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Lawmakers Criticize McDonald’s for Spying on ‘Fight for $15’ Workers

02.25.21

By Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
Tech

McDonald’s Secretive Intel Team Spies on ‘Fight for $15’ Workers, Internal Documents Show

02.24.21

By Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai and Lauren Kaori Gurley
Tech

This Website Made Clubhouse Conversations Public

02.22.21

By Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
Tech

A Spyware Vendor Seemingly Made a Fake WhatsApp to Hack Targets

02.03.21

By Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai and Joseph Cox
Life

TikTok Is Watching You – Even If You Don’t Have an Account

01.21.21

By Riccardo Coluccini
Tech

This App Claims It Can Detect ‘Trustworthiness.’ It Can’t

01.19.21

By Todd Feathers
Pulse

This Redditor Tried to Beat Fake News on WhatsApp With More Fake News

01.13.21

By Pallavi Pundir
Tech

‘Your Cock Is Mine Now:’ Hacker Locks Internet-Connected Chastity Cage, Demands Ransom

01.11.21

By Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
Tech

This Simple Tool Will Help You See What Websites Know About You

01.07.21

By Matthew Gault
Tech

Meet Flipper, the Tamagotchi You Feed by Hacking Stuff

01.05.21

By Daniel Boguslaw
Pulse

Singapore Promised To Use Data for COVID Tracing Only. But Police Can Access It.

01.05.21

By Heather Chen
Life

Instagram Showed Me My Own Bedroom in Ads

12.29.20

By Vincenzo Tiani

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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.

4 days ago

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.

4 days ago

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.

4 days ago

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

4 days ago

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.

4 days ago

By Ashley Fike