Monthly Archives: August 2022

Trump critics fly $1,800 banner that said ‘HA HA HA’ to ‘mock’ protestors at Mar-a-Lago residence following FBI raid

Trump critics flew a banner that read “HA HA HA HA HA HA” above protestors at his Mar-a-Lago residence after his house was raided by the FBI. Thomas Kennedy Trump supporters have been protesting against the FBI’s raid of the former president’s residence. A group of Trump critics flew a banner over the protestors at…

CDC no longer gently recommends COVID precautions most weren’t following anyway

Enlarge (credit: Bloomberg | Getty Images) The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its pandemic guidance today, offering slightly looser recommendations that likely won’t change much about how Americans handle the pandemic these days. According to the updated guidance, people who are not up-to-date on their vaccinations—i.e., unvaccinated people or people who have…

Trump baselessly bashed Obama for transferring records from the White House to Chicago. Here’s why Obama was allowed while Trump is under scrutiny by the FBI.

Then-U.S. President Barack Obama (R) greets then-President-elect Donald Trump at inauguration ceremonies swearing in Trump as president on the West front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., January 20, 2017. Carlos Barria/File Photo/Reuters Donald Trump invoked Barack Obama while bashing the FBI raid on his Mar-a-Lago home on Monday. Trump and Fox News delivered…

Dino park sim Parkasaurus goes aquatic today with new Sea Monsters DLC

WashBear Studio’s charming, thoroughly enjoyable dinosaur park management sim Parkasaurus is looking to wow guests with a whole new, decidedly more acquatic, selection of exhibits from today, with the arrival of its new Sea Monsters DLC on PC. Building on Parkasaurus’ core management action – which takes obvious inspiration from the likes of Theme Park…

Ring’s new TV show sounds like a dystopian America’s Funniest Home Videos

Image: Amazon Ring, the Amazon-owned home security company that’ll sell you a camera just as swiftly as it will give law enforcement access to that same camera’s footage without a warrant, is producing a television show that sounds an invitation to participate in the surveillance state. You know, as a fun family activity. Deadline reports…

I’m a security reporter and got fooled by a blatant phish

Enlarge / This is definitely not a Razer mouse—but you get the idea. (credit: calvio via Getty Images) There has been a recent flurry of phishing attacks so surgically precise and well-executed that they’ve managed to fool some of the most aware people working in the cybersecurity industry. On Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, two-factor authentication…

A decked out laser truck is helping scientists understand urban heat islands

The Brookhaven truck on the road. Brookhaven National Laboratory A truck with sensors and lasers from Brookhaven National Laboratory is driving around cities, hoping to gather valuable data about how man-made urban environments are being affected by a warming world. In fact, this July, many US states had a hot hot summer, with four states…

Digital health unicorn Truepill conducts third round of layoffs in 2022

Truepill, a platform that helps other companies offer diagnostics, telehealth services and prescriptions, has conducted its third mass layoff in a string of workforce reductions, sources tell TechCrunch. The layoff impacted about third of the company, or 175 people. One source says that Truepill’s entire U.K. team was laid off, as well as a meaningful…

Amazon-owned MGM makes a viral video show with surveillance footage from Amazon-owned Ring

MGM (which is owned by Amazon) is making a viral video show based on footage from Ring security cameras (also owned by Amazon). The syndicated television show, “Ring Nation,” is poised to be a modern-day, surveillance-tinged spin on “America’s Funniest Home Videos” with Wanda Sykes as host. According to a report in Deadline, the show…