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In the wake of the leak of tens of millions of Twitter and old Myspace passwords this week, you may have heard a lot about two-factor authentification, the supposed impenetrable firewall between you, the unsuspecting cloud-based electronics user, and a hacker. I’m here to tell you that if someone is deeply intent on hacking you,…
The Xbox One version of Fallout 4 and all of its downloadable content are currently free on the Xbox Store in what is either a massive price screw up or one of the best deals going for Xbox One owners. Fallout 4, its digital deluxe bundle and the game’s season pass all currently ring up for…
The Democratic primary is essentially over, and we are so, so tired. This is a relief for news site/Daily Show chronicler Salon.com, which for more than six months now has been publishing two articles over and over again. These can fairly be summed up as “Bernie Sanders Is Good, and Hillary Clinton Is Bad” and “What If Hillary Clinton Is…
Today, Elizabeth Warren issued a thorough and brutal attack on Donald Trump’s credibility. Predictably, Trump was asked about Warren’s comments in a press conference later that day. Trump, asked about Elizabeth Warren, “who’s that, the indian? You mean the indian?” — Olivia Nuzzi (@Olivianuzzi) March 21, 2016 This follows similar comments Trump made to Maureen…
if content is empty, don’t append this div. This helps with checking whether we need a lede or not In the last few weeks, the legal feud between Hulk Hogan and Gawker—which recently lost a $140 million lawsuit brought on by the wrestler, after Gawker published snippets of a Hogan-starring sex tape—has gotten deeply weird….
The Apple ecosystem is well known for very rarely letting any dodgy apps enter it because of the company’s stringent security checks. But recently, nearly two dozen malicious pieces of software managed to get hosted on the App Store, and subsequently downloaded by Chinese users. This is because attackers found an unorthodox route to exploit:…
Gawker Media is exploring options for litigation against Peter Thiel following the billionaire venture capitalist’s secret funding of lawsuits against the media company. According to a source within Gawker, the company’s legal team is looking to see if Thiel, who said he spent about $10 million funding other people’s suits, violated any laws. “The lawyers are exploring…
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Your Honour, my boy made a mistake. No one is denying that. But it’s important to remember that he was drunk, and that he is normally a very sweet boy who does not murder. My son has no prior criminal record and has never murdered anyone before. He has never even tried to murder anyone….