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Why Tens of Thousands of Perfectly Good, Donated iPhones Are Shredded Every Year
A single electronics recycler has had to destroy 66,000 iPhones in the last three years because of the iPhone's Activation Lock.
Watch SpaceX Land Three Falcon Boosters for the First Time
The world’s most powerful operational rocket is open for business.
YouTube Gives a New Home to Racist Views on IQ
The topic of IQ has been making a resurgence on YouTube not only as a good way to measure intelligence, but as a tool that can be used to promote scientific racism.
Silk Road 2 Founder Dread Pirate Roberts 2 Caught, Jailed for 5 Years
For years, the arrest and case has been kept under-wraps. Friday, a court sentenced Thomas White to 5 years and 4 months for his role in running a huge dark web drug marketplace.
Big Tech Lobbying Gutted a Bill That Would Ban Recording You Without Consent
The Illinois Keep Internet Devices Safe Act would have empowered average people to sue big companies for recording them without consent, but industry association lobbying defanged it.
This Is the Stunning Picture Israel’s Lunar Lander Took Right Before It Crashed
Israel’s Beresheet lander crashed on Thursday due to an engine failure.
Everything We've Learned from NASA's Study of Identical Twin Astronauts
A year-long experiment involving Mark and Scott Kelly found that long duration space trips affect genes, eyeballs, and cognitive abilities.
‘You vs. Wild’ Proves Interactive TV Isn’t Always as Exciting as ‘Bandersnatch’
No matter how hard you try, you can’t kill Bear Grylls in Netflix’s new interactive survival series.
Orphic Hymns
An epic space opera of Pluto, drugs, and final frontiers.
How Amazon Helped Cops Set Up a Package Theft Sting Operation
Internal documents obtained by Motherboard detail the planning of an anti-package theft operation that used fake Amazon boxes rigged with GPS location trackers.
Reddit's Data Hoarders Are Freaking Out Over All Those Black Hole Hard Drives
Sure, imaging a black hole for the first time ever is exciting, but posters on Reddit's /r/datahoarder subreddit are focused on the data.
We Need to Completely Redesign Curbs
Crowded curbsides cause a huge amount of traffic and congestion in our cities. Could "flex zones" help?
Israel’s Lunar Lander Has Crashed on the Moon
The Beresheet lander would have been the first private lander on the Moon and the first lunar soft-landing by Israel. Instead, engine failures caused it to crash.
Scientists Created a 'Frogger'-Playing AI That Explains Its Decisions
A classic game helps to solve a big problem with AI as the technology makes more decisions about our lives.
Julian Assange’s Charges Are Centered on Hacking, Not Publishing Classified Information
For years, it has been publicly reported that Julian Assange offered to help Chelsea Manning break into a classified computer system. Now the Department of Justice has charged Assange for that.
EFF Says LA’s Scooter Location Data Could Unmask Individual Riders
This month, the Los Angeles Department for Transportation will enter the next phase of collecting the real-time location of scooters like Lime and Bird.
Gun Sellers Are Advertising on Instagram and Directing Customers to Encrypted Chat Apps
A leaked Facebook document gives more detail on the type of firearm parts that the social network does not allow people to sell peer-to-peer.
Why Does the First Picture of a Black Hole Look Like a SpaghettiO?
There's some trippy science behind the curious look of the first-ever direct observation of a black hole, released on Wednesday.
One of the Biggest Games in the World Is a Mod of a Mod
’Dota Auto Chess,' a mod of 'Dota 2,' which itself is based on a mod for 'Warcraft 3,' has millions of players and growing.
House Votes to Save Net Neutrality
The "Save the Internet Act" still faces long odds: It needs to get through a Republican-controlled Senate where it's been called 'dead on arrival,' and survive a veto threat from President Trump.
This Is the First-Ever Photo of a Black Hole
The Event Horizon Telescope project unveiled the first-ever photo of a black hole on Wednesday, more than 100 years since Albert Einstein theorized their existence.
Machine Learning Can Make Jordan Peterson Rap Like Eminem
Using AI, someone made a very haunted video of Jordan Peterson rapping "Lose Yourself."
Researchers Find New Victim of Critical Infrastructure Hackers Behind 'Triton' Malware
A security firm has discovered a new victim of the infamous hacking group that targeted critical infrastructure with destructive malware.
Senators Introduce Bill That Would Ban Websites From Using Manipulative Consent Forms
Platforms have a problem with informed consent. A new Senate bill might change that.
NASA Says It Caused Otherworldly Lights In the Arctic Circle
A NASA rocket launch mission that painted the Arctic sky was compared to an “alien attack.”
