House Committee Recommends Stripping Sexual Harassers in Science and Academia of Federal Funding
The U.S. House Committee on Science, Space & Technology has sent a list of recommendations to the Government…
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3D-Printed Gun Activist Cody Wilson Charged With Sexual Assault of a Child [Updated]
Cody Rutledge Wilson, the 30-year-old Texas man who’s been fighting with the U.S. government to publish instructions…
Wikipedia Editors Fight Over Whether to Include the President's Dick in Article About Nintendo's Toad
Wikipedia is the place where we turn for information on topics large and small. And speaking of small, there’s…
North Korea Pledges to Dismantle One Nuclear Site If U.S. Takes 'Corresponding Measures'
North Korea pledged to shut down one of its nuclear test sites in a meeting today between South Korean President Moon…
Twitter’s Chronological Timeline Is Back. Just Wait Until You See How Weird It Is
Twitter is finally leading the way in making a change to its platform that every social network should implement: It’s…
Homeless Man Shaving on Train Goes Viral Because Humans Are Terrible and Social Media Was a Mistake
The world is a cruel place. And nobody knows that better than Anthony Torres, a 56-year-old man in New York who was…
Man Who Uploaded Deadpool to Facebook May Get Six Months in Prison
A California court will soon decide sentencing for a man who posted the entirety of Deadpool on his Facebook page. If…
British Town Blames Spiders for Ghostly Sound of Children Singing at Night
Can you think of anything creepier in the middle of the night than the distant, melancholy sounds of children singing?…
FEMA Delays First Test of 'Presidential Alerts' System That Trump Will Control
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) was scheduled to send a presidential alert to most cell phones in the…
Elon Musk Sued for Defamation by Cave Diver Over 'Pedo' Remarks
In a series of tweets in July, Tesla CEO and SpaceX founder Elon Musk referred to a cave diver involved in the rescue…
Path, the Doomed Social Network With One Great Idea, Is Finally Shutting Down
For a brief moment, back in the early 2010s, Path flourished. The more personal, more private social network was once …
Linux Founder Takes Some Time Off to Learn How to Stop Being an Asshole
Linus Torvalds, the founder of the Linux open-source operating system, has been leading his developer community with…
FEMA's New 'Presidential Alerts' System Will Be Tested This Week, Though Don't Worry
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will test a system at 2:18pm ET on Thursday afternoon that lets the…
Python Programming Language Ditches 'Master-Slave' Terms, Pissing Off Some
A quiet debate has been brewing in the coding community for years that’s forced programmers to ask if using the terms…
Oklahoma to Host Fleet of Udelv Autonomous Delivery Vehicles
While Uber spent the summer making drastic cuts to its self-driving vehicle operations—firing 100 drivers in…
State Department Spent $52,000 on Motorized Curtains for Nikki Haley's Apartment
The U.S. State Department’s budget has been slashed drastically under President Trump. But that hasn’t stopped some…
Yes, You Can Own the Movies You Buy from Apple, Kinda
On Wednesday, a man went viral after posting his dispute with Apple over three movies that he’d previously purchased…
Russian Poisoning Suspects Say They're Sports Nutrition Businessmen, Hope the 'Real Perpetrators' Are Caught [Updated]
Two Russian men identified by British police as the perpetrators of a nerve agent attack on British soil insist that…
This Is How It Starts: FBI Suspiciously Locks Down, Evacuates Solar Observatory in New Mexico
This is how it happens when extraterrestrials make contact with Earth.
Qanon Conspiracy Communities Banned From Reddit
Reddit on Wednesday removed its dedicated community for discussion of the ludicrous Qanon conspiracy. According to a…
