Enlarge / Google results sent to remote servers. (credit: Robert Heaton) Google, Mozilla, and Opera have pulled a browser extension with more than two million downloads after it was caught tracking every website its users visited—and sending the data to a remote server. The Stylish extension allowed users to customize the look and feel of […]
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The cofounder of SparkNotes got a flood of hate mail when his site went live — and he knew it was a good sign
Hollis Johnson/Business Insider Sam Yagan is a lifelong entrepreneur and exec. He is the cofounder of OkCupid, and was head of the dating site conglomerate the Match Group for seven years. His first company was SparkNotes, which he founded while at Harvard. Yagan told Business Insider that when SparkNotes first launched, the team got a flood of […]
A Flash Zero Day, a DNA Site Breach, and More Security News This Week
A DNA site breach, a background check failure, and more security news this week. https://media.wired.com/photos/5b1b02e266dc162128d46481/master/pass/SecurityRoundup-966404120-w.jpg
RT's first-hand account of N.Korean nuke test site demolition
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 […]
Watch North Korea destroy Punggye-ri nuclear testing site (VIDEO)
The first video of the demolition of North Korea’s nuclear testing site at Punggye-ri shows tunnels in the mountainside being buried in rubble. The site was destroyed ahead of a planned summit in Singapore, now canceled by the US. The three operational tunnels at the site were demolished along with the accompanying structures, according to […]
RT arrives in N. Korea to witness closure of Punggye-ri nuclear test site (VIDEO)
After a two-hour charter flight from Beijing, RT’s Igor Zhdanov and a small team of international journalists have arrived in North Korea, where they will witness Pyongyang close its only nuclear test site at Punggye-ri. After Tuesday night’s trip to the nuclear site was called off, the team is staying in the resort city of […]
FCC investigates site that let most US mobile phones’ location be exposed
Enlarge / Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Oregon), as seen on April 18, 2018. (credit: New America / Flickr) The Federal Communications Commission has taken preliminary steps to examine the actions of LocationSmart, a southern California company that has suddenly found itself under intense public and government scrutiny for allowing most American cell phones’ locations to be […]
50 Cent just announced he’s leaving Instagram, where he has 18 million followers, because the site removed his content without telling him (FB)
Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images 50 Cent is a major influencer on Instagram. But now the rapper says he’s leaving Instagram because the social network removed content from his account without warning him first. He marked his return to Twitter with a photo of him raising a glass of rosé wine. Instagram may have just […]
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The Insider Picks team writes about stuff we think you’ll like. Business Insider has affiliate partnerships, so we get a share of the revenue from your purchase. Many apps and online services help interested investors trade stocks, bonds, and options, and save up for the future. At $ 4.95/trade and $ 3.95/trade for active investors, […]
'No release of chemicals is best proof there were none' – employee of bombed Syrian research site
An engineer at the now-bombed-out research facility north of Damascus, which the US claims was the heart of Syria’s chemical weapons program, says the labs were making medicine and testing toys for safety. RT Arabic correspondents have visited one of the main targets of the US-led missile attack on Syria, the Scientific Studies and Research […]
