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The Pirate Bay Raided By Police, Site Down
Swedish police have reportedly raided The Pirate Bay. The portal has been down for several hours. The site has long hidden behind the relatively lax laws of Sweden, but it appears it’s exhausted the leniency.
Australian Copyright Reform: Pirate Sites Blocked, Users Not Punished For Torrents
Living in fear of Hollywood hunting you down for torrenting Game of Thrones? An extremely cut-down copyright law reform proposal spearheaded by government Ministers Malcolm Turnbull and George Brandis could remove the possibility of direct or financial penalties on Australians who illicitly download copyrighted files.
George Clooney Was The Only One Who Saw The Sony Hack Coming
The debilitating, often humiliating Sony hack has pretty much screwed over most anyone who’s ever had anything to do with the company ever. But when the time comes to lay blame, lay it not on George Clooney. For, as with everything else in life, George Clooney had the upper hand. His prophecy by email lies below.
Your Favourite Anonymous App Is Not Anonymous At All
Security researchers recently discovered a serious flaw in Yik Yak, the “anonymous” messaging app popular with teens. In surprisingly simple fashion, the flaw offered hackers a way to discover the identities of Yik Yak’s supposedly unnamed users. It also provides a good opportunity to issue this very important PSA: Anonymous apps aren’t anonymous at all, and they probably never will be.
7 More Viral Images That Are Totally Fake
Today’s forecast calls for viral with a 100 per cent chance of fake. And scattered nudity by midday. Is that a real mobile phone exploding in the microwave? Is that really JFK lying lifeless after being assassinated? Is that a woman hitchhiking naked at Woodstock? No, no, and no. Today we have a mildly not-safe-for-work version of our regular debunking series. Warning: NSFW.
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