The internet is losing its mind over Donald Trump’s ‘covfefe’ tweet
Welcome to the internet, where famous people can invent new words simply by failing to realize they typed gibberish into Twitter. Today’s example comes from …
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The FBI illegally shared collected data on Americans with third parties
When the FBI obtains data on US citizens, oftentimes from the NSA, the agency is obligated to abide by some pretty strict protections when it comes to …
Donald Trump only has one app on his iPhone, and you’ll never guess what it is
Actually, that’s false. Anyone who’s witnessed one of the early-morning presidential tweetstorms will know exactly what Trump has installed. For Trump, Twitter is a gateway …
Congress calls out Trump’s lies, urges him to stop spreading fake news
Trump has a fake news problem, and everybody knows it. While he keeps labeling most of the media reports that criticize him and his administration …
FCC votes to begin screwing up the internet
The Federal Communications Commission today voted 2-to-1 to begin the process of overturning net neutrality rules. The rules, which were put in place just two …
All the Trump insanity you missed while you were sleeping last night
As chaotic as the first one hundred days of Trump’s presidency were, revelations of wrongdoing and misconduct have been coming out at a breakneck speed …
Watch live as House Democrats hold news conference on Trump and Russia
Following a week of nonstop bombshell reports regarding President Donald Trump, former FBI Director James Comey and the leak of highly classified information to Russian …
Trump’s classified intel leak was about the airplane laptop ban
The United States and Britain are two countries that are currently barring passengers on flights from certain Muslim countries from bringing laptops and tablets in …
New documentary details Trump’s alleged ties to Russian mobsters
A Dutch sketch that went viral soon after Donald Trump took office urged the new president to make the Netherlands second, and a meme was …
Trump signs executive order to fix the cybers
President Trump has signed an executive order aimed at strengthening the nation’s cybersecurity capabilities, according to a report from Reuters. The text of the order has …
Anti-net-neutrality bots are spamming the FCC with bogus comments
According to reports published by The Verge and ZDNet, identical anti-net-neutrality comments are being spammed to the Federal Communications Commission, using the names and addresses of real individuals. …
Watch Sally Yates testify before Senate about Michael Flynn and Russia
On Monday afternoon, former acting Attorney General Sally Yates is set to testify in front of the Senate subcommittee investigating Russia’s interference in the U.S. …
French election campaign hit by ‘massive hacking attack’
French presidential frontrunner Emmanuel Macron has condemned a “massive hacking attack” on his election campaign, after a number of emails purporting to be from his campaign …
North Korea says the US planned biochemical attack to kill supreme leader Kim Jong-Un
Does the US want to assassinate North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un? If real, a plan like that would certainly address a bunch of problems for the Trump …
Politicians who voted to gut web privacy are now being shamed on huge billboards
Remember back in March when the totally-not-corrupt, democratically-elected politicians in Congress voted to allow ISPs to continue conducting the shady business of compiling and selling …
Here’s Donald Trump’s first tweet ever
Donald Trump started tweeting eight years ago today, a strategy that ultimately turned him from a real estate magnate and reality-TV star to becoming the …
This is why we need real net neutrality rules
In a recent op-ed, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai trotted out one of his favorite concepts: if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. His argument for …
Trump on his first 100 days in office: ‘I thought it would be easier’
As Trump’s first one hundred days in office come to a close, Americans are reflecting on what the president and his administration have been able to …
This is the FCC’s plan to kill net neutrality
The Federal Communications Commission has unveiled its plan to undo net neutrality rules passed by the Obama-era FCC in 2015. The plan involves undoing a …
US Justice Department wants to arrest Wikileaks founder Julian Assange
US authorities are taking steps to formally file charges against and arrest Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, according to a new report from CNN. For the …
Trump’s FCC chairman is full of crap
Earlier this week Ajit Pai, the new chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, took time out of his busy schedule of screwing consumer privacy to …
After killing privacy, net neutrality is the FCC’s next target
The Trump-era Federal Communications Commission lost no time in rolling back Obama-era privacy rules that prevented internet providers from collecting and selling customer data without consent. …
North Korea likely behind $81M hack at the Federal Reserve, report says
North Korea may have been behind last year’s $81 million heist at the Bangladesh central bank’s account at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, …
New bill would actually protect your privacy, for a change
A bipartisan bill introduced by four Congressional lawmakers would outlaw warrantless searches of smartphones at the US border, ending a loophole that currently allows border agents …
Trump’s FCC: actually, competitive broadband is bad
Under the Obama administration, the Federal Communications Commission approved the merger of Charter and TWC, subject to a few conditions. One of the conditions was …
Trump’s Android phone has been repealed and replaced
Apple is a company known for many things, and class-leading gadgets is at the top of the list. The company’s iPod changed the way we …
Congress just gave ISPs the green light to sell your browsing history to strangers
In a vote today, House Republicans passed a bill that would undo FCC privacy rules surrounding how internet service providers can collect and use customers’ …
FBI investigates troll comments on Breitbart, because apparently there’s nothing else to do
An FBI probe into Russian influence on the US presidential election is now examining the role of news websites, according to a report in McClatchy. …
ISPs can now sell your browsing history without permission, thanks to the Senate
The US Senate has voted to overturn consumer privacy laws enacted last year by the FCC. The rules, which forced internet service providers to actually …
Lawmakers could start killing the FCC rules that protect your privacy tonight
According to a report in Recode, lawmakers in the Senate could act tonight to tear down privacy rules instituted by the Federal Communications Commission under President …
