Crime

Walmart Security Cameras Catch Chunky Naked Guy Stealing Socks

What’s the world coming to when a man can’t partake in a crack-fueled, clothing-free shopping spree without the police being called? It’s tyranny, I tell you, tyranny. The 32-year-old suspect apparently drove himself to the Walmart lot in Exton, Pennsylvania, parked his car, and then proceeded to strip buck naked before even making it to…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Can time travel and alternate universes help solve a young woman’s murder from decades ago?

James Renner’s novel The Man from Primrose Lane takes a totally unique, mind-bending approach to the crime thriller — and we’ve got an exclusive excerpt, showing just how the limits of crime-solving might change in the next few decades. Here’s the book’s synopsis: In West Akron, Ohio, there lived a reclusive elderly man who always…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

The FBI Might Cut Off the Internet For Millions of People on March 8th

In an unprecedented move, the FBI may cut off Internet access to millions of people on March 8th to try to rid the country of a Trojan. Millions of computers are infected worldwide—maybe even yours. The DNSChanger Trojan originated in Estonia and might be lurking undetected on as many as a half-million computers in the…

Privacy & Security Mario Aguilar

An Absurdly Long, $150,000 List of Stolen Nikon Gear

A daring thief and/or desperate photographer just made off with an official Nikon van. The cargo? One hundred and fifty grand worth of cameras and accessories, including the unreleased D4 and D800. Nikon wants their goodies back. Here’s the list: Serial number Product Name 2027872 SB-700 2000776 SB-910 2112783 SB-R200 2112784 SB-R200 2007201 SB-N5 2053595…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Watch the Saddest Robbery Attempt Ever Caught on a Security Camera

This is hilariously pitiful. An armed robber stormed a bar and demanded everyone give him their money. Usually, everyone freaks out and hands over everything they have. Not in this case. At this bar in Rotterdam, everyone ignored the robber and kept drinking. Wait… what? Yes! Even when the robber waved his gun in their…

Tech News Casey Chan

Ravers getting high off of cobra venom in India

Remember those rare cases of down-and-out souls getting loaded off of snake bites? Well, it looks like cobra venom has gone mainstream for a certain demographic of Indian partygoer. https://gizmodo.com/getting-stoned-on-cobra-bites-is-totally-not-advisable-5757176 India Today reports that Delhi police have busted snake smugglers who were corralling serpents to sell off their deadly saliva. Authorities recovered four cobras and…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Ocean’s 11 Just Happened in Real Life

$500,000 of jewelry is missing from a Chicago store after thieves drilled their way from a sushi restaurant into a jewelry store next door, evaded a state-of-the-art security system, and cracked a supposedly theft-proof safe. The burglars just cut the bottom of the the safe door off making the bottom shelves available. Then containers holding…

Tech News Kyle Wagner

Two People Are Dead Because They Unfriended This Man’s Adult Daughter on Facebook

A Tennessee man, Marvin Potter (on the right), is in police custody tonight, charged with two counts of first degree murder in the shooting deaths of a couple who had unfriended his 30-year-old daughter on the popular social site. The murderous spat began when Billy Payne Jr. and his girlfriend, Billie Jean Hayworth, unfriended Potter’s…

Social Media Andrew Tarantola

30,000 NY Hotel Maids Getting Anti-Rape “DSK Buttons”

Temporarily-accused sex criminal and Frenchman Dominique Strauss-Kahn may be safely back in the motherland, but the spectre of hotel rape remains. The threat is apparently disquieting enough to justify mandatory rape alert buttons for New York’s hotel employees. Under a new labor contract brokered through the Hotel Association of New York, 30,000 maids and other…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Defendant Ordered to Decrypt Hard Drive Says She Forgot Her Password

A Colorado woman who was ordered to unlock her computer for investigators is reportedly saying she can’t remember her password. Last month U.S. District Judge Robert Blackburn ordered Ramona Ficosu to decrypt the hard drive on her Toshiba laptop by February 21st. The laptop was seized in 2010 in connection with a mortgage fraud investigation.…

Privacy & Security Mario Aguilar

Zombie musician rises from the dead in South Africa

In December 2009, South African maskandi singer Khulekani Kwakhe “Mgqumeni” Mseleku died after consuming a poisonous potion brewed by a healer. But last week, the singer returned from the dead in the town of Mquthu, much to delight of his fans, who descended upon the village in cheering throngs. Where had Mgqumeni been for the…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Captured: Accused Rapist Who Taunted Police On Facebook

Remember Dustin McCombs, the rapist suspect who taunted the police in Facebook? Not surprisingly, he was captured by U.S. Marshals in Ohio after their colleagues from the Gulf Coast Regional Task in Birmingham gave them a tip about his whereabouts, presumably using internet address location information. https://gizmodo.com/accused-rapist-trolls-police-on-facebook-5881969 Because, you know, if you are running away…

