A debate about gendered pronouns on GitHub ignites the tech community
When a prominent GitHub coder deemed the use of genderless pronouns “trivial,” he discovered it wasn’t.
On Dec 2, 2013 by Aja Romano
Watch a body-retrieval mission miraculously turn into a rescue
Early in the morning of May 26, a tugboat called the Jascon 4 capsized during a storm. There was one survivor—and no one knew it.
On Dec 2, 2013 by Patrick Howell O’Neill
This guy made $24,000 in Bitcoin by holding up a sign on ESPN
“Hi Mom! Send Bitcoin!”
On Dec 1, 2013 by Jay Hathaway
Anonymous’ OpGabon returns ahead of Gabon’s municipal elections
Anonymous intends to disrupt the finances of Gabon’s president, Ali Bongo.
On Nov 29, 2013 by Lorraine Murphy
Press agencies ordered to pay $1.2 million for stealing photos from Twitter
Daniel Morel will finally be compensated for his photos of the 2010 Haiti earthquake.
On Nov 24, 2013 by Dell Cameron
Teen kissers in Morocco have an unexpected ally in Anonymous
It’s not twerking. It’s not grinding. It’s still indecent enough to have three teens facing two years each in prison.
On Nov 20, 2013 by Lorraine Murphy
George Watsky apologizes for ‘inexcusable’ dive at Warped Tour
“The jump was not awesome, it was not badass, and it was not ballsy,” Watsky wrote in a Facebook apology.
On Nov 18, 2013 by Michelle Jaworski
Jeremy Hammond supporters share list of countries the FBI allegedly used him to hack
An unverified document matches claims Hammond himself has made in the past.
On Nov 15, 2013 by Dell Cameron
Anonymous aims to shut down Utah boarding school over abuse allegations
An owner of the school denies the abuse ever took place.
On Nov 11, 2013 by Fernando Alfonso III
The Onion scraps print edition, goes online-only
The fake newspaper of record will stop the presses once and for all.
On Nov 8, 2013 by Miles Klee
Anonymous is winning its Craigslist battle against Scientology
The hacker collective has ruined the Church of Scientology’s Craigslist recruiting efforts.
On Nov 7, 2013 by Curt Hopkins
Silk Road 2.0: The Deep Web’s most notorious black market is back
Former Silk Road admins have launched a successor to the infamous online drug market.
On Nov 6, 2013 by Patrick Howell O’Neill
Toronto journalist tweets photo of Rob Ford urinating in public
So that‘s how politicians mark their territory.
On Oct 31, 2013 by Miles Klee
No, Reddit didn’t just ban half the Internet
The r/politics moderators probably see the media’s response to their bans as “sensationalistic.” This time, they’d be right.
On Oct 31, 2013 by Kevin Morris
Teen takes his own life days after arrest for streaking at football game
Did 15-year-old Christian Adamek’s school scare him into taking his own life?
On Oct 12, 2013 by Dell Cameron
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