by Wajeeh Maaz on (#4CDWZ)
Monarch populations are in decline, but a surge is expected for the 2019 spring migration.
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by Joseph Cox on (#4CDNV)
The exposures didn’t come from Facebook itself, but do show how data generated by one company can end up exposed thanks to another service.
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by Rob Dozier on (#4CDNX)
Every day roughly 178 million people in the US travel over bridges in need of “urgent†repair.
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by Sarah Emerson on (#4CDGP)
A Seattle community is being bombed by eagles feeding on a local dump.
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by Samantha Cole on (#4CD20)
Archive of Our Own is a finalist in the prestigious Hugo award's Best Related Works category—which means thousands of fanfics are Hugo finalists.
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by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai on (#4CCWG)
Antivirus company Kaspersky Lab announced that its Android security product will now mark all stalkerware apps as malware, prompting users to delete them.
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by Karl Bode on (#4CBCJ)
When the Ajit Pai-led FCC killed net neutrality, the agency said that the FTC would step in to protect consumers. Now, that seems unlikely.
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by Joseph Cox on (#4CBCM)
Following a Motherboard investigation, Facebook banned white nationalism and white separatism. But Twitter and YouTube, two platforms with their own nationalism problems, won’t commit to following Facebook’s lead.
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by Jordan Pearson on (#4CBCP)
Incorrect charges and non-disclosure of terms were the two most popular complaints customers had, according to a new federal report.
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by Caroline Haskins on (#4CBCR)
WhatsApp has been struggling to address misinformation and rumors on its app without compromising security. “Checkpoint Tipline†gives users in India an opt-in option to submit rumors for fact-checking.
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by Ben Makuch on (#4CB37)
Neo-Nazi propaganda, podcasts, and audiobooks continue to exist on YouTube. Even when alerted to their existence, the platform demonetized and removed some features from them, but did not delete the videos.
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by Sarah Emerson on (#4CB39)
Climbers have abandoned roughly 66 tons of feces on Mount Denali, and it’s just waiting to reemerge.
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by Muqing M. Zhang on (#4CAY0)
‘The Wandering Earth’ offered an important perspective on climate change and capitalism, but the West’s reviews of the movie are distracted by a techno-Orientalist fear of China.
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by Sarah Emerson on (#4C8YQ)
“There is an emergency. It is not Brexit. It is the climate and ecological emergency.â€
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by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai on (#4C8HW)
Italian government authorities have launched an inquiry into eSurv, a company that made spyware apps that it concealed as legitimate and innocuous-looking apps on the Google Play Store.
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by Ankita Rao on (#4C8HY)
New York is about to institute congestion pricing, and it will include an exemption for people who make below $60,000 per year.
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by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai on (#4C894)
The controversial Israeli spyware vendor denied any role in the bizarre saga of Jeff Bezos against The National Enquirer.
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by Samantha Cole on (#4C896)
Microsoft developer advocate Chloe Condon created an app to fake a call, to get her off the hook in unwanted social situations.
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by Matthew Gault on (#4C7XK)
Cell phone providers have actively lobbied against right to repair legislation, but Ting Mobile announced that it supports consumers' right to fix the things they own.
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by Motherboard Staff on (#4C7RT)
This week, CYBER speaks to Kim Zetter about her blockbuster scoop on a daring, sophisticated supply chain attack against computer giant ASUS.
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by Ben Makuch on (#4C3GV)
Major online neo-Nazi meeting grounds are being nuked by hosting sites that want nothing to do with connections to militant white nationalists. Meanwhile, several of them have regrouped on Twitter.
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by Mirjam Guesgen on (#4C3GX)
Polygenic scores were nearly five times less accurate for people of African descent than people of European descent, a new study has found.
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by Matthew Gault on (#4C37H)
Colin Furze blocks fireworks and flames with a DIY flip-out umbrella from From Software's new title 'Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice.'
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by Rob Dozier on (#4C37K)
David Fincher's new series favors visual style and ridiculous concepts over Black Mirror's critical societal commentary.
