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Can Internet Trolls Take Down Obamacare?
Ted Cruz had his chance to derail Obamacare. Now it’s up to Internet trolls.
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U.S. Says Iran Hacked Navy Computers
U.S. officials said Iran hacked unclassified Navy computers in recent weeks in an escalation of Iranian cyberintrusions targeting the U.S. military. The allegations, coming as the Obama administration ramps up talks with Iran over its nuclear program, show the depth and complexity of long-standing tensions between Washington and Tehran.
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UK cyber defense unit promises to 'strike back' at enemies
The UK government announced last December that it was building a "Cyber Reserve" to protect itself, and now it has a few more details to divulge. Crucially, rather than merely focusing on defending the country from attacks, it'll also have an "offensive capability" to help it act as a deterrent.
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Anonymous and Scientology are at war again - on Craigslist
The hacktivist group Anonymous first gained national fame for “Operation Chanology” in 2008. The group hit the Church of Scientology with critical videos, distributed denial of service attacks and orchestrated pranks, like mass phone calls.
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How to Write Tweets That Your Followers Will Want To Retweet
If you do it right, you could go viral on Twitter. In fact, Twitter is one of the fastest ways you could go viral today. The key? Write compelling tweets that others will want to share. One retweet could reach hundreds or thousands of new people and each new person is another potential retweet. Imagine how quickly that could snowball.
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It's Still Easy to Get Away With Revenge Porn
"Revenge porn," it's called, is the act of online publishing intimate photos, videos and contact information of a person without his or her consent. Usually, it's the work of a disgruntled ex-partner or random hacker (the latter in Toups' case). Two weeks ago, California become the second state in the U.S. behind New Jersey to ban the practice. Now, New York is considering similar action.
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Who Wins in the Battle for Power on the Internet?
We’re in the middle of an epic battle for power in cyberspace. On one side are the traditional, organized, institutional powers such as governments and large multinational corporations. On the other are the distributed and nimble: grassroots movements, dissident groups, hackers and criminals.
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10 old letter-writing tips that work for emails
Before email, letter-writing guides were best sellers, the faddy self-help books of their day. There are still many things that we can learn from them before pressing "send", says Simon Garfield.
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Aaron Swartz Hackathons This Weekend to Continue his Work
This weekend, people in at least 16 cities around the world will take part in hackathons in memory of Aaron Swartz, the free software developer, writer, and activist. Aaron took his own life earlier this year after nearly two years of unjust prosecution under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA).
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Most of us don’t know what ‘net neutrality’ is, but we’ll be sorry when we lose it
Imagine a scenario in which the road network was owned and operated by private companies. There would need to be some sort of road charging system to raise the necessary revenues, which would be fine – as long as acceptable standards of quality and affordability were achieved.
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Forced Google Plus integration on YouTube backfires, petition hits 112,000
YouTube user fury is fueling this anti-Plus petition with over 112,000 signatures, increasing by the minute. (Update November 17, 10:12am PST: over 167,000 signatures.)
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Inside The Horrifying World Of Online Fat-Shaming
Sizeism in the workplace has increased by 66% over the last few decades, thanks to some general stereotypes about fat people: To gain so much weight, they must be lazy, greedy, unmotivated, and have poor self-discipline.
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Internet cafes in the developing world find out what happens when everyone gets a smartphone
Internet cafes across the developing world are reporting dwindling numbers of customers as smartphones make the mobile web ubiquitous. After all, why pay for web access on someone else’s creaky old PC when you can peruse Facebook on your Android device from anywhere you like?
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The Strange Saga of Steubenville Vigilante Deric Lostutter
Online vigilante Deric Lostutter helped expose the cover-up in the Steubenville rape case. Now he's facing more jail time than the convicted rapists.
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StarCraft II professional gamer MaddeLisk receives a personal sponsorship from XMG
Professional Starcraft player M|MaddeLisk receives a personal sponsorship from XMG And occasionally playing some Heartstone aswell :)
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A year later, DOJ unable to answer questions over Swartz’s death
A bipartisan group of lawmakers has called for an investigation into the death of hacktivist Aaron Swartz. The group criticized Attorney General Eric Holder about the Department of Justice’s handling of the prosecution of the activist. The eight lawmakers blasted Holder over the DOJ’s unwillingness to turn over information related to the case. The information was requested a year ago, and the lawmakers see the reports by the DOJ as inconsistent.
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The Feds Lost Net Neutrality, But Won Control of the Internet
No matter what you think of network neutrality -- for it, against it, it’s complicated, who cares -- the fact that a federal court just struck down most of the FCC’s net neutrality rules is clearly cause for concern. But not for the reasons you think.
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We are anonymous...
Mom! Not right now goddammmit...
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This Open Source Coder Wants to be a Congressman
The patent system. Online privacy law. Bitcoin regulations. Net neutrality rules. In the coming years, policy makers may have as much influence on technology as the world's hackers do -- if not more. So it should come as little surprise that a hacker is running for Congress.
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Here Are 25 Extraordinarily Unfortunate Typos That Probably Offended Lots Of People. #5... OMG.
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