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Take a lot off the top with a haircut from a naked barber
Strip clubs tend to attract two things: people who want to see boobs, and controversy. The former group makes these clubs lucrative, but controversy can drive them out of business. The Vault on...
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This rapper tattooed a hashtag on his face
A British rapper and reality star took his Twitter obsession to the next level with a new piece of ink—a hashtag tattoo on his face. Naturally, Dappy, known for a song called “No Regrets,” posted a...
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White House mulls presidential selfie ban (update)
The presidential selfie may now be a thing of the past, and you can blame Samsung for killing it. During a White House visit with teammates last Tuesday, Red Sox slugger David Ortiz snapped a selfie...
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Til Twitter do us part? Study links tweeting to divorce, infidelity
If you fight with your romantic partner about stuff that goes down on Twitter, you might want to log out: A study from the University of Missouri indicates that Twitter can cause conflict when both...
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Why did Twitter just buy an Android lock screen app?
Twitter has purchased Cover, a startup Android app that lets users customize their home and lock screens, for an undisclosed sum. Cover announced the acquisition on its blog. “Twitter, like Cover,...
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The search for the next big tech breakthrough
Back in 1971, a biologist named W.D. Hamilton published a paper arguing that prey animals defray the danger that any particular individual might face from predators by moving closely together in...
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Will Twitter's Facebook-like profile redesign win over new users?
Twitter is officially rolling out a major layout change to its Web profile pages… and it’s unofficially tearing pages from Facebook’s design handbook in the process. While Twitter doesn’t get a ton of...
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Here's what 'Game of Thrones' would look like in Silicon Valley
Who do you support in the battle to sit on the Internet throne? The folks over at social media client Hootsuite evidently think they're the perfect candidates to unite the divided kingdoms of social...
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Twitter data can predict when we're all getting fired
People tweet under all sorts of circumstances. They tweet when they nail a job interview, when they get a promotion... and when they lose their job. When a Twitter user laments a layoff on social...
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Welcome to the future, where people tip over Smart cars
Americans are obsessed with flipping thing like cups, skateboards, and cows. In San Francisco a destructive flipping trend has reemerged after vandals tipped over four parked Smart cars in the Bernal...
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Batkid rises to throw the San Francisco Giants' first pitch
A true superhero’s work is never done, and nobody knows that better than San Francisco’s Batkid, a.k.a. 5-year-old leukemia survivor Miles Scott. After saving the metropolis from supervillainy last...
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Can you spot the big mistake in Julia Louis-Dreyfus's nude Rolling Stone cover?
Stare at the new issue of Rolling Stone awhile and you may notice something odd. No, it’s not that Veep star Julia Louis-Dreyfus appears to be aging backward. Think bigger. Think historic. My sis...
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CNN is making a news show just for Twitter
Over the last month, CNN has devoted most of its coverage to finding missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, and tweeting out the hard-hitting questions. Despite the sensory overload of their 24-hour...
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S.E.L.F.I.E. is a mirror that takes selfies for you
Scientists are saying that modern humans are in danger of becoming so self-obsessed that the world as we know it will end not with a whimper, nor with a bang, but with the loud suctioning sound of the...
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Twitter bot trolls big brands so you don't have to
Sure, we all have fun trolling brands online now and then—it’s how we voice our resentment of the economic realities that force social media networks to become advertising platforms. Deep down,...
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These elderly women are my new best friends on Weird Twitter
Weird Twitter is a thing that exists. “If you don’t know,” unfortunately there’s actually nothing I can tell you that will sufficiently describe Weird Twitter in a way that could allow me to end this...
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Teen proves he's alive after horrific bus crash by taking selfie
Whatever your thoughts on the selfie phenomenon, it’s hard to not think this is pretty unbelievable: Jonathan Gutierrez, a 17-year-old who was involved in a bus accident that killed 10 people in...
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Twitter engineer and GLBTQ activist Dana McCallum charged with rape
Dana McCallum is a Twitter engineer, a gay and trans rights advocate, and proponent of women in tech. Now, she's also an alleged rapist. The San Francisco Examinerhas reported that McCallum was...
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Robert Downey Jr. joins Twitter like a boss: 'You know who I am'
Alert, alert, this is not a drill: Robert Downey Jr. has landed. Repeat: Robert Downey Jr. has landed. Clearly not about to be upstaged by all the attention his Avengers co-star Chris Evans has gotten...
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KFC is selling a chicken corsage for prom
It’s prom season, and while some high schoolers are asking Netflix to the big dance, KFC has found another way to score a date (and use a sweet hashtag): A chicken corsage. Were KFC execs stoned when...
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