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Former Uber security chief found guilty of covering up massive 2016 data breach

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Former Uber chief security officer Joe Sullivan has been found guilty of charges that he covered up a 2016 cyberattack where a hacker downloaded the personal information of more than 57 million people. The information stolen from Uber included ...

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Former Uber security chief found guilty of covering up massive 2016 data breach

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Know the price-matching policies for Best Buy, Target, Walmart, and others

Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Nothing is more frustrating than buying a new pair of headphones, an OLED, or a backpack just to find out that you could have gotten it for a lot cheaper somewhere else. In order to keep customers happy " and prevent them from going ...

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Know the price-matching policies for Best Buy, Target, Walmart, and others

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Phones from and by Google: a visual history of the Pixel and its predecessors

The 2016 Google Pixel next to the 2017 Google Pixel 2. This is the midpoint in Google's journey of delivering phones by Google. | Photo by Vlad Savov / The Verge Several years ago, if someone told you they had an Android phone, then it would have been safe to assume they were ...

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Phones from and by Google: a visual history of the Pixel and its predecessors

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Elon Musk can't fix Twitter because no one can

Elon Musk at the Met Gala, May 2022. | Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images A $44 billion mistake. We still have lots of questions and theories about Elon Musk's on-off-on-again deal to buy Twitter. But there's one thing that everyone opining about Twitter seems to agree on: Regardless ...

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Elon Musk can't fix Twitter because no one can

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Here are the best iPad deals right now

Select iPad models go on sale quite regularly. | Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge While some of the best iPad deals typically occur around Black Friday and Cyber Monday, you can still find plenty of great discounts at all times of the year if you know where to look. Whether you're ...

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Here are the best iPad deals right now

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A Twitter trial would expose Elon Musk to scrutiny. Buying Twitter might help him avoid it.

Elon Musk at Tesla's Gigafactory in Texas, April 2022. | Suzanne Cordeiro/AFP via Getty Images The billionaire might buy Twitter after all " and for once not get his way. Elon Musk wanted to buy Twitter. Then he didn't. Now, according to a letter he sent to Twitter earlier this ...

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A Twitter trial would expose Elon Musk to scrutiny. Buying Twitter might help him avoid it.

WIRED

The Psychological Impact of Consuming True Crime

From Serial to Netflix's Jeffrey Dahmer series, it's time to think about what pop culture's fascination with murder cases does to viewers?and victims.

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The Psychological Impact of Consuming True Crime

Engadget

Google will pay Arizona $85 million over illegally tracking Android users

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Google will pay Arizona $85 million over illegally tracking Android users

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The Internet Archive is building a library of amateur radio broadcasts

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The Internet Archive is building a library of amateur radio broadcasts

Fast Company

Why Gen Z women in Iran are burning their hijabs in the street

Mahsa Amini, also known as Jina, was walking out of a subway station in Tehran on September 16 when she was stopped by the government's so-called morality police. Amini, a 22-year-old who planned to begin university this fall, was wearing a headscarf–something that Iran has forced women to do since ...

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Why Gen Z women in Iran are burning their hijabs in the street

Fast Company

At this restaurant, everything on the menu is made from trash

Every week for the past six weeks, the menu has changed at a San Francisco restaurant and wine bar called Shuggie's Trash Pie. That's because the ingredients depend in part on what farmers plan to throw out on any given day: The restaurant's mission is to fight food waste. When we spoke, they were ...

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Fast Company

At this restaurant, everything on the menu is made from trash

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"It's the government's job to protect people": States are finally starting to ban "forever chemicals"

"Forever chemicals&x201D; are everywhere. The thousands of chemicals in the group known as perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, are found in cookware, packaging, cosmetics, clothing, carpet, electronics, firefighting foam, and many other products. The chemicals, which do not naturally ...

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"It's the government's job to protect people": States are finally starting to ban "forever chemicals"

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Leaders share their advice for Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson as she begins her first term on the Supreme Court

On Monday, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson sent a message that she would be a vocal member of the court as she dominated the questioning in a case on water pollution; then on Tuesday, she shined while calling out Black voter suppression. For a country that is changing with the rising tide of fascism, ...

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Leaders share their advice for Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson as she begins her first term on the Supreme Court

WIRED

10 Great Outdoor Deals on Tents, Jackets, and Snow Gear (2022)

Forget hiding indoors during the cold season. Enjoy the crisp autumn air with backyard grills, cozy camping gear, and more.

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10 Great Outdoor Deals on Tents, Jackets, and Snow Gear (2022)

Fast Company

How a centuries-old practice can stop leaders from quitting

As the Great Attrition marches on, leaders are eyeing the door themselves. But is quitting the solution to the problem"&xA0; Over the past year, intent for male leaders to stay has dropped 9 points; for female leaders, intent to stay has dropped a whopping 18 points. Burnout is a common denominator ...

