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Life

Six Reasons Why Google Maps Is the Creepiest App On Your Phone

11.12.20

By Sebastian Meineck
Tech

LexisNexis to Pay $5 Million Class Action Settlement for Selling DMV Data

11.05.20

By Joseph Cox
TikTok Continues to Rise in Popularity Despite Controversies

11.05.20

By Frankie Lantican
Tech

Amazon’s Surveillance Drones Violate FCC Rules. It’s Time To Enforce Them

11.03.20

By Albert Fox Cahn and Evan Greer
Tech

Buyers Abused DMV Data, California DMV Says

10.29.20

By Joseph Cox
Tech

The IRS Is Being Investigated for Using Location Data Without a Warrant

10.06.20

By Joseph Cox
Tech

The European Court Just Ruled That Bulk Data Retention Schemes Are Illegal

10.06.20

By Gabriel Geiger
Tech

If You Live in Illinois, Facebook Probably Owes You $400

09.24.20

By Lauren Kaori Gurley
Tech

Surveillance Company Explains How to Keep Facebook From Detecting Fake Accounts in Leaked Manual

09.22.20

By Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
Pulse

Trump’s WeChat Ban Could Cut Off Chinese Americans From Their Families

09.19.20

By Trone Dowd
Tech

Facebook Testing Implications of Privacy-Invading Tech By Invading People’s Privacy

09.18.20

By Edward Ongweso Jr
Pulse

China has Been Doing ‘Mass Surveillance’ on Millions of Citizens in US, UK, Australia and India

09.14.20

By Gavin Butler

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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