The Internet Has A Password Problem
“The password is the root of all evil,” says an expert. Google/Warzel You have a problem. Your online passwords — the barrier that protects your most private correspondence, financial data and nearly...
View ArticleNow You Can "Snowfall" Everything In Your Life
The power of parallax scrolling is yours! Use it wisely . myparade.com In December 2012, The New York Times released "Snow Fall", a long multimedia story about an avalanche in Washington state. The...
View ArticleReport: NSA Used Heartbleed Security Flaw To Spy On People For Two Years
“This behavior is quite literally part of the NSA’s job,” said an expert. “If the NSA knows about it we can assume most major agencies in other governments know about it as well.” After a week of...
View ArticleA Master Troll Has Been Answering Every Comment On NBC's "Crisis" Facebook Page
The most perfect use of Facebook ever. This is the Facebook page for NBC's drama, Crisis: Facebook: NBCCrisis It feels like the term "trolling" has lost its true meaning lately. People use it to just...
View ArticleTwitter's Fatal Flaw Is Finally Exposed
Pretty cool app, except for that whole 140 characters thing. This was the top review of the Twitter app in the iTunes app store last week: Pro: Cool app. Can use to talk to Justin Bieber. Con: 140...
View ArticleThe World's First Searchable Selfie Database
Selfiexploratory lets you sort the world’s selfies by gender, location, age, mood, and more. At this point, debating the merits of the selfie, even in the default hashtagged irony of the internet...
View ArticleTwitter Execs Will Hang On To Their Stock For Now
The newly public company’s leadership announced they will not sell their stock once they are eligible to do so for the first time next month. The Associated Press The leadership at Twitter is playing...
View ArticleHere's What MTV Said About The Internet In 1994
Kurt Loder explains how America Online works. MTV News did a segment about musicians using the internet in 1994. youtube.com Kurt Loder investigates the new trend of musicians using the internet. I...
View ArticleSomeone Beat "Dark Souls 2" In ONE HOUR
The hardest game of the year, reduced to the length of an episode of Gilmore Girls . It took me 65 hours and a few near-aneurysms to beat Dark Souls 2, the hardest and best game of 2014, which I...
View ArticleThe 57 Best Conspiracy Theories I Heard At New Jersey's 55th Annual UFO...
I went to the New Jersey Paranormal and Consciousness Conference last weekend. Here are the theories I heard, ranked worst to best. Katie Heaney / Via BuzzFeed 57. The CIA controls the New York Times,...
View ArticleMeet The Man Behind Twitter's Most Infamous Phrase
“It makes me cringe now,” the creator says. The internet is an unforgiving historian with endless primary sources and a flair for reminding us what we really are online: a barely coordinated mass of...
View ArticleThe Story Of How Bill Clinton Sent The First Presidential Email
Toshiba laptops were so sick in 1998. They sent emails to SPACE! This is a Toshiba Satellite Pro laptop (remember those?) computer used by Bill Clinton in 1998. rrauction.com As we previously...
View ArticleFor Today Only, Anyone In The U.S. Can Buy Google Glass
If you have $1,500 to spare, that is. U.S. residents will be able to buy Google Glass for $1,500 on April 15 for one day only as part of the Glass Explorer programme. Andrew Kelly / Reuters / Reuters...
View ArticleHow I Fell In Love With The Dorkiest Game Of The Year
John Gara for BuzzFeed / ZeniMax Online Studios I'm not what most people would call a gamer. I've played console games only here and there, and I've never installed a game on my computer. Truth be...
View ArticleThe Same Old Problem Is Still Hounding Google's Money-Making Machine
Shares fell more than 5% after Google reported its earnings. Once again, the company is making less money off each advertisement. The Associated Press For all its talk of investing billions in...
View ArticleDefend Your List: Jenna Wortham On Her Most Recently Used Emojis
New York Times technology reporter, and contributor to an emoji zine, Jenna Wortham explains why she uses the ant emoji. Jenna Wortham Welcome to "Defend Your List," a new BuzzFeed FWD series where we...
View ArticleTwitter Is Now Copying One Of Facebook's Most Lucrative New Businesses
The company launched mobile app install ads today. It’s an advertising product that has already generated hundreds of millions in revenue for Facebook, and Twitter needs it to prove it can be a public...
View ArticleWe Got Bookies To Predict The Future Of Tech
Want to wager on Google Glass or Amazon drones? These guys will be happy to place your bets. Christina Lu/BuzzFeed Over the past few months, tech news has been dominated by breathless reports about...
View ArticleTwitter's Rosetta Stone
The social network’s term glossary could help solve one of the company’s biggest problems. Via Twitter: @articles At its core, Twitter is an idiosyncratic service. Part of its charm — and popularity...
View ArticleMeet The 20-Year-Old College Kid Who Is Writing A List Of Every Video Game...
Every. Single. One. Alex is a 20-year-old college student who lives in Atlanta. For the past seven years, in his free time, he's been working on a staggeringly enormous project: compiling a list of...
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