New Documentary ‘Playing Hard’ Shows That Making Games Can Be Hell
The film, now on Netflix, misses the mark by focusing on Ubisoft higher-ups during the development of 'For Honor,' rather than rank-and-file workers.
Read the Best Parts of Alex Jones's 159-Page Deposition About Pepe the Frog
Jones is getting sued for allegedly violating the copyright of Pepe the Frog's creator by selling Pepe posters on Infowars.
Cryptocurrency Mining Up for Elimination In China for Being Wasteful and 'Backward'
China's economic planning agency is considering eliminating cryptocurrency mining along with numerous other products and processes. Comment period is open until May 7.
YouTube Livestream of Congressional Hearing About ‘Rise of White Nationalism’ Is Filled With White Nationalism
The live comment section of the YouTube live stream of the House Judiciary hearing on hate crimes and white nationalism was filled with hateful trolls.
Researchers Uncover New Version of the Infamous Flame Malware
They also found evidence that Stuxnet has ties to another malware family. The discoveries were made using tools and techniques only available to researchers in recent years.
Reddit’s Piracy Subreddit Is Purging a Decade of Posts
The /r/piracy subreddit is deleting all posts older than six months after allegedly being alerted to an overwhelming amount of copyright complaints.
5G May Never Live up to the Hype
5G will provide faster speeds to urban users, but cost and widespread availability could remain stumbling blocks for many years to come.
I Tried Skype’s New 50-Person Video Calling Feature, My Personal Hell
Skype's conferencing feature now allows double the participants, so I tested it out.
How the ‘New York Times’ Protects its Journalists From Hackers and Spies
This week, CYBER speaks to Runa Sandvik, the senior director of information security at The New York Times about how she helps the Times journalists stay safe online and help them protect sources.
Dolphins Have Clitorises 'Remarkably Similar' to Humans
For the first time, scientists studied the dolphin clit up close—and found something familiar
The EU Is Pissed at Steam for Region-Locking Games
The European Commission is mad at Valve, Capcom, ZeniMax, and other publishers for region-locking activation keys and allegedly preventing cross-border sales.
One of America's Most Prominent Net Neutrality Activists Just Released a Folk Punk Album
Fight for the Future's Evan Greer talks about her experiences as an activist and trans woman in "She/her/they/them."
You Can Pay Taxes in Bitcoin in This Small Canadian Town
Innisfil, Ontario is a sleepy town known for its antiquing, and now it's going in on Bitcoin.
A Japanese Probe Just Bombed an Asteroid
Hayabusa2 was launched with a five-gram bullet and an explosive, both meant for the Ryugu asteroid 200 million miles from Earth.
The First ‘Sonic the Hedgehog’ Trailer Sounds Absolutely Wild
Teasers for the film were reportedly shown at CinemaCon in Las Vegas on Thursday, and reactions were... mixed.
ICE Raid on Samsung Repair Contractor Shows Big Tech’s Reliance on Exploitative Labor
The biggest ICE raid in a decade, at a CVE Technology Group facility in Texas, went after the people who repair our phones.
France Wants This New Algorithmically Designed Keyboard to Save the French Language
France designed a new keyboard to remedy grammatical problems it says was caused by other keyboard designs.
Chinese Workers Are Trying to Bake Fair Labor Practices Into Software
The 996.ICU movement has largely organized on GitHub, and has produced a software license aimed at forcing companies to treat workers fairly if they use open source software.
Trump Defunded a Climate Advisory Group, So It Went Independent
President Trump stopped funding a climate change advisory committee in 2017. The group just released its first report today as an independent group.
Some Genius Recreated the World of 'Stardew Valley' in 'Minecraft'
It's not the first time the two games have been mashed up, but it's the most faithful rendition we've seen.
The Duchy of the Toe Adam
Welcome to a planet where worshipping the wrong appendage can get you killed.
Cats Actually Understand When You Say Their Name, Study Finds
Your feline friend understands that it has a name, and it knows when you use it, new research has found.
Major Vulnerability Potentially Impacted 150 Million Smartphone Users Worldwide
Researchers discovered a since-patched vulnerability in an app pre-installed on smartphones made by Xiaomi.
Could We Blow Up the Internet?
Is it possible to take down the internet by physically attacking its infrastructure?
Researchers Find Facebook’s Ad Targeting Algorithm Is Inherently Biased
Ads for cashier positions in supermarkets reached an 85% female audience, and ads for positions in taxi companies reached a 75% Black audience.
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