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Twitter, Dropbox, ACLU petition White House to back strong encryption
A coalition of Silicon Valley companies and tech activists launched a petition Wednesday urging President Barack Obama to publicly affirm his support for strong encryption.Heavyweight firms including...
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Call of Duty's Twitter account fakes an emergency in Singapore
Breaking news reports on social media of terrorist attacks and disasters are distressingly commonplace. And somehow, someone decided this stressful culture made for a good video game publicity stunt.As...
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Lena Dunham: 'I don't look at Twitter anymore'
Lena Dunham is one of the most contentious women on the Internet, and the people who dislike her are not afraidto voicetheir opinions. But that doesn’t mean she has to read those opinions.On a recent...
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The directors of 'The Lego Movie' are turning Serial into a TV show
The Lego Movie directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller are developing a TV show based on Serial, the popular whodunit podcast.Contrary to the sentiment of more than a few critical tweets, the show will...
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Instagram CEO says his app bans female nipples in photos because of Apple
Instagram has faced lots of backlash in recent years for what some have called a double standard over nudity, and the company's explanation for banning ban photos with female nipples is not likely to...
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Why all y'all hating on Little Caesars, fam?
Is it just me, or do people only order pizza from Little Caesars so they can complain about it?Making the rounds online this week was an admittedly hilarious exchange between the ultra-cheap fast food...
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Oregon shooting vs. China bombings: Should U.S. media censor its reports on...
Last week, two brutal mass killings totaling at least 20 fatalities rocked the world's two most powerful countries—but you probably only heard about one of them.The disparity in reporting these two...
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Words used in tweets can offer insight into how much money you make
Tweets can say a lot about you, including how much money you make.Twitter is a goldmine when it comes to social data, and researchers have discovered how to use this information to predict people's...
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Texas football player retweets tweet about transferring—while losing at halftime
The University of Texas football team was down 37-0 against TCU at halftime on Saturday. But that didn't stop one Longhorn player from retweeting a tweet about transferring.Danny Duron tweeted at...
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How @midnight managed to win the Internet by celebrating it
At a recent taping of @midnight, comedians Heather Anne Campbell, Jon Daly, and James Adomian riffed on what kind of toast they would give at Taco Bell’s new high-end, alcohol-serving cantinas. “I’d...
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Your guide to Twitter, Jack Dorsey, and the drama surrounding his return
You’ve probably seen a whole lot of headlines today about Twitter’s new permanent CEO, Jack Dorsey, and how the company’s board of directors is poised to experience some turnover, and yada yada yada,...
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Burger King's Halloween Whopper will turn your poop green
This article contains explicit content and may be NSFW.It's a big month for people who love novelty foods: In addition to a staggering spectrum of candy, October has also ushered in Burger King's...
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How to use Twitter Moments
For anyone easily irked by social media’s tendency to inundate users with constant (and often irrelevant) drivel, surfing timelines on the Internet’s biggest platforms have become a pain. In order to...
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Tom Hanks asks Twitter for help in returning lost student ID
One college student was lucky enough to get a photo with Tom Hanks—sort of. When Hanks isn't busy starring in Carly Rae Jepsenmusic videos, he's saving college students from the terror of losing their...
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Police chase ends with suspect driving straight into the sea
Perhaps buying into the Disney notion that life is better under the sea, an Australian man who led police on a two-hour chase tried to elude authorities by plowing his allegedly stolen vehicle...
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What we talk about when we talk about #KillAllWhiteMen
I stand with Bahar Mustafa. On Tuesday, Twitter erupted after it was reported that Mustafa, a University of London student union diversity officer, was arrested and being charged with “racially...
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Many people think 'The Martian' is based on a true story, so that's cool
Ridley Scott's The Martian has an impressive 93% Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes. It pulled in a whopping $55 million on its opening weekend. It is clearly is a hit film in every possible way. Its...
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The 11 best (and worst) edited Justin Bieber nudes
Little-known fact: When pop star Justin Bieber takes off his clothes, he is naked. And when the paparazzi are lurking in some nearby foliage during Bieber's naked time, they snap skeevy photos of said...
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Twitter and Reddit are fighting the same battle
This week, two major social media outlets found themselves in the same boat. Twitter, which has struggled to grow its user base in the face of shareholder criticism, unveiled Twitter Moments, a key new...
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Here's Hannibal Buress's rejected Comedy Central pilot
On Tuesday, comedian Hannibal Buress offered fans a little piece of history: the pilot for his rejected Comedy Central pilot, Unemployable. The pilot, which was shot in 2014, was never picked up by...
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