Tor Project Completely Replaces Board After Sexual Assault Scandal

A little more than one month after the Tor Project’s public face Jacob Applebaum stepped down following accusations from multiple women that he sexually assaulted them, the nonprofit has completely replaced its board. Read more…

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Pokemon Go Added $7.5 Billion to Nintendo’s Value in Two Days 

It’s been a strange week for Pokemasters, dealing with armed robberies , dead bodies , and even accidental exercise . And nobody is happier than Nintendo, whose market value grew by $7.5 billion in two days as stock surged because everyone got hooked on Pokemon Go . Read more…

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You Can Now Jailbreak Just About Any Kindle

Jailbreaking a Kindle comes with a variety of benefits, including installing custom screensavers and software, but most recently the availability of the jailbreak has been restricted to a small handful of firmware. Now, its seeing a much wider release. Read more…

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Pokemon Go is Already Bigger Than Tinder

According to Maslow’s hierarchy of needs , only safety and physiological comfort are more important than love in our search for self-fulfillment. Maslow was wrong. A stronger driving force than love, apparently, is the need to catch ‘em all, seeing how Pokemon Go has already been installed more times after a week than Tinder in five years. Read more…

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Neanderthals Ate Each Other and Used Their Bones as Tools

For over a century, paleoanthropologists have been fascinated by a gory question: were Neanderthals cannibals? In recent years, we’ve found remains that suggest cannibalism did exist in various parts of southern Europe but new remains found in northern Europe add further evidence to the “yes” answer and tell us more about why cannibalism was practiced. Read more…

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A Screenshot Tour of MacOS Sierra, Your Mac’s Newest Operating System

The newest version of Apple’s operating system, macOS Sierra , won’t drop until fall, but a public beta is open to anyone gutsy enough to install it right now. If you’d rather leave your Mac alone but you’re still curious about what’s new, don’t worry, we’ll take a look at all the new features. Read more…

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The IRS Is Suing Facebook

Facebook could be in trouble with the US Internal Revenue Service. The Justice Department filed a lawsuit on Wednesday, hoping compel Facebook to turn over information regarding any transfer of global assets to an Irish-based holding company on its 2010 tax return. The IRS is investigating whether Facebook undervalued transfer assets by billions of dollars, according to Law.com Read more…

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The TSA Is About to Make Airport Security Less Terrible

It’s been a bad couple of days / months / lifetime for the Transport Security Administration, but there’s some good news. The much loathed government agency is going to try to make airport screening less terrible with fancy new automated security checkpoints. Read more…

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