How Governments Turn the Internet Into a Weapon

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From protests to elections, governments are increasingly pulling the internet plug on entire populations. Connectivity is slowly becoming a tool of control, not a guarantee. 

You Have a Week to Claim Up to $7,500 From AT&T Data Breach Settlements

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Two breaches impacted millions of former and current AT&T users, unveiling SSNs, texts, and more.

Even Minor Video Call Glitches Could Cost You a Job—or Your Freedom

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Congress defunded PBS. Here's how it's surviving and planning for the future.

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A muppet visits 'Oscar the Grouch' at his garbage can in a scene from 'Sesame Street,' circa 1985.
When PBS was created in the late 1960s, there was no other place to find educational kid's TV like "Sesame Street." There are more options now.

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X's fake accounts are exactly what Elon Musk paid for

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Elon Musk at the US-Saudi Investment Forum at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC on November 19, 2025.
Elon Musk bought Twitter in 2022 and created a system seemingly designed to reward posters who excelled at rage bait.

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Search Epstein’s Emails in the Most Unnerving Way Possible

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Bill Ackman proposed a straightforward line for young men to meet women — and the memes erupted

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Bill Ackman's advice to young men now has roughly 4,200 comments on X.

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I scammed my internet provider to try to lower my bill

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A telemarketer wearing a headset, with a glowing binary code sound voice wave graphic.

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Amazing stat: Only half the homes in America have cable TV anymore

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Here's a scene from 1959 that you're very unlikely to see in 2025

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The FBI Is Trying to Unmask the Registrar Behind Archive.Today

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