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Amazon, Facebook and Google have the same secret
Sam Wilkin
Our modern tech monopolies made billions and transformed the economy in different ways, but this was the base
The scifi fans are alright: I saw the future at the Hugo Awards — and it will never belong to the toxic right-wing trolls
Arthur Chu
Online hate campaigns like Sad Puppies aren't harmless—but when we gather in person, their powers fizzle out
The plot to destroy Shaun King: How Breitbart turned a ludicrous conspiracy theory into national news
Jack Mirkinson
The right's campaign to take down a Black Lives Matter leader is transparently bogus. So why did CNN take the bait?
“It’s Reefer Madness all over again”: The truth about synthetic marijuana
Alex Mierjeski
Yes, artificial cannabinoids can have serious a side effects. That doesn't justify the media's alarmist coverage
Moms, let go of your smartphone guilt: Every time technology makes our lives easier, we invent ways to make motherhood even harder
Siobhan Adcock
You wouldn't apologize for using the washing machine, would you?
The secret history of jaywalking: The disturbing reason it was outlawed — and why we should lift the ban
Ravi Mangla
Tensions between cars & pedestrians aren't new, but pedestrians are working to make jaywalking the rule of the road
Why the Ashley Madison hack should have everyone (yes, everyone) worried
Scott Timberg
The mess over the compromised infidelity website is still accumulating
K-pop: Holding up a fast, fizzy funhouse mirror to American cultural imperialism
Paula Young Lee
If all you know about Korean pop music is "Gagnam Style," you've been missing out
Desperate times, desperate measures: California experiments with leasing water rights
Abrahm Lustgarten
Officials are cautiously optimistic the arrangement could offer a solution for the west coast's dire water crisis
Digital Orwellian nightmare: Are our smart devices really smart enough to spy on us?
Glynis Sweeny
Dubious privacy claims have been made about smart TVs, smartphones and smart meters. Let's look at the facts
James Woods has filed a $10-million lawsuit against a Twitter user who called him a cocaine addict
Anna Silman
The actor is suing a Twitter troll for defamation
Twitter vigilantes gone bad: Stop live-tweeting takedowns of harmless strangers in public
Rachel Kramer Bussel
It's tempting to narrate the awfulness of random people to a captive hashtag audience. Here's why we should resist
Hell freezes over in Washington: Believe it or not, Mitch McConnell is right about something!
David Dayen
Congress is speeding toward another high-profile showdown over highway funding—and Dems are on the wrong side of it
But what if I actually need painkillers?
Leslie Kendall Dye
I'm an opioid user at a moment of extreme opioid anxiety. How do I manage my pain -- and an addictive substance?
Dude, where’s my car?: How stoned is too stoned to drive?
Dr David Casarett
The best predictor of whether your drive to the store might end in a collision with a tree is how stoned you feel
Don’t feel guilty about not keeping up with new music: The bands you loved as a kid can still be your favorites
Annie Zaleski
Listening to old favorite bands is no different from revisiting the books and movies that endure
When the absolute right to snark turns sour: A Gawker believer reconsiders the manifesto he once held dear
Arthur Chu
Snark can be a useful tool, but when it turns into an indiscriminate hammer, everyone starts to look like a nail
Jon Stewart explains why he needs to take a Donald Trump break: “Much like incessant masturbation, eventually you feel a deep sense of shame”
Colin Gorenstein
Stewart admitted Wednesday that he needed to take a break from roasting The Donald to focus on bigger issues
There is something very, very strange going on inside the heads of people using this fast-acting psychedelic
Phillip Smith
Aliens? Elves? Cosmic elder gods? All three?
11 ridiculous fast-food items you won’t find on the regular menu — from Taco Bell’s “The Superman” to Chipotle’s “Burritodilla”
Colin Gorenstein
"Secret menus" are the Internet's worst-kept secret. McDonald's is just one of many:
5 ways corporate HR departments monitor your movements — even when you’re not working
Glynis Sweeny
More and more workers are being spied on by human resources and they probably don't even know it
Bernie Sanders’ moment of truth: These are the political fights he could win right now
David Dayen
He's electrified the Democratic Party, but how will that translate into actual change? The ball's in his court, now
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