In all of the distracting, hysterical, evidence-free and unfair allegations of misogyny and bigotry hurled at supporters of GamerGate, the consumer revolt that continues to surface outrageous misconduct in the video games press, something is being forgotten. GamerGate is remarkable—and
In an effort to recapture some of the internet magic for President Obama,R. David Edelman, the Senior Advisor for Technology and Economic Policy at the White House tried to promote Obama’s net neutrality statement with a Reddit AMA (Ask Me
Nicki Minaj assumes the role as dictator in her latest music video entitled “Only” which critics argue blatantly glorifies Hitler because of its prominent use of Nazi imagery. In the video, Minaj perches on a throne before an army of
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas has made great progress in the area of criminal justice reform, but there is still a long way to go. That was the consensus message from a panel discussion earlier last month at the University of
“Fencing” is the buying or selling of stolen goods. As with most imaginable topics and persuasions, there are fencing communities on reddit, the popular internet message board. But what’s remarkable about the fencers on this particular site is how brazen
More nude celebrity photos, purportedly including reality star Kim Kardashian, circulated social media Saturday, in what appeared to be the second massive hacking-related leak in less than a month, US media reported. The pictures, which also included nude shots of
Monica Lewinsky, the woman who rose to fame after her “inappropriate relationship” with then-President Bill Clinton was exposed to the public, said that the celebrity photo hacker has crossed the line. “…certainly we can agree that stolen private nudes of actresses
LOS ANGELES, California — A visibly irked woman posted a sign in Los Angeles this week warning dog owners that she would personally follow them home and defecate on their doorsteps and the windshields of their cars if they failed
During his public relations tour before his inaugural Meet The Press on Sunday, new host Chuck Todd admitted that the mainstream press and the Washington establishment have lost touch with regular Americans and vowed that his show would do its part
It’s easy to mock video gamers as dorky loners in yellowing underpants. Indeed, in previous columns, I’ve done it myself. Occasionally at length. But, the more you learn about the latest scandal in the games industry, the more you start
Shelf Life clothing has a T-shirt that mocks the Chief Wahoo logo of the Cleveland Indians. Instead of Chief Wahoo, with the word “Indians” emblazoned above him, Shelf Life’s creation has a blond-haired white guy in his place, a dollar
Chinese officials have deemed it appropriate to punish drivers who are misusing their headlights by forcing them to stare at high beams for five minutes straight. The offenders must sit on a small plastic stool in direct alignment with the
“Let me make some peace with my mouth,” writes reddit user amreeki on a forum called ‘Random Acts of Blowjob’, an area of the social network in which women can advertise their sexual availability. The 29-year-old Israeli Defense Forces veteran, who lives
Westboro Baptist Church (WBC), infamous for their “God Hates Fags” slogans and picketing at soldiers’ funerals, is taking their God Hates the Media tour to the heart of the LGBT movement in America: San Francisco. WBC will reportedly be making
Luis Suarez, meet Mike Tyson. The retired 50-6 boxer commented Tuesday on the Uruguayan striker suspended from the World Cup, and all soccer-related activity for the next four months, for biting Italy’s Giorgio Chiellini in front of an audience of
Justin Ross Harris, father of 22-month-old Cooper Harris, is on trial for the murder of his son, who was left for seven hours in Harris’s Hyundai Tucson. Over the objections of defense attorneys, the prosecution showed evidence that while Cooper
A parking sign posted for at least three years in the Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles that cautioned drivers they could park for one minute only was finally replaced on Friday after Drudge Report highlighted it on its website. According
Cincinnati Reds second baseman Brandon Phillips was so amused with a drunk heckler in Thursday night’s game against the Pittsburgh Pirates that he gave him a signed baseball after the game. In doing so, Phillips seems to have won over
UKIP is a racist party. UKIP is a single issue, protest party which is both a ‘one man band’ and coalition of fruitcakes and loonies. It is a party of disillusioned Tories. Of non-voters. Of working class types. It is
Rob Gronkowski, who suffered a season-ending knee injury on a low hit by Browns defensive back TJ Ward in December, believes that deciding between a concussion and an ACL tear is a no brainer. Many questioned whether knee injuries have
