by Matthew Gault on (#5PD55)
Scientists working with superconducting magnets have made a breakthrough that paves the way for carbon-free power.
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by Matthew Gault on (#5PD56)
Multifactor authentication is one of the easiest ways to protect yourself online. So why don’t people use it?
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by Matthew Gault on (#5PD57)
With a little luck and a lot of money you can use Mad Max’s car to embarrass your kids when you pick them up from school.
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by Matthew Gault on (#5PBME)
Blue and red pills, Keanu Reeves, Kung Fu, and questions plague the trailer for the fourth Matrix film.
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by Matthew Gault on (#5PBMF)
Police are playing copyrighted music while being filmed to prevent activists from uploading the video; one in Illinois says he was "advised" to do so.
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by Matthew Gault on (#5PAE8)
In a move that's sure to delight dozens, the Dark Knight is teaming up with esports influencers FaZe Clan.
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by Matthew Gault on (#5PA35)
Sci-Hub, a website dedicated to free access of scientific articles, has updated for the first time in a year.
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by Matthew Gault on (#5P8GV)
Gilbert Michaels defrauded 50,000 people of hundreds of millions of dollars using call centers to sell printer toner at inflated prices.
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by Emma Ockerman on (#5P4KB)
Silicon Valley’s housing crisis came literally to Apple’s doorstep.
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by Matthew Gault on (#5P4AC)
Selling cheats in ‘Warzone’ is so lucrative that hackers are having trouble keeping up with demand.
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by Matthew Gault on (#5P4AB)
The guy who gave Hunter Biden’s laptop to Rudy Giuliani sued Twitter for defamation and a federal judge in Florida just dismissed the case with prejudice.
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by Matthew Gault on (#5P3J8)
As part of a lawsuit defense, the company that made the guns used in the Sandy Hook shooting demanded the disciplinary and attendance records of dead children.
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by Matthew Gault on (#5P35C)
The Federal Trade Commission sent letters to McDonald’s franchise owners that asked pointed questions about their frozen ice cream machines.
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by Matthew Gault on (#5P1ZJ)
Reddit banned r/NoNewNormal and quarantined an additional 54 groups it said were responsible for COVID-19 misinformation.
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by Matthew Gault on (#5NYVW)
Like building your own PC, constructing your own mattress is a cumbersome and involved process that probably won’t save you any money.
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by Matthew Gault on (#5NVXP)
A handful of posts about a side effect related to ivermectin have gone viral, but how common is pooping yourself, really?
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by Matthew Gault on (#5NVF7)
An Apple spy spent years inside a community that trades hacks and leaks.
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by Matthew Gault on (#5NTG2)
The CEO of Reddit has responded to calls from users to purge the site of disinformation, saying “dissent is a part of Reddit and the foundation of democracy.”
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by Matthew Gault on (#5NRK5)
Court documents claim that a confidential informant who helped bring down Atomwaffen Division is also a publisher of white supremacist literature.
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by Matthew Gault on (#5NRK6)
After the fall of Kabul, practitioners began to gather online to fight against the Taliban with a mix of direct aid and magick.
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by Matthew Gault on (#5NJJB)
The Taliban banned production of the poppy in 2000. After twenty years of war, Afghanistan is now responsible for 82% of the world’s opium supply.
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by Matthew Gault on (#5NG0Z)
Worried that the Taliban will retaliate against anyone that worked with coalition forces, various agencies are scrubbing the internet of pictures, videos, and reports about the war.
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by Matthew Gault on (#5NFQF)
Public gatherings of local officials have always been battlegrounds, but now those fights play out online for millions of viewers.
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by Matthew Gault on (#5NEKS)
A new report from the Special Inspector General of Afghanistan Reconstruction is a damning condemnation of America’s war effort.
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by Gita Jackson on (#5NDDW)
Now that we know so acutely how these apps can hurt people, I'd hope we'd all know better than to bring it back.
