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To add even more fuel to the blazing trash fire that is 2020, we now have to worry about the Senate fucking us all over by failing to prohibit warrantless surveillance of internet search and browsing records in connection with the Patriot Act. Earlier this month, Senators Ron Wyden (a Democrat repping Oregon) and Steve Daines (a Republican repping […]
Twitter will soon introduce a new feature that gives users greater control over replies, opening up the possibility of more successful protection from the vomitous hate and generally baffling opinions of fuckwits. An upcoming feature called Conversation Participants will allow users to select from four different reply classifications, according to a report from Engadget on […]
Despite living in the TMZ era, where anything and everything can become public knowledge once a random person hits record on their phone, JAY-Z and Beyoncé have somehow managed to maintain a relatively private life. In other words, we see what they want us to see. And now we may have some insight into how they’ve crafted such a […]
We hate to be the bearer of bad news, but that Smart TV you recently bought after capitalizing on a huge Black Friday deal may turn out to be a portal for hackers to spy on you. Last week, the FBI’s Portland field office warned Black Friday and Cyber Monday shoppers of the potential risks that come with owning a […]
The hosts of the Ladies Like Us podcast have apologized for not checking T.I. when he made comments about taking his daughter to the gynecologist annually to get her hymen checked. Nazanin Mandi and Nadia Moham received a ton of backlash after the episode debuted and concede that their laughter was a “knee jerk reaction” […]
A maddening data breach that affected 147 million people has now resulted in a record-setting settlement. Credit reporting agency Equifax will be forking up to $700 million as part of a self-described “resolution” to the class-action litigation that has spawned from the 2017 breach. Per a report from CNN, the proposed settlement could very well go down […]
FaceApp returned to the public consciousness today after it unveiled a retooled version of its old age filter. Celebrities across the internet were sharing what they would look like in their golden years. Everyone from the Jonas Brothers and Terry Crews on to Dwyane Wade and Drake took to the app to try on a […]
Facebook boss and alleged goat ingester Mark Zuckerberg gave a keynote address this week about the site’s future privacy plans, an event that would have been ridiculous enough given their history with the topic. For added ridiculousness, Zuckerberg used the opportunity to attempt a joke on the issue that, unsurprisingly, appears to have not connected at all. […]
We didn’t need hackers to access Facebook users’ private messages—the company reportedly willingly gave it away fo’ free to companies like Spotify and Netflix. This is one of the several troubling tidbits unearthed by a long New York Times piece published on Tuesday about Facebook’s many data-sharing agreements with other tech companies. Internal documents from […]
