Russia has millions of internet users. But if you want them to use your search engine, network on your social media platform, or use your messenger to share their favorite memes, then Russia wants you to know one thing: You have to play by its data-sharing rules. Tinder is the most recent platform to get Read more about Russia Targets Tinder as a Warning to Facebook and Twitter[…]
Over the past 18 months, Google has pushed to improve Chrome extension security—a welcome goal given the sketchy morass of extensions that have been out there for years. But one proposed change related to this effort threatens to hobble ad blocking extensions. And the pending transition has set up a showdown between Google, makers of Read more about Google Says It Isn't Killing Ad Blockers. Ad Blockers Disagree[…]
Researchers have discovered the existence of ancient potheads, an Alphabet-owned company conducted a controversial Russian troll experiment, and local politicians could save us from the crypto-pocalypse. Here's the news you need to know, in two minutes or less. Want to receive this two-minute round up as an email every week day? Sign up here! Today's Read more about Ancient Potheads, a Russian Troll Controversy, and More News[…]
Radiohead owned some hackers, the T-Mobile/Sprint merger runs into some hiccups, and a Swedish mining town is being picked up and moved. Here's the news you need to know, in two minutes or less. Want to receive this two-minute round up as an email every week day? Sign up here! Today's Headlines Radiohead dropped 18 Read more about Radiohead Gets ‘Hacked,’ a T-Mobile/Sprint Hiccup, and More News[…]
When Julia Lushing traveled from Chelsea to Los Angeles in March — right before her April wedding — she wasn’t flanked by girls in “Bride tribe” tank tops. Instead, the 34-year-old got off the plane alone and headed straight for the Ashram, a health-and-spa retreat outside of LA. That was where she spent a weeklong Read more about Self-obsessed millennials are going on ‘solomoons’ before tying the knot[…]
There are more than a billion trillion stars in the observable universe. “Men In Black: International,” however, gets only one. A cautionary tale for the age of reboots, “International” takes over from a perfectly good comedy film series, and turns it into witless, generic space debris. It is the “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of Read more about ‘Men in Black: International’ is an unfunny buddy-cop flop[…]
If we are to believe the US Labor Department, companies went through a massive hiring spurt in April and then slammed on the brakes in May. Neither is likely. Today, we are going to have a little fun with the numbers. At the end of this item I’ll tell you the only number that really Read more about Behind the Labor Department’s gambling game of job reports[…]
The question was out of right field. Pete Alonso’s response came from outer space. After the Mets beat the Yankees on Tuesday night to salvage a Subway Series split, the rookie phenom was faced with ESPN inquiries over standard baseball musings and… aliens. “We can all agree that aliens are real, you played (one season) Read more about Pete Alonso’s weird response to very strange alien question[…]
Detective Luis Alvarez’s heart-wrenching words Tuesday ought to settle the question immediately: Congress has a clear and urgent duty to replenish the 9/11 Victims’ Compensation Fund. Click Here: kanken mini cheap Gaunt and rail-thin, the former NYPD cop testified: “I will not stand by and watch as my friends with cancer from 9/11 like me Read more about Congress has a duty to help our ailing 9\/11 heroes[…]
Le billionaire, meet Le Penthouse. New York has a new residential heavyweight, unusually dubbed “Le Penthouse.” The nearly 20,000-square-foot, five-floor apartment, located at 172 Madison Ave., is asking $98 million — more than any other publicly listed residence in the city. But it’s the penthouse’s location more than its faux-French name or its astronomic price Read more about Inside NYC’s most expensive apartment for sale[…]