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Techdirt 2025: The Stats
Every year, a little after New Years, I do a post about the previous year of Techdirt traffic and comments. You may noti...

149 million passwords for Gmail, Facebook, Instagram and other popular services exposed online — how to stay safe after this major leak
Millions of logins and passwords have been leaked online after a database containing loads of stolen credentials was left unsecured without a password....

Chromebooks train schoolkids to be loyal customers, internal Google document suggests
Internal documents revealed as part of a child safety lawsuit hint at Google's plan to "onboard kids" into its ecosystem by investing in schools. In this November 2020 presentation, Google writ...

House Bill Would Change Asset-Based Thresholds for Bank Regulations
A bill advanced to the House of Representatives by the House Financial Services Committee aims to reduce unnecessary regulatory burdens on community banks and small credit unions, the committee said i...

Ex-Olympian Turns Himself In Over Accusations of Running a Crypto Drug Network
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) announced the arrest of Ryan Wedding on charges of cocaine trafficking and murder. Wedding allegedly ran a transnational drug trafficking operation that relie...

Jeff Bezos Denies Polymarket Claim, Rekindling Debate Over Fake News on Betting Platforms
Polymarket has become embroiled in a scandal regarding a social media post it made about Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. The prediction market claimed he had recently recommended younger entrepreneurs to w...

Brevo vs SendGrid: Which One Should You Use for Your Ecommerce Business?
Brevo and SendGrid are two leading email platforms used by ecommerce businesses around the world. Whether you're looking to send transactional emails, automate marketing campaigns, or build custom...

Exposing a dirty secret: What uses more power, Bitcoin, streaming, AI, or social media?
Bitcoin mining consumed around 171 TWh in 2025, representing 16% of total data center energy use. All traditional data c...

Noem Says ICE Is Being Menaced By Ice Cubes, Protesters Should Be Cooped Up In ‘Free Speech Zones’
CBS News still exists, despite a president doing all he can to turn it into his own Baghdad Betty. Journalists are still demanding answers from this administration, even while the Baghdadest Betty of ...

Insider Allegedly Falsifies Documents, Inflates Income To Get $1,700,000 in Mortgage Loans
A financial services worker allegedly doctored documents to obtain millions of dollars worth of mortgage loans. According to new court filings, Aquana Raffington – a former loan officer of PrimeLend...

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