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Mar. 27, 2020
The Dos and Don’ts of Video Calls
With more people than ever working from home, we’re pioneering thousands of new ways to embarrass ourselves.
By
Brian Feldman
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Sept. 26, 2019
The Ticking Time Bomb of Old Slack Posts
Slack is a popular business tool for trash-talking competitors. What happens when two companies merge?
By
Brian Feldman
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Aug. 23, 2019
Accidentally Destroying My iPhone Really Put My Entire Life in Perspective
It literally hurts to swipe on my phone now.
By
Brian Feldman
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July 25, 2019
Trump Spoke in Front of a Parody Presidential Seal Altered to Mock Him
The fake seal references Russia and Trump’s golfing obsession, and no one at a conference for young conservatives seems to have noticed.
By
Adam K. Raymond
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June 3, 2019
Some People Couldn’t Turn on Their A/C When Google Went Down over the Weekend
Google Cloud outages across the world over the weekend meant some users couldn’t unlock their doors or turn on their air conditioners.
By
Madison Malone Kircher
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Apr. 17, 2019
The Samsung Galaxy Fold, the Phone With the Folding Screen, Is Malfunctioning
Who would’ve guessed that a folding screen would break at some point?
By
Brian Feldman
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Apr. 11, 2019
#DeleteUber Cost Uber Hundreds of Thousands of Users
The anti-Uber protest revealed a lot of negative sentiment toward the company, a liability as it plans to go public.
By
Brian Feldman
dog in big fire: this is fines
Feb. 14, 2019
Facebook May Have Earned Itself a Billion-Dollar Fine
The social network is reportedly in negotiations with the FTC.
By
Brian Feldman
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Jan. 30, 2019
Apple Disables Facebook Apps Following News of Shady Research Project
Facebook used its privileged iOS access to distribute a “research” app that could collect tons of sensitive data from consumers’ phones.
By
Brian Feldman
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Aug. 15, 2018
Andrew Cuomo Can’t Decide Whether or Not America Is Great
The New York governor said America “was never that great” this afternoon, then he walked it back.
By
Adam K. Raymond
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July 6, 2018
Facebook Apologizes After Flagging Declaration of Independence As Hate Speech
The phrase “Indian Savages” triggered Facebook’s monitoring system.
By
Madison Malone Kircher
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July 3, 2018
Samsung Phones Reportedly Go Rogue and Send Pictures to Random Contacts
A worst nightmare for anybody who has ever taken a nude.
By
Madison Malone Kircher
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May 31, 2018
Twitter Blames ‘Beats by Dre’ Ad Barrage on ‘Minor Issue’
An explanation for why you couldn’t escape LeBron James in that ‘Beats by Dre’ ad on Thursday.
By
Madison Malone Kircher
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May 24, 2018
Amazon Alexa Reportedly Secretly Recorded Conversation and Sent It to a Rando
A family in Portland was horrified when a man in Seattle called and said he’d heard their private conversations.
By
Madison Malone Kircher
oops
May 1, 2018
Iran Gains, Then Loses, Nuclear Weapons Program in White House ‘Clerical Error’
The White House said Iran
has
, rather than
had
, a nuclear weapons program in what might be its most impressive typo yet.
By
Margaret Hartmann
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Mar. 28, 2018
Ever Record a Video on Facebook? Facebook Still Has It.
Facebook quietly saved videos users filmed on the platform but never actually posted.
By
Madison Malone Kircher
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Mar. 20, 2018
All the 37 Billion Ways Facebook Is Hurting Right Now
Facebook has lost billions of dollars in value as the government gears up an investigation.
By
Brian Feldman
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Mar. 7, 2018
New York
Times
Issues Funny Correction After Chrome Extension Goof
A lesson in making sure your “Millennials to Snake People” extension is turned off at work.
By
Madison Malone Kircher
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Feb. 10, 2018
Pence’s Anti-North Korea PR Campaign Bombs
The vice-president’s icy disposition at the Olympics was no match for the thaw between South and North Korea.
By
Chas Danner
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Feb. 2, 2018
Jessica Chastain Learns That Not All Emoji Look the Same on Different Platforms
The Unicode Consortium comes for us all eventually.
By
Madison Malone Kircher
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Jan. 28, 2018
Fitness Data Map Shows Locations and Activity Patterns of Secret Military Bases
Service members are accidentally sharing a lot more than just their steps.
By
Chas Danner
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Jan. 24, 2018
Yet Another Person Listens to GPS App and Drives Car Into Lake
The driver was using the Waze app, which prompted the driver to turn directly into Lake Champlain.
By
Madison Malone Kircher
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Jan. 23, 2018
Governor Couldn’t Take Back Missile Alert Because He Forgot His Twitter Password
Governor David Ige admitted he didn’t know his password.
By
Madison Malone Kircher
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Jan. 16, 2018
Japan Sends False Alert Over Impending North Korean Missile Attack
The mistake comes just days after a similar snafu in Hawaii.
By
Madison Malone Kircher
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Jan. 16, 2018
This Is the Awful Design That Led Hawaii to Think It Was Getting Nuked
Looking at this system it’s almost surprising what happened in Hawaii didn’t happen sooner.
