Revelations of a massive data leak at Facebook have shocked users, investors, lawmakers and even some top executives in recent weeks — but the company warned of third-party breaches and government regulation more than six years ago when it first filed to go public. In its 2012 IPO prospectus, Facebook called « improper access to or…

*looks at the camera like I’m Jim from The Office*

Enlarge / Artist’s conception of Mitchell reacting to the news (actually a parody of Mitchell featured in a Regular Show cartoon, but still…) Twin Galaxies, the long-running video game high score tracker recognized by Guinness World Records, has banned Billy Mitchell and removed all of his past scores from its listings after determining that two…

Tom Church loves a bargain. This is a man who spent an entire year living off supermarket yellow sticker items. He once leaked discount codes for every Domino’s Pizza store in UK , and even tracked down a pilot to fly him to Newcastle for half the price of a train . So when the…

Vizio got its start as a purveyor of cheap HDTVs just as consumers started upgrading their aging standard definition sets. But something surprising happened: they also ended up building pretty great TVs, especially in recent years. Vizio managed to keep its prices low while delivering sets with full-array backlighting, which let TVs light up the…

Image copyright AFP Image caption Emmanuel Macron has said any use of chemical weapons would be a « red line » France’s President Emmanuel Macron says he has « proof » that the Syrian government attacked the town of Douma with chemical weapons last weekend. He said he would decide « in due course » whether to respond with air strikes.…