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Hackers Hiding Malware Inside Fake Call of Duty: Warzone Cheats
Photo: Robert Reiners (Getty Images) Look out, n00bs. Hackers are apparently deploying fake game “cheats” for Call of Duty: Warzone.…
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New York Legalizes Weed After Cuomo Signs Historic MRTA
Photo: Justin Heiman (Getty Images) Gov. Andrew Cuomo has just legalized recreational weed in New York. The Marijuana Regulation and…
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Earth Scientists Fight to Push Racist Place Names Off the Map
Photo: Scott Smith (AP) Four graduate students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have called for scientists to help support…
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Peacock Is Removing Racist Moments From Its WWE Content
Photo: Ethan Miller (Getty Images) Peacock is currently in the process of vetting racist content from its massive WWE content…
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H&M Purged From Chinese Maps and Online Stores for Criticizing Forced Labor in Xinjiang
A cop tries to prevent photos from being taken outside an H&M store in Beijing on March 25, 2021.Photo: Greg…
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Utah Passes Porn Filter Bill That’s Not-Quite-Fully-Fleshed-Out
Photo: Rick Bowmer (AP) Utah governor Spencer Cox has signed the infamous porn filter bill. If enacted, smartphones and tablets…
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The FCC Wants to Hear How Bad Your Internet Sucks
Photo: Brendan Smialowski/AFP (Getty Images) The FCC announced today that it’s started soliciting first-hand accounts from people who are forced…
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WallStreetsBets Donations Send Gorilla Conservation to the Moon
#ApesTogetherStrongPhoto: Jorge Guerrero (Getty Images) The WallStreetBets subreddit has helped drive $383,000 in donations to a gorilla conservation organization this week.…
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Why Medicare for All Must Be Part of the Green New Deal
Workers evacuate from an explosion and fire at the Husky Energy oil refinery in Superior, Wisconsin on April 26, 2018.…
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California Bans “Dark Patterns” Under Landmark Privacy Law
Photo: MANAN VATSYAYANA / Contributor (Getty Images) New regulations were approved under California’s Consumer Privacy Act on Monday that will…
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