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Small stickers on the ground trick Tesla autopilot into steering into opposing traffic

Researchers from Tencent Keen Security Lab have published a report detailing their successful attacks on Tesla firmware, including remote c...

Banksy's art authentication system displays top-notch cryptographic nous

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Banksy's anonymity makes it hard to authenticate his pieces and prints, so Banksy has created a nonprofit called "Pest Control...

The Boston Globe on breaking up Big Tech falls into the trap of tech exceptionalism

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The Boston Globe has published a giant weekend package of responses to Elizabeth Warren's proposal to break up the Big Tech monopolies...

Animated David Byrne/Big Suit enamel pin

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PSA Press's $15 Stop Making Sense pin is jointed for moving Big Suit action, just like in the greatest concert movie ever made ; I just...

Frazetta sweatta

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The $100 Frank Frazetta Death Dealer Xmas sweater is licensed, with a portion of the proceeds going to the Frazetta museum in East Stroudsb...

Researchers find mountains of sensitive data on totalled Teslas in junkyards

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Teslas are incredibly data-hungry, storing massive troves of data about their owners, including videos of crashes, location history, contact...

Facebook owns Netscape

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AOL bought Netscape, renamed it New Aurora Corporation, sold it to Microsoft, who sold it to Facebook , where it is a "non-operating su...

I want to go to the cast iron market in Brimfeld, Mass

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I want to go there. My favorite pan is a Wagner I got at Goodwill in San Francisco. I especially like to refinish cast iron waffle irons...

Second try with my neglected sourdough starter

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Sourdough is not the complicated, finicky bread baking technique some folks might like you to believe. Sourdough baking takes very little ef...

Alex Jones's deposition over his role in the harassment of Sandy Hook parents is a total shitshow

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As the lawsuit against Alex Jones for his role in directing and encouraging the vicious harassment of the parents of children murdered at t...

Watch Betsy DeVos smirk and smile as she ignores questions about her attempt to gut the Special Olympics

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Watch CNN's @ryanobles try to ask Betsy DeVos about proposed federal cuts to the Special Olympics. pic.twitter.com/69yzJsq5Hy — Danie...

Brexit Crisis: Church of England to host Emergency Tea Parties

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With the Prime Minister's Brexit deal failing for the third time to receive Parliament's blessing and the looming possibility of cr...

Oklahoma Republicans introduce bill forcing doctors to warn abortion patients about the existence of an imaginary "reversible abortion"

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On Tuesday, the Oklahoma House Judiciary Committee approved Senate Bill 614 , which forces doctors to counsel patients seeking medical abort...

War criminal and snowflake Erik Prince cancels Beloit College talk after student protests, threatens lawsuit

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Genie Ogden writes, "Former Blackwater CEO Erik Prince ( previously ) was invited to speak at Beloit College last night, by the right w...

The Chinese Communist Party's newspaper has spun out an incredibly lucrative censorship business

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People.cn is a publicly listed subsidiary of The People's Daily, the official newspaper of the Chinese Communist Party; its fortunes are...

New York State goes after the Sackler family's opioid fortune, claims they funneled their Oxy millions through offshore laundries

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The Sacklers ( previously ) are mostly known around the world as "philanthropists," with their names adorning the wings of galleri...

After the Parkland shooting, NRA official reached out to Sandy Hook denier to discuss possibility that it was an anti-gun conspiracy

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NRA training instructor and program coordinator Mark Richardson is a veteran of the organization, having worked there since at least 2006; i...

British parliament rejects Prime Minister May's Brexit plan for third time

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This time she'd promised to resign if they approved it, paving the way for new leadership to execute Prime Minister Theresa May's de...

Come see me this weekend at Anaheim's Wondercon!

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This weekend, I'm wrapping up the tour for my new book Radicalized at Anaheim's Wondercon , where I'm giving a keynote appearan...

Soviet space dog shoes

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Belka and Strelka, who both survived their trip to orbit , are immortalized here on a pair of shoes. Soviet Space Dog Shoes [$59, octophan...

How to save your ass if the Boeing 737 MAX you're flying decides to nosedive

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In the extremely unlikely event that you end up piloting a Boeing 737 MAX jet and it decides to nosedive, here's a 20 minute tutorial f...

Grooveless metal engineering

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In this otherwise unsourced video ( via Singaporean news site Mothership ) we may enjoy seeing parts so finely engineered that when they a...

Inexpensive adjustable smart phone stand for desktop

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This desktop phone stand has a heavy base and a platform that swivels up to 45 degrees. The platform is coated with silicone rubber so as n...

AOC is going to Appalachia to talk to coal miners

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After Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez delivered a blistering rebuttal to Rep Sean Duffy's [R-WI] charge that the Green New Deal ...

NSA ex-contractor Harold Martin pleads guilty to willful retention of national defense data

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Former NSA contractor Harold Martin today changed his plea to guilty, on charges of willful retention of national defense information. Haro...

NSA domestic surveillance debate returns to Congress with 'Ending Mass Collection of Americans’ Phone Records Act'

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Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA 19th District), Rep. Justin Amash (R-MI 3rd District), and Sen, Ron Wyden (D-OR) are introduci...

Russian agent Maria Butina to be sentenced in U.S. on April 26

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Convicted Russian spy Maria Butina, who admitted to working in the United States as an agent of the Russian government to infiltrate the NRA...

How hedge funds, Goldman Sachs, and corrupt executives used Gymboree's chaotic bankruptcy to cash out while destroying the careers of loyal employees

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Gymboree is one of the many companies acquired by Mitt Romney's Bain Capital, through a "leveraged buyout" through which the c...

Trump's U.S. Energy Secty. Rick Perry gave 6 secret authorizations to sell nuclear technology to Saudi Arabia: Reuters

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U.S. Department Of Energy Secretary Rick Perry gave “six secret authorizations by companies to sell nuclear power technology and assistance ...

Twitter update lets iOS users go ‘Lights Out,’ adds automatic dark modes

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Today, Twitter announced expanded 'dark mode' options for iOS users. Previously, Twitter offered a blue/gray dark mode theme, but th...

Leaked Apple docs describe support program for 3rd-party repairs, just as right-to-repair bills in 20 states would require

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Documents from Apple leaked to reporters describe a program of support for third-party repairs, and the details sound like it was intended t...

Sting operation: the NRA explains to white nationalist Australian political party how to deflect gun control calls after a massacre

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Australian Al Jazeera reporter Rodger Muller infiltrated a meeting between the US National Rifle Association and Australia's far-right/w...

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