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Tech

Proctorio Is Using Racist Algorithms to Detect Faces

04.08.21

By Todd Feathers
Pulse

Facebook Says It’s Your Fault That Hackers Got Half a Billion User Phone Numbers

04.07.21

By David Gilbert
Tech

‘Coded Bias’ Is the Most Important Film About AI You Can Watch Today

04.06.21

By Janus Rose
Tech

‘Fight for $15’ Files Charges Against McDonald’s for Illegally Spying on Workers

04.01.21

By Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai and Lauren Kaori Gurley
Tech

Google Faces Class Action for Allegedly “Selling Users’ Data”

03.29.21

By Joseph Cox
Tech

How Musicians and Sex Workers Beat Facial Recognition in New Orleans

03.26.21

By Caroline Sinders
Tech

T-Mobile, Verizon, AT&T Stop SMS Hijacks After Motherboard Investigation

03.25.21

By Joseph Cox
Tech

Civil Rights Groups Want Tech Sites to Stop Reviewing Amazon’s Ring Cameras

03.24.21

By Todd Feathers
Tech

Cars Have Your Location. This Spy Firm Wants to Sell It to the U.S. Military

03.17.21

By Joseph Cox
A Hacker Got All My Texts for $16

03.15.21

By Joseph Cox
Tech

Indicted CEO of Encrypted Phone Firm ‘Sky’ Says He Will Clear His Name

03.14.21

By Joseph Cox
Pulse

How the Government Spies on Welfare Claimants

03.02.21

By Josh Gabert-Doyon

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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