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Twenty years ago, T-Mobile premiered the Sidekick—a status symbol that cashed in on the ubiquity of Internet culture.

Most of Amazon’s delivery trucks are run by independent contractors. It’s a great deal for Amazon, and a terrible deal for the small businesses trying to stay afloat.

After more than three decades, the fast-food giant is leaving Moscow behind.

Taking down jets with mythical weapons that do not exist, would still be taking down jets.

The cult classic Russian video game has tied its currency to real-world exchange rates.

Blacksmiths used to making vambraces and pauldrons are now forging spikes to protect Ukrainian checkpoints.

It’s OK, and even logical, to be afraid. But don’t give in to panic.

This week’s cyber is all about the digital battlefield in Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Ukraine’s Vice Prime Minister has penned an open letter calling on the world's gaming companies to cut off Russia.

The tech giant will, for now, stop selling its iPhones in Russia because of the war in Ukraine.

‘If you happen to find a free or abandoned armored personnel carrier, here’s a life-hack on how to start it.’

Several groups are reporting that Russia has used the internationally reviled weapon on civilian targets.

Born of Cold War fears, the anti-tank missile system has become a key part of Ukraine’s defense against Russia.

The premium currency for a child’s video game has a stronger exchange rate than Russian money.

In this episode of Cyber, we talk about the U.S. crackdown on spyware vendors and the war in Ukraine’s cyber front.

Ukrainian officials have said there’s fighting occurring at one of the most radioactive locations on the planet.

It’s easier than ever to sort the truth from the lies online, and that power can mean life or death for people in war zones.

An attempt to dispel accusations of disinformation accidentally created the perfect meme template.

A military press release announced that Gen Z may be at risk for more injuries in boot camp.

It’s become increasingly difficult for Russia to publish believable propaganda.

Tired of streaming services, Ellie Huxtable decided to upgrade an old iPod with a custom OS, better battery, and more storage.

Recordings from a Sheriff’s conference where people tried to sell robot dogs, facial recognition, and “drone stuff.”

People on Reddit are competing to invent the shortest possible working ethernet cable.

The gaming giant has partnered with iFixit to offer replacement parts for the Steam Deck.

Inside the underground marketplaces where “beamers” con people out of rare items in one of the most popular video games in the world.

Counterprotesters are using “Ram Ranch” to troll and disrupt Canada’s trucker convoy.

mtgDAO wants to mint Magic: The Gathering cards into NFTs. Wizards of the Coast may have some issues with that.

A-79-year-old woman posed with an AK-47 in a photo-op set up by a neo-Nazi militia, showing just how surreal and complicated the conflict in Ukraine is.

A private school in Park Slope sent a letter to parents warning of an automated network sending threatening messages about a school shooter on social media.

The outsized online life of alleged criminal Heather Morgan is distracting us from the central crime: who stole 120,000 BTC seven years ago?

The new service is launching this summer with a web3 style wallet where users watch ads to earn credits for movies.

Milo Yiannopoulos, Alex Jones, and others are off of mainstream platforms but their message is still spreading online.

Photo and videos reveal machines running 18,000 fake social media accounts.

Coursicle, the popular college scheduling app, has started pushing out strange push notifications and the entire website has been converted into a bizarre manifesto.

One of the most expensive weapons ever made ate shit while trying to land and fell into the sea.

Knowing what shape rotators and wordcels are will make you significantly dumber, but if you simply must, read on.

The death of Rusty ‘n’ Edie’s BBS paved the way for the internet we know today.

Two new proposed laws would help people fix their cars and ease up copyright restrictions on electronics.

RIP Medical Debt used an ether donation to abolish the medical debt of more than 5,000 people.

The Agricultural Right to Repair Act would force manufacturers to give farmers the tools and documentation they need to keep their equipment running.

You can preserve the original, blessedly free, Wordle and play it for about 7 more years.

BitMouseDAO has exactly two investors and almost no money, but they do have a wild idea.

New studies reveal that people love to pirate TV and books, and that Americans outpace every other country when it comes to piracy.

The blockchain is shockingly secure, but the platforms that interact with it are a paradise for hackers and scammers.

The lead artist's comments to 'Rolling Stone' have started a discussion around artist compensation in the NFT space.

Honolulu PD’s $150,000 Boston Dynamics robot dog is doing the hard work of taking temperatures at one of Hawaii’s several outdoor homeless shelters.

The telecom giant is going all-in on fiber internet, claiming it’s hit ‘10-Gig speeds in our labs.’

At the birth of the scene, hackers were feared as criminals. Now many of them are respected security professionals. How did that happen?

On the 75th anniversary of the Doomsday Clock, we’re still closer to the destruction of the entire human race than ever before.

I spent my entire morning playing this game where you sort historical events on a timeline.