By
Madison Malone Kircher
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Oct. 31, 2017
The Dysfunction of the Democratic Party, Distilled in One Tweet
It’s just one tweet. But, boy, does this tweet fail on multiple levels — and in revealing ways.
By
Jesse Singal
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Oct. 30, 2017
Apple Engineer Fired After Daughter Posts iPhone X Video
Brooke Amelia Peterson was having dinner in the Apple Cafeteria when her father showed her his review unit.
By
Madison Malone Kircher
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July 25, 2017
Jake Paul Wants to Make a Movie to Show People ‘Racism Is Terrible’
The star was recently let go from his role on the Disney Channel after news broke that he’s terrorizing his L.A. neighborhood.
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Madison Malone Kircher
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May 16, 2017
Guy Slams His Private Parts on a Rail Like a Dang Cartoon
Whoops!!!
By
Brian Feldman
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May 9, 2017
Reddit ‘Red Pill’ Founder ‘Never Hated Women’
A Republican lawmaker from New Hampshire comes under fire after it was discovered he founded a notoriously anti-woman subreddit.
By
Madison Malone Kircher
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May 5, 2017
Whose Phone Number Did Michelle Obama Just Tweet?
The former First Lady seems to have accidentally tweeted a phone number to her 7 million followers.
By
Madison Malone Kircher
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Apr. 10, 2017
News Anchor Temporarily Forgets She’s On Air
Her reaction when she realizes the show is live is priceless.
By
Madison Malone Kircher
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Apr. 10, 2017
Unsuspecting Woman Brings Therapy Dog to Local Furry Convention
She had no idea what a furry was before walking through the door.
By
Madison Malone Kircher
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Mar. 7, 2017
Tinder Has a Secret ‘Select’ Version of Its App for an Elite Invite-Only Crowd
Have you been invited to join Tinder Select?
By
Madison Malone Kircher
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Mar. 2, 2017
Sean Spicer Goofs, Announces Donald Trump As New HUD Secretary on Twitter
Spicer meant to announce Ben Carson’s confirmation, but his tweet said otherwise.
By
Madison Malone Kircher
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Feb. 14, 2017
Kellyanne Conway Quote-Tweets White Nationalist: ‘Love You Back’
The tweet has since been deleted, and Conway says she doesn’t know who has access to her account.
By
Madison Malone Kircher
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Feb. 13, 2017
Library of Congress Trump Poster Includes Commemorative Typo
The fitting depiction of our 45th president was quickly pulled.
By
Margaret Hartmann
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Dec. 7, 2016
Advice: Don’t Hold Guns in Your Mannequin Challenge Video
Alabama police arrested two men after a viral video made them suspicious.
By
Madison Malone Kircher
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Nov. 16, 2016
Amid Everything Else, Facebook Apparently Isn’t Even Counting Right
Organic posts were not going as far as the stats indicated.
By
Brian Feldman
see something say something
Oct. 30, 2016
Scattered Ashes Shut Down the Metropolitan Opera
What was intended as a tribute to a deceased opera lover prompted an appearance by the NYPD counterterrorism unit instead.
By
Chas Danner
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Sept. 26, 2016
‘Sorry We Thought You Did Meth’ Is the Greatest Cake Ever Baked
When words just aren’t enough, say it with a cake!
By
Madison Malone Kircher
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Sept. 22, 2016
500 Million Yahoo Accounts Were Hacked by a ‘State-Sponsored Actor’
More than 500 million accounts were compromised.
By
Brian Feldman
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Sept. 21, 2016
A Compelling Reason Not to Move to North Korea: They Only Have 28 Websites
The country’s internet was suddenly made public on Tuesday evening.
By
Madison Malone Kircher
Sept. 19, 2016
This Bomb Robot That Fell Over Is Like a Mirror Held Up to Our Souls
It tried its best.
By
Brian Feldman
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Sept. 13, 2016
How to Install iOS 10 Without Killing Your Phone
Already bricked your iPhone? Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered.
By
Madison Malone Kircher
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Sept. 12, 2016
Facebook Turns Pictures of Man’s Car Crash Into Cheery Slideshow
Facebook’s slideshow feature doesn’t differentiate between photos of happy memories and terrible ones.
By
Madison Malone Kircher
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Sept. 6, 2016
Netflix Glitch Recommends Slasher Flicks to Rom-Com Fans
According to Netflix,
V for Vendetta
is about sports and
The Lovely Bones
is a comedy.
By
Madison Malone Kircher
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Sept. 1, 2016
SpaceX Rocket Explodes During Test Run
The incident happened during a routine test.
By
Madison Malone Kircher
Aug. 29, 2016
In Defense of Bieber: It’s Easy to Accidentally Reactivate Your Instagram
Bieber’s back on Insta, but the star says he didn’t mean to reactivate his account.
By
Madison Malone Kircher
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Aug. 12, 2016
Poor Announcer Calls Entire Swim Race Thinking Michael Phelps Is Ryan Lochte
Not very “Jeah!”
By
Madison Malone Kircher
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