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Pornhub wants to buy Tumblr and restore site to former porn-filled glory

A Verizon logo displayed along with stock prices at the New York Stock Exchange.

Enlarge / A monitor seen on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2018. (credit: Getty Images | Bloomberg)

Less than two years after buying Tumblr as part of its Yahoo acquisition, Verizon is reportedly trying to sell the blogging platform. Pornhub has also announced that it wants to buy Tumblr and end the site’s Verizon-imposed porn ban.

“Verizon Communications Inc. is seeking a buyer for blogging website Tumblr, according to people familiar with the matter, as it tries to steady a media business that has struggled to meet revenue targets,” The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday.

Pornhub quickly announced its interest after the news broke, although it isn’t clear whether the two companies have talked. Verizon banned all adult content from Tumblr in December 2018, and Pornhub wants to restore the site to its former porn-filled glory.

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Microsoft adds ransomware protection and file restore to OneDrive cloud storage

  1. Microsoft adds ransomware protection and file restore to OneDrive cloud storage  The Verge
  2. Microsoft’s OneDrive now has your back in a ransomware attack  Digital Trends
  3. Microsoft to add ransomware protection tools, advanced Outlook.com encryption for consumers  ZDNet
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As Atlanta Seeks To Restore Services, Ransomware Attacks Are On The Rise

  1. As Atlanta Seeks To Restore Services, Ransomware Attacks Are On The Rise  NPR
  2. Why ransomware attacks target local governments like Atlanta  PBS NewsHour
  3. Atlanta Works to Break Ransomware Hold  TechNewsWorld
  4. Six days after a ransomware cyberattack, Atlanta officials are filling out forms by hand  CNN
  5. Investigation: Red flags raised months before ransomware attack on City Hall  WSB Atlanta
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Happy Independence Day: Stop Watching Us, Restore the Fourth Amendment

U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, the former chief judge of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, was so frustrated with the way she has been portrayed as wielding a rubber stamp of approval for the NSA’s dragnet surveillance, that she made public statements to the Washington Post.
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