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A Utah man accused of peddling silver as a COVID-19 cure led the feds on a 3-year manhunt and spammed the court with filings full of conspiracy theories
Prosecutors say Gordon Pedersen marketed silver as a COVID-19 cure and fraudulently claimed to be a…
Michelle Mark
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Twitter permanently suspends scores of 'news' accounts under the company BNN founded by Gurbaksh Chahal, former tech CEO convicted of battery
Nearly 80 verified accounts claiming to be part of the "news network" BNN were started in May. Twit…
Kali Hays
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Coronavirus is the new clickbait — Here’s how to keep it from infecting your machines
The Coronavirus pandemic reaches most corners of the world. More people are browsing the net and st…
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Sales of the 'everlasting,' beloved product Spam have skyrocketed during coronavirus as long-time fans stock up
"Eating Richly" food blogger Diana Johnson noticed a spike in traffic to her Spam recipes. Meanwhil…
Jenny Powers
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THE ANNOYANCE ENGINE: Spam robocalls became profitable scams by exploiting the phone system, but you can stop them
It's easier and cheaper than ever for companies to send spam robocalls. You can block them with app…
Walt Hickey
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Facebook's Comments tool promised to make 'higher quality discussions' on the internet. It's riddled with spam instead.
The company has more than 35,000 people working on safety and security initiatives, including conte…
Rob Price
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The bright spot in Trump's coronavirus response
The Trump administration's swift economic aid and willingness to pays billions for vaccines has bee…
David Plotz,Henry Blodget,Lin…
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Nicki Minaj tried to dox 2 journalists who were investigating her bizarre COVID-19 vaccine claim about her cousin's friend's testicles
The rapper shared the contact details of the journalists on her Instagram Stories, leading to her f…
Joshua Zitser
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Coronavirus: Odisha Police issues advisory on cyber frauds
"Once the attackers succeed in tricking their targetsto accept the bait, they can earn huge amount …
PTI
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Facebook is wrongly blocking news articles about the coronavirus pandemic
On Tuesday, multiple Facebook users reported on Twitter that they found themselves unable to post a…
Rob Price
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Biden wants all adults to be eligible for the vaccine by May 1
These are Insider's biggest healthcare stories for the week ending March 12.
Lydia Ramsey Pflanzer
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The startup helping people get leftover shots
These are Insider's biggest healthcare stories for March 10.
Lydia Ramsey Pflanzer
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Facebook is offering its Workplace service for free to coronavirus pandemic responders
Workplace Advanced is Facebook's product that competes with workplace chat apps like Slack and Micr…
Paayal Zaveri,Tyler Sonnemaker
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Venmo transactions are a portal into people's crushed dreams and illicit activities during the coronavirus pandemic
People are forgoing social media posts to conceal their illicit coronavirus-pandemic activities, bu…
Julia Naftulin
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The US's contact-tracing system is broken. Testing delays set it up for failure.
Testing delays made it difficult to identify people who were still infectious. Now the outbreak has…
Aria Bendix
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A white woman spent years posing online as a Native American scientist and professor, and was caught after claiming the woman contracted coronavirus and died
BethAnn McLaughlin admitted Tuesday that she created the @Sciencing_Bi account on Twitter, which ha…
Connor Perrett
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Robocall scams related to coronavirus are surprisingly low right now, but the scammers are 'just starting out'
In the grand scheme of things, one million daily scam calls is still only a fraction of the total n…
Antonio Villas-Boas
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Google blocked an average of 18 million daily malicious coronavirus messages to Gmail users in the past week as hackers try to capitalize on fear and less secure remote-work setups
Google also said it detected more than 240 million spam messages related to COVID-19 as scammers tr…
Tyler Sonnemaker
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How to enroll in a clinical trial for a malaria drug that could help treat the coronavirus or stop you from catching it
For those interested in enrolling, the study is virtual, meaning there are no site visits. People e…