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Google Glass "Hate Crime Victim" Accused of Spying on Neighbors in...
Sarah Slocum, persecuted computer pioneer and San Francisco socialite, is experienced when it comes to privacy outrage: the LA Times reports Slocum was the target of a restraining order after...
View ArticleThe Most TED Talk Thing To Ever TED at a TED Talk
You never know who you might bump into at TED... pic.twitter.com/T0tl9xDSXe — Chris Anderson (@TEDchris) March 18, 2014 Read more...
View ArticleLast week, Recode reports, "serial startup employee" Chris Zaharias compared...
Last week, Recode reports, "serial startup employee" Chris Zaharias compared unfair startup employee equity grants to the legal oppression of African Americans, and called for "a Rosa Parks moment"...
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Postmates Lowers Expectations
Postmates, a well-funded delivery startup premised on your inability to get out of bed, does not pay its couriers well. But according to one current employee, the company is at least admitting the...
View ArticleAt the Bitcoin swap meet in SoMa, delusions are also for sale.
At the Bitcoin swap meet in SoMa, delusions are also for sale. One enthusiast shows off an app called Lambo Parity, "which tracks what percentage of a Lamborghini one Bitcoin can buy;" a 52-year-old...
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Facebook released new models of its West campus expansion in Menlo Park to...
Facebook released new models of its West campus expansion in Menlo Park to Business Insider. The 22-acre complex was designed by Frank Gehry, but altered after Facebook asked to make the plans "more...
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Facebook Is Ending the Free Ride
Facebook pulled the best practical joke of the internet age: the company convinced countless celebrities, bands, and "brands" that its service was the best way to reach people with eyeballs and money....
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NSA: Tech Companies Knew We Were Spying on You All Along
When Edward Snowden revealed the NSA was wiretapping basically every mainstream tech company in the United States, Silicon Valley cried plead innocence—and ignorance. But according to the agency's top...
View ArticlePaleofuture 10 Clinton-Era Predictions For the Future That Were Pretty Damn...
Paleofuture 10 Clinton-Era Predictions For the Future That Were Pretty Damn Close | Defamer Lindsay Lohan's Celebrity "Fuck List" Keeps Growing | Regressing Your Last-Minute Bracket Cheat Sheet: What...
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Facebook VP Calls Secret "Hurtful" After Being Called Out on Secret
What's written in Secret is having trouble staying secret. Earlier this week, comments made on the anonymous app were the catalyst for an implosion at GitHub. Now Facebook exec Andrew "Boz" Bosworth...
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The Taylor Swift/Snapchat Romance Rumor Will Not Die
The last we heard from the T-Swah/Evan Spiegel kissy-cootie rumor mill, the two ended shortly after the the former stood the latter up at the Rose Bowl. But (paper) tabloid rags like this week's OK!...
View ArticleOK, Sean
Imagine our surprise when, instead of finding MH370, we discover a vast undersea civilization - possibly of alien origin — Sean Parker (@sparker) March 20, 2014 Read more...
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Bitcoin Trading Exchange Spurns Thirsty SEC
Who doesn't love a romantic comedy about a staid conservative chasing a wild free sprit? Even when the uptight one is a major regulatory institution and the the free spirit is an online exchange for a...
View Article60 Minutes Decided to Stop Blowing Amazon
Last December, exquisitely timed for the Black Friday shopping orgasm, CBS aired a very long, very serious commercial for Amazon and its pipe dream delivery drone. Only a few months later, it's trying...
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Airbnb Is Worth $10 Billion Because The Sharing Economy Is a Farce
Airbnb is about to close a round of funding that will value the company at $10 billion, reports the Wall Street Journal. That's four times as much as the company was valued in 2012, when it raised...
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These Two "GIF Porn Scrapers" Are Living the American Dream
Not every programmer who comes out West panning for digital gold hits it rich. But the bottom rung of Startupland can be a fun if you find the right benefactor, reports Re/Code. Read more...
View ArticlePaleofuture IBM Sponsored a Major Hollywood Movie About Computers in 1957 |...
Paleofuture IBM Sponsored a Major Hollywood Movie About Computers in 1957 | Regressing Everything You Need To Know About Getting A Vasectomy For March Madness | Truck Yeah! 5-Year Old British Boy...
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Microsoft Snooped on a Blogger's Email to Hunt Down a Windows 8 Leaker...
An indictment filed in federal court today reveals that Microsoft snooped through a blogger's Hotmail account trying to plug an internal leak of pre-release Windows 8 software. That sounds like an...
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Mt. Gox Magically Finds 200,000 Bitcoins in a Discarded Wallet
Remember that time you left $20 in an old winter jacket and then spring happened and you put the jacket away and then when you took it back out the next winter and slipped your hand into your pocket...
View ArticleLarry Page Says He Wants to Leave His Wealth to Another Billionaire
Philanthropy today: Larry Page, the Google co-founder with $32 billion and little record of altruism, says he'd prefer another tech billionaire inherit his estate instead of leaving it to charity.Read...
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