Tinder: Three Things You Probably Didn’t Know

Tinder: Three Things You Probably Didn’t Know

Apr 9, 2018

It all seems very straightforward. Swipe right if you’re attracted to the person on your screen, swipe left if you’re not. Tinder makes the process of finding someone to date seem easy. Individual profiles take only seconds to scan. In under one hour,

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ExtraTorrent Says Goodbye

ExtraTorrent Says Goodbye

May 17, 2017

Farewell, ExtraTorrent ExtraTorrent is probably gone for good. Our friends at Torrentfreak gave us the bad news this morning that one of the more popular torrenting sites, ExtraTorrent, has decieded to shut down permanently. ExtraTorrent Shuts Down https://t.co/ddHCB09v6A pic.twitter.com/An0M4bFtlJ — TF (@torrentfreak) May 17, 2017

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AdBlock Plus Wants you to Pay for what you Read Online

AdBlock Plus Wants you to Pay for what you Read Online

May 3, 2016

Online publishers often hate ad-blockers like AdBlock Plus. Owners of smaller blog sites complain that they get little to no revenue from the work they produce. You may have also noticed some major news sites like Forbes and Wired have restricted access to

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How Should Social Media Sites Respond to Suicidal Posts?

How Should Social Media Sites Respond to Suicidal Posts?

Apr 22, 2016

Today, news outlets are reporting on a CDC study that indicates suicide rates in the U.S. are on the rise. What role, if any, should social media sites play in helping to decrease these suicide rates? In this new era where everyone shares

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Is Microsoft’s newest A.I. Bot Transphobic?

Is Microsoft’s newest A.I. Bot Transphobic?

Apr 14, 2016

Microsoft has a new A.I. bot. This one appears to be a bit less corruptible than Tay, but that isn’t going to stop the internet from trying. This new bot is called CaptionBot AI and it apparently can “understand the content of any image and

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Dear Netflix:

Dear Netflix:

Apr 12, 2016

Dear Netflix, We here at Social Hacking are writing you in hopes that we may sway your decision to overtly screw over tens of thousands (conservative estimate) of subscribers to your services. $1.99 might not seem like a lot of money to most

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How to Save an Instagram Picture Without a Screenshot

How to Save an Instagram Picture Without a Screenshot

Apr 6, 2016

An Instagram picture is a relatively easy way to share what’s going on in your life with friends and family. Instagram is quickly becoming one of the most popular and fastest growing social networks in the world. In this day and age of self-promotion,

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New Security Measures from Gmail (VIDEO)

New Security Measures from Gmail (VIDEO)

Mar 25, 2016

Have you noticed some of the changes lately in your Gmail inbox? You may have received an email from a friend or colleague and saw that it had an unlocked red padlock next to it like this: When you hover over the padlock,

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Microsoft Creates AI Bot – Internet Immediately Turns it Racist

Microsoft Creates AI Bot – Internet Immediately Turns it Racist

Mar 24, 2016

Microsoft released an AI chat bot that is currently “verified” on Twitter called @TayandYou that was meant to try to learn the way millennials speak and interact with them. It’s meant to “test and improve Microsoft’s understanding of conversational language” according to The

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Skype Will Better Protect Users by Hiding IP Addresses

Skype Will Better Protect Users by Hiding IP Addresses

Jan 23, 2016

Skype has announced that in their new update, they will finally hide your IP address so that you are protected from “trolls”. This news is especially good for gamers who often find themselves DDoS’d by gaming rivals. There have been many YouTube tutorials

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