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Bill Simmons’ Cozy Relationship With Tech Companies Is Blowing Up in His Face

The Podfather got an offer he should have refused.

Internet

Millions of Comcast WiFi Routers Can Now Tell When You’re Moving Around the House

The feature is promoted as an added layer of home security, but it has already raised privacy concerns.

Internet

Why Did It Take So Long for the Web to Get Its Own Domain Name?

Clue: the answer involves lawyers.

Culture

‘My Soul Left My Body’: Amazon Accidentally Bills Users Billions of Times What They Owe

If your AWS bill was $200 last month, and this month it's $1,499,659,180,107, that's probably an error.

Internet

Google Images Is Trying to Be… Pinterest?

The image search engine is celebrating its 25th anniversary with a major redesign focused on image discovery.

Culture

How Much Would You Pay for Taylor Swift’s Garbage and Why Isn’t It $0?

Swifties: You can do better.

Internet

StubHub Founder Has Ties to Major Scalpers on the Platform

Security filings reveal that the secondary ticket sale marketplace has close ties to scalpers that use its platform.

Internet

Spotify Removes Fraudulent Streams Amid Suspicious Kalshi Bets

The music streaming service this week deleted half a million streams of Malcolm Todd’s 'Earrings.'

Artificial Intelligence

Starlink Offers 50% Off Internet for Residents of City Fed Up With Elon’s Data Center

SpaceX is offering the discount to "our neighbors" in Memphis.

Internet

A Program to Expand Rural Internet Access Now Looks Like a Slush Fund for Tech Billionaires

Connecting Musk and Bezos with more cash.