Ajit Pai and Republicans in Congress helped enable "bounty hunters" to track your phone

Nerd fight, flight delays, and the cold. [Gizmodo]( January 25, 2019 [Ajit Pai and Republicans in Congress helped enable "bounty hunters" to track your phone]( [A growing chorus of Washington lawmakers is now pressing federal regulators to do something about the fact that wireless carriers have recklessly sold off data that can pinpoint the locations of their customers’ mobile phones (and thus the customers themselves). The firestorm of inquiries began after it was revealed that during an investigative sting, a Motherboard reporter was able to obtain the physical location of a phone he’d planted in Queens, New York, after shelling out $300 to some shadowy figure in a back-alley deal.]( [GADGETS]( [Nvidia and AMD's nerdiest fight is the one that matters most]( [At CES earlier this month, Nvidia and AMD traded words, with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang saying his GPUs would “crush” AMD’s newly announce Radeon VII. AMD CEO Lisa Su was more measured in her response, but she didn’t pass up the opportunity to make a dig at Nvidia, noting that when her company finally adopts ray tracing, people would actually know what it is.]( [NEWS]( [Flights delayed at several major airports due to air traffic control staffing shortage during shutdown]( [It’s day 35 of President Trump’s government shutdown with no end in sight. And it’s only getting worse. The latest: flights at New York’s LaGuardia airport, New Jersey’s Newark airport, and Philadelphia International Airport have been delayed due to staffing issues at air traffic control centers, according to the FAA’s website. NBC New York reports the FAA has ordered a ground stop at LaGuardia.]( [EXTREME WEATHER]( [The polar vortex could bring life-threatening cold to the Midwest next week]( [If you live in the Midwest, I’m sorry. All signs are pointing toward an extremely dangerous and potentially historic cold snap descending on the region next week thanks to the polar vortex. It will make last week’s dalliance with polar vortex-induced cold look like a beach vacation and could put lives at risk.]( [TELEVISION]( [Exclusive: Michael B. Jordan opens up about his new animated series gen:LOCK]( [Rooster Teeth’s new animated series gen:LOCK from Gray Haddock is a near-future sci-fi fantasy set in a world where war is waged with hulking, humanoid mechas operated by hotshot pilots. The anime which inspired gen:LOCK are written all over the show, and its hero, Julian Chase (Michael B. 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Most of our day-to-day computing is happening in a web browser—and those are pretty universal at this point.]( [HEALTH]( [The e-scooter craze is sending lots of people to the ER, often with head injuries]( [Electric scooters have become wildly popular, thanks to single-named companies like Bird, Scoot, and Lime creating easy-to-ride, if legally iffy, scooter rental services in cities across the U.S. But a new study out Friday is seemingly the first to quantify a drawback to these convenient devices: lots of riders are getting hurt and ending up in the emergency room.]( [YOU MAY ALSO LIKE]( [JALOPNIK]( [Here It Is, The Worst Homemade Bumper Sticker Ever]( [Look, I know it’s wrong to be judgmental, and I’m certainly a miserable accumulation of flaws crammed into a stained T-shirt myself, but I can’t help but think that the person who made these godawful bumper stickers and applied them to the back of their Toyota Sienna has to be...]( [DEADSPIN]( [If You're A Kicker Who Needs A Job You Should Think About Visiting Chicago]( [The Chicago Bears were double-doinked out of the playoffs by placekicker Cody Parkey, who then made an appearance on Today before anyone really had a chance to start feeling sorry for him. 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