Uber Driver In India Arrested For Allegedly Raping Female Passenger
* Accused to appear in court Monday - police * No driver background checks, no GPS in car * Police plan legal action against Uber for violations (Adds arrest, police quotes, company statement) By...
View ArticleMark Zuckerberg Takes A Whack At Apple In New Interview
If Apple were truly looking out for its customers' best interests, it would charge a lot less for its gadgets, Mark Zuckerberg said in a recent interview with Time magazine. "A frustration I have is...
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The 27 Greatest Pizza Moments Of 2014
This was a great year for pizza. We've graduated from 2013's astronaut pizza and The Pizza Underground to pizza cake and pizza at the Oscars. Luckily nobody had need to be crust-fallen, as 2014 held...
View ArticleReport That Grumpy Cat Earned $100 Million Is 'Completely Inaccurate'
A news report that the Internet sensation known as Grumpy Cat has earned $100 million is "completely inaccurate," the cat's owner, Tabatha Bundesen, told The Huffington Post. The British tabloid The...
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The Writers Workbench: 2014 Holiday Gift Guide
Let it snow, let it snow, let it..oh, okay, you get the point. 'Tis the season for my annual Holiday Gift Guide, where we look back over the previous months and pass along some of the products that got...
View ArticleDaddyhunt Launches First App For Daddys, Daddy Lovers
We've got apps to order vegan hoagies, cabs and laundry detergent but what if what you really need is a hot, mature guy to spend some time with? Well, now there's an app for that too. Introducing...
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How Technology Will Not Save the World
The United States is currently tangled up in a racially charged debate around police violence, or maybe better put, excessive and biased use of force against people of color. We have seen riots and...
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This 19-Year-Old College Student Built an Artificial Brain That Detects...
by Elizabeth Kiefer, TEEN VOGUE Brittany Wenger is changing the game when it comes to cancer detection technology -- and, at 19, she's just getting started. Brittany Wenger explaining her work to...
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This Ridiculously Detailed Map Shows Where We Tweet Most
You may not have a ton of followers, but you're never alone on Twitter -- as a new map makes strikingly clear. Crafted by data artist and Mapbox software developer Eric Fisher, the map uses publicly...
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Indians: The Most Connected Diaspora
Two months ago, the New York Times Facebook page drew a spate of angry comments mostly in Malayalam, the language spoken in the southernmost state of India. What led to this venting of ire was a racist...
View Article'Tinder Nightmares' Reveal The Most Awkward (And Hilarious) Parts Of Online...
It's no secret that things can get pretty weird on Tinder, but a new Instagram account reminds us just how funny said weirdness can be. A new Instagram account called "Tinder Nightmares" records some...
View ArticleCan Uber Fix Itself?
Online car-booking company Uber has recently lurched from one public relations crisis to another, including bizarre comments by an Uber executive about taking revenge on critical journalists. But...
View ArticleWhen China's Censors Give Lessons in Liberty
Have human rights principles been consigned to a museum because they prevented the combined forces of China's dictatorship and business community from asserting themselves? That at least is the...
View Article'Tis the Season to Pass on Our Geek Addictions
'Tis the season for all of us technogeeks to raise our children (and grandchildren) in our image. This means, of course, our Hanukkah, Kwanzaa or Christmas gift list needs to be dominated by a few...
View ArticleBuilding the Next Silicon Valley: Your Regulations Are My Opportunity
By Dimitri Dadiomov Jeff Bezos famously said, "Your margin is my opportunity," and built a colossus of American business to take advantage of that. Amazon has become a dominant engine powering...
View ArticleThe Funniest Someecards Of The Week
Congrats, y'all! You made it through the first week of December! You conquered the first week of holiday parties, 24/7 Christmas music, and a non-stop loop of "Love Actually" on your TV screen. If you...
View ArticleTwitter Under Fire As Users Spread Information About Alleged Rape Victim
Twitter is under fire for failing to quickly stop the spread of personal information allegedly belonging to "Jackie," the woman who described being brutally gang raped in a November Rolling Stone...
View ArticleNick Offerman's Wood Emojis Are Now A Real Thing You Can Own
This just in: Dreams really do come true. A few ago, "Parks and Recreation" star Nick Offerman set the Internet on fire with a sketch about his new Handcrafted Wood Emojis. On Monday, Conan O'Brien...
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Why Millennials Should Buy Bitcoin
It is entirely fitting that the first crypto currency was born of a mystery creator, known by the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto. Nakamoto wrote Bitcoin into existence using C++. He posted a white paper...
View ArticleAmericans Believe The Internet Has Made Them Better Informed
The majority of Americans believe access to the Internet has made them better informed and "improved their ability to learn new things," the Pew Research Center found in a new study, published Monday....
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