Data Brokers

Tech

The LAPD Is Using Controversial Mass Surveillance Tracking Software

11.29.23

By Jules Roscoe
Tech

IRS Wants to Buy Internet Mass Monitoring Tool

04.04.23

By Joseph Cox
Tech

Here is the FBI’s Contract to Buy Mass Internet Data

03.27.23

By Joseph Cox
Tech

Immigration Advocates Urge DHS to Drop ICE’s LexisNexis Contract

02.23.23

By Joseph Cox
Tech

SafeGraph to Close Digital Shop That Sold Abortion Clinic Location Data

09.30.22

By Joseph Cox
Tech

Secret Service Bought Phone Location Data from Apps, Contract Confirms

08.17.20

By Joseph Cox
Tech

Wyden Plans Law to Stop Cops From Buying Data That Would Need a Warrant

07.10.20

By Joseph Cox
Tech

Data Protection Authority Investigates Avast for Selling Users’ Browsing History

02.12.20

By Joseph Cox
Tech

How Big Companies Spy on Your Emails

02.10.20

By Joseph Cox
Tech

Avast Antivirus Is Shutting Down Its Data Collection Arm, Effective Immediately

01.30.20

By Jason Koebler
Tech

Bernie Sanders Thinks Companies That Sell Your Browser History Are ‘Trampling Over the Rights of Consumers’

01.28.20

By Jason Koebler
Tech

Senator Warner Says FTC Not Doing Enough on Sale of Browsing Data

01.27.20

By Joseph Cox

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Life

‘The Voice’ Winner Sundance Head Accidentally Shoots Himself in the Stomach

Sundance Head was hunting by himself when a gun went off, hitting him in the stomach. He’s since been released from the hospital.

11.17.24

By Paige Gawley
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Life

Someone May Soon Pay $1.5 Million to Tape a Banana to a Wall

The artwork that debuted in 2019 is set to fetch more than $1 million at auction. The purchaser won’t actually take home the item, though.

11.17.24

By Paige Gawley
Screenshot: Cartoon Network

Gaming

The Cartoon Network Shockwave Game Era

Believe it or not, there was a time where computer gaming was done on Cartoon Network’s website. And it was incredible.

11.17.24

By Anthony Franklin II
Screenshots: 11 Bit Studios

Gaming

‘The Thaumaturge’ Is a Delightfully Unhinged RPG Coming to Xbox and PlayStation Soon

‘The Thaumaturge’ is finally making the jump from PC to the Xbox and PlayStation, and I need y’all to play this unsung, awesome RPG.

11.17.24

By Dwayne Jenkins
Screenshot: Virgin Interactive Entertainment

Gaming

The Lion King: My Gaming Nemesis

The Lion King video game was my white whale. The game that haunted me for years before I finally decided to fight back.

11.17.24

By Anthony Franklin II