Hackers have changed since the days of The Matrix. While most hackers used to hold iconoclastic ideals, with aspirations to “shock the system” for a perceived common good, today’s hacker/cracker community is more concerned with making a quick buck.

At least that’s how Mike Calce, the former hacker known as ‘mafiaboy,’ sees things. Calce says he still has contact with some of the people he used to know in the hacker community, and while many of them are still active, their priorities have changed.

“The hacker motivation has changed immensely,” Calce told Mashable in an interview. “It’s much more about monetary gain, whereas in my era, it was about pushing the status quo.”

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Warner Bros. — the studio behind The Dark Knight Rises — has announced that it will make a “substantial” donation to charities supporting victims of the theater shooting in Aurora, Colo.

The studio has been in contact with Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper’s office, saying it will contribute funds to givingfirst.org, a branch of Colorado’s Community First Foundation, which will distribute money across various charities for the July 20 shooting victims, The Hollywood Reporter reports.

The shooting, which occurred at a midnight premiere of the Batman film, killed 12 and left at least 58 wounded. Police have suspected gunman James Holmes in custody.

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On Tuesday, a YouTube video of bus monitor Karen Klein being verbally harassed by several 12- to 15-year-old boys ignited a crowd-sourced fundraiser that has raked in over half a million dollars.

But with 29 days left on the Indiegogo fundraiser, many are wondering: Where will it stop? What will the 69-year-old grandmother (who currently makes $ 15,506 a year) do with all that money?

The original fundraising goal of $ 5,000 was meant to send Klein on a nice relaxing vacation.  Now there is enough money for her to vacation, retire and then some.

Let us know how you feel by answering questions in the poll below, or ask a question you’d like to see answered.

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In the spirit of Phandroid’s Developer Appreciation Month, I wanted to make sure you guys didn’t soon forget about one of the most promising looking indie titles soon to hit our Android devices — Rigonauts. Developer Engient has uploaded some all new gameplay footage of Rigonauts in its very pre-alpha stages, but gives us a candid look at what we can expect from the upcoming physics-based action puzzler. It’s a very simple level, but if the former trailer is any indication, things will heat up as the game progresses.

In case you’ve forgotten, gameplay involved building a rig that you will send into battle, firing cannons, and issuing orders to lead you into victory...