Thomas Germain
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Facebook Marketplace Is a Surreal Nightmare. These Are the Most Unhinged Listings
Facebook is a wasteland. Once the default gateway to the internet, today the site has a reputation as one of the least cool places on the web—at least for America’s taste-making young people. But, as the New York Times recently pointed out, there’s one corner of the platform that keeps the under-35 crowd coming back.…
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99 Reasons the U.S. Should Not Ban TikTok
The House of Representatives passed a bill on overnight that would force TikTok’s Chinese parent company ByteDance to sell the app or face a ban from the US. It faces an uncertain path in the Senate, and TikTok has a legal case to challenge the bill if it passes. Still, after five years of threats,…
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Scientists Say They Can Fix Your Internet Connection With 3D Wi-Fi
You’ve probably noticed that your wi-fi slows down when more people or devices use the network. The same goes for larger systems. If you get too many people congregating in one area, the cell phone towers can’t handle the influx. With the number of connected devices growing exponentially and the coming wave of AI poised…
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Tesla Owner Steals His Car Using a Flipper Zero
Researchers uncovered a dead simple social engineering attack that could let criminals drive away with your car.