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Chinese Fans Abuse COVID App to See What Celebrities Look Like Without Makeup

12.29.20

By Viola Zhou
Tech

The Cybersecurity Stories We Were Jealous of in 2020

12.21.20

By Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai and Joseph Cox
Pulse

How Hong Kong Became a Testing Ground for an ‘Anti-Facebook’ Movement

12.18.20

By Holmes Chan
Pulse

Facial Recognition Is Running Amok in China. The People Are Pushing Back.

12.10.20

By Shen Lu
Tech

3 Million Pluto TV Users’ Data Was Hacked, But the Company Isn’t Telling Them

12.04.20

By Joseph Cox
Tech

Researchers Find Powerful Cellphone Location Surveillance in Europe, Middle East, Australia

12.01.20

By Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai and Joseph Cox
Tech

Facial Recognition Company Lied to School District About its Racist Tech

12.01.20

By Todd Feathers
Another City Is Using Crime Control as an Excuse for Facial Recognition Surveillance

11.27.20

By Varsha Rani
Tech

A Tech Gift Guide for the Savvy and Security-Conscious

11.27.20

By John Paul Titlow
Life

Five Reasons You Should Delete Telegram from Your Phone

11.25.20

By Sebastian Meineck
Life

‘Incognito Mode’ Is Actually Pretty Useless

11.20.20

By Sebastian Meineck
Tech

Streetlight Spy Cameras Have Led to a Massive Privacy Backlash in San Diego

11.18.20

By Katy Stegall

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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