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Tech

This Is the Code the FBI Used to Wiretap the World

07.07.22

By Joseph Cox
Tech

Government Report Reveals Its Favorite Way to Hack iPhones, Without Backdoors

01.28.20

By Todd Feathers
Tech

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

10.03.19

By Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
Tech

Barr Says Police Need Encryption Backdoors, Doesn’t Mention Hacking Tools They Use All the Time

07.23.19

By Joseph Cox
Tech

Experts Doubt Russian Claims That Cryptographic Flaw Was a Coincidence

05.08.19

By Joseph Cox
Tech

Experts Call for Transparency Around Google’s Chinese-Made Security Keys

08.31.18

By Joseph Cox
Tech

Cops Around the Country Can Now Unlock iPhones, Records Show

04.12.18

By Joseph Cox
News

Yahoo is giving the US government access to its tech in an unprecedented way, report says

10.05.16

By Noah Kulwin
Tech

20 Years Ago, A Senator Became the First US Lawmaker to Use Encryption

05.02.16

By Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
Tech

This Video Perfectly Explains The Encryption Debate

04.14.16

By Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
Tech

Congress’s New Encryption Bill Just Leaked, And It’s As Bad As Experts Imagined

04.08.16

By Janus Rose
Tech

The US Government Canceled Its Hearing with Apple Over iPhone Backdoor

03.21.16

By Sarah Jeong

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Shopping

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By Veronica Booth
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Gaming

I Know I’m 15 Years Late to the Party, but ‘Fallout: New Vegas’ May Have the Greatest Licensed Soundtrack Ever

I know I’m very behind the times, bit I just have to say that the soundtrack to ‘Fallout: New Vegas’ may be the greatest of all time.

4 hours ago

By Shaun Cichacki
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Life

WATCH: Sexy or Scary? The Rise of Clown Cult

“We can all use a little more clown in our life.”

5 hours ago

By Sammi Caramela
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Gaming

‘A Webbing Journey’ Looks Like the Most Adorable Little Freeform Chaos Simulator Around

Look, I’m legitimately terrified of spiders. But something about ‘A Webbing Journey’ speaks to my heart and soul, and I love it.

6 hours ago

By Shaun Cichacki
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Gaming

AI Darth Vader Is a Thing in ‘Fortnite’ Now, and It’s Going About as Well as We Could Have Expected

Well, it’s finally happened. ‘Fortnite’ has added an AI Darth Vader chatbot to the game, and the results are exactly what you imagined.

6 hours ago

By Shaun Cichacki