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Tech

Encryption App Telegram Probably Isn’t as Secure for Terrorists as ISIS Thinks

11.18.15

By Joseph Cox
Tech

Tor Attack Could Unmask New Hidden Sites in Under Two Weeks

11.13.15

By Joseph Cox
Tech

Anonymous Has Changed the Way We Think About Anonymity

11.09.15

By Gabriella Coleman
Tech

A Professor Surveyed His Students to Find Out Why They’re Obsessed with Yik Yak

10.06.15

By Oliver Lee Bateman
Tech

‘Nameless Coalition’ Petitions Facebook to Rethink Its Real Name Policy

10.05.15

By Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
Tech

A Dozen Libraries Want to Host Tor Nodes to Protest Government Fearmongering

09.17.15

By Jason Koebler
Tech

‘Dissent,’ a New Type of Security Tool, Could Markedly Improve Online Anonymity

09.16.15

By J.M. Porup
Tech

The US Government Pressured a Small Local Library to Turn Off Its Tor Server

09.11.15

By J.M. Porup
4chan Apparently Got a User to Chop Off Part of a Toe Over the Weekend

08.31.15

By Mike Pearl
Tech

The Simple Trick Ashley Madison’s Users Could Have Used to Protect Themselves

08.19.15

By John Ambrosio
Tech

Public Libraries Will Operate Tor Exit Nodes to Make the Service More Secure

07.30.15

By Jason Koebler
Tech

Researchers Unveiled a New, Serious Vulnerability In Tor

07.29.15

By Jordan Pearson

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Music

Remember When Rick Rubin Held a Surprisingly Star-Studded Fake Funeral Connected to His Pioneering Hip Hop Label?

From Reverend Al Sharpton officiating, to a New Orleans-style procession, to a repast at a bowling alley, no one holds a fake funeral like Rick Rubin.

05.19.26

By Lauren Boisvert
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Music

3 Psych-Rock Albums That Sound Just as Good Today as They Did in Their Prime

These wildly underrated psych-rock albums still hold up decades later.

05.19.26

By Lauren Boisvert
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Life

‘Uniboob’ Is an Actual Medical Condition. Here’s How It Happens.

Doctors call it “bread-loafing.” Make of that what you will.

05.19.26

By Ashley Fike
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Life

The 37% Rule Says This Is How Many People You Should Date Before Choosing One

Get enough experience to know what you actually want

05.19.26

By Ashley Fike
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Life

If You Feel Guilty All the Time, You Probably Have a High IQ. Here’s Why.

Of course Freud is involved.

05.19.26

By Ashley Fike