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Tech

Why BushDid911.com Redirects to the University of Pittsburgh

05.15.15

By Ben Richmond
Tech

The Long-Forgotten Battle for the Longest Domain Name on the Internet

04.24.15

By Emiko Jozuka
Tech

Meet the Domain Hoarders

04.17.15

By Kari Paul
Tech

Some Guy in the UK Is Using DavidCameron.com for Christian Evangelism

03.30.15

By Victoria Turk
Tech

Activists Turned an Anti-Gay Politician’s Website into an LGBT Resource

03.25.15

By Jason Koebler
Tech

The ‘Kindergarten Clairvoyant’ Behind Consciousness.com

03.20.15

By Steph Yin
Tech

How a Wooden Table Helped an Element Collector Buy Periodictable.com

03.13.15

By Jason Koebler
Tech

The Man Who Ran an Online Alarm Clock for a Decade

03.06.15

By Jordan Pearson
Tech

The History of Sex.com, the Most Contested Domain on the Internet

02.20.15

By Kari Paul
Tech

The Man Squatting on Millions of Dollars Worth of Domain Names

02.06.15

By Jason Koebler
Tech

The Story of AllMusic, Which Predates the World Wide Web

01.30.15

By Dan Nosowitz
Tech

The History of Drugs.com Is the History of the Internet

01.23.15

By Ben Richmond

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Gaming

‘Weird West’ Grabbed Me By The Neck and Didn’t Let Go

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Gaming

All About The Boom: ‘Call of Duty’ and Its Emphasis on Action

The Call of Duty franchise has become known for its bombastic action set-pieces. But what was the inflection point?

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Horoscopes

Daily Horoscope: December 27, 2024

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Gaming

Here’s a Loose Story Recap of a Game in Which an Edge-Lord Attacks “Child Lovers” Over Happy Rap Music

No, you unfortunately read that headline correctly. There’s teenage angst, people being casually fed to dogs, and strangely joyful rap music.

12.26.24

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Culture

Got a Gift Card for Christmas You Don’t Want? You’ve Got Options.

Some say the Grinch was the way he was because all he got for Xmas were gift cards he couldn’t use. But the Grinch never had the internet.

12.26.24

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