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10 Dumb Sex and Dating Apps For Your Smartphone
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10 Dumb Sex and Dating Apps For Your Smartphone

"The Sexulator" is one of them. No, really. Kate Hakala   |   01.29.2013   |  
Watch a bunch of people sing a joyous ode to Facebook
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Watch a bunch of people sing a joyous ode to Facebook

Be honest: what do you usually do after wasting a few hours on Facebook? If your answer is, "brush the Cheeto crumbs off the front of my… EJ Dickson   |   05.21.2012   |   Comments (2)
Man sues BMW for giving him twenty-month erection
Love & Sex

Man sues BMW for giving him twenty-month erection

A fifty-two-year-old California man named Henry Wolf has unintentionally discovered the ultimate male-enhancement solution after a four-hour… Jeff Mills   |   05.1.2012   |   Comments (3)
Facebook now offers "organ donor" update, in case you literally want people to know your inner life
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Facebook now offers "organ donor" update, in case you literally want people to know your inner life

You already tell Facebook your sexual preferences and your relationship status. You tell it your favorite movies, books, and music. You let… Sean Morrow   |   05.1.2012   |   Comments (1)
Nerve Dating poll: How do phone calls figure into your romantic life?
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Nerve Dating poll: How do phone calls figure into your romantic life?

It's 2012. We — you know, humankind or whatever — have a myriad of ways to communicate. We have email, texting, Facebook, BBM… Sean Morrow   |   04.24.2012   |   Comments (1)
Mitt Romney wants to save you and your family from porn
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Mitt Romney wants to save you and your family from porn

Way back in 2007, when we were all young and fresh-faced and innocent and earnestly telling people that Rihanna's "Umbrella" was… EJ Dickson   |   04.23.2012   |   Comments (18)
1 in 10 sexters have sent sexts to the wrong person
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1 in 10 sexters have sent sexts to the wrong person

If you've ever tried to cheer your partner up at work by sending him/her a photo of your private parts dressed like Groucho Marx, and instead… EJ Dickson   |   04.19.2012   |   Comments (4)
60% of Wikipedia articles might contain errors, according to both science and common sense
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60% of Wikipedia articles might contain errors, according to both science and common sense

A new study from Penn State University claims that 60% of Wikipedia entries might include errors. Marcia DiStaso, an assistant professor of… Sean Morrow   |   04.19.2012   |   Comments (6)
Ashton Kutcher to play Steve Jobs, naturally
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Ashton Kutcher to play Steve Jobs, naturally

Well folks, April Fools Day has come and gone, and it seems Ashton Kutcher is actually, really, seriously going to play Steve Jobs in a… Kristin Hunt   |   04.2.2012   |   Comments (10)
Ad agency stirs controversy for using homeless people as wireless hotspots at SXSW
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Ad agency stirs controversy for using homeless people as wireless hotspots at SXSW

This year at SXSW in Austin, you may happen to come across a bedraggled, middle-aged homeless man wearing a T-shirt that said, "I'm… EJ Dickson   |   03.12.2012   |   Comments (10)
Leader of Anonymous subgroup turns out to be federal informant
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Leader of Anonymous subgroup turns out to be federal informant

LulzSec, a "hacktivist" group that grew out of larger internet conglomerate Anonymous, has been infiltrated by a federal informant. The… Sean Morrow   |   03.6.2012   |   Comments (0)
Obama to Aziz Ansari: "I have more Twitter followers than you"
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Obama to Aziz Ansari: "I have more Twitter followers than you"

With Osama bin Laden on the sea floor, and the GOP presidential candidates in disarray, it seems Barack Obama is getting antsy and needs a rival… Sean Morrow   |   03.6.2012   |   Comments (4)
It would take you 76 days to read the privacy policies for a year of web travels
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It would take you 76 days to read the privacy policies for a year of web travels

The Atlantic dug up a study by Carnegie Mellon where researchers found that it would take seventy-six eight-hour work days for the average… Sean Morrow   |   03.5.2012   |   Comments (0)
<em>Playboy</em> wants to build a space station
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Playboy wants to build a space station

In a collaboration for the ages, Playboy intends to partner with Virgin, yes, Virgin Galactic, to create a "Playboy Club" in space. You… Stefan Sirucek   |   02.29.2012   |   Comments (6)
Cyborg Alert: There will be Google-powered glasses by the end of the year
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Cyborg Alert: There will be Google-powered glasses by the end of the year

Bluetooth technology has been on the market for years and people using it still look like chumps. But the quest to make our technology stick to… Stefan Sirucek   |   02.22.2012   |   Comments (2)
Cell phones are turning us all into jerks
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Cell phones are turning us all into jerks

You may have suspected this already, but researchers from the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business have confirmed it:… James Brady Ryan   |   02.21.2012   |   Comments (3)
"iPod of vibrators" set to revolutionize sex toy industry, maybe
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"iPod of vibrators" set to revolutionize sex toy industry, maybe

Far be it from me to tell you when or where this happened, but apparently, at some point within the last decade, all of the sex-toy makers in the… EJ Dickson   |   02.21.2012   |   Comments (11)
Internet Comeback Alert: MySpace announces 1 million new users in 30 days
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Internet Comeback Alert: MySpace announces 1 million new users in 30 days

Are people ready to be blinded by flashing .gifs, deafened by non-optional 50 Cent tracks, and tricked by cleverly angled photos of the obese… Sean Morrow   |   02.14.2012   |   Comments (2)
Pennsylvania university to offer morning-after pill in vending machine
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Pennsylvania university to offer morning-after pill in vending machine

  Someone in the student health department at Shippensburg University must really enjoy outraged emails from… Sean Morrow   |   02.7.2012   |   Comments (20)
Apple store worker inadvertently taps his own phone for a customer
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Apple store worker inadvertently taps his own phone for a customer

So here's how it all went down. A woman takes her son's broken iPhone to the Apple store. She gets the phone back and starts receiving… Jeremy Glass   |   02.1.2012   |   Comments (3)