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With a series of loud blasts, North Korea’s only nuclear test site – underground tunnels and surface infrastructure – went up in a cloud of dust. RT was at the scene to witness the historic demolition. Invited along with reporters from a handful of other media outlets, RT’s Igor Zhdanov saw the destruction from a […]
Enlarge / Moxie Marlinspike, founder of Signal. (credit: Knight Foundation) Last week, Amazon announced a change to an Amazon Web Service designed specifically to end the use of domain fronting—the exploitation of a content delivery network’s architecture to conceal the actual destination of encrypted Internet traffic. At the same time, Amazon issued a warning to […]
After weeks of rumours and much speculation, Google has finally released its Gmail update. This huge upgrade not only brings a less cluttered look to the popular email service but also a swathe of new and very useful features. Google is trying hard to help its users cope with the barrage of daily emails and […]
Joe Raedle/Getty Your IRS tax refund will typically be available within 21 days if you file electronically. Filing taxes electronically with direct deposit ensures the refund gets to your bank account quicker, the IRS says. The IRS has resources to help you file your taxes and get your refund quickly. Most people dread filing their […]
Enlarge Hundreds of Amazon customers have taken to social media to voice frustrations about their accounts being mysteriously deactivated, with no reason given by the online retailer. For the past week, customers have reported that when attempting to log in to their Amazon accounts, a message pops up stating that an account associated with their […]
Facebook has been hit with a string of controversies surrounding alleged data breaches this month. The social media giant was hit by allegations a third-party consulting company collected data on 50 million people without consent to influence the US Presidential Election. And now whistleblowers have revealed Facebook has been allegedly collecting data on phone calls […]
Paul Marotta/Getty Images Lots of software developers and apps may have access to your Facebook data that you don’t remember granting. If you’re worried about your digital privacy, now is a good time to check up on your “Facebook Platform” settings, which is the tool that Trump-affiliated data firm Cambridge Analytica used to illicitly obtain personal, […]
Jeff Spicer/Getty Images Jameela Jamil, a model, “The Good Place” star, and radio presenter is an outspoken advocate for body positivity. She recently started an Instagram account called I Weigh where people can show how they measure themselves in ways besides their weight. People submit pictures of themselves juxtaposed with the positive ways they measure […]
Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images The No. 16 UMBC Retrievers made history on Friday night, defeating top-ranked Virginia in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. As the game played out, the @UMBCAthletics Twitter account rapidly gained, live-tweeting the upset and taking vengeance on sportswriters who dismissed the Retrievers too early. UMBC will play again on Sunday […]
Wiki Commons A spokesperson for the Olive Garden parent company, Darden Restaurants, denied that it sent a cease-and-desist letter to a Seinfeld parody account on Friday. The apparently fake letter demanded that the account @Seinfeld2000 remove an earlier tweet that said, “respect to Olive Garden for no longer selling AR-15s at all their locations.” It […]