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How a centuries-old practice can stop leaders from quitting

Engadget

Teenage Engineering and Love Hulten designed a drum machine 'with heart disease'

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Teenage Engineering and Love Hulten designed a drum machine 'with heart disease'

Fast Company

This 52-foot 'trash wheel? sucks plastic out of the water so it can be recycled

Floating at the side of a river that winds through densely populated neighborhoods in Panama City, a 52-foot-long robotic "trash wheel&x201D; sucks up plastic from the water and pulls it up a conveyor belt to be recycled. (The design, which&xA0;runs on hydropower and&xA0;uses solar power as a backup, ...

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This 52-foot 'trash wheel? sucks plastic out of the water so it can be recycled

Engadget

The best wireless headphones for 2022

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The best wireless headphones for 2022

Ars Technica

Amazon's Glow goes the way of the Fire Phone and dodo

Slow sales are reportedly to blame.

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Amazon's Glow goes the way of the Fire Phone and dodo

Engadget

Apple faces US labor complaint over union busting

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Apple faces US labor complaint over union busting

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Pure's new e-scooters are friendlier to novice riders

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Pure's new e-scooters are friendlier to novice riders

WIRED

How A British Teen's Death Changed Social Media

An inquest found content on Pinterest and Instagram contributed to the 2017 death of Molly Russell. The sites say they've changed?with opposing strategies.

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How A British Teen's Death Changed Social Media

Ars Technica

After cutting radar, Tesla now dropping ultrasonic sensors from its EVs

Most automakers use multiple redundant sensors. Tesla thinks otherwise.

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After cutting radar, Tesla now dropping ultrasonic sensors from its EVs

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Today's best deals: Google Pixel, Surface Pro 8, Amazon Kindle, and more

Dealmaster also has Garmin watches, 4K TVs, robot vacuums, and our favorite streaming sticks.

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Today's best deals: Google Pixel, Surface Pro 8, Amazon Kindle, and more

Ars Technica

Overwatch 2 launch marred by multiple DDoS attacks

Report suggests server queues are tens of thousands of players long.

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Overwatch 2 launch marred by multiple DDoS attacks

Ars Technica

Why Musk gave up: He's almost certain to lose Twitter case, law professor says

Court case over broken merger deal only happened "because Elon Musk is Elon."

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Why Musk gave up: He's almost certain to lose Twitter case, law professor says

Ars Technica

Who is ready for a fleet of cubesats flying over cities, displaying ads?

"Space advertising turns out to have a potential for commercial viability."

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Who is ready for a fleet of cubesats flying over cities, displaying ads?

WIRED

'Breath of the Wild' Changed the Way I Play Video Games

It's turning me from a binge player into a savor-the-moment gamer.

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'Breath of the Wild' Changed the Way I Play Video Games

WIRED

The US Needs to Recognize Intimate Privacy as a Civil Right

Digital privacy invasion isn't just a consumer protection issue. It's inextricably linked to equality, with urgent implications for women and minorities.

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The US Needs to Recognize Intimate Privacy as a Civil Right

WIRED

The FCC's Rules on Space Junk Just Got Stricter

A new and contentious five-year limit for getting rid of dead satellites could slow the growing orbital litter problem?if people actually abide by it.

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The FCC's Rules on Space Junk Just Got Stricter

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This year's physics Nobel Prize went to pioneers in quantum tech. Here's how their work could change the world.

The inside of an IBM System One quantum computer. | Bryan Walsh/Vox A brief guide to the weird and revolutionary world of quantum computers. Quantum computing is one of those technologies of the future " like nuclear fusion power or self-driving cars " that seems as potentially ...

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This year's physics Nobel Prize went to pioneers in quantum tech. Here's how their work could change the world.

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Elon Musk wants to buy Twitter again, spam bots and all

Elon Musk at a Norwegian energy summit, August 2022. | Carina Johansen/NTB/AFP via Getty Images The world's richest man has a $44 billion change of heart. (Maybe.) Elon Musk wants to buy Twitter for $44 billion. Again. The world's richest man has told Twitter that he"d like ...

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Elon Musk wants to buy Twitter again, spam bots and all

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Kim Kardashian's Instagram story just cost her $1.26 million

Kim Kardashian's crypto token ad didn't follow the rules. | Nathan Congleton/NBC via Getty Images The Securities and Exchange Commission kept up with the Kardashians. The crypto crackdown has come for Kim Kardashian. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced on ...

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Kim Kardashian's Instagram story just cost her $1.26 million