Untold Stories
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The Vanishing Act: How FBI Raids Turned a Crypto Genius Into Digital Ghost
One Friday morning, federal agents hauled evidence boxes from two Indiana homes while university sysadmins performed a different kind of purge - deleting a professor's digital existence byte by byte....
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Physicists Accidentally Steal Earth's Spin Energy in Glorious Science Fail
Here's something that shouldn't work: harvesting electricity from Earth's rotation like a planetary-scale vending machine robbery. Yet a team of physicists just pulled it off while trying to prove it...
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DOGE's 'Big Balls' Tech Debacle: When Cybercrime Support Comes With Federal Benefits
Edward Coristine brought two qualifications to his $140,000 government tech job: the online alias "Big Balls" and a resume featuring . The 19-year-old's journey from helping hackers stalk an FBI agent...
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23andMe's Bankruptcy Fire Sale: Your DNA Has Become Their Most Valuable Asset
Fifteen million genetic profiles are suddenly up for grabs as 23andMe's Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing transforms your DNA from a personal journey into corporate collateral. The genetic testing giant th...