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Don’t Joke About Syria On Venmo Unless You Want To Get Flagged
Joking about drugs, sex workers, and all sorts of other scandalous or weird purchases is part of the fun of using payment app Venmo. It can also get you flagged as a potential security risk.
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Three Cheers For The Chambong, The World’s Most Unnecessary Tool For Alcohol Consumption
“Did someone send you a fancy crack pipe?”
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The Navy Is Teaching Celestial Navigation Again As A Backup Plan Against Hackers
In the US, the Naval Academy hasn’t taught midshipmen how to navigate by the stars in 20 years, but it’s reintroducing the old-school approach to maritime travel. Why use a sextant instead of computers and GPS? Worries about ships stranded by cyber-attacks, which have the Navy re-thinking its reliance on tech.
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Report: China Arrested Hackers Because The US Asked
Chinese hackers have allegedly read the Obama Administration’s emails, stolen millions of federal employee records, hijacked US health care records, and attacked anti-censorship projects. Now they’re reportedly getting arrested on US orders.