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OurMine, the hacking group that has previously taken credit for hacking into the social media accounts for Mark Zuckerberg and Jack Dorsey, has apparently gained access to BuzzFeed’s systems and published on its website. On a post (which has since been removed), OurMine appears to have successfully published under BuzzFeed News writer Joseph Bernstein’s byline….
U.K. Home Secretary Amber Rudd defended a series of policy proposals aimed at cutting the number of foreign workers at British companies after she was accused of stoking racism and anti-immigrant sentiment. Under the plans announced at the Conservative Party conference, companies would have to list the non-U.K. nationals who work for them. Banks and…
If Mike Pence “won,” it’s because he was shameless about denying reality. /header Republican vice presidential nominee Gov. Mike Pence during his debate with Democratic VP nominee Sen. Tim Kaine at Longwood University in Farmville, Virginia, Oct. 4, 2016.Jonathan Ernst/Reuters,Paneikon The vice presidential debate does not move votes, and will not move votes. People commit…
I’m writing this with a very specific kind of headache. It’s the kind you get after playing about forty minutes of Arkham VR, a game for the Playstation VR virtual reality headset. The goal of Arkham VR is to make you really feel like Batman by giving you a first-person, 360 degree view of his ugly,…
By Rebecca Shabad CBS News October 4, 2016, 7:42 PM RNC prematurely declares Mike Pence debate winner two hours before start time The Republican National Committee (RNC) appeared to accidentally declare on its website Tuesday night that Mike Pence was the winner of the vice presidential debate, nearly two hours before it was slated to…
Social video shows Hurricane Matthew making landfall along Haiti’s southwestern coast in the morning of Oct. 4. Matthew made landfall as a Category 4 storm. (claritza jimenez/The Washington Post) (This story has been updated) Early Tuesday morning, Hurricane Matthew crashed ashore in Haiti as a powerful Category 4 storm with 145 mph winds. It was the…
Oct. 5, 2016 6:01 a.m. ET The New York Times NYT -1.24 % is moving away from standardized “banner” advertisements on its website and plans to replace them with its own proprietary display ad formats. Online banner advertising has become increasingly commoditized in recent years, with the same standardized, rectangular formats appearing on sites across…
</p> <p> GTM DataLayer Umbel End Umbel [if lte IE 9]>< ![endif][if gte IE 10]>< ![endif] Google Tag Manager Container The rest of the political world has spent the past several days dissecting a devastating report from the New York Times about Donald Trump’s 1995 tax returns. Trump has spent it, at least in part,…
Banner Image Tim Kaine Rubbed Mike Pence’s Nose in Trump’s Crazy Kaine interrupted his way to the truth at the vice-presidential debate. Senator Tim Kaine, left, and Governor Mike Pence. (AP Photo / David Goldman) GOP vice-presidential nominee Mike Pence checked in on aisle 4 at Longwood University Tuesday night to clean up Donald Trump’s…
The former governor and mayor has a decent record of fighting sprawl. Scott Audette/Reuters Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia will be scrutinized for all sorts of things in the coming days, for his positions on gun control, abortion, and global trade. The chattering class will also consider how he fits into the political calculus of…