Month: August 2022
Kids Are Back in Classrooms and Laptops Are Still Spying on Them
As the post-Roe era underscores the risks of digital surveillance, a new survey shows that teens face increased monitoring from teachers—and police. Source
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$100 million Batgirl movie reportedly scrapped after disastrous test screenings
Audio player loading… Exactly how bad does a superhero blockbuster (that’s already in post-production) have to be for its studio to permanently shelve it? When it comes to DC’s Batgirl, we’ll never know because Warner Bros. Discovery has decided never to release it, according to an exclusive report by the…
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A man made millions unlocking T-Mobile phones with stolen passwords
A jury has found Argishti Khudaverdyan, a former owner of a T-Mobile store, guilty of using stolen credentials to unlock “hundreds of thousands of cellphones” from August 2014 to June 2019 (via PCMag). According to a press release from the Department of Justice and an indictment filed earlier this year,…
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The God of War comes to Xbox, sort of
The big God of War sequel is one of the year’s most anticipated video games, and you can now play it on Xbox. Yes, that’s right, War Gods Zeus of Child, which stars Sony’s video game character Kratos and a horde of identical and generic monster baddies, is currently available…
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Chevy is offering up to $6,000 Bolt rebates — with a big asterisk
Chevy has started offering some Bolt owners rebates of up to $6,000 as a “goodwill reimbursement” for anyone who bought one of the battery-powered EVs shortly before the company made them significantly cheaper. However, as Jalopnik points out, taking the rebate means agreeing to never sue the company for any…
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HBO Max’s $90 million Batgirl movie is headed to the vault
About a week ago, industry observers noticed that Comic-Con 2022 came and went without any mention of Batgirl, the Warner Bros. film shot over the winter and apparently due for release in 2023. Today, the New York Post, The Wrap, and other entertainment outlets report that despite being in the…
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