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Before the third and final presidential debate, Donald Trump went live on Facebook in what may have been the first dry run of Trump TV. The broadcast was watched by nearly 9 million people as of this writing and came together, in part, thanks to help from Facebook. According to a Facebook spokesperson, the social…
Your Post Has Been Launched! Fabulous! Don’t forget to share with your friends on Twitter and Facebook. Ivanka Trump once told a gathering of friends and acquaintances she had never seen “a mulatto cock,” BuzzFeed founder and chief executive Jonah Peretti alleged Wednesday. “Surprised Ivanka would be shocked by lewd language,” Peretti tweeted. “I met…
As KrebsOnSecurity observed over the weekend, the source code that powers the “Internet of Things” (IoT) botnet responsible for launching the historically large distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack against KrebsOnSecurity last month has been publicly released. Here’s a look at which devices are being targeted by this malware. The malware, dubbed “Mirai,” spreads to vulnerable devices by…
GIF Take a trip over to DonaldJTrump.com, and you’ll be greeted by the nice, prominent donation ticker you see above. The implication, of course, is that all these people have just added their name to Team Trump—and you should, too! Except that, at least according to the site’s source code, those “donations” you see scrolling…
Over the past year or two, someone has been probing the defenses of the companies that run critical pieces of the Internet. These probes take the form of precisely calibrated attacks designed to determine exactly how well these companies can defend themselves, and what would be required to take them down. We don’t know who…
Calling Hillary Clinton a “nasty woman” may have been the best thing Donald Trump has ever done for her campaign. Trump has spent most of the election reminding us just how difficult it can be for a woman to run for president in a world still steeped in patriarchy. First there was that debate when…
render left third party share bar style=”background: url(../images/patterns/paper-noise.png) top left white;” story headline Miley Cyrus is trying to get your vote in Virginia story top video story create time WUSA 2:58 PM. EDT October 20, 2016 story body NEW YORK, NY – OCTOBER 22: Miley Cyrus attends the 30th Annual Night Of Stars presented by…
Despite spending hundreds of millions of dollars on security upgrades, U.S. media organizations have failed to properly protect their newsrooms from cyberattacks on their websites, communications systems and even editing platforms — opening themselves up to the possibility of a chaos-creating hack around Election Day. In just the past month, BuzzFeed has been vandalized, and…
closemoreNYU students react while watching the presidential debate between Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton and Republican candidate Donald Trump during a debate watch gathering, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2016, in New York. (Julie Jacobson/AP) COMMENTARY Because he has no real interest in the boring parts of being president, such as governing the country, Donald J….
In-N-Out Is Crushingly Disappointing In-N-Out Is Crushingly Disappointing Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg/Getty Images Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg/Getty Images Everybody loves In-N-Out. Anthony Bourdain called it the best restaurant in Los Angeles. Walter Sobchak is addicted to its toasty buns (they ease his temperament). It draws people in from highways like moths to a cheese-covered flame and has…