enshrining the right-to-repair.

This week on Cyber, we look at the newest scam that’s draining people’s bank accounts.

The phrase has become a rallying cry for Ukraine, appearing on T-Shirts, Hats, and even official stamps.

Roughly 8% of edibles products use copycat packaging that makes them look like food.

A new attendance policy has made the life of train conductors and engineers a nightmare, and there’s nothing they can do about it.

The idea that the tank is no longer a dominant threat on the battlefield is overblown, wrong, and almost as old as the tank itself.

This week on ‘Cyber,’ it’s a roundup of all the weirdest and wildest hacking stories from the past week.

Russia’s ‘Go fuck yourself’ warship may have taken a priceless Christian relic to the bottom of the Black Sea.

For every Bored Ape, there are millions of other images vying for attention on the blockchain. So who actually makes them?

Eduardo Moreno said he spent time on "dark" internet sites that led him to derail a train.

A crypto investor put what he called the Mona Lisa of tweets up for auction expecting to clear $48 million. He couldn’t even make his original investment back.

Virgil Griffith went to the DPRK to talk about crypto. The DOJ said he helped the country learn a new way to bypass sanctions and launder money.

Crypto Asset Recovery is in the business of helping people recover fortunes lost on the blockchain.

America’s most beloved game show has changed very little during its 50 year run.

Inside the single biggest hack and crypto history and the video game it may have destroyed.

The Windows 95 launch event is a weird swirl of pleated khakis, scan lines, and terrible O.J. Simpson jokes.

The master troll entered the ring with the single most expensive Pokémon card in existence hanging from his neck.

Music is a powerful means of resistance in wartime. These are some of the songs about the war in Ukraine.

One engineer has built a new communications protocol that he says is resistant to disaster and central points of failure.

International students going to Sumy State University in Ukraine are having a hard time fleeing the country, but people on the outside are working to help.

It still needs to move through the senate, but a bi-partisan bill that would let people fix their own wheelchairs has a good chance of becoming law.

If you have to ask why this happened then you wouldn’t understand.

A game about war has turned off its coms to keep players from yelling at each other about a real war.

Newly released CIA documents ask the important question: Is ESP compatible with Marxism?

American Christianity is full of redemptive entrepreneurs and influencers trying to design the next big App.

Frantic parents and police are calling for a ban on the video game, but pro players and mental health experts say that’s a band-aid for a deep wound.

The DPRK claims it successfully launched a Hwasong-17 from a mobile launcher.

Members of the hacking group have been arrested and it turns out they’re mostly teenagers.

The owner of a rare Pepe the Frog NFT is claiming Matt Furie and others misled them about the rarity of a picture of a cartoon frog showing its bare green ass.

It’s easier than ever to get clout by being extremely online during a war.

The Russian military used improvised slat armor on its tanks in an attempt to protect them from getting blown up. It’s not going well.

Geofencing and drone detection technologies developed in peacetime in part to comply with regulations allow the company to create no fly zones. Should DJI use them in Ukraine?

The ubiquitous phrase is a word, punctuation, and everything in between.

‘Authentic’ is a new show from VICE that details the struggles of Tablo, a rapper at the heart of an internet conspiracy that almost ruined his life.

The richest man in the world is having a fake argument online with Ramzan Kadyrov, a dictator who tortures and murders gay people.

A Ukrainian tractor hauling away Russian armor is a powerful symbol and a propaganda victory.

Citizen Brick is raising money for medical supplies in Ukraine by selling custom figures of the symbols of resistance.

A response to a FOIA request has revealed the library is sitting on a possible treasure trove of documents about UFOs.