Facebook Quietly Cuts Off Sensitive Ad Data Before It Can Get Cambridge Analytica'd Again

A good rule of thumb is to be skeptical of the privacy-forward changes Facebook touts to the public, and to deeply interrogate any of the quieter changes it rolls out behind the scenes since those—surprisingly—often mark the real efforts that the company’s taking to be a little bit less of an invasive shitshow.

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Read Live Updates From The 2020 Nevada Caucuses

This marks the latest test — and the first caucus since the mess in Iowa — for Democratic presidential hopefuls.

Bethesda games leave GeForce Now streaming service

Most Bethesda titles will no longer be part of NVIDIA’s GeForce Now game streaming service. In a post on the NVIDIA forum, a staff member has announced that the platform has already started removing Bethesda Softworks titles from its library. They in…

These Are Some of the Best-Looking Ghostbusters Toys Ever

Let’s say you’re a toy collector who loves a certain 1980s paranormal comedy, and you want to add some super-articulated figures that are relatively inexpensive to your display. Who ya gonna call?

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Report: Priah Ferguson Is Getting Bumped Up to Series Regular for Stranger Things Season 4

Priah Ferguson, the actress who plays Erica Sinclair, may have a larger role than ever in the upcoming fourth season of Stranger Things.

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Twitter Suspends Dozens of Pro-Bloomberg Accounts for “Platform Manipulation and Spam”

Twitter began suspending 70 accounts supporting Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg on Friday, claiming that the accounts violated its rules against “platform manipulation and spam.” The social media company stated that some suspensions would be permanent. In other cases, Twitter will ask account…

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NASA Reveals Startling Images From Antarctica’s ‘Hottest Days On Record’

Aerial views of Antarctica’s Eagle Island show the dramatic melting that took place during a major February heatwave.

TODAY: Nevada Votes In Big Test For Democratic Candidates

The caucuses will test the candidates’ strength with black and brown voters for the first time in 2020.

Activision wants Reddit to ID user who leaked ‘Call of Duty’ image

Activision, the company behind the massively popular game franchise Call of Duty, wants social platform Reddit to turn over details on the identity of one of its users who allegedly leaked a Modern Warefare image before the game was released. According to a Digital Millennium Copyright Act subpoena from Activision directed at Reddit, this user ‘posted infringing Activision content’ on … Continue reading

Samsung temporarily shuts down phone factory following coronavirus case

Samsung’s coronavirus problems extend beyond people steering clear of phone stores. The company has closed a phone factory in Gumi, South Korea until February 24th after confirming that a factory worker was infected with COVID-19. The company told…