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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Rebekah Jones, the Florida data scientist turned whistleblower who accused state authorities of manipulating covid-19 data, turned herself in to local police on Sunday night to, as she put it, “protect her family” from ongoing police harassment. Her announcement came just one day after Florida authorities issued an arrest warrant alleging she illegally accessed the…
As Donald Trump’s presidential term transitions into an uncertain legacy, the world has also begun to question the repute of his most ride-or-die follower: Mike Lindell, a.k.a. MyPillow guy, whose products look dangerously close to fading from relevance. Lindell has claimed that MyPillow pillows and mattress toppers are soon to vanish from the websites of…
Back in 2018, Mattel created a real-life version of the video game Rocket League where a pair of remote control cars knocked a ball into each other’s nets in a small arena. It was fun, but lacked one of the best parts of the game: the cars’ ability to jump and rotate in air: a…
Two weeks ago, Donald Trump supporters stormed the Capitol building and uploaded an enormous archive documenting their crimes onto the embattled social media platform Parler. The consequences of that day will likely have ripple effects in the U.S. for years to come. But the digital trail left behind by rioters is providing an immediate demonstration…
Paramount+ is set to replace CBS All Access in less than two months. ViacomCBS announced today that it’ll debut its new streaming product on March 4, though it will continue to be expanded on into the rest of 2021. Announced in September of last year, Paramount+ will be the hub for all the assets scooped…
After a number of 13-inch MacBook Pros were found to suffer from screens with wonky backlights, Apple instituted a free repair program that this week has just been extended from four to five years after the laptop’s original date of sale. 13-inch MacBook Pro laptops affected by the issue were originally sold between October 2016…
It turns out the big news from last week wasn’t that Samsung finally ditched the bizarre bean design for its wireless earbuds, it’s that the company plans to dominate the ‘kids of the late ‘90s’ demographic with a charging case cover that camouflages the Galaxy Buds Pro as a retro clamshell cellphone. Days after a…
If you’ve just upgraded to a Sony PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, or Xbox Series S, you might be wondering whether your existing console is just going to sit in a corner gathering dust. Are you really going to go back to it all that much? If the answer is probably no, then you’ve got a…
Apple co-founder Steve Jobs has been selected for inclusion in something the Trump regime is calling the “Garden of American Heroes,” according to an announcement from the White House. The garden will feature statues of Americans who have contributed to history in some significant way. And while Jobs seems like an appropriate choice, it’s not…
In the weeks since Trump-sympathizing rioters laid siege to the U.S. Capitol, platforms have scrambled to account for the ways right-wing zealots used their communication networks to strategize, coordinate or otherwise inflame tensions related to the deadly insurrection. Apparently, Telegram has been no exception: On Monday, the app’s CEO and founder, Pavel Durov, said that the…
The pro-Trump insurgents who descended on the Capitol building earlier this month got up to a lot of dumb, violent, and almost certainly illegal antics. But this one takes the cake: A capitol rioter allegedly stole a laptop from House Speaker Nancy’s Pelosi’s office to try to pawn it off to the Russian government, according…
Drama is no stranger to Reddit, as many of you all might know. And while more than a few have snickered or giggled at Reddit arguments that have exploded or taken strange twists and turns, there’s now a new way to check out what’s happening in the comments. Micah Price, a software engineer from Cape…
