Racist QAnon Follower Marjorie Taylor Greene Wins Georgia GOP Runoff

Greene overwhelmingly defeated her opponent in the heavily Republican 14th congressional district.

Report: TikTok Collected Persistent IDs From Android Phones in Apparent Violation of Google Policy

TikTok, the Chinese-owned video app that Donald Trump’s administration is incoherently threatening to ban from the U.S. and may be gearing up for a court fight in response, quietly collected persistent identifiers from Android devices for 15 months, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.

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Xiaomi Mi 10 Ultra tops DxOMark list, doesn’t live up to one leak

The Xiaomi Mi 10 Ultra was earlier described to shock the world and, in at least one aspect, it may have done just that with a bit of a pun. It didn’t, however, meet at least one rumored feature that would have really set it apart from the rest of the smartphone brood. Despite the absence of an under-display selfie … Continue reading

Neil Cavuto Fact-Checks Trump Campaign: Kamala Harris Never Called Biden Racist

The false claim went unchecked by other Fox News journalists.

Trump On Biden Veep Pick Kamala Harris: ‘She’s Very, Very Nasty’

The president claimed Harris had been “disrespectful” to Biden, echoing criticism by Trump’s campaign earlier Tuesday.

The World’s Last Blockbuster Can Now Be Rented Out On Airbnb

Be kind, please rewind — and enjoy a “socially-distanced movie night” in the last physical Blockbuster on the planet.

Facebook Says Covid-19 Shutdowns Hurt Its Ability to Fight Suicide, Self-Injury, Child Exploitation Content

Facebook said Tuesday it can’t moderate its own site or its subsidiary Instagram as effectively as possible for certain categories of rule violations during the novel coronavirus pandemic, while almost nobody got the chance to appeal its moderators’ decisions in the second quarter of 2020.

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Netflix plans spooky 2021 summer event with Fear Street movie trilogy

It seems that a series of somewhat unfortunate events has resulted in Netflix acquiring three movies based on the Fear Street book series from R.L. Stine. The movies were acquired from Disney, a new report claims, which ended up in possession of them as a result of its Fox acquisition. The movies were reportedly originally planned to be released in … Continue reading

Ingenious DIYer builds outdoor wall using hundreds of older iPhones

Technology and aesthetics often go together, but it’s rare to see everyday consumer tech made the centerpiece of artwork or utilitarian creations. It does happen on occasion, though, the latest example of which is a project from an ingenious DIYer in Vietnam who built his own outdoor property barrier and gate pillars using hundreds of older iPhones. Each iPhone functions … Continue reading

WSJ: TikTok used a loophole to track MAC addresses on Android

The future of TikTok is still up in the air as it’s treated as an acquisition target and security risk all at once, and now the Wall Street Journal is reporting a detail on the kind of information it had been tracking about users. Their analysis of i…