Al-Shabaab, the Al Qaeda-affiliated faction in Somalia, has ordered the nation's ISPs to shut off the Internet, or else. The Somali government has ordered the ISPs not to shut down.
Somali Al Qaeda affiliate orders Internet shutdown
Frontier, a terrible company, is going bankrupt
Frontier is the bottom-rung of the top-tier of US ISPs, serving customers in 29 states. Despite enjoying monopoly control over its customers' online lives, and despite massive government handouts and… READ THE REST
Schneier: "It's really too late to secure 5G networks"
Bruce Schneier's Foreign Policy essay in 5G security argues that we're unduly focused on the possibility of Chinese manufacturers inserting backdoors or killswitches in 5G equipment, and not focused enough… READ THE REST
Something Awful's "Fuck You and Die" forum went from freewheeling jokesters to Nazi shitposters, so it's dead
Long before 4chan and other anything-goes forums existed, every major online community had a similar community: the Well had its "weird" forum, Usenet had alt.syntax.tactical (among others), and Something Awful… READ THE REST
Transform robotic AI text into human writing with this $40 tool
TL;DR: Stop settling for lifeless copy—humanize it with a lifetime of Undetectable Humanizer for just $39.99 (reg. $1,080). We've all read that AI-generated paragraph that technically makes sense but gives the emotional… READ THE REST
Learn ASL for $15 without leaving your couch (or sweatpants)
TL;DR: Learn to sign like a pro (or at least enough to impress your next date) with this 13-course ASL bundle for $14.97 (reg. $104). While learning a new language is probably on… READ THE REST
Wireless and wallet-friendly—like a tracker should be
TL;DR: Looks like a credit card; acts like a GPS—get three KeySmart SmartCards for just $79.97 (reg. $119.97). You know what no one misses? That mini panic attack when you reach for your wallet and… READ THE REST
