India’s Mandated Contact Tracing App Is An Invasive, Insecure Mess
Photo: Getty No matter how you feel about contact tracing, it’s been openly embraced by federal authorities around the world, from the UK, to Germany, to, well, you name it,…
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Judge Orders FCC to Hand Over IP Addresses Linked to Fake Net Neutrality Comments
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai testifies before the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Communications and Technology Subcommittee in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill December 05, 2019 in Washington,…
Telescopes Around the World Pick Up Mysterious Radio Burst Coming From Our Own Galaxy
Artist’s impression of a magnetarIllustration: ESO/L.Calçada. Astronomers just spotted an extremely bright burst of radio waves emanating from within our own galaxy. The surprising observation could help us understand the…
The Web’s .Org Domain Is Still Run by a Nonprofit
The battle over the future of .org domain names is over. For now. An organization called Icann, short for Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, handles the internet’s address…
The Web’s .Org Domain Is Still Run by a Nonprofit—for Now
The battle over the future of .org domain names is over. For now. An organization called Icann, short for Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, handles the internet’s address…
In Lovecraft Country’s First Trailer, American Racism Is the Ultimate Eldritch Abomination
Letitia (Jurnee Smollett-Bell) realizing that something is very, very wrong.Image: HBO Oftentimes when we dive into horrific stories full of otherworldly monsters, we do so in order to escape the…
How to Facetime a Bunch of Adorable Eels
Photo: Shutterstock The Sumida Aquarium in Japan is inviting people to have a short Facetime call with their tank of garden eels. This is no livestream; it’s a two-way call,…
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