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Tech

LA Is Partnering With an Infamous Crime-Reporting App to Track Coronavirus

09.11.20

By Edward Ongweso Jr
Tech

Here’s How Police Request Data From WhatsApp and Facebook

09.10.20

By Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
Tech

Amazon Is Hiring an Intelligence Analyst to Track ‘Labor Organizing Threats’

09.01.20

By Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
Tech

FTC Probes Huge Financial Data Broker Yodlee

08.28.20

By Joseph Cox
Tech

Arizona DMV Sells Drivers’ Photos and SSNs to Private Investigators

08.28.20

By Joseph Cox
Tech

‘Stop Hiding Behind Your Platform:’ Sweden Welcomes Amazon With Scathing Letter

08.27.20

By Todd Feathers
Tech

The Loophole the DMV Uses to Sell Your Data to Private Investigators

08.27.20

By Joseph Cox
Tech

CBP Now Has a Massive Searchable Database for Devices Seized at the Border

08.24.20

By Todd Feathers
The Viral Reface App Could Make Our Deepfake Problem Worse

08.21.20

By Shamani Joshi
Tech

California DMV Is Selling Drivers’ Data to Private Investigators

08.18.20

By Joseph Cox
Tech

Secret Service Bought Phone Location Data from Apps, Contract Confirms

08.17.20

By Joseph Cox
Pulse

People Who Complained About Police at a BLM Protest Just Had Their Email Addresses Leaked

08.13.20

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