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Whistleblower Edward Snowden calls Nvidia's RTX 5000 series a crime against consumers, blasts paltry VRAM

What just happened? It really says something about how disappointing Nvidia's RTX 5000 series is proving to be when Edward Snowden publicly criticizes it. The infamous whistleblower has slammed the cards' poor value and low amounts of VRAM, calling Blackwell a "monopolistic crime against the consumer."

Full story By Rob Thubron, February 3, 2025, 7:03 AM 38 comments

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Edward Snowden couldn't find evidence of the government hiding aliens

If the government is hiding aliens, they're doing a good job of it

By Shawn Knight, October 23, 2019, 11:06 AM 14 comments

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The US is suing Edward Snowden for his book profits

Permanent Record is already a top-seller on Amazon

By Rob Thubron, September 18, 2019, 7:38 AM 11 comments

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Despite tighter regulations the NSA still collected 151 million phone records in 2016, only had 42 warrants

By William Gayde, May 3, 2017, 10:32 PM

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Longer prison sentences could be in store for whistleblowers in the UK

By Shawn Knight, February 13, 2017, 2:00 PM 11 comments

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Weekend tech reading: Apple sues Qualcomm for $1b, the hidden costs of owning a Nintendo Switch, Lavabit email is back

By Matthew DeCarlo, January 22, 2017, 10:54 AM

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NSA contractor working for Edward Snowden's former employer charged with stealing secrets

By Rob Thubron, October 6, 2016, 10:30 AM 25 comments

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Check out the second trailer for Oliver Stone's Snowden biopic

By Shawn Knight, July 22, 2016, 6:15 AM 8 comments

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Edward Snowden has designed an iPhone attachment to detect unwanted radio transmissions

By Shawn Knight, July 21, 2016, 6:00 PM 9 comments

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Snowden slams Russia's "Big Brother" laws as anti-terrorism bill is passed by lower house

By Rob Thubron, June 27, 2016, 11:00 AM 13 comments

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Check out this new trailer for Oliver Stone's Edward Snowden biopic

By Shawn Knight, April 27, 2016, 4:00 PM

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Weekend tech reading: Six 3D printers tested, Assange 'arbitrarily detained', MIT's hack-proof RFID

By Matthew DeCarlo, February 7, 2016, 12:00 PM

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Google is building a system to alert Gmail users of messages that arrive via unencrypted connections

By Shawn Knight, November 13, 2015, 2:00 PM 7 comments

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Weekend tech reading: Ad blocking wars begin (and TechSpot is on the wrong side of it)

By Julio Franco, September 20, 2015, 1:48 PM 25 comments

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Security Hardware

ProxyHam lets you anonymously connect to public Wi-Fi from 2.5 miles away

By Shawn Knight, July 2, 2015, 1:30 PM

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Here's the first trailer for Oliver Stone's movie about Edward Snowden

By Shawn Knight, June 30, 2015, 9:30 PM

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Security Mobile

Snowden documents reveal the NSA's plan to use app stores to inject targets with malware

By Shawn Knight, May 21, 2015, 1:45 PM 12 comments

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Weekend Open Forum: Have your online privacy habits changed post-Snowden?

By Jose Vilches, April 10, 2015, 6:00 PM

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John Oliver's hilarious interview with Edward Snowden on surveillance and dick pics

There's been no shortage of debate since Edward Snowden expose

By Jose Vilches, April 6, 2015, 11:04 AM 10 comments

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Security The Web

Leaked Snowden documents outline the Canadian cyber warfare systems

By Justin Kahn, March 23, 2015, 4:00 PM 7 comments

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Security Electronics

China has dropped several major US tech brands for government purchases in wake of NSA spying

By Shawn Knight, February 25, 2015, 4:00 PM 12 comments

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Snowden documentary wins big at the Oscars, Oliver Stone-directed biopic set for Christmas release

By Shawn Knight, February 23, 2015, 12:45 PM 7 comments

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Kaspersky Lab uncovers a suite of surveillance platforms that hide in hard drive firmware

By Shawn Knight, February 16, 2015, 7:15 PM 32 comments

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Twitter transparency report reveals government requests increased 40 percent in the last six months

By Shawn Knight, February 9, 2015, 5:30 PM

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Security Mobile

Blackphone vulnerability would have let attacker read messages, steal contacts and more

By Shawn Knight, January 28, 2015, 4:30 PM