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VPN setting on Apple iPhone 12 screen

Using a VPN on iOS still is a major security risk

'At this point, I see no reason to trust any VPN on iOS'

On Aug 17, 2022 by Jacob Seitz

Tech
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    How accusations around a major NFT release sank it—and raised questions about an alleged NFT ‘ring’

  • A man wearing a mask and carrying a flag.

    How fears of the ‘antifa apocalypse’ set the stage for QAnon

  • How an Oath Keeper brought QAnon to the masses

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Newsletter: Dr. Oz mercilessly mocked for crudité clip

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On Aug 17, 2022 by Andrew Wyrich

Internet Culture IRL Tech
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Mark Zuckerberg’s new Metaverse selfie is so bad people can’t believe it’s real

Posted from the Meta VR platform Horizon Worlds, this selfie is being mocked for its clunky graphics.

On Aug 17, 2022 by Gavia Baker-Whitelaw

Tech
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EXCLUSIVE: ‘Say hi to the Donald for us’: Florida police briefed armed right-wing group before they went to Jan. 6 protest

D.C. is a 'dirty city,' the cops say.

On Aug 17, 2022 by Eric Levai

Tech
pregnant woman checking phone

Only one pregnancy tracking app has adequate privacy, security policies, study finds

Mozilla points out 18 health apps that it believes consumers should avoid.

On Aug 17, 2022 by Mikael Thalen

Tech
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Amazon claims FTC is harassing Jeff Bezos by asking him to testify about Prime

Amazon confirmed an FTC investigation into Prime and called the asks from Bezos 'grossly unreasonable'

On Aug 16, 2022 by Jacob Seitz

Tech
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A TikToker is taking the true crime genre to task after NBC ‘glamorizes’ the murder of her mother

'It just glamorizes the perpetrator and there’s these families that have gone through all of it.'

On Aug 16, 2022 by Claire Goforth

IRL Tech
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Top TikTokers are organizing to fight for overworked Amazon employees

Creators are refusing to monetize their accounts for Amazon unless the company meets workers' demands.

On Aug 16, 2022 by Mikael Thalen

Tech
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Newsletter: Trump supporters flood TikTok with civil war videos

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On Aug 16, 2022 by Andrew Wyrich

Internet Culture IRL Tech
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‘Judas’: Gab users are furious its founder handed over data to the FBI without a subpoena

'Gab is losing the free speech mantra.'

On Aug 16, 2022 by Claire Goforth

Tech
young man in Amazon warehouse with caption "i shoulda known i was getting myself into some hard work when i started at amazon..these mfs got group stretches before our shift" (l&r) amazon warehouse (c)

‘TF am I stretching at work for?’: Amazon warehouse worker says workers stretch as group before shift, sparking debate

'My shoulder still hurts and I haven’t worked there since 2020.'

On Aug 16, 2022 by Braden Bjella

IRL Tech
A large fire in a crop field next to a comment blaming the governmentRob and Stephanie Levy

Conspiracy theorists keep claiming that the government is purposely burning food crops

The claim isn’t true and is part of a larger effort to blame current food-chain issues on a sinister plot.

On Aug 16, 2022 by Mikael Thalen

Tech
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Inside the Proud Boys’ ties to ghost gun sales

Several Proud Boys have been selling ghost guns online.

On Aug 15, 2022 by Tina-Desiree Berg

Tech
Dr. Oz in the grocery store

Asparagus and guac: Dr. Oz builds a nonsensical vegetable platter to complain about inflation in resurfaced video

His point about inflation fell flat.

On Aug 15, 2022 by Claire Goforth

Tech
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Newsletter: No, the government isn’t burning crops

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On Aug 15, 2022 by Andrew Wyrich

Internet Culture IRL Tech

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