Crime

Well, Breaking Bad happened in real life

If Breaking Bad’s central conceit — that a harried high school chemistry teacher and his former student team up to enter the lucrative world of methamphetamine production — seems too outlandish to you, here’s a strange case that demonstrates just how life can mirror art. The Boston Globe reports that 74-year-old university mathematics professor Irina…

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If you’re looking for natural male enhancement, don’t graft dominos onto your nether bits

This may just be a less savory medical paper than the case of the STD-giving blow-up doll. In a recent study — “Subcutaneous Penile Insertion of Domino Fragments by Incarcerated Males in Southwest United States Prisons: A Report of Three Cases” — from the Journal of Sexual Medicine, researchers investigated a series of dire events…

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The NYPD’s Panoramic Crime Scene Photos Are Straight Out of CSI

I’ve often rolled my eyes at the ridiculous technology used by CSI agents on TV, but the NY Times has revealed that as of 2009 the NYPD has started capturing 360 degree panoramic photos of crime scenes, for future analysis. While closeup photos are still an important tool for documenting evidence and clues, the use…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

How Olympus Reportedly Got Tangled Up With the Japanese Mafia

A month into its cover-your-eyes scale accounting scandal, Olympus has been officially linked to the Japanese Yakuza, according to a memo from Japanese officials. Here’s how things unraveled so fast. Back in 2008, Olympus paid some shadowy “financial advisor” a $687 million fee after the disasterous $2.2 billion takeover of a medical equipment company. And…

Tech News Kyle Wagner

Watch a Lady See Her House Getting Robbed Live Via Webcam

When someone has a constant live webcam feed set up in their home, it’s usually a good bet that it’s for something super pervy or really, really paranoid. But then there’s that one-in-a-big-number chance that it’s actually useful, like when this lady perchanced upon some dudes robbing her house and called 911. Happily, the police…

Tech News Kyle Wagner

Teenage vigilantes dress like Batman and Flash to nab sex predators

Well, I don’t remember Alpha Flight ever going on this adventure. Three teenagers from Chilliwack, British Columbia recently decided it would be a ripping idea to lure would-be pedophiles to public places using fake internet profiles. Once the clueless bastards showed up, the teenagers — wearing Batman and Flash costumes — would video tape the…

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A Bullet Hit the White House

The Secret Service just said that bullets hit the White House. One of the bullets smashed a window but was stopped by ballistic glass on the interior and another was found on the White House’s exterior. Everybody seems to be safe. Luckily, Barack Obama and Michelle Obama aren’t currently in the White House, having traveled…

Tech News Casey Chan

Cops Act Wasted to Catch Gadget Thieves

Are you the type who likes to get blotto and ride public transportation home late at night? Congratulations, you are a gadget thief’s favorite target! The NYPost reports that the NYPD is training a new squadron of drunk-impersonators to bust them. Here’s the scenario: you suck down a few too many cocktails after work downtown…

Gadgets Mario Aguilar

Used Cooking Oil Is a Hot Property on the Black Market. Seriously.

People resort to the black market for all sorts of stolen goods: cellphones, watches, cars, babies. But used cooking oil? According to the Washington Post, that’s a thing too. Thieves are now moving into the green market by stealing used cooking oil from the back of restaurants. They sell the sludge to recyclers, who then…

Tech News Natt Garun

The Late, Great, $14 Million iTunes Clickjacking Scheme

Seven Eastern European men have been charged in New York with operating a clickjacking scheme that infected more than 4 million computers in order to hijack surfers trying to get to the iTunes store or the IRS. The enterprise allegedly netted the crooks more than $14 million. The scam appears to have begun in 2007…

Tech News Kim Zetter - Wired

The Government Is GPS Tracking More People Without Warrants

Last year, the FBI was caught red handed while tracking an California resident without a warrant. Now, an undetermined branch of law enforcement has been caught doing the same, using two trackers on one car. https://gizmodo.com/fbi-gets-caught-tracking-mans-car-wants-its-gps-device-5658661 According to Wired’s Threat Level, the San Jose resident referred to as “Greg” first found the first on his…

Privacy & Security Adrian Covert

Why Did This Man Have 26 Female Corpses in His Apartment? (NSFW Images)

Well it wasn’t because he had abducted them from over 700 local cemeteries and redressed them! Because that would be severely bat-shit crazy. The 45-year-old suspect, Anatoly Moskvina from Nizhny Novgorod, a city on the Volga, reportedly targeted the bodies of women between ages 15 and 26. He would dig them up, stuff them in…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Is This Jack The Ripper’s Knife?

