Large Adult Son Threatens to Sue Landlord
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Cop Sues Gun Classifieds Website Over Firearm Used to Injure Him
On the morning of January 8, 2016, Boston police officer Kurt Stokinger was shot in the leg during a shootout with a…
Twitter Suspends Pro-Saudi Bots Spreading Propaganda About the Murder of Jamal Khashoggi
Anyone who tweeted about the murder of Jamal Khashoggi in the past two weeks saw major pushback on Twitter from…
UK Supermarkets Will Test Using Facial Recognition to Verify Alcohol Buyers’ Age, Report Claims
Select self-service checkouts at supermarkets in the UK will “very soon” be equipped with cameras and facial…
Time Capsule Opened to Reveal Ancient, Mysterious Treasures of 1993
Students at Shenandoah University in Virginia recently opened a time capsule from the ancient, mysterious world of…
SoftBank, Which Signed $45 Billion Saudi Tech Investment Deal, Still 'Monitoring' Jamal Khashoggi Scandal
On October 2, Saudi citizen, U.S. resident, and journalist in self-imposed exile Jamal Khashoggi entered the Saudi…
Embattled MoviePass Parent Company Denies It Misled Its Investors Amid Investigation
Amid ongoing drama over MoviePass’ consistent flailing and cutbacks on its once unlimited monthly movie-going…
Former Equifax Manager Gets Home Confinement for Insider Trading Amid Data Breach
A former Equifax manager who tried to profit off the company’s horrendous 2017 data breach with a little insider…
Twitter Makes it Easier to See When People Break the Rules
To make its policing of bad actors a little more obvious, Twitter is instituting new policies that should help users…
Trump Is Trying to Screw Up Your Cheap International Shipping
The Trump administration just announced plans to withdraw from a treaty that oversees global postage rates. The…
Spotify’s Spooky Haunted Doll Ad Too Creepy for Kids, British Watchdog Rules
The UK’s advertising watchdog chastised Spotify today for releasing an “unduly distressing” ad that, it argues,…
New York Attorney General Subpoenas Industry Groups, Lobbyists Over Fake Net Neutrality Comments
The New York Attorney General’s office has subpoenaed “more than a dozen telecommunications trade groups, lobbying…
How Archivists Could Stop Deepfakes From Rewriting History
History is rife with fakes. In 1983, the German magazine Stern announced that it had acquired previously undocumented…
Something Bricked Twitter's Notifications System
Huge numbers of Twitter users on Tuesday found their push notifications turned to useless strings of letters and…
Internet Celebrity Imprisoned for Short, Goofy Rendition of China's National Anthem
Yang Kaili, a young internet star in China, was detained for five days for singing the country’s national anthem in a…
Ecuador Tells Julian Assange He Needs to Take Care of His Damn Cat
The good news is that it appears Wikileaks founder Julian Assange’s cat is alive in the Ecuadorian embassy. The bad…
The iPad Is Soon, Finally, Getting a Full Version of Adobe Photoshop
Apple’s about to get a big assist from Adobe when it comes to the company’s efforts to legitimize the iPad Pro as a…
Saudi Arabia Threatens Anyone Spreading 'Fake News' Online with 5 Years in Prison, Heavy Fines
Saudi Arabia is threatening to give 5-year prison terms and heavy fines to anyone caught spreading “fake news” online,…
Report: There May Be More Criminal Charges Coming in the Theranos Investigation
The fraud case against the ex-management of crooked blood-testing startup Theranos, former CEO Elizabeth Holmes and…