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by Blake Montgomery on (#4C2XR)
In a white concrete cell, a doctor from the DoS sat across a plastic table and questioned Catherine Gabriel as to why she had chosen misery over standard-issue happiness.
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by Matthew Gault on (#4C2T0)
From Software's newest title is punishing, but welcoming, and it's a great lesson in how to win in 'Dark Souls' and 'Bloodborne.'
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by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai on (#4C2DS)
Security researchers have found a new kind of government malware that was hiding in plain sight within apps on Android’s Play Store. And they appear to have uncovered a case of lawful intercept gone wrong.
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by Rob Dozier on (#4C1JZ)
The unique study by NASA, the ESA, and the German Aerospace Center will test the effects of artificial gravity on the bodies of astronauts in space.
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by Samantha Cole on (#4C1A8)
Modern Labor promises to teach you to code in five months and help find you a job when you graduate—but you’re on the hook for the next two years.
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by Jason Koebler on (#4C0WX)
A leaked internal document obtained by Motherboard outlines a program that looks almost exactly like the requirements of right to repair legislation that has been proposed in 20 states.
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by Caroline Haskins on (#4C0R0)
On Thursday, the Department of Housing and Urban Development charged Facebook with violating the Fair Housing Act.
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by Sarah Emerson on (#4BZ9Z)
The popular platform Family Tree DNA is piggybacking forensics' use of genealogy databases to sell its product.
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by Matthew Gault on (#4BYY3)
'Dead or Alive Xtreme Venus Vacation' players got around a region-lock on Steam to find that a physical harassment mechanic was removed.
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by Sarah Emerson on (#4BYSS)
#DontDoomTheBloom.
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by Joseph Cox on (#4BYFC)
After a civil rights backlash, Facebook will now treat white nationalism and separatism the same as white supremacy, and will direct users who try to post that content to a nonprofit that helps people leave hate groups.
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by Karl Bode on (#4BYFE)
If the music industry has its way, accused pirates could be kicked off the internet permanently based on what’s often flimsy evidence of guilt.
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by Matthew Gault on (#4BYAG)
It would apply only to farm equipment, but Warren becomes the most powerful national politician to support a consumer's right to repair the things they own.
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by Motherboard Staff on (#4BXQ7)
This week, CYBER speaks to Oxblood Ruffin, a long-time member of the legendary hacking group Cult of The Dead Cow.
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by Becky Ferreira on (#4BWTT)
Warm weather and heavy rainfall sparked a massive breeding cycle for the invasive toads.
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by Sarah Emerson on (#4BWEF)
Greenland's Jakobshavn glacier is gaining ice due to cyclical changes in ocean temperature, but that doesn’t mean things are getting better.
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by Karl Bode on (#4BWEH)
Last minute attempts to weaken the proposal failed as bill now moves toward a showdown in the House and Senate.
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by Becky Ferreira on (#4BW9A)
“An individual may find that their sizing preferences change in space.â€
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by Caroline Haskins on (#4BW3K)
On April 1, New York state will pass its annual budget. Experts say this might be the year that the state finally passes congestion pricing. The question is whether legislators can do it ethically.
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by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai on (#4BW3Q)
After Motherboard reported that a consumer spyware vendor left a lot of incredibly sensitive and private data online, the company’s hosting provider took it down.
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by Karl Bode on (#4BW3S)
Upload filters and link taxes may be well intentioned, but critics say they’re going to seriously screw up the open internet.
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by Caroline Haskins on (#4BVVB)
A press release released by ASUS this morning confirms Motherboard’s reporting.
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by Sarah Emerson on (#4BVJP)
Police in China allegedly cloned a champion sniffer dog to reduce the time and money spent on training new canines.
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by Becky Ferreira on (#4BT58)
"Scotty" weighed about 20,000 pounds and lived longer than any other known tyrannosaur, according to University of Alberta paleontologists.
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by Sarah Emerson on (#4BT5A)
The University of Michigan was home to a series of animal deaths in 2018.
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