Artificial intelligence has discovered the language of the 600-year-old coded Voynich manuscript, a famously mysterious book which has yet to be deciphered since its discovery over a hundred years ago.
A New Jersey high school teacher allegedly offered to give students good grades if they sent him nude pictures of their genitalia.
A University of Michigan professor argued recently that the lack of women in textbooks has deterred women from the economics field.
Songwriters and publishers are set to receive increased royalties from Spotify, Apple Music, and other music streaming services, following a ruling.
Students at the University of Florida wore fake blood on their crotches this semester as a part of a protest effort to demand more tampons in campus bathrooms.
Facebook has announced that content from local publishers will be prioritized in users newsfeeds in an attempt to emphasize what they consider high-quality news, while also attempting to “build community.”
A Wall Street Journal op-ed published last week defends professor Jordan Peterson against a recent wave of criticisms and condemnations.
Texas banking regulators booted a so-called cryptocurrency “bank” from operating in the Lone Star State as such, saying the entity violated regulations and mislead people to believe it performed as a traditional financial institution.
A Michigan State University professor has claimed white people who practice yoga contribute to “white supremacy” and the “yoga industrial complex.”
A far-left extremist identified as Halimo Hussein led an “anti-colonial” protest after storming into a Commonwealth-themed London cafe with eight other activists who chanted that wartime prime minister Winston Churchill “was a racist”.
Several students at New York University in New York City sounded off on President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address before the speech took place.
Under the plans being discussed with technology leaders, the government would promote a 5G network but not own or build it.
Students at the University of Chicago are protesting an upcoming campus event featuring Steve Bannon.
YouTube prankster Arya Mosallah has been criticized for a prank where he threw water at people in public amid an acid attack epidemic in Britain.
Lisa Rockford,a professor at Broward College in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, has come under fire for an “art project” that involved using an American flag as a doormat.
Ten Western tourists have been detained in Cambodia after they participated in a pool party, accused of “dancing pornographically.”
While the 60th Grammy Awards heavily promoted gender politics, from stars wearing white roses as a show of solidarity with the #MeToo and Time’s Up anti-sexual harassment movements to the pro-Dreamers speech from singer Camila Cabello to singer Janelle Monae’s “Time’s Up” speech, only one female performer took home a major award.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has once again begun pre-selling items before they’re ready to ship — this time his chosen product is a flamethrower.
Brexit campaign leader Nigel Farage has triggered a mass meltdown of verified liberals on social media after agreeing with President Trump that he is not a “feminist”.
A report has revealed that CPU manufacturer Intel revealed details of the recent “Meltdown” CPU bug to Chinese firms before warning the U.S. government.
Facebook suspended, but then reinstated an Islamic extremist’s account nine times, after he warned the company would have to answer to “Allah the All Merciful,” according to a report.
Fitness tracking app Strava accidentally revealed the location of a secret U.S. Army base due to the program’s GPS capabilities tracking the movement of soldiers using the app.
Kickstarter-funded tabletop game Rising Sun by CMON Limited included a supposed monkey spirit from Japanese folklore named “Kotahi” as a backer-exclusive “stretch goal” piece. A year later, as the game began arriving to backers, it was learned that the “Kotahi” was actually a Wikipedia hoax named after a New Zealand teen.
Left-wing billionaire George Soros spoke at the World Economic Forum in Davos last week, where he called social media “harmful” and stated that the U.S. IT monopoly would be short-lived.
YouTube has reportedly been displaying ads with embedded cryptocurrency miners to viewers.
Elon Musk’s Boring Company has announced the pre-launch availability of its $500 flamethrowers, which are “Guaranteed to liven up any party!”
A Chicago teen was attacked by her classmates at school for reportedly “liking” a social media post of a classmate’s boyfriend.
Google’s SJWs think that expsoing their comments defending racist, sexist, and political discrimination is “harassment.”
A researcher barred by Bath Spa University from studying people who regret having undergone gender reassignment says the university is trying to “bully” him out of taking it to court over the decision.
Breitbart London Editor in Chief Raheem Kassam has sailed past the 100,000 Twitter follower mark following a campaign to have him removed from the social media service.
Fox News host Sean Hannity’s Twitter account appears to be deleted as of early Saturday morning. It is currently unclear what caused the account to disappear.
A Morning Consult Poll released this week shows that the “public’s confidence in the presidency” is up significantly among Republicans since December 2016 but is significantly down among Democrats over the same time period.
The repeal of Net Neutrality rules was a great step for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to spur investment and provide incentives for broadband providers to expand operations in a way that will aid both rural and urban consumers.
Musician Jack White has banned the use of mobile phones and other recording equipment on his upcoming tour, where attendees will have their technology locked inside a secure pouch.
BlackRock investment firm CEO Larry Fink argued that cryptocurrencies are going to revolutionize the way that the world does business.
A group of California legislators wants to punish waiters who offer “unsolicited” plastic straws to customers with a six-month jail sentence and a $1,000 fine.
Adult streaming website CamSoda has partnered with sex doll manufacturer RealDoll to create an online sex doll experience in virtual reality.
The Labour Party has suspended a feminist activist who is campaigning to block ‘self-identifying’ transgender women from all-female shortlists because she tweeted that “women don’t have dicks”.
Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt warned of the dangers of allowing companies such as China and Russia to outpace western countries in the development of artificial intelligence.
Rapper 50 Cent admitted recently that he made approximately $8 million in Bitcoin after accepting the digital currency as a payment method for his 2014 album, “Animal Ambition.”
