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No, Eric Schmidt, You Don't Deserve 100 Million More Dollars

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No, Eric Schmidt, You Don't Deserve 100 Million More Dollars

Eric Schmidt used to be the CEO of Google, and now he's not. But the company just decided to reward him with $106 million—100 in stock, six in cash—as an annual bonus. That's about $80 million more than the CEO of Goldman Sachs. It's also fucked up and insane.

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Twitter just released its first quarterly earnings report.

Everybody's Getting Corrupt Google Search Results Except Europe

Happy Belated Birthday, Facebook: Here's a Drunk Mark Zuckerberg

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Happy Belated Birthday, Facebook: Here's a Drunk Mark Zuckerberg

Facebook turned 10 yesterday, which means that if Mark Zuckerberg were still a middle-finger-swinging youth, he'd just be getting over his hangover. Instead, he's a perfectly groomed corporate overlord. Here's our tribute to Zuck when he was still fun—and wasted.

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Silicon Valley Can't Stop Shit-Talking Itself on This New App

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Silicon Valley Can't Stop Shit-Talking Itself on This New App

Posting secrets anonymously is an old idea on the internet, but Secret is special for one reason: so far it's completely taken over by gossiping techies, early adopters with lots of bile to unload. It's part therapy, part confession, part defamation, and it's a lot of fun to eavesdrop.

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Design Changes at Valleywag

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The site looks different today! I know, I know—another iteration of our commenting system. I appreciate you all sticking through the perpetual flux, and I promise there's a lot of thoughtfulness at work here. Read about the vision behind Kinja from the boss of my boss, Nick Denton.

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Wendi Deng Doesn't Miss Eric Schmidt's Naked Body

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Wendi Deng Doesn't Miss Eric Schmidt's Naked Body

Today in horrible images that'll make you beg outside a hospital for a lobotomy: Rubert Murdoch's ex is so glad to no longer be sexing Google's executive chairman. That makes seven billion of us.

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AOL CEO Blames Selfish New 401k Plan on Two Pregnant Women


Tim Armstrong's Salary, in Distressed Babies

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Tim Armstrong's Salary, in Distressed Babies

Apparently money is tight at AOL, as emergency medical expenses for two complicated pregnancies are enough to justify a 401k downgrade for the whole corporation. But Tim: what about all the money you make?

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Defamer Aaron Sorkin: Philip Seymour Hoffman's Death Might Save Lives | Paleofuture 8 Viral Sochi Ol

HotelTonight CEO Sends Woman Tech Reporter Super Creepy Package

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HotelTonight CEO Sends Woman Tech Reporter Super Creepy Package

If you're the CEO of a startup that specializes in finding cheap, last-minute hotel rooms from your smartphone, don't send a young tech writer an unsolicited, bizarre signed photo of yourself and a bottle of wine.

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Live Next to Apple's CEO for Just $2.8 Million

Protesters Will Disrupt TechCrunch's Award Ceremony

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Protesters Will Disrupt TechCrunch's Award Ceremony

The fabulous, 7th annual Crunchies—Silicon Valley's Teen Choice Awards—will kick off this coming Monday. As startup luminaries and the press converge on the Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco, a group of angry protesters will be waiting for them.

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This Man Is Representing AOL on Live Television

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This Man Is Representing AOL on Live Television

If you work at AOL, here are two people that make more money than you: Chief Executive Prickhole Tim Armstrong, and this guy, David Shing, who is currently appearing on MSNBC to discuss his aimless, ailing company. This is the face of a dying corporation, convulsing as it goes down.

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Paleofuture The FDA Just Approved a PillCam The Jetsons Predicted 50 Years Ago | Defamer Dylan Farro


Mother Says AOL Used Her "Distressed Baby" As a Corporate Scapegoat

Tim Armstrong Has a History of Targeting Pregnant Employees

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Tim Armstrong Has a History of Targeting Pregnant Employees

Why on earth would AOL CEO Tim Armstrong blame "distressed babies" for cutting back retirement benefits? Perhaps because he has a history of flipping out when it comes to female employees with complicated pregnancies.

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Take a First Look at Mike Judge's Silicon Valley TV Show

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There have been two shots at bringing startups to television: Bravo's catastrophe, and Amazon's mixed bag. Now the legendary Mike Judge is taking a stab with HBO, and based on a couple preliminary dick jokes and Judge's cachet, it could actually be terrific.

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The Tech Party So Obnoxious It Doesn't Seem Real

For more than five months, between August 22, 2013 and February 4, 2014, your private Instagram phot

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