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Edit: Instagram has fixed this issue, presumably because of this article. Facebook and Twitter still have not. I used Instagram as the prime example, but the main takeaway is that the target=”_blank” vulnerability is extremely common. The individual web developer should guard against it and the browsers should consider modifying this behavior. If you use…
Warcraft made loads of money in China. China was awesome, obviously. It’s still a hotbed of Warcraft-playing. We actually had incredible success in most of Europe, too. The UK, similar to the US, got down on the film fairly early on. But in Russia, Germany, France, Spain, pretty much any European country, and in China…
Facebook’s ability to figure out who you know in real life can sometimes be unnerving. The “People You May Know” list can be uncanny, leading many users to ask, “How do they know I know that person!?” Well, it’s possible that you actually told Facebook yourself. If at some point in the past you uploaded…
The dark winter of Chipotle’s soul stretches on as the company is hit with a class action lawsuit alleging that many of the friendly youths assembling burrito bowls in the last few years were stiffed on their wages. Whatever they tell you, no one works just for the love of the bowl. While Chipotle maintains…
As the dialogue surrounding the usage of trigger warnings and safe spaces continues on college campuses nationwide, one website has for years been enforcing an editorial policy that may further the conversation: EverydayFeminism.com, a self-proclaimed “educational platform for personal and social liberation,” does not use the term “trigger warning” in front of its articles, not because…
Aug. 30, 2016 3:10 p.m. ET Google is moving onto Uber Technologies Inc.’s turf with its own ride-sharing service in San Francisco that would help commuters carpool at far cheaper rates, according to a person familiar with the matter, jumping into a booming but fiercely competitive market. Google, a unit of Alphabet Inc., GOOGL -0.49…
Illustration by Angelica Alzona Greetings. You may know me as @byyourlogic, previously @swarthyvillain. If you’re on MMA Twitter, Politics Twitter, Saudi Twitter, Gnostic Twitter, Foodie Twitter, or Nipslip Twitter, you’ve probably seen me pop up. Twitter has been a big part of my life, and is more or less responsible for every red cent I’ve…
Zaida Pugh (via Facebook); screenshot from video Zaida Pugh, the self-proclaimed “actress” who pretended to be a homeless woman and unleashed a box full of crickets and worms on a crowded D train last week as part of a viral “prank,” has been arrested, according to police. The NYPD tells us Pugh was arrested…
Image: Shutterstock The New Yorker’s social media editor Saira Khan went ballistic in a lengthy Twitter rant about her experience as a Facebook curator. Her tirade comes just three days after Facebook fired all human curators from its trending news operation. Khan described “the most absurd” things she saw during her time working as a…
Image: AP Facebook unceremoniously fired at least 15 editors from its trending news team on Friday, as Quartz first reported. The decision to eliminate humans came three months after Gizmodo’s reporting revealed the inner workings of the trending news group, including allegations from former curators that their colleagues suppressed conservative news. Now, as Quartz reported,…