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How to Take Your Messages With You When Leaving Facebook, Instagram, or WhatsApp

The latest WhatsApp privacy kerfuffle once again has us wondering whether it’s a good idea to be giving so much of our data to a company with Facebook’s track record. In this guide we’re going to focus on exporting your conversations into a readable format—we won’t cover actually closing down your account. Note that this…

Gadgets David Nield Jan 20 '21

Trump Pardons Ex-Google Engineer Convicted of Stealing Trade Secrets

President Donald Trump issued a full pardon for former Google engineer Anthony Levandowski early Wednesday, one of 143 people who received pardons and commutations during Trump’s last 12 hours in office. Levandowski, who helped found Google’s Waymo, was convicted in August of stealing trade secrets from Google and starting his own self-driving car company called…

Tech News Matt Novak Jan 20 '21

How to Watch Joe Biden’s Inauguration on YouTube, Facebook, and More

Joe Biden will become the 46th President of the United States at noon on Wednesday, finally bringing the Trump era to a close. And if you’re looking for an easy way to watch the inauguration streaming live on YouTube, Facebook, and more, we’ve got you covered. The inauguration starts at 12:00 p.m. ET, 9:00 a.m.…

Politics Matt Novak Jan 20 '21

Here’s What Google Didn’t Say in Its Promises About Our Privacy

Roughly a month after being hit with a pretty damning antitrust suit led by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, Google issued its response on Sunday via a public blog post tackling some of the more “misleading” allegations. This is pretty out of character for Google, which has, until now, been pretty private with its response…

Tech News Shoshana Wodinsky Jan 19 '21

Elon Musk’s “Not A Flamethrower” Was a Indeed Flamethrower, Say Cops

Back in 2018, Elon Musk’s The Boring Company released a bunch of limited edition flame-throwing devices as a bizarre promotional gimmick for the tunnel-digging startup. Officially dubbed “Not A Flamethrower” on the company’s own website, the devices could not, as CNN pointed out at the time, “spew flames long distances by igniting flammable liquids,” but…

Tech News Brianna Provenzano Jan 19 '21

Brave Web Browser Will Become the First To Offer Peer-To-Peer Networking Protocol

For anyone hoping a decentralized web is in our immediate future — anyone who has, say, recently observed the measurable ways in which big tech oligarchs play an active role in shaping our democracy, perhaps — there’s good news: On Tuesday, privacy-focused browser Brave released an update that makes it the first to feature peer-to-peer protocol for…

Tech News Brianna Provenzano Jan 19 '21

A Chapter of the Oath Keepers Militia Group Is Raising Money Through Amazon Smile [UPDATE]

Militia members are tapping at least one revenue stream through Amazon’s charity partnership program, Amazon Smile. As of Tuesday evening, Amazon shoppers can choose to donate 0.5% of their purchase costs to the Indiana chapter of the armed anti-government group Oath Keepers, one member of which was just charged with conspiracy related to the Capitol…

Tech News Whitney Kimball Jan 19 '21

A New SolarWinds Malware Strain Is Discovered

SolarWinds: it’s the hack that keeps on growing. On Monday, researchers announced the discovery of yet another malware strain used by foreign hackers to infiltrate a wide milieu of American government agencies and companies. Cybersecurity firm Symantec has reported its discovery of “Raindrop,” a “loader” (a remote access tool) that was responsible for delivering a Cobalt…

Privacy & Security Lucas Ropek Jan 19 '21

Asus’s Next Gamer Phone May Be Doing Dual Screens in a Delightfully Ridiculous Way

Asus is no stranger when it comes to putting two displays on a single laptop, but for its next gaming phone, Asus is apparently looking to push some boundaries by putting a small secondary display on the back of the upcoming ROG Phone 5. Admittedly, the idea of having a bonus display on the back…

Gadgets Sam Rutherford Jan 19 '21

Can You Beat My Donald Trump Goodbye Tweet?

Goodbye to all that, amirite? But how will you say goodbye? Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, at 12:00 p.m. EST, Donald John Trump will no longer be the president of the United States. Trump has been a pox on our society, a threat to the long-term livability of the planet, and if there’s any mercy in…

Politics Rhett Jones Jan 19 '21

Pixar Popcorn Serves Up Bite-Sized Adventures With Fan-Favorite Characters

Apparently, it’s National Popcorn Day—in honor of that food we used to eat when we went to this place called a “movie theater”—but there’s no reason you can’t microwave up a bag at home and celebrate the coming of Disney+’s mini-shorts series Pixar Popcorn, which just dropped its first trailer today. This looks fun and…

Trailers Cheryl Eddy Jan 19 '21

Netflix Is Finally Adding a Streaming Roulette Feature as It Clinches 200 Million Subscriptions

Netflix has officially amassed 200 million subscribers, but the company isn’t planning to rest on its laurels. As it continues to compete with services like Disney+ and HBO Max, Netflix plans to continue to improve its user experience to keep viewers returning. It introduced its “worth the wait,” “top 10,” and “new and popular” sections…