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by Matthew Gault on (#5ND1N)
For 12 years, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan issued grim and detailed reports about America’s failures in the country. No one listened.
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by Matthew Gault on (#5N4GG)
In a victory for right-to-repair, a judge has sided with the company that makes it easier for McDonald’s to fix its ice cream machines.
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by Matthew Gault on (#5N20K)
A Substack publication purchased 'commercially available app data' and used it to out a priest without their consent. This is only the beginning.
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by Matthew Gault on (#5MZ6P)
In one week, ‘The New York Times’ Crossword will abandon the .puz format, but industrious fans are already creating their own solutions.
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by Matthew Gault on (#5MYTS)
In 1965 something crashed in the rural town of Kecksburg, Pennsylvania and kicked off a decades-long fight with the U.S. Government to learn the truth.
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by Rec Room Staff on (#5MWPY)
Well, well, well—looks like you kids are curious about electrocuting yourselves, cooking in Le Creuset, and getting into ass play.
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by Matthew Gault on (#5MWPZ)
The company behind Warhammer 40K has a new policy regarding fan-animations that has creators worried and fans angry.
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by Matthew Gault on (#5MSC8)
This suburban Dallas home is just a front for a bizarre industrial site previously owned by AT&T.
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by Matthew Gault on (#5MS6A)
Uber and Lyft drivers across the country are striking for better pay, this is why.
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by Matthew Gault on (#5MPBK)
‘Once Upon a Time in Shaolin’ sold for at least $2.2 million, enough to cover the rest of Martin Shkreli's outstanding debt to the government.
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by Matthew Gault on (#5MNCB)
Federal authorities have just sold the rare Wu-Tang Clan album, ‘Once Upon a Time in Shaolin,’ to an unknown buyer.
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by Matthew Gault on (#5MMZN)
High end gaming PCs are too powerful for California and several other states new regulations to handle.
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by Matthew Gault on (#5MMZP)
Artist Olesya Chernyavskaya is using new technologies to create strange art projects. Her medium is websites, her canvas is your screen.
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by Matthew Gault on (#5MHE5)
The Pentagon recently announced plans to up the production of plutonium pits, a core component of nuclear weapons.
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by Matthew Gault on (#5MHE4)
Glowing red eyes, death metal poster style images, and skull masks all come from the same artist. VICE tracked him down to his suburban home in Canada.
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by Matthew Gault on (#5MHE6)
Stories on major news sites like ‘The Washington Post,’ and ‘New York Magazine’ currently have porn embedded in them because of an old site called Vidme.
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by Matthew Gault on (#5MFYZ)
The Federal Trade Commission officially published a policy paper outlining how it plans to tackle right-to-repair.
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by Matthew Gault on (#5MFZ0)
Gijs Schalkx, the inventor of the methane powered motorcycle, wants people to reconsider their relationship to technology.
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by Matthew Gault on (#5MD5R)
The federal government is investigating mysterious signals coming from Havana that are jamming popular frequencies.
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by Matthew Gault on (#5MD5S)
Researchers have developed a new method of 3D modeling surface tension and the results are frighteningly realistic.
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by Matthew Gault on (#5M9DF)
A combination of rare earth minerals, a new kind of fiber optic cable, and a fancy laser system pushed data to speeds never before seen.
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by Matthew Gault on (#5M9DG)
Deprived of a new book for 10 years, fans are enhancing a screenshot in hopes of learning what will happen next in "A Song of Ice and Fire." It's worked before.
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by Matthew Gault on (#5M9DH)
Scientists are studying the temperature at which humans spontaneously die, and their findings are a warning about our future.
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by Jordan Pearson on (#5M7VM)
Jackson Palmer published a long Twitter thread that explains everything wrong with cryptocurrency.
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by Matthew Gault on (#5M6QN)
Solar panels wrapped around tritium tubes generate just enough energy to power a simple 'Tetris' style handheld.
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