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SEC, DOJ Bust Alleged Insider Trading Scheme by IT Admin That Made Over $7 Million

SEC, DOJ Bust Alleged Insider Trading Scheme by IT Admin That Made Over $7 Million

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SEC, DOJ Bust Alleged Insider Trading Scheme by IT Admin That Made Over $7 Million Any protected computer system is only as safe as whoever’s in charge of it, so hopefully that person doesn’t go rogue. Here’s a clear example: The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged an IT admin at Santa Clara-based Palo Alto Networks (PANW) and four others with an insider trading plot that reaped “over $7…Read more... Go to Source
Legendary Cats, a Barkham Horror, and More in Tabletop Gaming News

Legendary Cats, a Barkham Horror, and More in Tabletop Gaming News

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Legendary Cats, a Barkham Horror, and More in Tabletop Gaming News Welcome back to Gaming Shelf, io9's regular column all about board games and tabletop roleplaying games. It’s almost the holiday season, which means it’s time to think about those last-minute gifts you forgot! Otherwise, maybe a couple of titles to bring for family game night during the holidays. Either way, here are…Read more... Go to Source
Rian Johnson Thinks Catering Foremost to Fanservice Is a Potential Mistake (and He’s Right)

Rian Johnson Thinks Catering Foremost to Fanservice Is a Potential Mistake (and He’s Right)

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Rian Johnson Thinks Catering Foremost to Fanservice Is a Potential Mistake (and He's Right) As we sit waiting to see (and hear more about beyond vague social media reactions) just how Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker puts an end to the Skywalker saga, many people involved in the process have been reflecting on what it means to tell a story that caters to the passion of its audiences. Elsewhere, The Last Jedi…Read more... Go to Source
Unroll.me Settles With FTC for Rifling Through Its Users’ Email Inboxes to Find Receipts

Unroll.me Settles With FTC for Rifling Through Its Users’ Email Inboxes to Find Receipts

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Unroll.me Settles With FTC for Rifling Through Its Users' Email Inboxes to Find Receipts Email cleanup service Unroll.me has settled with the Federal Trade Commission and must delete information it gathered from some consumers after it was revealed the firm was mining and selling data from users’ inboxes, the agency announced on Tuesday.Read more... Go to Source
This Is How You Paint Jeff Bezos

This Is How You Paint Jeff Bezos

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This Is How You Paint Jeff Bezos The National Portrait Gallery of Washington, D.C., is currently displaying a psychological thriller of a painting: “Untitled, Jeffrey P. Bezos,” 2019. We won’t ask why the gallery would choose to display a six-by-five-and-a-half portrait of the 2019 fundraising gala honoree as it enjoys a new spate of VIP interest and…Read more... Go to Source
Investors Want to Exhume Body of Crypto-CEO Who Had the Password to Millions In Bitcoin

Investors Want to Exhume Body of Crypto-CEO Who Had the Password to Millions In Bitcoin

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Investors Want to Exhume Body of Crypto-CEO Who Had the Password to Millions In Bitcoin It’s been about a year since users of Canadian cryptocurrency exchange QuadrigaCX were informed that the company’s CEO unexpectedly died, taking the password that accessed most the money from their accounts with him to the grave. And now, those clients want to know what’s inside that grave. Read more... Go to Source
Disastrous NLRB Ruling Adds Another Hurdle for Tech Worker Organizing

Disastrous NLRB Ruling Adds Another Hurdle for Tech Worker Organizing

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Disastrous NLRB Ruling Adds Another Hurdle for Tech Worker Organizing Shortly after Google staffers engaged in the largest mass walkout at any tech firm in the United States, the company quietly lobbied the National Labor Relations Board in the hopes it would roll back a decision that safeguarded the only way protesters were able to organize that action as quickly as they did: email.…Read more... Go to Source
Apple Kills App That Made iPhones Look Like iPods Because No Fun Allowed

Apple Kills App That Made iPhones Look Like iPods Because No Fun Allowed

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Apple Kills App That Made iPhones Look Like iPods Because No Fun Allowed All good things must come to an end. Still, the end came swiftly for Rewound, a basic music player app that lets users download skins to make their iPhones look like ye olde iPods of yore—click wheel and all. Now it appears that Apple has summarily killed the app, saying it copied the iPod’s design and could be…Read more... Go to Source
Defense Department, Army Units Post Glossy Photo of Nazi War Criminal to Facebook

Defense Department, Army Units Post Glossy Photo of Nazi War Criminal to Facebook

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Defense Department, Army Units Post Glossy Photo of Nazi War Criminal to Facebook Today in extremely bad decisions: The Department of Defense as well as the U.S. Army’s 10th Mountain Division and XVIII Airborne Corps uploaded the same glossy, artificially colorized headshot of reviled war criminal and Waffen-SS officer Joachim Peiper to Facebook on Wednesday, the Daily Beast reported.Read more... Go to Source
Amazon Prohibits Marketplace Sellers From Using FedEx Ground on Prime Shipments

Amazon Prohibits Marketplace Sellers From Using FedEx Ground on Prime Shipments

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Amazon Prohibits Marketplace Sellers From Using FedEx Ground on Prime Shipments Amazon has barred third-party stores on its Marketplace platform from using FedEx ground or home shipping for Prime deliveries, the Wall Street Journal reported, saying that the company has performed poorly in getting packages to customers. In an email to sellers, the Journal wrote, Amazon said that the ban will…Read more... Go to Source
Rick and Morty Delivered One of Its Best Episodes Ever…Before Going on Hiatus Again

Rick and Morty Delivered One of Its Best Episodes Ever…Before Going on Hiatus Again

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Rick and Morty Delivered One of Its Best Episodes Ever...Before Going on Hiatus Again The Rick and Morty faithful know what it means to wait for new episodes—and are on familiar turf again, now that the first half of season four is over. This might be why the first five episodes leaned so hard into fan service. But they also elevated the show’s signature blend of juvenile humor and flat-out brilliance.Read more... Go to Source
The Best Illusions of the Year Will Have You Further Questioning the Reality You Live In

The Best Illusions of the Year Will Have You Further Questioning the Reality You Live In

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The Best Illusions of the Year Will Have You Further Questioning the Reality You Live In It’s hard not to look at the news every day and wonder if your life has somehow forked into an alternate reality or dimension than the one you were familiar with. Not helping the matter are the recently revealed best illusions of the year, including Frank Force’s winning Dual Axis Illusion which can look like it’s…Read more... Go to Source
Water Cooling is DEAD. Meet the THERMOSIPHON!

Water Cooling is DEAD. Meet the THERMOSIPHON!

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North American Birds Are Migrating Earlier Because of Climate Change

North American Birds Are Migrating Earlier Because of Climate Change

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North American Birds Are Migrating Earlier Because of Climate Change Every autumn as temperatures drop and insect populations decline, billions of birds migrate across the U.S. in search of warmer nesting temperatures and more food availability—both extremely good answers to seasonal depression. In the spring, the birds fly back to mate.Read more... Go to Source