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Americans now lose a quarter of a trillion dollars a year gambling
Americans will lose about $250 billion gambling this year, reports Joey Politano, a number that's up 60% in half a decade. And that doesn't include "prediction markets" and cryptocurrencies, both… READ THE REST
A million passports leaked online by marijuana club portal
An Irish software firm managing membership of cannabis social clubs left more than a million member records and roughly 985,000 identity-document photos sitting on a server that required no password,… READ THE REST
IP Crawl exposes that insecure web camera you never locked down
IP Crawl is a browseable library of camera systems exposed to the internet. Currently on the favorites list are a swimming pool in Austin, Texas, a boxing ring in New… READ THE REST
A popular platform is making it easier to read in your spare time, and it's only $70 for life
Disclosure: Boing Boing earns a commission on purchases made through links in this post. TL;DR: Headway is a mobile app that condenses fiction and non-fiction books into quick summaries, and it's only… READ THE REST
This is the $60 Montessori-inspired kids' app that won't leave you feeling guilty afterward
Disclosure: Boing Boing earns a commission on purchases made through links in this post. TL;DR: For $59.99 (reg. $250), Pok Pok gives your family lifetime access to an award-winning educational app designed to… READ THE REST
PDFs fill you with dread? Save yourself the stress with a PDF reader
Disclosure: Boing Boing earns a commission on purchases made through links in this post. TL;DR: Stop fearing your PDFs! Easily edit, convert, annotate, and master your PDFs with this license to PDF… READ THE REST