This six-inch black blade belonged to the man on the left. His name is Sir John Williams—the surgeon of Queen Victoria and one of the main suspects in the eleven Whitechapel murders. This may be Jack the Ripper’s weapon. He has been exposed by Tony Williams, his great-great-great-great nephew. Tony found the knife in the…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

A simple test to determine if someone’s been dead for more than 12 hours

Want to know a simple observation that helps forensic scientists figure out A.) how long a body has been dead; and B.) if it’s been tampered with? Serial killers: Please don’t read the section below. There are plenty of times when I weigh the fact that some stories are potentially hazardous with the fact that…

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British man calls police after confusing the Moon for a UFO

In an attempt to dissuade citizens from wasting emergency operators’ time with stupidity this Halloween, the Hertfordshire Constabulary in England has released an example of a very unimportant phone call. In the above audio clip, a concerned chap calls 999 after mixing up the Moon with an unidentified flying object. “It’s not an emergency per…

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A Man Threw a Molotov Cocktail at a Taco Bell Because His Chalupa Didn’t Have Enough Meat

I love me some Taco Bell! Gorditas, Nachos Supremes, Mexican pizzas and oh boy some Chalupas. I don’t love chalupas as much as a man who torched a Taco Bell because they didn’t stuff his XL Chalupas with enough meat though. That’s psychotic love. He’s still on the loose but police said the firestarter called…

Tech News Casey Chan

Police Used GPS Tracking to Bust Identity Thief With Over 300,000 Victims

Police use of GPS tracking in investigations is something of a hotbed issue that calls into question how much privacy people are entitled to. But when it’s used successfully, as it was to arrest a California man who committed identity theft against 300,000 people, that argument becomes much more complex. According to Cnet’s Declan McCullagh,…

Privacy & Security Adrian Covert

NASA interrogates 73-year-old grandmother for selling moon rocks

A Southern California woman who attempted to sell “a speck of lunar dust smaller than a grain of rice” to NASA officials found herself on the receiving end of an elaborate sting operation earlier this year. Life, it’s sometimes like a Robert Heinlein story. To raise money for her family, 73-year-old Joann Davis contacted NASA…

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Did You Know You Can Trade Copper for Crack?

In Florida—yes, LOVELY Florida—there exists a place where one can steal copper wire from things and exchange that copper wire for crack. How do I get there? According to Miami’s WPLG, the screening processes that copper thiefs encounter when trying to sell their looted wire has worked so well that they’ve just started offering the…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Idiot Car Thieves Busted When Craigslist Ad Attracts Original Owner

A very lucky man in California got his stolen car back after he spotted it on Craigslist. Either Kenny Munyon is quite a sleuth or he ran up against some very stupid thieves. Let’s investigate. Kenny Munyon woke up one morning in May to find that his awesome 1949 Ford Shoebox had been stolen overnight.…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

Well, Breaking Bad happened in real life

If you’re looking for natural male enhancement, don’t graft dominos onto your nether bits

The NYPD’s Panoramic Crime Scene Photos Are Straight Out of CSI

How Olympus Reportedly Got Tangled Up With the Japanese Mafia

Watch a Lady See Her House Getting Robbed Live Via Webcam

Teenage vigilantes dress like Batman and Flash to nab sex predators

A Bullet Hit the White House

Cops Act Wasted to Catch Gadget Thieves

Used Cooking Oil Is a Hot Property on the Black Market. Seriously.

The Late, Great, $14 Million iTunes Clickjacking Scheme

The Government Is GPS Tracking More People Without Warrants

Why Did This Man Have 26 Female Corpses in His Apartment? (NSFW Images)

Is This Jack The Ripper’s Knife?

A simple test to determine if someone’s been dead for more than 12 hours

British man calls police after confusing the Moon for a UFO

A Man Threw a Molotov Cocktail at a Taco Bell Because His Chalupa Didn’t Have Enough Meat

Police Used GPS Tracking to Bust Identity Thief With Over 300,000 Victims

NASA interrogates 73-year-old grandmother for selling moon rocks

Did You Know You Can Trade Copper for Crack?

Idiot Car Thieves Busted When Craigslist Ad Attracts Original Owner

INIU Brings Another Power Bank to the Spring Sale as SnapGo Keychain Portable Charger Drops to Its Lowest Price

Attorney Hit With Historic Fine for Citing AI-Generated Cases

Travelers Experiencing the Longest Security Lines in TSA History

Could There Be a ‘Project Hail Mary’ Sequel?

Meta Has More Smart Glasses Coming Whether You Want Them or Not

Apple Requires Device-Level Age Verification in the UK Now. Could the US Be Next?

Astronomers Say Recent Rash of Meteor Sightings ‘Warrants Serious Investigation’

Did AMD Just Make the Best CPU for Gamers and Creators?

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

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

Nintendo’s Talking Flower Is Annoying as Hell. I Love It

Level Lock Pro Review: As Good as a Secret Smart Lock Gets

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