32,000 people "invested" $660 million in an initial coin offering (ICO) for a token called Pincoin. Now, the seven seven Vietnamese nationals behind the unregulated ICO, which operated as a… Read the rest of the article: Vietnamese ICO scammers disappear with $660 million
Russian investigative journalist Maxim Borodin died in a hospital after falling from his fifth floor apartment in Yekaterinburg on Friday. Recently Borodin had been writing about the Syria-based activities of… Read the rest of the article: Russian investigative journalist who wrote about Russian mercenaries in Syria dies from fall
It's expensive to be one of the most well-recognized billionaires on the planet. Facebook's regulatory filing for the Securities and Exchange Commission revealed that CEO Mark Zuckerberg's security expenses for… Read the rest of the article: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's security costs $7.3 million a year
I enjoyed watching Steve Schoger make changes to a poorly designed website, explaining why he made the changes as he made them. Before: After:
Credit card fraud is a $24 billion business. Vice convinced a credit card scammer to be videotaped as he goes about his business.
Hassan al-Kontar doesn't know when he is going to get out of the airport in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The Syrian man understandably doesn't want to go back to Syria, but… Read the rest of the article: A Syrian man has been trapped in a Malaysian airport for 37 days
The world is dependent on a steady supply of rare-earth elements such as yttrium, europium, terbium, dysprosium. They go into computers, phones, electric cars, solar panels, batteries, and electronic equipment.… Read the rest of the article: Massive lode of rare-earth metals found in Japanese waters
European jet manufacturer Airbus is going to add bed modules to the cargo hold of its Airbus A330 widebody jet starting in 2020. I'm getting sleepy just looking at the… Read the rest of the article: Airbus is making bunk beds in jet cargo holds
Jamie Allman, a St Louis broadcaster at a Sinclair Broadcast Group television station publicly announced his intentions to sexually and violently assault 17-year-old Parkland high school student David Hogg. "I've… Read the rest of the article: Conservative Sinclair TV pundit resigns after threatening to sexually assault Parkland survivor
Nearly 20 companies pulled advertising from Fox News host Laura Ingraham's TV show after she made an insulting tweet about 17-year-old Parkland shooting survivor David Hogg. She apologized a day… Read the rest of the article: Advertisers continue to dump Fox News host Laura Ingraham after she attempted to shame Parkland survivor
Cambridge Analytica, the British consultancy firm founded by Steve Bannon and Robert Mercer, and whose CEO, Alexander Nix (pictured above), was secretly recorded boasting about using bribes and covert prostitution… Read the rest of the article: Cambridge Analytica instructs its lawyers to warn journalists
The ACLU said the FBI search of Trump lawyer Michael Cohen's office was not a violation of attorney–client privilege. In fact, it said in a statement written by ACLU Legal… Read the rest of the article: ACLU supports the FBI raid of Michael Cohen's office
Obstacle course competitor BrandyWine had more fun destroying the hurdles than she did leaping over them during a hopping challenge at the Calgary Zoo in March. [via Laughing Squid]
Woody Harrelson and Thora Birch narrate this video profile of the great cartoonist Daniel Clowes, creator of Eightball. Daniel Clowes' brand of funny verges on bleak. Over his 25-year career,… Read the rest of the article: Video profile of Ghost World creator Daniel Clowes
The Hollywood Reporter published a story yesterday about Marvel legend Stan Lee's horrible living situation. A document allegedly written by the 95-year-old Lee and his lawyer claims that he is… Read the rest of the article: Kevin Smith offers ailing Stan Lee to move in with him
Trump's cartoonishlyvhawkish national security adviser, John Bolton, "reportedly made a bewildering threat against a former Brazilian diplomat who was butting heads with the US on Iraq back in 2002," says… Read the rest of the article: John Bolton reportedly threatened family of retired Brazilian diplomat in 2002
My daughter and I saw the movie of Ready Player One last night. I really enjoyed it. One thing that stood out was how the villain of the movie, Nolan… Read the rest of the article: Is the villain in Ready Player One based on Scientology leader David Miscavige?
Sleeping should be a basic human right, but municipalities are enacting more laws that make it illegal to sleep in public. It's a cruel and financially dumb way to ignore… Read the rest of the article: Laws that criminalize sleeping are on the rise
Actor John Krasinski was in the cast of The Office and A Quiet Place. Someone took clips from an episode of The Office in which everyone was trying not to… Read the rest of the article: Perfect mashup of an episode from The Office and A Quiet Place
Police officer John Flinn of Gloucester Township, NJ has been charged with simple assault for hitting a 13-year-old girl twice in the head while handcuffing her. From NJ.com: John Flinn,… Read the rest of the article: Cop charged with assault for hitting 13-year-old girl while handcuffing her