It is best to think twice before mocking someone’s selfie. Shaquille O’Neal learned that the hard way when he mocked Jahmal Binion, who has ectodermal dysplasia. It is a rare genetic disorder that hinders the ability to grow teeth and
It seems as if the embattled and discredited blog Saintpetersblog, or SaintPravdablog, as it’s known, has some more credibility to contend with. SaintPravdablog was recently accused as being a pay-to-pay blog, as well as embarrassing itself by reporting that former
Adam Carolla is teaming up with fellow podcaster Marc Maron to pit the ex-Man Show host’s “pirate ship” against what he calls the patent trolls out to sink it. Carolla’s new cause hopes to rally his listeners on behalf of business
From the Daily Mail: A satellite image appears to show the missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 in the skies above a jungle. The image is taken from Tomnod, the map search website currently being used by hundreds of thousands of
Despite left of center programming typical at major festivals, 2014’s South by Southwest (SXSW) featured programming that appealed to all viewers regardless of political affiliations. A few films even respectfully addressed religion, civil liberties and moral character in ways audiences
Wild rabbits swarm a tourist on the Japanese Island of Okunoshima, where they were originally brought to the island to be used to test mustard gas… (h/t Huffington Post via Reddit)
In Common Core and other federal education matters, no name stirs up more controversy than inBloom, the 2013 nonprofit rebrandedfrom predecessor Smart Learning Collaboration (SLC). Originally launched with nine states on board, inBloom has been accused of everything from collecting to tracking
A 20-year-old California man discovered he was overcharged $45,000 for an appendectomy after consulting the Healthcare Blue Book. Reddit user Zcypher posted photos of the statement his insurance company sent to him that shows a $55,029.31 charge for a surgery
National Public Radio announced a major new expansion into multimedia and digital platforms Monday thanks to $17 million in new grants from four foundations including the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Joining the foundation established by the Microsoft founder is
The day’s top picks in social media and technology for 12/3: When web hoaxes go viral; the dark side of Facebook and what your status updates might say about you; impact of social media trends on teens; Alabama kicker gets
The day’s top picks in social media and technology for 11/6: CIO at Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services resigns; Walmart website glitch accidentally slashes prices; social engineering experiment penetrates govt agency; Twitter’s top retweets: there’s a lot of noise
This past week Ann Coulter’s 10th book, Never Trust a Liberal Over Three-Especially a Republican, was released. In her first interview with Sean Hannity after the book came out he said that he always reads the book and tries to
The director of the new Tom Hanks’ hit Captain Phillips isn’t about to abandon ship. The film, based on the 2009 pirating of a U.S. cargo vessel, has come under attack from members of the actual crew for not portraying
The Fifth Estate opens in theaters Oct. 18 and star Benedict Cumberbatch, who portrays WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, is making his rounds on American shows and interviews online. He participated in an “Ask Me Anything” session on Reddit and was
CNN’s Jake Tapper sat down Wednesday for a Reddit interview and, when asked about bias in media, he gave a typically straight-forward answer: Yes I do but I also think it’s more complicated than just liberal bias. I think there
Not even the Affordable Care Act’s most prominent supporters seem to be able to find kind words for the program’s website. In a Friday morning missive, Washington Post pundits Ezra Klein and Evan Soltas tore into the website as “confusing”
After a bruising week of public relations blunders, the Obama Administration announced that its all but inoperable Obamacare website would be temporarily offline for weekend repairs. President Barack Obama claimed that the website failures were the result of massive traffic
PORTLAND, Ore. – A Beaverton man recently discovered one of the last pictures taken of his grandmother. Dustin Moore found the keepsake while searching Google Maps street views for his grandma’s house in Northeast Portland. The street view image captured
The day’s top picks in social media and technology for 9/16: Social media and the Navy Yard shooting; Facebook unblocked, then blocked again, in Iran; bloody teen fight over Snapchat sexting; social media and the Colorado floods; terrorists love Gmail;
The day’s top picks in social media and technology for 9/9: Now Even Your Grandma Can Understand Reddit; Syrian Electronic Army’s social media presence; Snapchat tries to improve its image; Steubenville Hacker Checks Into (and out of) Rehab; hacked road