kris-holt

Kris Holt


Based in Montreal, Kris Holt has been writing about technology and web culture since 2010. He writes for Engadget and Tech News World, and his byline has also appeared in Paste, Salon, International Business Times, Mashable, and elsewhere.

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Teens are risking their necks bumming rides on Twitter

Tweeting requests for rides is part of the new sharing economy.

On Aug 15, 2013 by Kris Holt

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These researchers could end Twitter spam forever

Spam Twitter account merchants are driving a $460,000 black market.

On Aug 14, 2013 by Kris Holt

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Facebook wedding photos spoil man’s government-benefits scam

Heath Joynson cheated taxpayers out of more than $1,900.

On Aug 14, 2013 by Kris Holt

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Al Qaeda asked Twitter for PR advice, and here’s what happened

When Al Qaeda solicited "media development" ideas from Twitter, it was never going to turn out well.

On Aug 14, 2013 by Kris Holt

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Oops! French gov’t office links to sexy lingerie site in terrorism tweet

The Legal and Administrative Information Directorate tried to link to a terror financing policy.

On Aug 13, 2013 by Kris Holt

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Dude seeks “spliff” on Twitter, cops hilariously respond

At least the cops had a sense of humor about it. 

On Aug 13, 2013 by Kris Holt

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100,000 pirates just found their new favorite browser

Pirate Browser users plan to beat government and ISP website filters.

On Aug 13, 2013 by Kris Holt

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Every YouTube flaw eviscerated in 8 minutes

JelloApocalypse has 99 problems, and YouTube accounts for every single one of them. 

On Aug 13, 2013 by Kris Holt

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Marriage proposals have gone to the drones

How one little quadcopter got a sweet and surreptitious view of this couple's engagement.

On Aug 13, 2013 by Kris Holt

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Twitter dives into politics, forms its own PAC

Twitter hopes to "play an active role" on Internet freedom, free speech, and government spying.

On Aug 12, 2013 by Kris Holt

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Violently homophobic tweets trend in France

The tags #lesgaysdoiventdisparaitrecar (“Gay people must die/disappear because”) and #TeamHomophobes trended on Twitter over the weekend.

On Aug 12, 2013 by Kris Holt

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Lady Gaga fans become piracy police after new song leaks

Gaga's Little Monsters are reporting every instance of the leaked song they can find.

On Aug 12, 2013 by Kris Holt

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The Pirate Bay celebrates 10th anniversary with new Web browser

The Pirate Browser is a bundle of the Tor routing client and Firefox Portable browser without "bundled ad-ware, toolbars or other crap."

On Aug 10, 2013 by Kris Holt

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This Vine supercut is guaranteed to take away the next 11 minutes of your life

Vine just had its moment.

On Aug 9, 2013 by Kris Holt

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The Ryan Gosling Cereal guy has cancer—and some amazing friends

"Before Vine, none of us had met," Paul Zenisek wrote on the campaign page. "Vine has been a life-changer."

On Aug 9, 2013 by Kris Holt