On the Road with Hurston and Hughes
How did Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston become friends? For Longreads, Yuval Taylor tells the story of a fortuitous road trip, on which Hurston drove...
Harry Potter, the Platform, and the Future of Niantic
What is Niantic? If they recognize the name, most people would rightly tell you it’s a company that makes mobile games, like Pokémon GO, or Ingress,...
The 10 Best Deals of April 12, 2019
We see a lot of deals around the web over on Kinja Deals, but these were our ten favorites today. Read more… Source : The 10...
The 10 Best Deals of April 12, 2019
We see a lot of deals around the web over on Kinja Deals, but these were our ten favorites today. Read more… Source : The 10...
Homeless Man at Center of $400,000 GoFundMe Scam Sentenced
The man at the center of the bizarre GoFundMe campaign conspiracy, which grifted $400,000 out of armchair Good Samaritans, was sentenced on Friday to five years...
Homeless Man at Center of $400,000 GoFundMe Scam Sentenced
The man at the center of the bizarre GoFundMe campaign conspiracy, which grifted $400,000 out of armchair Good Samaritans, was sentenced on Friday to five years...
Stream-Ripper Operator Rejects Record Labels’ Piracy ‘Hysteria’ in Court
Last year, a group of prominent record labels filed a piracy lawsuit against the Russian operator of YouTube-ripping sites FLVTO.biz and 2conv.com. The labels hoped to shut the sites...
Stream-Ripper Operator Rejects Record Labels’ Piracy ‘Hysteria’ in Court
Last year, a group of prominent record labels filed a piracy lawsuit against the Russian operator of YouTube-ripping sites FLVTO.biz and 2conv.com. The labels hoped to shut the sites...
Matt Cutts on solving big problems with lean solutions at the US Digital Service
Updating the federal government’s digital infrastructure seems like a Herculean task akin to cleaning out the Augean stables. Where do you even start shoveling? Former Googler...
American Museum of Natural History Event Honoring Brazil’s Rainforest-Hating President Sparks Uproar
A museum dedicated to conserving nature and Brazil’s far right wing president intent on opening the Amazon rainforest to mining, logging, and fossil fuel exploration while...
