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Tech NewsAre These People Really Fucking in Trump Tower? [NSFW]
Google Maps, as we all know, has a tendency to surface some pretty odd scenes. Trump Tower, too, contains many oddities. But do you know what happens when you combine the two? Fucking. Fucking happens. Or at least that’s what a couple of images from the photo stream for Trump Tower on Google Maps suggest. … Continued
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EartherClimate Change
China on Donald Trump’s Claim It Invented Global Warming: Nah
Think back, if you will, to the halcyon days of 2012, when Donald Trump hadn’t yet strangled the presidency with his small, grubby orange hands. “The concept of global warming was created by and for the Chinese in order to make U.S. manufacturing non-competitive,” he tweeted on November 6 of that year. Today—almost exactly four … Continued
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Tech News
Prince’s Estate Hates Tidal Just as Much as You Do
Back in September 2015, Prince released his album Hit n Run Phase One exclusively through Tidal. At the time, the late musician lauded the streaming platform’s commitment to “the effort that real musicians put in 2 their craft 2 achieve the very best they can at this pivotal time in the music industry.” That all … Continued
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Tech NewsTwitter Just Banned a Bunch of Alt-Right Mouthpieces
On the heels of its very, very late foray into anti-harassment measures, Twitter has now suspended the accounts of several high profile alt-right figureheads, including Richard Spencer, Paul Town, Pax Dickinson, Ricky Vaughn, and John Rivers. All five men, identified by USA Today, are involved in some capacity with the alt-right movement, which was at … Continued
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Tech News
Filthy Rich Snapchat Bro Is About to Get Even Richer
Reports have emerged that Snap, Inc., the parent company of Snapchat, has begun the process for an initial public offering that could happen as early as March. According to the Wall Street Journal, the IPO could value the company at between $20 billion and $25 billion, which means CEO Evan Spiegel is about to have … Continued
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Tech News
Don’t Sleep With Your Phone
Fancy computer phones are great. They let us communicate, work, document, learn, complain, order dinner, find consensual sex friends, and plenty of other fun things. If I could attach myself to my phone with some sort of strange, dystopian umbilical cord-like apparatus, I would. But there is one thing you should never do with a … Continued
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Tech News
Tinder Introduces More Inclusive Gender Options
Today, Tinder introduced a new update that expands the platform’s gender options. Now, instead of choosing between “man” or “woman,” a user can search for and add any term that reflects their gender identity. The new feature will live on the app’s settings screen. Users can now select the term that best describes their gender … Continued
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Tech NewsElectric Cars Must Now Make Noise and We Have Some Suggestions
Today, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced a new “quiet car” safety standard, which is designed to protect pedestrians—particularly those who are vision-impaired—from hybrid and electric cars. The mandate will require new hybrid and electric vehicles under 10,000 pounds to come equipped with built-in “audible noise,” which will sound when the car is traveling … Continued
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Tech News
Google’s Top Post About Election Results Is Complete Bullshit
Following Donald J. Trump’s unfathomable electoral victory last week, Facebook found itself spastically and fruitlessly defending itself from claims it helped produce the outcome with its feed full of fake news. But it’s not the only one—Google is guilty, too. Take the term “final election count,” for example. According to CNN, the New York Times, … Continued
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Tech News
Canada Confirms a Stampede of Americans Crashed Immigration Website on Election Night
On Tuesday night, following the ascendance of a sentient, smushed-up Cheez Doodle to the most powerful office in the world, so many people visited Canada’s informational immigration website that it crashed. Now, officials have confirmed what some already suspected: A large number of those people were desperate Americans presumably plotting their escape. The CBC reports … Continued
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Tech NewsSploidWatching a Water-Filled Exercise Ball Explode Will Make You Feel Better
It is deeply satisfying—momentarily, anyway—to watch a bloated exercise ball filled with water explode as it hits the ground. It reminds me of something I watched recently, but I can’t quite put my finger on it. Huh! Dropped from a height of roughly 150 feet, the bright pink ball produces quite a large wave of … Continued
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Tech News
People Are Losing It Over Verizon’s Completely Red Map
An old promoted tweet from Verizon featuring an all-red America is making the rounds again tonight, and boy, people are losing their shit! Several Twitter users are raging about this map, which was originally sent out on October 13 as a promoted tweet, but reportedly started popping up again tonight: Given that the we’re all … Continued
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Tech NewsHere Are Some Bad Election Tweets From Tech Luminaries
Our interminable national nightmare is, by some impossible miracle, almost over. Today, barring any major security or Trump-related catastrophe, the country will elect the next president of the United States. It’s been a long journey, full of tapes, emails, conspiracy theories, non-existent tax returns, pussy bows, non-consensual pussy grabbing, Weiners (of both the Anthony variety … Continued
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Tech News
Eric Trump Already Managed to Fuck Up Election Day
Today is Election Day, which means millions of people—including the spawn of the candidates themselves—will be casting their ballots. Eric Trump, for example, proudly submitted his ballot this morning. In fact, he was so proud that he decided to share it with everyone on Twitter! In a since-deleted tweet, Eric posted a photo of his … Continued
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ScienceSpace & SpaceflightWatching the Clouds Move on Titan Is Freaky as Hell
Watching clouds float by is usually a serene, relaxing experience. Watching methane clouds float by on Saturn’s moon Titan, however, is not. NASA recently released a new video captured by Cassini, a spacecraft currently making its way around the Saturnian system. The footage—which is set to some pretty dramatic music—shows the methane clouds developing, moving, … Continued
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ScienceBiology
Some Hero Set the Planet Earth II Baby Iguana Chase to NFL Primetime Music
Last night, the BBC made the dreams of every stoner, naturalist, and David Attenborough fan come true when it broadcast the first episode of Planet Earth II, the sequel to the magnificent 2006 series. The episode, which focused on the planet’s islands, featured a bunch of impressive footage, including a massive penguin colony and a … Continued
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Tech NewsGadgets
A Different Samsung Phone Reportedly Explodes
Yet another Samsung device may be running into problems. According to local news reports, a Samsung Galaxy J5 smartphone caught fire in Pau, France over the weekend. Lamya Bouyirdane, the phone’s owner, told the Associated Press that she realized something was wrong after she asked her four-year-old son to pick it up. She apparently tossed … Continued
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Tech NewsSploidThis Tortoise Keeps Saying ‘Wow’ to Its Fuckbuddy
Here are some thoughts I had while watching a video of two tortoises banging. 1) Is this actually a video of two tortoises banging? I only see one tortoise. 2) Who is filming this, and how can I meet them? 3) Wow, it really sounds like he’s saying “wow.” 4) Why does this video not … Continued
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Tech News
Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer Aren’t BFFs Anymore and It’s All Thanks to Smartphones
Personal relationships are always tricky, but they’re even trickier when they revolve around running a business worth billions of dollars. Just ask Steve Ballmer and Bill Gates! In a recent interview with Bloomberg TV, Ballmer expanded on his relationship with college friend and Microsoft co-founder Gates, explaining that the two have “drifted apart.” The reason? … Continued
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