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vaping
Juul Shut Down Its Facebook and Instagram
The vaping company that’s popular with teens is going dark on social media, and changing how it uses Twitter and YouTube.
Samantha Cole
14 hours ago
wildfires
Rich People Pay for Private Firefighters While the Rest of Us Burn
Insurance companies offer exclusive firefighting services for high-paying clients that can help them mitigate the worst consequences of wildfire disasters. Most other people aren’t so lucky.
Caroline Haskins
17 hours ago
climate change
Climate Change May Practically Sterilize Male Insects
Male reproductive damage under heat wave conditions could be contributing to biodiversity declines in the Anthropocene.
Becky Ferreira
17 hours ago
UFO
Multiple Airline Pilots Report Seeing UFOs Off Irish Coast
Several commercial airline pilots radioed Shannon air traffic control to report bright, fast-moving lights last Friday.
Daniel Oberhaus
19 hours ago
SpaceX
Falcon 9 Backlog Delays Canada’s $1B Surveillance Project
The constellation of three satellites will surveil 90 percent of the Earth from orbit, but SpaceX's backlog has delayed the launch.
Jordan Pearson
19 hours ago
The Weakest Link
Inside the Messy, Dark Side of Nintendo Switch Piracy
Doxing rivals, stealing each other’s files, and poking around Nintendo’s servers are all a normal part of the ballooning Nintendo Switch hacking and piracy scenes.
Joseph Cox
21 hours ago
Gaming
Couple Who Ran ROM Site to Pay Nintendo $12 Million
Crackdown on ROM sites and emulators could spell an existential threat to retro gaming.
Wajeeh Maaz
a day ago
The Weakest
How to Securely Get Rid of Your Devices
How to clean out that drawer of old phones, laptops, and hard drives without having to worry about someone getting their hands on your data.
Lucian Constantin
a day ago
The Weakest Link
It’s Amateur Hour in the World of Spyware and Victims Will Pay the Price
We’re living in the golden age of spyware and government hacking, with companies rushing to join a blossoming billion dollar market. The weakest among us—activists or journalists—will suffer the consequences if we don’t regulate it appropriately.
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
a day ago
Gaming
'Overwatch' Esports Pro Says 'Probably 20 Players' Use Adderall in the Official League
"imagine if it was illegal to completely use adderall, they'd be so fucked."
Emanuel Maiberg
a day ago
backup your data
This Guy Is Suing Adobe for a Bug That Deleted Years of His Work
Freelancer Dave Cooper alleges a bug in Premiere Pro wiped out an unaccountable amount of video and photography work.
Matthew Gault
a day ago
climate change
Sons of the Pre-Apocalypse
My son was born last week, right before two historic wildfires hit California—his new home state—and burned whole cities to the ground.
Brian Merchant
2 days ago
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