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Scientists are making a lie detector for Twitter
Scientists in Europe are working on a program to detect lies on Twitter. Pheme, the social media “lie detector,” will be ready to polygraph the social network by the end of 2015. Pheme will work by...
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This Ukrainian medic just livetweeted her own near-death experience
In a truly disturbing sign of the times, a Ukrainian medic just livetweeted her own near-death experience. Olesya Zhukovskaya, a 21-year-old medic assisting in the anti-government uprising in Kiev has...
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Young Adult publishing and the John Green effect
Is John Green the Nicholas Sparks of Young Adult literature—a man whose success in his chosen publishing field overshadows the work of legions of his female counterparts? More and more, women in the...
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Missing woman left a trail of unstable tweets
In a so-far fruitless search for a missing Kalamazoo, Mich. woman, tweets from her personal accounts reveal clues regarding her possible mental state in the months leading up to her disappearance....
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Pizza place refuses to serve lawmakers who passed anti-LGBT legislation
On Wednesday the Arizona Senate passeda bill that would allow business owners to discriminate against members of the LGBT community. Under the bill businesses could legally refuse gay and transgender...
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'True Detective' fans cast the ultimate lead actor matchups on Twitter
With HBO’s critically acclaimed True Detective on track for renewal as an anthology series, with a different story, setting, and cast each season, every serious actor in Hollywood is doubtless angling...
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Oscar Pistorius Twitter account tweets 'hard truth' during murder trial
Next month, the South African runner Oscar Pistorius will stand trial for the 2013 killing of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp. But judging from its social media strategy, his public relations team...
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I invented finger hashtags—and I regret nothing
The biggest trend I ever helped to invent is Finger-hashtagging. It’s happening right now in so many levels that I feel left out. I have to remind myself daily that it’s all thanks to me. The crux of...
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Shameless self-promoter Russell Crowe won't stop tweeting at the pope
When it comes to attracting audiences, actor Russell Crowe sets his aim pretty high. He wants Pope Francis I to see his latest movie Noah. The film, starring Crowe in the title role, tells the story...
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Paramount Pictures squashed our favorite new Twitter account
It's a sad day indeed for fans of experimental Twitter accounts and homoerotic action thrillers alike: The genius who was screening Top Gun frame by frame via the handle @555uhz has been silenced by a...
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Vine and Twitter are coming to a movie theater near you
The six-second video app Vine has become an experimental platform for comedy, and making “Vine stars” out of certain users. Where does it go from here? This summer, you’ll be seeing more than just...
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A dude who had sex with a Hot Pocket is now a Twitter folk hero
It was Shakespeare’s Malvolio in Twelfth Night who said, “Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.” But on Twitter, greatness can be achieved by thrusting...
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The original owner of @N gets his $50k Twitter handle back
After a hacker extorted San Francisco Bay Area developer Naoki Hiroshima to relinquish his rare, one-letter Twitter username @N, he made a new account: @N_is_stolen. Hiroshima then wrote a highly-read...
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Anti-gay Texas senator calls for man-on-man nuptials in a beautiful typo
There’s really not much to say about this glorious typo from Texas state Sen. Dan Patrick, a Republican candidate for lieutenant governor of Texas, who up until today had a very conservative view of...
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Taking a breather with Breather, the app for on-demand privacy
I didn’t know, when I first made my reservation for a private space designed by the Breather, just how much I would end up needing it. The new app functions like Uber for remote workers, offering...
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The best twerking GIF of 2014
It’s been called the new American Beauty plastic bag, and with good reason: this twerkingGIF, courtesy of Emily Fleischaker, will make you weep with awe at the wondrous world we inhabit. Or buy a used...
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The Dalai Lama is fantastic at Instagram
The Dalai Lama has joined Instagram, making it the Tibetan spiritual leader’s latest push to spread his social media outreach. The account has been posting photos quietly since Feb. 1, but the Dalai...
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Mads Mikkelsen just learned how to Tumblr
When NBC’s Hannibal first aired last year, no one was really expecting it to a) inspire a super-intense and creatively active fandom or b) end up with some of the best social media outreach in the...
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Inside the mind of a Hot Pocket fornicator: @VersacePopTarts speaks
Since @VersacePopTarts, or Thot Pocket, made headlines for getting suspended from Twitter after having sex with a Hot Pocket, everyone on the Internet had three questions: a) “why the f**k would you...
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Now every Oscar viewer with Twitter can take a selfie with Jennifer Lawrence
How would you look standing next to Sandra Bullock? How about sidled up to Martin Scorsese? On Sunday, you won’t have to crouch awkwardly next to your freeze-framed TV to simulate a selfie with the...
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