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Watch machines compete in the biggest game of Jenga you’ve ever seen

We're hoping Monopoly is next.

On Apr 15, 2014 by Miles Klee

Tech

This browser extension lets you block everything #Normcore

Is the #Normcore epidemic still infecting your browser? Never fear.

On Mar 7, 2014 by Audra Schroeder

Tech

Facebook now lets you block specific websites on your News Feed

Begging the question: "Wait... why didn't Facebook let you do this in the first place?"

On Mar 4, 2014 by EJ Dickson

Tech

Facebook’s ‘Hot Mom’ suspended for fat-shaming

Body acceptance is good, Kang wrote, but “normalizing obesity” is not.

On Nov 27, 2013 by Gaby Dunn

IRL

On Facebook, explicit content is just a hashtag click away

Instagram bans sex, drugs, and curse words in tag searches, but they're all free to browse on its corporate owner: Facebook.

On Sep 3, 2013 by Kris Holt

IRL

Wikipedia pot article loses bongs, gets OK’d in Russia

Now that bongs, joints, and vaporizers have disappeared from a Russian Wikipedia article about smoking pot, the government has declared it safe for the general public.

On Apr 9, 2013 by Kevin Morris

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Chinese outraged government can use Twitter while they can’t

Despite the service being banned in the country, the Chinese government's official press office owns an active Twitter account.

On Dec 11, 2012 by Kevin Morris

Tech

Egypt’s president blocks Twitter critics after major decree

After claiming absolute authority for his laws, decrees and decisions Thusday, President Mohamed Morsi has apparently started blocking his critics on Twitter.

On Nov 22, 2012 by Kris Holt

Tech

Iran blocks citizens’ access to Google and Gmail

The block, reportedly provoked by the anti-Islamic YouTube video “The Innocence of Muslims,” may be the next step toward cutting Iranians off from the Internet entirely.

On Sep 24, 2012 by Fidel Martinez

Tech

Pakistan blocks YouTube over controversial anti-Islamic video

Citing "indecent material," the country is denying access to YouTube after the Google-owned company refused to remove a controversial video that sparked protests across the Muslim world.

On Sep 17, 2012 by Kevin Morris

IRL

Facebook temporarily blocks “The New Yorker” over cartoon nipple

A bare breast in one of The New Yorker's cartoons apparently violated Facebook's terms of service.

On Sep 11, 2012 by Fidel Martinez

IRL

Facebook engineer apologizes to Reddit for blocking Imgur

Links to Reddit's favorite image-sharing service were accidentally banned from Facebook, and one engineer came forward to take the blame.

On Jul 17, 2012 by Michelle Jaworski

Internet Culture

How to use a bidet and other important life lessons

In today's digest, Reddit copes with The Dark Knight Rises spoilers, we learn how time works in Harry Potter, and a Facebook engineer shows up for a mea culpa cameo.

On Jul 17, 2012 by Kevin Morris

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