Shoshana Wodinsky

1/24/22

The Celebrities We've Lost to NFTs

Tom Brady getting into NFTs was to be expected. But not you too, Gronk.

1/20/22

TikTok Ousts Marketing Guy Responsible for TikTok Kitchens and Other Weird Stunts

Nick Tran hadn't even been at TikTok for two years before being ushered out.

1/20/22

Facebook Wants to Make It Easy for Your Grandparents to Get Into NFTs: Report

But there's no word on when we might be seeing the apes in the Facebook marketplace.

1/19/22

You're Not the Only One Struggling to Get Free Covid Rapid Tests

White House press secretary Jen Psaki warned that every website launch "comes with risk."

1/18/22

Airline CEOs Warn of Unprecedented 'Chaos' Tied to This Week's 5G Rollout

AT&T and Verizon had plans to deploy their “C-band” 5G tech starting on Wednesday.

1/14/22

Google's Pichai, Meta's Zuckerberg Backed Alleged Ad Price-Fixing Scheme, Unsealed Court Docs Claim

The latest update in a multi-state suit targeting the search giant's advertising biz sure doesn't look great for…

1/14/22

Authorities Claim They Accessed Encrypted Signal Chats to Charge Oath Keepers

The app's famously been impenetrable to authorities in the past, and the DOJ isn't divulging how they could crack it…

1/13/22

Lawmakers Come After Companies' Terms of Service With New TLDR Bill

The bill's authors say it's all about "returning power to consumers."

1/13/22

This Ad-Free Google Search Alternative Is Actually Worth Using

After being rolled out to paying subscribers last year, Neeva's now free to download for anyone who's sick of ads in…

1/12/22

Scammers Are Using QR Codes to Plunder Parking Meter Payments

The scam has hit several major Texas cities already.

1/12/22

Man Arrested for Storming an American Airlines Cockpit in a Fit of Rage

The only thing he succeeded in was delaying the fight by a good eight hours.

1/11/22

Mozilla Is Going to Track Facebook Tracking You

Mozilla's "Facebook Pixel Hunt" study will run until mid-July—and the company wants your help.

1/10/22

IRS Begs the Public to File Taxes Electronically ASAP

The agency anticipates “enormous challenges” that could impede people from getting their returns on time.

1/10/22

Europol Ordered to Purge Its Massive Trove of Private Citizen's Data

The data free-for-all has prompted many critics to accuse Europol of building the European equivalent of the NSA’s…

1/7/22

Man Who Bought Tesla Stock With Covid Relief Funds Sentenced to 4 Years In Prison

Authorities estimate that he'd netted more than $18 million in various securities by the time they caught onto him.

1/7/22

Crypto Dev Says He’s Spending $500,000 on a Statue of Elon Musk’s Head on a Goat’s Body

With a name like "Elon Goat Coin," you'd expect the promos to feature Elon Musk and goats. But oh god, not like this.

1/6/22

This Watchdog Group Aims to 'Defund the Insurrectionists,' One Ad at a Time

The Check My Ads campaign even offers a handy guide for activists that want to hit misinformation peddlers where it…

1/5/22

Walmart’s 5-Year-Old Vision for the Metaverse Hasn’t Aged a Day

The 2017 clip features a weirdly prescient glimpse into VR's eerie, isolating present.