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Guantánamo prisoner on hunger strike cries for help on Twitter

Through the U.K. firm Reprieve, Shaker Aamer appeals to the public to call the U.S. embassy demanding action VIDEO

Lorraine Murphy, The Daily Dot Friday, May 24, 2013 8:10 PM UTC
Technology the daily dot, Twitter

Could hackers destroy the U.S. power grid?

Although critics say reports of cyber attacks are overblown, energy providers tell a more harrowing story VIDEO

Tim Sampson, The Daily Dot Friday, May 24, 2013 3:39 PM UTC
Social Video, the daily dot, Internet

Man arrested for sending Craigslist sex party to neighbor’s house

Thirty-year-old Jason T. Willis of Waterford, Wis., has been charged with felony identity theft

Kevin Morris, The Daily Dot Thursday, May 23, 2013 6:58 PM UTC 12
Technology the daily dot, Craigslist, Sex

Radio host tweets rape joke, blames journalists for reporting on it

Kevin Ryder, a DJ on LA's KROQ, made a crack about sexual assault while tweeting from the LA Kings' account VIDEO

Chase Hoffberger, The Daily Dot Wednesday, May 22, 2013 9:50 PM UTC
Technology Video, the daily dot, la kings

Justin Bieber will destroy you if you live-tweet his parties

The pop singer is forcing friends and acquaintances to sign a waiver before entering his California home

Kris Holt, The Daily Dot Wednesday, May 22, 2013 4:55 PM UTC
Business the daily dot, Justin Bieber

Snapchat is secretly storing your photos

While the app touts itself as a self-destructing messaging service, a crafty YouTuber has proven otherwise VIDEO

Gaby Dunn, The Daily Dot Tuesday, May 21, 2013 9:47 PM UTC
Social Video, the daily dot, Snapchat

Twitter torches Dan Brown’s “Inferno”

@Nunferno skewers Brown's writing style, from his outrageous similes to his penchant for unnecessary details

Gavia Baker-Whitelaw, The Daily Dot Tuesday, May 21, 2013 6:42 PM UTC
Technology the daily dot, Dan Brown, Twitter

Facebook “like” on trial in Virginia

A federal appeals court is revisiting a case that asks if a digital thumbs-up qualifies as protected speech

Tim Sampson, The Daily Dot Sunday, May 19, 2013 3:00 PM UTC
Social the daily dot, Facebook, Internet

Is Reddit censoring openly racist users?

Administrators appear to have targeted one of the site's most controversial subgroups

Fidel Martinez, The Daily Dot Wednesday, May 15, 2013 5:35 PM UTC 41
Social the daily dot, Reddit, Racism

Taking a bath is a “good daily habit”: 10 vintage video tutorials

Who needs OKCupid when YouTube can teach you how to land a date, courtesy of a 1949 instructional film VIDEO

Mike Fenn, The Daily Dott Monday, May 13, 2013 6:11 PM UTC
Technology Video, the daily dot, YouTube

Congress wants to let you unlock your cellphone

The Unlocking Technology Act aims to eliminate one of the legal code's most frustrating copyright violations

Kevin Collier, The Daily Dot Friday, May 10, 2013 6:12 PM UTC
Technology the daily dot, Congress

Orson Scott Card’s long history of homophobia

In honor of the "Ender's Game" trailer release, a look at some of the sci-fi master's most controversial remarks

Aja Romano, The Daily Dot Tuesday, May 7, 2013 9:41 PM UTC 135
Social science-fiction

Zuckerberg delayed Instagram deal to watch “Game of Thrones”

A new Vanity Fair feature offers a comprehensive look at how the billion-dollar agreement went down

Kris Holt, The Daily Dot Monday, May 6, 2013 9:03 PM UTC
Technology the daily dot, Game of Thrones

High schooler arrested for making “terrorist threat” on Facebook

Cameron Dambrosio, 18, boasted about outdoing the Boston bombers. He's now being held on $1 million bail VIDEO

Kevin Collier, The Daily Dot Friday, May 3, 2013 4:07 PM UTC 62
Life Video, the daily dot, Terrorism

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev scrubbed online presence before bombings

According to family friends, the bombing suspect deleted his Instagram account two weeks prior to the attacks

Kris Holt, The Daily Dot Monday, Apr 29, 2013 4:00 PM UTC
Technology the daily dot, Boston Marathon

Canada tightens restrictions on Bitcoin trading

Both the Royal Bank of Canada and TDBank have frozen Bitcoin accounts, without explaining their reasoning

Curt Hopkins, The Daily Dot Friday, Apr 26, 2013 10:31 PM UTC
Technology the daily dot, bitcoins, Canada

Facebook helps solve 45-year-old murder

A 1968 hit-and-run in upstate New York had gone unsolved -- until a retired cop renewed the investigation online

Justin Franz, The Daily Dot Thursday, Apr 25, 2013 8:59 PM UTC
Technology the daily dot, Facebook

Bill Clinton joins Twitter

@BillClinton started tweeting Wednesday, and he already has hundreds of thousands of followers

Kris Holt, The Daily Dot Thursday, Apr 25, 2013 5:00 PM UTC
Social the daily dot, Bill Clinton

Does CISPA encourage corporate hacking?

The legislation's critics say it gives companies too much power to pursue potential cybersecurity threats

Tim Sampson, The Daily Dot Wednesday, Apr 24, 2013 9:21 PM UTC
Technology the daily dot, cispa

Can video games help cure depression?

Despite studies linking the two, hardcore gamers insist we have the culture backwards

Tim Sampson, The Daily Dot Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013 9:21 PM UTC
Technology the daily dot, Video Games

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