I was fired from my accounting job and had to give up my apartment and sleep on my friend's floor. Now, I make $500,000 a year as a YouTuber.

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Why Your Car's Key Fob Is So Hackable

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They’re small, they’re convenient, and, according to security researchers, they’re extremely hackable. The car key fob doesn’t exactly have the greatest reputation when it comes to digital security.

Now's Your Chance to Save AM Radio

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Good news: A legislative push to save AM radio is almost certain to succeed, which means that America’s weirdest auditory wavelength will continue to survive for the foreseeable future.

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Columbia's student radio station was the main source of information for the protests. Here's why that matters.

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Columbia University pro-Palestine students control of Hamilton Hall and the tent city ended when the NYPD moved in with countless officers in riot gear.
Columbia University pro-Palestine students control of Hamilton Hall and the tent city ended when the NYPD moved in with countless officers in riot gear.

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Radio isn't dead. Yet. Thank, or blame, your car.

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A photograph of a two women with an Ekco portable radio, taken by George Woodbine for the Daily Herald newspaper on 14 August 1935.
In 1935, a car radio was cutting-edge technology. But people are still using it today.

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Flipper Zero Video Game Module Hands-on: Less Hackers’ Paradise, More Cool Tool

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If there’s one thing to say about the $169 Flipper Zero, it’s that it’s really damn cute. When the Flipper is idling, the cyber dolphin that appears in all the apps and product materials as the device’s mascot can be found lounging around, making sly references to older movies.

NASA's New 'Hybrid Antenna' Boosts Links to Deep Space

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NASA outfitted its aging communications network with a hybrid antenna that allowed it to receive both radio frequency and laser signals for the first time, helping the space agency keep up with its increasing number of missions traveling through deep space.

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It takes 30 minutes for a SiriusXM customer to unsubscribe — too long, New York state says. It's suing.

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SiriusXM faces a lawsuit from the New York Attorney General's Office, which alleges that it makes unsubscribing a long and difficult process.

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The most powerful solar eruption in years fired a powerful 'X-class' solar flare that just hit Earth, and scientists are monitoring for more possible outbursts

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The sun is growing more active.

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Ukraine claims to have invented a new radio that's immune to Russian jamming

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Two Ukrainian Himera radios and a person's hand reaching for them, in images shared by Mykhaylo Fedorov on October 10, 2023.
Two Ukrainian Himera radios and a person's hand reaching for them, in images shared by Mykhaylo Fedorov on October 10, 2023.

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