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    I Truly Did Not Know My iPhone Could Do This and If You Did CongratsAn incredibly easy and useful hack for the typo prone.
  2. tech boot camp
    In My Humble Opinion, This Is the Single Best iPhone HackThe rare easy and useful hack.
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    Use This Instagram Stories Hack to Game the App’s AlgorithmIt’s clickbait, but for Instagram.
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    10 Instagram Stories Hacks to Up Your Aesthetic GameNo more boring Stories for you.
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    Instagram Warns ‘High-profile Users’ Their Personal Info May Have Been HackedEarlier this week, Selena Gomez’s account was hacked and posted several nude pictures of Justin Bieber.
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    Report: Russian Hackers Targeted Voting Systems in 39 StatesA Bloomberg report says the breach was much more widespread than originally thought.
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    Hackers Set Off 156 Emergency Sirens in DallasThey went off 15 times in the middle of the night.
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    Enormous Corporate Database Leaks Info of 33 Million PeopleA Dun & Bradstreet database has been leaked to the web, filled with incredibly detailed information.
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    How a Viral Tweet Overwhelmed the Nation’s 911 Call CentersAll it took was Twitter and a shortened link.
  10. early and often
    Bolton Says That Election Hacks Could Be the Work of the Obama Administration“We just don’t know.”
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    Use These Secret Hacks to Find Every Celebrity on SnapchatSome simple ways to find Official Stories on the app.
  12. Colin Powell’s Personal Emails Are Like a D.C. Burn BookThe former secretary of State was hacked, and now everyone knows he hates them.
  13. Report: Foreign Hackers May Have Breached Two States’ Election DatabasesArizona and Illinois were allegedly targeted.
  14. FBI Investigating Suspected Russian Hack of the New York TimesThe paper says hackers only targeted its Moscow bureau, disputing reports of a more widespread attack.
  15. Somebody Hacked the NYPD Radio to Terrorize Cops With Death Threats and YodelingOver the weekend.
  16. politics
    Clinton Campaign Says Its Computer System Was Not HackedHackers accessed a voter-analytics program maintained by the DNC, and Russia is the prime suspect.
  17. This Etch A Sketch Can Tell TimeThanks to a surprising DIY hack.
  18. cybersecurity
    Envisioning the Hack That Could Take Down New York CityThe day cars drove themselves into walls and the hospitals froze. A scenario that could happen based on what already has.
  19. Here’s How to Make the Most Out of Your Broken iPhoneBefore you buy a new phone, see if you can use the digital equivalent of duct tape to fix it.
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    This Easy Trick Tells You Who’s Ignoring You on SnapchatA tip from a professional Snapchatter.
  21. Did ‘Bros4Hillary’ Attack Pro–Bernie Sanders Facebook Pages With Porn? On Monday night, multiple pro-Sanders pages were filled with pornography and then removed from the network. Sandernistas suspect a group called “Bros4Hillary” may have been involved.
  22. international intrigue
    Law Firm Behind Panama Papers Leak Says It Was HackedThe firm also said that the leaked documents were “taken out of context.”
  23. hack the city
    7 Tips From NYC’s ‘King of Airbnb’ for Being the Highest-Rated Host in TownIt’s all about gaming the algorithm.
  24. hacks
    More Than 100,000 Taxpayers Exposed in IRS HackThe hackers gained access by exploiting an ill-conceived authentication procedure.
  25. the national circus
    Frank Rich on the National Circus: Sony’s Apocalypse Is NowThe cancellation of The Interview sets a dangerous precedent for both the First Amendment and America’s future under cyber warfare. 
  26. do no harm
    Healthcare.gov Subjected to Utterly Unsexy HackLawmakers are still pretty upset about it.
  27. hacks
    Most Cab Drivers Don’t Do Drugs That, or they’re really sneaky about it.
  28. twitterror
    E!’s Twitter Got Hacked TooJustin Bieber is not gay, everyone.
  29. Update: Times Subscribers Spammed in E-mail ScrewupAll the News That’s Fit to Spam.
  30. the internet
    Social Media ‘Professional’ Forgot to Protect His PasswordOvernight Twitter takeover is a warning to social media experts everywhere.
  31. the future is coming
    Facebook: So You Say You Want a Tunisian RevolutionWe can help with that.
  32. the future is coming
    Human Centipede Facebook HackProtest Facebook and celebrate Dutch horror movies at the same time!!!
  33. gawker
    Gawker Hacked, Private User Information Possibly Stolen [Updated]“Our user databases appear to have been compromised.”