Author: Zach_Wilson
16 Product Fails That Defined The Decade
Emojipedia/Apple This decade saw the rise of subscription services, Kickstarter-backed gadgets, and radical new ideas that aimed to disrupt every industry on the planet. Risky ventures were commonplace: Building a product from scratch, designing a new business model, and raising money based on faith in some prospective growth or feature…
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A Dad Is Suing Amazon’s Ring Because He Says A Hacker Terrified His Kids
Home surveillance company Ring and its parent company Amazon were hit with a lawsuit on Dec. 26 following a string of high-profile hacks that compromised its camera systems. The complaint, which was first reported by TMZ, alleges that the companies were negligent by not ensuring that the Wi-Fi-enabled cameras were…
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The US Army Has Banned Soldiers From Using TikTok
The US Army has banned service members from using the Chinese-owned short-form video app TikTok on government-issued phones. The decision, first reported by Military.com, comes only weeks after the Navy announced a similar ban. “It is considered a cyber threat,” Lt. Col. Robin Ochoa, an Army spokesperson, told Military.com. “We…
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The Old Internet Died And We Watched And Did Nothing
Quick: Can you think of a picture of yourself on the internet from before 2010, other than your old Facebook photos? How about something you’ve written? Maybe some old sent emails in Gmail or old Gchats? But what about anything NOT on Facebook or Google? Most likely, you have some…
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Alienated, Alone And Angry: What The Digital Revolution Really Did To Us
Laurent Hrybyk for BuzzFeed News In April 1997, Wired magazine published a feature with the grand and regrettable title “Birth of a Digital Nation.” It was a good time to make sweeping, sunny pronouncements about the future of the United States and technology. The US stood alone astride the globe.…
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“I Found Election Interference And No One Cared”: One US Veteran’s Fight To Protect His Compatriots Online
Holly Pickett for BuzzFeed News With Frosting the dog keeping him company, Kristofer Goldsmith checks messages from a Facebook scammer who contacted him impersonating a fellow veteran. On Nov. 13, US Ambassador to Ukraine Bill Taylor and diplomat George Kent appeared in front of a full gallery of press and…
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