Social Media Jesus Diaz

Accused Rapist Trolls Police On Facebook

This is Dustin McCombs. The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, in Alabama, is accusing him of being a “rapist by force.” They posted his mugshot on their Facebook page’s Creep of the Week page. When Dustin McCombs learned about it, he was naturally pissed off, so he did what comes most naturally on the internet. He…

Social Media Jesus Diaz

Pizza In a Jar Is a Horrible Fraud and You’re Wrong if You Disagree

This dumb picture of tomato sauce, cheese, and scorched bread has been making the internet rounds, blobbing from blog to blog under the guise of “jar pizza.” Pizza in a jar is a lie. It’s not pizza. It’s a delusion. What’s pizza? It’s inherently flat—that’s an essential part of it, conceptually. A pizza that isn’t…

Tech News Sam Biddle

“Hoarder” Government Worker Took Home and Stashed Top Secret Files and Disks

The Cold War ended a long time ago, so you can maybe forgive the government’s internal spook-hunters for becoming a little lax compared to the old days. But letting a 67-year-old man ferry top secret documents to his home in a ’91 Toyota Corolla? Gonna need a good explanation on this one, guys. An analyst…

Tech News Kyle Wagner

The Pirate Bay’s Founders Are Going to a Prison That’s Better than Your Life

Not just any prison—Swedish prison. After fighting copyright infringement charges for years, the three gents behind the world’s most notorious torrent site are headed to the slammer. Luckily, TPB lives, and Swedish prison is great! TorrentFreak reports the trio lost their final round of appeals, and will now have a few months to live in…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Harry Brown: The Movie In Which Alfred Turns Into Bloody Batman

I love Michael Caine. He’s one of the last Great Ones of cinema history. Harry Brown is one of his best acting jobs, the story of “a retired Marine who decides to take the law into his own hands” after some gang members murder his last living friend. I know what you are thinking, but…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Credit Card Conman Forced Gang Members to Have Sex to Weed Out Undercover Feds

The mastermind of a carding gang in Georgia devised a novel way for weeding out undercover Feds from his operation – he forced members to have group sex, according to a local police detective who helped bust the ring. Vikas Yadav, an Indian national who was deported in 2010, recruited other carders and mules through…

Tech News Kim Zetter - Wired.com

Jerkface Guy Sexts a Naked Picture of a Teenage Girl to Teach Her a Lesson

Eugene Foster, a 31-year-old man, found a nude picture of his girlfriend’s daughter on her phone and decided to teach her a lesson by sending that naked picture of her to everyone on her contact list. Uhh… yeah, that’s pretty much historically horrible parenting. Foster has been arrested for sexual exploitation of a minor but…

Tech News Casey Chan

Steve Jobs Emailed Eric Schmidt and Told Him to Stop Stealing Employees. And Schmidt Obliged.

Remember that civil lawsuit looming over the heads of some of the top Silicon Valley companies for conspiring not to poach each other’s employees? The latest juicy tidbit to leak from that involves Steve Jobs sending Eric Schmidt an email demanding that Google stop stealing. https://gizmodo.com/doj-says-apple-google-pixar-and-intel-conspired-to-no-5877929 Reuters say the email, sent in 2007, was quickly…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Walmart Security Cameras Catch Chunky Naked Guy Stealing Socks

Can time travel and alternate universes help solve a young woman’s murder from decades ago?

The FBI Might Cut Off the Internet For Millions of People on March 8th

An Absurdly Long, $150,000 List of Stolen Nikon Gear

Watch the Saddest Robbery Attempt Ever Caught on a Security Camera

Ravers getting high off of cobra venom in India

Ocean’s 11 Just Happened in Real Life

Two People Are Dead Because They Unfriended This Man’s Adult Daughter on Facebook

30,000 NY Hotel Maids Getting Anti-Rape “DSK Buttons”

Defendant Ordered to Decrypt Hard Drive Says She Forgot Her Password

Zombie musician rises from the dead in South Africa

Captured: Accused Rapist Who Taunted Police On Facebook

Accused Rapist Trolls Police On Facebook

Pizza In a Jar Is a Horrible Fraud and You’re Wrong if You Disagree

“Hoarder” Government Worker Took Home and Stashed Top Secret Files and Disks

The Pirate Bay’s Founders Are Going to a Prison That’s Better than Your Life

Harry Brown: The Movie In Which Alfred Turns Into Bloody Batman

Credit Card Conman Forced Gang Members to Have Sex to Weed Out Undercover Feds

Jerkface Guy Sexts a Naked Picture of a Teenage Girl to Teach Her a Lesson

Steve Jobs Emailed Eric Schmidt and Told Him to Stop Stealing Employees. And Schmidt Obliged.

Apple’s Siri Isn’t Just Going to Use One Chatbot. It’s Going to Use All of Them

Why ‘For All Mankind’ Season 5 Is the Key to the Rest of the Series

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Attorney Hit With Historic Fine for Citing AI-Generated Cases

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Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

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