Samsung Galaxy S7 Smartphone Review By a Bad Boy Magazine Writer
I am a big magazine boy with many important things to say about the Samsung Galaxy S7 smartphone, but the most important thing you should know about me is this: I have done Bad Things.
Tech Billionaire Throws a Hissy Fit When He Can't Get In To See 'Hamilton'
“Do you know who I am?” is never a flattering way to refer to oneself.
Tech Workers Should Unionize
Last week, the drivers who shuttle San Francisco Google employees to work voted to unionize with the Teamsters. How long until their passengers do the same thing?
Federal Judge Rules to Expand Class-Action Lawsuit Against Uber
A federal judge handed down a significant ruling in favor of the Uber drivers suing the ride-hailing start-up in California for misclassifying workers, expanding the class to a potential total of 160,000 employees.
Grooveshark Co-Founder Josh Greenberg Dead at 28
Josh Greenberg, one of two co-founders of the defunct music-sharing site Grooveshark, was found dead in his Gainesville, Fla. home Sunday night. His death was a shock to those who knew him—his mom and girlfriend both said he’d never been sick, and the Gainesville Sun reports police found no evidence of drugs or…
Bubble Watch: The Chinese Tech Bubble Is a Real Live Bubble
After years of searching for the next financial bubble that will pop and leave little but empty wallets, broken dreams, and suicidal investors in its wake, it appears we have actually found it!
Capitalism Has an Asshole Problem
Vox's Matt Yglesias argues that Uber—where an executive suggested to a Buzzfeed reporter that "the company should consider hiring a team of opposition researchers to dig up dirt on its critics in the media"—has "an asshole problem."
Scientists Just Built a Better Vagina in a Laboratory
There's not much to add to the New Scientist's lede here: "Vaginas grown in a lab from the recipients' own cells have been successfully transferred to the body for the first time."
On the positive side, this means 10 out of 10 Americans think contact with HTML will prevent you from ever getting laid again.
The Army Might Replace Soldiers' Caffeine With Electric Shock Therapy
Anyone who's been "downrange" in America's overproduced theater of war knows that its performers run on nicotine and caffeine: coffee for some, fizzy-sugary energy bombs for others. (Rip-Its, anyone?) But you know what's cheaper and easier for Uncle Sam to import to the battlefield? Arcs and sparks!
Why the Farmville Guy Got an Invitation to the White House
For some reason, the former CEO of the company that owns Farmville was invited to the White House to talk about Healthcare.gov. (By "some reason" I mean probably because he donated a ton of money to Democratic causes.)
Hot New Tech Mogul Trend: Bragging About Weird You Are
Want to show off to your tech bigwig friends? Tell them about the bizarre way you use your time! (Try this: "I sleep in two-hour increments and only eat bananas.")
Apple is about to announce a new iPad right now and the only blog in the world whose liveblog is worth reading is Gizmodo, whose account is located here.
Here's the Insane Lamb-Chop-and-Oyster Lunch Twitter Employees Eat
Has your boss ever bought everyone pizza, as a special favor? That must have been cool! Twitter employees ate oysters, scallops and lamb chops yesterday.
How to Avoid the Biggest Scam in Online Shopping
It's easy to get cheap designer clothing on this site—but even easier to get sucked into its scam and lose hundreds of dollars.
Lazy Incompetents Can Now Murder Animals, People from a Mile Away
Too lazy to spend years learning how to kill beautiful animals from nearly a mile away? Or are you merely rich and incompetent, with a desire to shoot something to death from a far distance? Maybe both? If so, great news! For just $27,500, you can buy a rifle that—with only 30 minutes of instruction—will transform you…
Top 40 Hottest Women in Tech Was Supposed to Focus on Their Beautiful Insides
Today, freelancer Luke Winkie wrote a little thing assigned to him by Complex entitled "The 40 Hottest Women in Tech." It was a list, you see, or really, a 40-image slide show of totally bangable women who work "in technology," (which includes, uh, hosting television shows, "New York City Government," and YouTube).…
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer Installed a Nursery in Her Office
Last Friday, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer pissed everyone off when she banned her employees from working remotely. Yahoo's working mothers were particularly disgruntled by this change of policy, especially because they don't think that Mayer understands their needs (even though Mayer is a working mother herself).
No More Working From Home for Yahoo Employees
When Marissa Mayer took over as CEO of Yahoo, she was tasked with turning around a fading Internet giant. Yesterday, she got rid of one of the best perks of a job in the tech world — working from home. In a bid to promote productivity and collaboration between employees, head of Human Resources Jackie Reses outlined…
Racism Doesn't Exist in Tech Because White Tech Blog Millionaire Jason Calacanis Has Never Seen It
People of color looking to break into the startup world or tech journalism will be happy to learn, per blowhard entrepreneur Jason Calacanis, that "there isn't a race wall in tech." Why, then, is tech journalism so overwhelmingly white (not to mention male)? Calacanis, who is white, isn't sure, but he has some advice:…