Internet Catie Keck Jan 19 '21

Watch Tom Holland Thwip Around Disneyland’s New Spider-Man Ride

Considering he’s in it, it’s probably only fair that Tom Holland gets to ride the new Spider-Man ride at Disney California Adventure way, way before the rest of us actually will at this point. In a parallel world where the world was slightly less miserable than it actually was last year, anyone going to Disneyland…

io9 James Whitbrook Jan 19 '21

These Butterflies Use Their Putrid Genitalia to Keep Rivals Away From Mates

A chemical produced by the male genitals of this tropical butterfly is so repulsive, scientists refer to it as an “anti-aphrodisiac.” New research published today in PLOS Biology describes the genetic underpinnings of a chemical compound produced by male Heliconius melpomene butterflies. It’s a striking example of chemical signaling, in which scent is used for…

Biology George Dvorsky Jan 19 '21

The Biggest Thing Missing From Joe Biden’s Climate Plan: Plastic

President-elect Joe Biden has promised to decarbonize the U.S. electricity grid by 2035 and implement a host of other climate policies, which in theory would discourage fossil fuel companies from extracting more oil and gas. But instead, it could just push them to find other uses for their products: Specifically, plastic—unless his administration comes up…

Earther Dharna Noor Jan 19 '21

What Scientists Wish They Knew a Year Ago About the Covid-19 Pandemic

On January 20, 2020, the first known case of covid-19 in the U.S. was reported—a man in his 30s who had traveled back to Washington State from Wuhan, China, where the first cases of the novel viral disease had been discovered in December 2019. Nearly everyone failed to predict the full scale of the devastation…

Health Ed Cara Jan 19 '21

The Dark Web’s Largest Forum for Stolen Credit Card Data Is Shutting Down

Another cybercrime hub appears to be biting the dust. Joker’s Stash, believed to be the world’s largest online carding store (a forum for selling and buying stolen credit card data), plans to go offline forever on Feb. 15. The site was originally founded in 2014. “Joker goes on a well-deserved retirement. Joker’s Stash is closing…It’s…

Privacy & Security Lucas Ropek Jan 19 '21

That Willy Wonka Prequel You Didn’t Ask for Is Still Happening

Don’t worry, though—Johnny Depp is nowhere near this one. Deadline reports that Wonka—a prequel to Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory that we first heard about all the way back in 2016—is still very much in play, so much so that Warner Bros. has even scheduled a release date of March 17, 2023. Which…

Movies Cheryl Eddy Jan 19 '21

Facebook Promised to Stop Promoting Political Groups, You’ll Never Believe What Happened Next

Surprise! Despite repeated assurances from Facebook and its CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, that the company would stop recommending all “political and social issue groups” in order to slow down misinformation and coordinated political violence, it didn’t really do that. The Markup reported on Tuesday that while Zuckerberg testified to Congress in October 2020 that the cessation of…

Social Media Tom McKay Jan 19 '21

This New Windows 10 Bug Could Brick Your PC

Don’t do it. Most people aren’t going to experiment with navigating to root Windows 10 folders, but just in case anyone might be digging around in the software guts of their PC, it’s best to stay away from inputting this file path into your browser: “\.globalrootdevicecondrvkernelconnect”. It will not only instantly crash your PC, but…

Tech News Joanna Nelius Jan 19 '21

How to Take Your Messages With You When Leaving Facebook, Instagram, or WhatsApp

Trump Pardons Ex-Google Engineer Convicted of Stealing Trade Secrets

How to Watch Joe Biden’s Inauguration on YouTube, Facebook, and More

Here’s What Google Didn’t Say in Its Promises About Our Privacy

Elon Musk’s “Not A Flamethrower” Was a Indeed Flamethrower, Say Cops

Brave Web Browser Will Become the First To Offer Peer-To-Peer Networking Protocol

A Chapter of the Oath Keepers Militia Group Is Raising Money Through Amazon Smile [UPDATE]

A New SolarWinds Malware Strain Is Discovered

Asus’s Next Gamer Phone May Be Doing Dual Screens in a Delightfully Ridiculous Way

Can You Beat My Donald Trump Goodbye Tweet?

Pixar Popcorn Serves Up Bite-Sized Adventures With Fan-Favorite Characters

Netflix Is Finally Adding a Streaming Roulette Feature as It Clinches 200 Million Subscriptions

Watch Tom Holland Thwip Around Disneyland’s New Spider-Man Ride

These Butterflies Use Their Putrid Genitalia to Keep Rivals Away From Mates

The Biggest Thing Missing From Joe Biden’s Climate Plan: Plastic

What Scientists Wish They Knew a Year Ago About the Covid-19 Pandemic

The Dark Web’s Largest Forum for Stolen Credit Card Data Is Shutting Down

That Willy Wonka Prequel You Didn’t Ask for Is Still Happening

Facebook Promised to Stop Promoting Political Groups, You’ll Never Believe What Happened Next

This New Windows 10 Bug Could Brick Your PC

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