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Updated 2024-11-21 13:46
Vladimir Putin Explains Why State Media Is Better Than Wikipedia
In the latest salvo in Putin’s long running crackdown against the free encyclopedia, Russia’s president explained why his own experts are better sources of information.
Russian State Media Claims to Discover Militarized Ukrainian Witches
In a recent report from a village near Luhansk, Russian journalists claimed to discover the remnants of occult rituals in a building once used by Ukrainian soldiers.
The Data Broker Tracking Abortion Clinic Visits Is Also Selling to the CDC
There’s a robust market for your data and SafeGraph will sell to anyone who asks.
The Supreme Court Leaks All the Time
This isn’t even the first time the court has leaked out information about Roe.
Advisor to Ukraine’s President Says Russia Is Preparing a ‘Zerg Rush’
One of President Zelenskyy’s military advisors compared Russian tactics to those used in the popular RTS game ‘Starcraft.’
Ukrainian Military Video Shows Russian Tank Being Blown Up to Crazy Frog Song
The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces aired footage of the destruction of a Russian tank set to ringtone music.
Hostile Takeovers and Poison Pills: The Week Elon Musk Came for Twitter
The story of Musk’s attempt to buy the social media site is a tale of shitposts and SEC filings.
Russia Has Deployed Dolphins to the Black Sea
As part of its war with Ukraine, Russia has called in dolphins to protect its ports in Crimea.
Johnny Depp Trial Digs Into Amber Heard’s Relationship With Elon Musk
The details of Musk and Heard’s relationship were detailed in a text message exchange with her former agent.
The Cozy Relationship Between Cops and a Drone Manufacturer
Emails obtained by Motherboard reveal a disturbingly close relationship between a drone manufacturer and the police.
‘Red Dawn’ Becomes Bizarre Reality in Ukraine with ‘Wolverines’ Graffiti
The tag is showing up on destroyed Russian vehicles across Ukraine and no one knows who is doing it or why.
New Video Game Lets You Drive Ukraine's Fearsome Tractors
A symbol of Ukrainian resistance is now a bona fide video game star.
The US Is Sending Ukraine a New Type of ‘Suicide’ Drone
Developed by the U.S. Air Force, the newly created Phoenix Ghost is on its way to Ukraine.
Russian TV Is Musing About Nuking New York City
“So you understand, there would be virtually no New York left, there would be virtually no England left. From a single missile.”
Corporate Repair Initiatives Don’t Replace the Need for Right-to-Repair Laws
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.
How Criminals Use Apple Pay to Abuse Credit Cards
This week on Cyber, we look at the newest scam that’s draining people’s bank accounts.
Ukraine Issued ‘Go Fuck Yourself’ Stamps. Prices Are Skyrocketing on eBay
The phrase has become a rallying cry for Ukraine, appearing on T-Shirts, Hats, and even official stamps.
8 Scientists Spend 16 Months Determining Edibles Look Like Food
Roughly 8% of edibles products use copycat packaging that makes them look like food.
America’s Freight Train Drivers Are Exhausted and Overworked
A new attendance policy has made the life of train conductors and engineers a nightmare, and there’s nothing they can do about it.
Stop Saying the Tank Is Obsolete Just Because Russia Sucks at Using Them
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.
The RaidForums, Illegal ‘Club Penguin’ Servers, and the Blockchain in the DPRK
This week on ‘Cyber,’ it’s a roundup of all the weirdest and wildest hacking stories from the past week.
A Piece of the True Cross May Have Sunk with Russia’s Warship
Russia’s ‘Go fuck yourself’ warship may have taken a priceless Christian relic to the bottom of the Black Sea.
Meet the Gig Workers Making (a Ton of) Art for the NFT Boom
For every Bored Ape, there are millions of other images vying for attention on the blockchain. So who actually makes them?
Man Inspired by QAnon and Hopped Up on Caffeine Purposefully Derailed Train
Eduardo Moreno said he spent time on "dark" internet sites that led him to derail a train.
$2.8 Million Jack Dorsey Tweet NFT Turned Out to Be a Terrible Investment
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.
Ethereum Programmer Jailed for North Korea Trip Wanted to Clone Dogs, Become ‘Crypto Hero’
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.
Meet the Father and Son Team Breaking Into Crypto Wallets
Crypto Asset Recovery is in the business of helping people recover fortunes lost on the blockchain.
Watch the Unaired Pilot for ‘Jeopardy!’
America’s most beloved game show has changed very little during its 50 year run.
The Digital Colonizers of ‘Axie Infinity’
Inside the single biggest hack and crypto history and the video game it may have destroyed.
Footage of Jay Leno Hosting Windows 95 Launch Event Surfaces Online
The Windows 95 launch event is a weird swirl of pleated khakis, scan lines, and terrible O.J. Simpson jokes.
Logan Paul Wears $5 Million Pokémon Card Into the Ring at Wrestlemania
The master troll entered the ring with the single most expensive Pokémon card in existence hanging from his neck.
Ukraine Has Written a Folk Song About Its Drone
Music is a powerful means of resistance in wartime. These are some of the songs about the war in Ukraine.
This Prepper Is Building a Post-Apocalyptic Internet
One engineer has built a new communications protocol that he says is resistant to disaster and central points of failure.
Talking to the OSINT Expert Helping Foreign Students Flee Ukraine
International students going to Sumy State University in Ukraine are having a hard time fleeing the country, but people on the outside are working to help.
Wheelchair Right to Repair Passes Colorado House
It still needs to move through the senate, but a bi-partisan bill that would let people fix their own wheelchairs has a good chance of becoming law.
Hackintosh Gameboy Mod Is Beautifully Absurd
If you have to ask why this happened then you wouldn’t understand.
‘War Thunder’ Turns Off Chat Because Players Are Fighting About Ukraine
A game about war has turned off its coms to keep players from yelling at each other about a real war.
CIA Document Claims Soviet Union Was Developing Cybernetic Telepathy
Newly released CIA documents ask the important question: Is ESP compatible with Marxism?
Inside Evangelical Start-Up Culture
American Christianity is full of redemptive entrepreneurs and influencers trying to design the next big App.
This Teenager Confessed to Murdering His Family. Police Blame PUBG.
Frantic parents and police are calling for a ban on the video game, but pro players and mental health experts say that’s a band-aid for a deep wound.
North Korea Posts Absurd Sizzle Reel of New ICBM
The DPRK claims it successfully launched a Hwasong-17 from a mobile launcher.
The Rise of the Hacking Group LAPSUS$
Members of the hacking group have been arrested and it turns out they’re mostly teenagers.
Rare Pepe NFT Is Not Rare Enough, $500K Lawsuit Alleges
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 a Golden Age for Armchair Generals
It’s easier than ever to get clout by being extremely online during a war.
‘Cope Cages’ on Busted Tanks Are a Symbol of Russia’s Military Failures
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.
DJI Has the Power to Control Where Drones Can Fly. Ukraine Wants Them to Use It.
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 Many and Varied Uses of ‘lol’
The ubiquitous phrase is a word, punctuation, and everything in between.
How a Korean Celebrity Scandal Predicted Online Led Harassment Campaigns
‘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.
Elon Musk Is Feuding With Chechnya's Brutal Dictator
The richest man in the world is having a fake argument online with Ramzan Kadyrov, a dictator who tortures and murders gay people.
The Tractor Has Become a Symbol of Ukrainian Resistance
A Ukrainian tractor hauling away Russian armor is a powerful symbol and a propaganda victory.
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