2019

The Seemingly Harmless New App You Downloaded Could Be Stealing Your Bank Info

Lifestyle /

When boredom strikes, your phone’s app store can be a haven of cheap entertainment. Thousands of game, shopping, utility and selfie-editing apps are just a click away. But if you remember the FaceApp challenge from earlier this summer, we were all reminded that some of these seemingly harmless apps can present security dangers. Of course, […]

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Lizzo Credits Woman Whose Tweet Inspired ‘Truth Hurts’ Lyric After Plagiarism Allegations

Entertainment /

Turns out Lizzo is 100% that bitch who gives credit where she feels it’s due. On Wednesday, the singer responded on Twitter to multiple allegations that she plagiarized her now-famous lyric, “I just took a DNA test, turns out I’m 100% that bitch.” The lyric is featured at the beginning of Lizzo’s hit song “Truth

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Inside Bosnia’s ‘nightmare’ camp for migrants trying to enter the EU

World /

Aid agencies are warning of a humanitarian disaster in Bosnia, with people facing a winter without proper accommodation. Bosnia is now a major route into the EU – 45,000 migrants have arrived in the country since the start of 2018. The country’s official refugee camps are full and the government has not allocated new sites,

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MLB to speak with Astros over which makes Taubman decision

Sports /

Major League Baseball will speak with the Astros to determine whether the commissioner’s office or the club will handle any decision following an investigation into the conduct of Houston assistant general manager Brandon Taubman. Commissioner Rob Manfred said before World Series Game 2 on Wednesday that MLB investigators were at work in their probe. “I

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Republicans Grind Impeachment Inquiry to Halt as Picture Darkens for Trump

Politics /

Some of the Republicans brought their cellphones into the secure room, which is not permitted and considered a security breach. The sergeant-at-arms, the top law enforcement officer in the Capitol, was called in to handle the situation as Representative Adam B. Schiff, Democrat of California and the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, attempted to

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Is boom, then slump, behind fiery Latin American protests?

Finance /

Chile is one of the richest countries in the region. Haiti is the poorest. Ecuador has a centrist government. Bolivia’s is socialist. Yet, from Port-au-Prince to Santiago, furious demonstrators were marching this week to demand fundamental change, part of a wave of often-violent protests that has set tires, government offices, trains and metro stations ablaze

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Raja Meziane: Algerian unsigned singer becomes sound of revolution

Entertainment /

Singer Raja Meziane’s political music video Allo le Système! has been viewed more than 35 million times on YouTube this year. Despite failing to secure a record deal in Algeria, she has continued to post her anti-government songs online. This has led to her becoming the sound of protest for tens of thousands of young

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