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Tech

79-Year-Old Carl Sagan Fan Loses Wormhole.com to Crypto Company After Lawsuit

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By Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
Tech

Website.com Is a Website About Websites

09.19.19

By Jason Koebler
Tech

The Owner of FuckFascism.com Is Leasing the Domain to Fund His Startup

08.25.17

By Samantha Cole
Tech

Uber Was Originally a Tiny Monthly Magazine in Niagara, Canada

05.24.16

By Jason Koebler
Tech

The Story of Cock.li, the Site Used to Shut Down the LA School District

12.17.15

By Matthew Braga
Tech

Lawsuit: Ashley Madison Harassed and Threatened Owner of AshleyMadisonSucks.com

10.21.15

By Jason Koebler
Tech

How an Obsessed Billionaire Finally Bought Gold.co.uk After Seven Years

10.20.15

By Emiko Jozuka
Tech

The Domain Name Vigilante Trying to Extort Pharma Goblin Martin Shkreli

10.01.15

By Jason Koebler
Tech

This Week, Some Random Guy Apparently Bought Google.com for $12

10.01.15

By Jason Koebler
Tech

How the Government Makes Lying a Crime

09.25.15

By Jason Koebler
Tech

An Obscure American Company Has Owned Army.com for 20 Years

09.18.15

By Matthew Braga
Tech

Coca-Cola Owns All 61 URLs From Ahh.com to Ahh-With-60-More-‘H’s.com

08.28.15

By Emiko Jozuka

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Life

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Tech

If You Don’t Back Up Your Files, You’re Living an Inch From Disaster

Back, back, back it up, and you’ll never get to feeling low from losing all your precious files and photographs.

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Health

‘Sunset Anxiety’ Is Real, and Might Be Making Your Nights Worse

If you’ve experienced sunset anxiety, you’re not alone.

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Epic Games is handing out more free games for the Holiday Season, and this time around, they’re offering ‘Ghostrunner 2’ at no cost.

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