Twitter User Replaces Word ‘White’ With ‘Black,’ Gets Banned
A Twitter user conducted an interesting experiment to sniff out double standards in the site’s censorship policy concerning race. The person wrote the same comment…
Fats Domino, Early Rock ’n’ Roller With a Boogie-Woogie Piano, Is Dead at 89
Fats Domino, the New Orleans rhythm-and-blues singer whose two-fisted boogie-woogie piano and nonchalant vocals, heard on dozens of hits, made him one of the biggest…
Robert Guillaume, Groundbreaking Emmy Winner In ‘Soap,’ ‘Benson,’ Dies
Actor Robert Guillaume, who became the first black actor to win comedy Emmys for playing sharp-tongued butler turned lieutenant governor Benson DuBois on Soap and…
Here’s every patch for KRACK Wi-Fi vulnerability available right now
Monday morning was not a great time to be an IT admin, with the public release of a bug that effectively broke WPA2 wireless security….
FBI uncovered Russian bribery plot before Obama administration approved controversial nuclear deal with Moscow
Before the Obama administration approved a controversial deal in 2010 giving Moscow control of a large swath of American uranium, the FBI had gathered substantial…
Serious flaw in WPA2 protocol lets attackers intercept passwords and much more
KRACK attack is especially bad news for Android and Linux users. Researchers have disclosed a serious weakness in the WPA2 protocol that allows attackers within…
Viacom Warns of Disruption as Negotiations With Charter Stall
Viacom Inc said on Wednesday that Charter Communications subscribers may lose access to its channels such as MTV, Comedy Central and Nickelodeonon as the expiration…
Tom Petty, legendary rocker, is dead at 66
Tom Petty was found unconscious and not breathing in his Malibu home Sunday night after suffering a full cardiac arrest, TMZ reports. Law enforcement officials…
CBS’s Showtime caught mining crypto-coins in viewers’ web browsers
The websites of US telly giant CBS’s Showtime contained JavaScript that secretly commandeered viewers’ web browsers over the weekend to mine cryptocurrency. The flagship Showtime.com…
‘Playboy’ Founder Hugh Hefner, Champion Of Free Speech And ‘Smut’, Dies At 91
Hugh Hefner created Playboy at his kitchen table in Chicago. The magazine was blamed for (or credited with) setting off a cultural revolution in America,…
