Sheryl Sandberg: 'I Don't Want To Run For Office'
Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg has no plans to enter politics anytime soon. In a Wednesday interview with HuffPost Live about her latest book, "Lean In: For Graduates," Sandberg addressed some of the...
View ArticleJudge In Smartphone Battle Can't Get People To Turn Off Smartphones
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — So far one of the biggest problems for a federal judge overseeing a patent battle between the world's largest smartphone makers isn't about stolen ideas. It's getting the...
View ArticlePrankster Asks Siri Questions In Public That Would Make Her Blush If She Could
Ever let a little kid borrow your smartphone to chat with Siri? Oh, the ridiculous and sometimes obscene questions that follow. Now imagine what a professional prankster can come up with when...
View ArticleAnalog Is the New Organic
Snowden has shown us that in the digital world a level of surveillance is possible and practiced that would never have been accepted in analogue democracies. Now people start to rebel. The significance...
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U.S. Navy Has Found A Way To Turn Seawater Into Fuel
Scientists with the United States Navy say they have successfully developed a way to convert seawater into jet fuel, calling it a potentially revolutionary advancement. Researchers at the Naval...
View Article'Wish I Was Here' Trailer: Zach Braff Still Loves The Shins
Zach Braff's Kickstarter movie, "Wish I Was Here," has its first trailer. Things to note: (1) the YouTube comments on the official Focus Features page for the teaser are disabled; (2) "Simple Song" is...
View ArticleWoman Posted Ads For Rape As Revenge For Losing Dream House: Prosecutors
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A San Diego woman distraught over losing out on her family's dream house carried out a perverse revenge scheme to have the home's new owner raped, prosecutors said. The defendant,...
View ArticleScience (Fiction), Technology, Engineering, and Math?
Can science fiction influence science? Many theoretical physicists and astronomers seem to think so, and quite a few scientists say they were inspired to go into science by reading Jules Verne, or...
View ArticleThere's No Headline That Can Do This Cringeworthy 'Social Media' Song Justice
A social media enthusiast who doubles as a jazz saxophonist and worship leader decided to write a song about social media. What happened next will restore your faith in humanity. Or take that faith and...
View Article6 Reasons Why Online Friends Are the Best
I snort and then bury my head in the pillow. The bed shakes with my half-stifled laughter. My husband is not amused. "It's 6 a.m., why are you laughing?" he asks. "My friend just said the funniest...
View ArticleYep, Land Rover Pretty Much Just Came Up With An Invisibility Cloak For Cars
It’s a question that has arguably boggled mankind ever since the invention of the automobile: “What the hell did I just run over?” Thanks to Land Rover, humanity will soon be one step closer to an...
View ArticleHere Are The Origins Of The Internet's Most Meme-orable Memes
Ah, memes, the Internet doth love you. However, do you know the origins of all your favorites? Not just the television series or film, but the exact episode or movie scene in which they were born? For...
View Article2 Years After 'Caine's Arcade' Went Viral
Today marks 2 years since I posted a short film online about a then 9 year old boy named Caine Monroy's cardboard arcade. I wanted to share some of the good things that have happened since. If you...
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You Can Now Use Emojis To Search On Yelp, And It's Not As Pointless As It Sounds
For the hungry and the lazy, hunting down the perfect slice of pizza just got better, thanks to the ingenious merging of Yelp and emojis. Yelp released a new feature on its mobile app in late March, in...
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Facebook To Force You To Get A Second App For Messaging
Enjoy chatting with your Facebook friends on your phone? Well if you'd like to continue to do so, you'll soon be forced to download an entirely separate app from Facebook's current one. Yes, it's true:...
View Article1 In 4 Kids Sees Porn By Age 12, BBC Three Survey Says
Yikes. A quarter of children have seen online pornography by age 12, and 7 percent have seen it by age 10 or younger, a new survey indicates. But it wasn't just curiosity that landed them on an adult...
View ArticleComcast Goes to Washington... and Flops
Comcast took to Washington this week to sell its mega-merger with Time Warner Cable. But in a week that Comcast had hoped to parade the proposed merger past Congress and regulators it quickly became...
View ArticleDemocrats, Republicans Clash Over Online Domain Name Oversight
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican opposition to Obama administration plans to spin off U.S. oversight of the Internet's domain name system is evolving into an election-year political fight, with GOP...
View ArticlePaying For It: Is PayPal Hurting Sex Workers?
"In a sluggish economy, never, ever f*** with another man's livelihood." - Risky Business As a sex worker, I hear "why don't you leave the industry?" all the time. We all do -- it's one of the big...
View ArticleInternet Ad Revenue Soars Past Broadcast TV Ad Revenue For First Time
NEW YORK (AP) — For the first time, U.S. Internet advertising revenue has surpassed that of broadcast television thanks to sharp growth in mobile and digital video ads. That's according to a report...
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