Photographic illustration of Slate. Photo from Twitter. On Wednesday, Twitter was the victim of hackers who used a “coordinated social engineering attack” to compromise some of Twitter’s most high-profile accounts, including those of Barack Obama, Elon Musk, Bill Gates, and Kanye West, to launch a crypto scam. followers of those …
Read More »Disney World guests can no longer eat or drink while walking
Be our guest, with a few exceptions. That appears to be the motto of the Disney World pandemic, as the beloved theme park struggles to keep visitors safe and socially aloof, while providing a fun and memorable experience after a partial reopening on July 11. Some restaurants and attractions remain …
Read More »US report accuses China of ‘digital authoritarianism’
Image copyright fake pictures Screenshot China is using technology to track its own citizens, but also to wield power beyond its borders, the report warns. A United States report accuses China of “digital authoritarianism,” using technology not only to track its own citizens but to wield power beyond its borders. …
Read More »Why today’s fight between House Republicans * really * matters
What happened Tuesday at the Republican House conference meeting is no One of those times. “Republicans in the House of Representatives attacked the Speaker of the Republican Party Conference of the House of Representatives, Liz Cheney of Wyoming, during a conference meeting on Tuesday morning for supporting Dr. Anthony Fauci …
Read More »MLBits: Darvish as NL Cy Young? Blue Jays needs a home, Martinez in rotation, Anderson to IL, more
If you haven’t been paying attention to the NBA lately, you may have missed that 22 of your 30 teams have been sent to a Walt Disney World “bubble,” hoping to end the 2019-20 regular season and playoffs. so far removed from COVID-19 as possible (Everyone knows that the virus …
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