The Intercept A few days ago, HBO aired the episode of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver in which Oliver went to Russia to hang out with Edward Snowden. It was fucking great. And it was also significantly more… ah… welcoming than, say, a certain full-length documentary about the horrifying dystopian reality of America’s surveillance […]
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Another Reason to Stop Using Facebook: Demonic Possession
There are a lot of good reasons to stop using Facebook—being a monumental waste of time is but one—and now we can add “possible demonic possession” to the list. Hilarious religious person Pat Robertson weighed in on the subject when asked if it’s biblically okay to post ultrasound photos of unborn babies on Facebook. [WHY […]
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Videogames To Feel Good About
Ours is the first generation to grow up on videogames. And while we may have graduated to parenting, some of us are still gamers who want to mold our kids’ taste beyond Barbie Horse Adventures and Madden. For everyone else, it’s a jungle out there. Want to feel okay about unsupervised game time? Here are […]
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Always Complain on Twitter
As many of you didn’t care a little while ago, I broke my new phone. I mourned the way I always do, by complaining on Twitter. At first I was actually trying to get customer service, but when Motorola proved immune to my cries, I just started venting at them to make myself feel better. […]
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If There’s a Worse Feeling Than a Broken Phone, I Don’t Know It
I’ve lived a pretty charmed life. The worst thing that’s ever happened to me was the time I sneezed while eating oatmeal. *Shudder* But over the holidays I learned what true pain is because I dropped my brand new smart phone and watched the life wink out of it. Forever. My last phone survived a […]
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Trailer for the Black Mirror Christmas Special…
… ummm… which you probably can’t watch unless you’re in either a relatively small group of people, or a goddamn thief. Why? Because unless you live in England, like to steal stuff off the internet, or are a DirecTV subscriber, you won’t be able to watch the Black Mirror Christmas Special tomorrow on Christmas day. […]
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Quantifying Films with Heartbeats
I’m a big fan of Warren Ellis’ MORNING, COMPUTER blog and ORBITAL OPERATIONS newsletter; mentioned in a recent installment of the latter was byHeart, a proposed app for the Apple Watch. On the surface—and assuming it (A) comes into being, and (B) catches on—byHeart appears to another way to quantify, rate, and share/brag about one’s […]
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New Spammer Trick: Implanting False Memories
Every once in a while it’s good to skim through your spam folder to see if you’re missing anything important and to learn what new techniques spammers have developed. It was during one of these routine checks that I discovered my favorite spam tactic I’ve ever seen. It’s the Eternal Sunshine trick, where the email […]
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Geeking Out on Early Apple Prototypes
Photo: Jonathan Zufi PORTLANDER JIM ABELES is the proud owner of “the world’s largest collection of Apple prototypes”—many of which will be on display for Design Week in an exhibit appropriately called Apple Prototype Collection: An Exhibit of Unreleased Apple Products. While the name might come off as a bit clinical, for those who grew […]
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What the Hell Is Ello? And Why Is Everyone Suddenly Talking About It?
ELLO.COM Although it’s invite-only, it’s fairly easy to sign up for Ello. In the last few days my Facebook feed (and I’m assuming yours, too) has been clogged with posts about Ello, a new social networking site that’s aiming to be the anti-Facebook (its tagline is “simple, beautiful, & ad-free“). Initially, my instinct was to […]
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First iPhone 6 Customer Drops iPhone 6… on Live TV
But you know… in his defense… Okay, there’s no defense.
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CNN Tech Expert Thinks 4chan is Someone’s Name; Admits to Nude Selfies
Bret Larson, CNN’s “Tech Analyst”—which I suppose doesn’t necessarily mean he’s an “expert”… he’s just analyzing (or looking at and thinking about) tech things—did his best to explain to viewers about the recent nude photo leaking scandal, but apparently thinks that 4chan is an actual person. Also, did Bret just admit to taking nude pics […]