Monthly Archives: July 2020
Police are worried about white extremists organizing on Gab Chat, leaked documents show
Violent white extremists are sick of getting doxxed on Discord, and will “likely” move their organizing efforts to an encrypted messaging alternative created by Gab, an alt-right favorite. So claims a May 26 law enforcement bulletin leaked, along with 269GB of files from over 200 police departments, in late June by hackers and published by […]
Google, Facebook, other big tech companies back lawsuit against I.C.E.
Tech companies including Google, Facebook and others just lent their legal might to a lawsuit against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). On July 9, Harvard and M.I.Tfiled a legal complaint against ICE and the Department of Homeland Security challenging the legality of the government’s July 6 policy update that would require international students to […]
The 'Palm Springs' memes that perfectly describe life in quarantine
In the new movie Palm Springs, Andy Samberg’s character Nyles and Cristin Milioti’s Sarah wake up to the same day, every day, which Nyles describes as “one of those infinite time loop situations you might have heard about.” For everyone still following stay-at-home orders, that description also feels like it applies to life in coronavirus […]
Tesla's Model Y is the latest SUV to have its price slashed
As the coronavirus pandemic continues to take a toll on the automotive industry, companies like Tesla are having to make some changes. On Saturday, Reuters reported that Tesla has lowered the price of yet another one of its vehicles, the Model Y mid-sized SUV. The Model Y, which was revealed back in March 2019, launched […]
Trump takes credit for a 2018 cyberattack on Russian troll farm
President Trump personally confirmed in an interview with The Washington Post that he authorized a 2018 cyberattack against the Internet Research Agency (IRA), a Russian troll farm responsible for meddling in the 2016 elections. Meanwhile, Trump continues to downplay and undercut similar Russian threats to the 2020 elections. A U.S. cyber command operation disrupted the […]
Netflix drops 'Unsolved Mysteries' evidence on Reddit to help internet sleuths solve cases
Netflix’s recent revival of the beloved Unsolved Mysteries series is a hit, with the show appearing on the site’s Top 10 Most Watched list since premiering. While a lot has changed in the reboot itself, the biggest change is arguably how the show now exists in a world with Reddit sleuths. Netflix even directly addressed […]
Google bans ads for products that people use to stalk partners
Google’s newest ad ban is a classic “better late than never” situation. In its latest advertising policy update, Google announced that “stalkerware” apps will not be able to advertise through Google anymore starting Aug. 11. In case you aren’t aware, that’s a particularly odious class of software that is largely associated with abusive partners who […]
Wells Fargo tells employees to uninstall TikTok while Amazon reverses its own ban
Amazon may have backed away from telling employees to uninstall TikTok, but it seems Wells Fargo actually went through with it. The Information reported that the San Francisco-based financial institution recently told its workers to remove TikTok from any company-issued devices immediately. Apparently there was just a “small number” of employees who had the social […]
'The Old Guard's' Chiwetel Ejiofor reflects on his most iconic roles
Chiwetel Ejiofor, star of Netflix’s “The Old Guard,” talks about the roles that defined his career. Read more… More about Netflix, Mashable Video, Charlize Theron, Kinky Boots, and 12 Years A Slave
Police use facial-recognition tech to arrest another innocent man
Let’s say it together: Facial-recognition technology is a dangerous, biased mess. We are reminded of this obvious fact again with the news Friday that an innocent man, despite not looking like the perpetrator at all, was arrested last year after being falsely identified by faulty facial-recognition tech. This is the second known case of facial […]