mikael-thalen

Mikael Thalen


Mikael Thalen is a tech and security reporter covering social media, data breaches, hackers, and more.

A military base in Minecraft

People are convinced a man was arrested for putting classified military bases in Minecraft

The allegation is entirely fabricated.

On Nov 29, 2022 by Mikael Thalen

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Elon Musk quietly deletes meme featuring prominent white nationalist Capitol rioter

The Twitter CEO shared an image of Pepe the Frog shortly after.

On Nov 28, 2022 by Mikael Thalen

Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene speaking in front of red white and blue background (l) California State Senator Scott Wiener speaking while wearing a mask outside (r)

Marjorie Taylor Greene calls gay politician ‘groomer’ after he denounces phrase as anti-LGBTQ slur

Greene's remarks come after 5 were killed at a gay club over the weekend.

On Nov 23, 2022 by Mikael Thalen

Died Suddenly documentary image caption 'STEW PETERS PRESENTS FROM THE DIRECTORS OF THESE LITTLE ONES AND WATCH THE WATER DIED SUDDENLY NOVEMBER 2022'

Anti-vax film ‘Died Suddenly’ is littered with fake claims, testing boundaries of Musk’s Twitter

The film is filled with footage of fainting individuals who never actually died.

On Nov 22, 2022 by Mikael Thalen

wikileaks logo under a microscope

WikiLeaks website is struggling to stay online—as millions of documents disappear

Of its alleged 10 million documents leaked, less than 3,000 remain accessible on WikiLeaks' website.

On Nov 22, 2022 by Mikael Thalen

Spongebob Squarepants and Jeffrey Epstein

Conspiracy theorists think Jeffrey Epstein was referenced in an episode of ‘Spongebob’

The allegation is obviously false.

On Nov 22, 2022 by Mikael Thalen

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Kyle Rittenhouse mocked an LGBTQ event for having armed guards—hours later a gay nightclub was shot up

Rittenhouse also appears to have changed his profile picture from one with a firearm to one without.

On Nov 21, 2022 by Mikael Thalen

Breaking Bad character Todd Alquist (l) Kari Lake (r)

‘Who the hell was rooting for Todd?’: Kari Lake trolled for supporting child-killing neo-Nazi from ‘Breaking Bad’

'This makes a disturbing amount of sense in hindsight.'

On Nov 17, 2022 by Mikael Thalen

Starlink satellite in Earth orbit

‘He who created the heavens will be very angry’: Religious zealots hate Elon Musk’s Starlink for blocking God’s view of Earth

'Why are you allowing a weapons-grade technology to be installed over American citizens?'

On Nov 17, 2022 by Mikael Thalen

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‘Sci-fi movie’: Why does Lowe’s have a ‘perimeter defense’ system?

'Can someone please explain to me what those actually do?'

On Nov 16, 2022 by Mikael Thalen

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‘It looks like toddlers put this together’: Viral TikTok shows poor build quality of Teslas, sparking debate

'I get Teslas are a touchy subject... but this I don't understand.'

On Nov 15, 2022 by Mikael Thalen

Kari Lake speaking into microphone in front of window and red white and blue background

‘Not crying now’: Kari Lake trolled by moderate Republicans following election loss

Lake's political foes are reveling in her defeat.

On Nov 15, 2022 by Mikael Thalen

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The dumbest conspiracy theories that spread on election day

Even conspiracy theories that had been debunked two years prior resurfaced once again.

On Nov 15, 2022 by Mikael Thalen

Ex Meta employee speaking caption 'so it's been about an hour since I found out that I was laid off from Meta' (l) Meta logo on corporate building (c) Ex Meta employee speaking caption 'I am part of the 11 000 employees that were laid off' (r)

‘This was literally my dream job’: Meta employee says she was fired via company-wide email

Meta laid off more than 11,000 employees earlier this week.

On Nov 11, 2022 by Mikael Thalen

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Scammer behind 40% of all student loan debt robocalls identified, shut down

Upwards of 40% of such scam calls made last month came from a single source.

On Nov 10, 2022 by Mikael Thalen