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‘Please Acknowledge the Dick’: These Workers Are Paid $0.06 a Message To Pretend To Be Hot Women on Sex Chat Sites

02.14.23

By Jasper Jackson, Chrissie Giles, and Niamh McIntyre
Tech

How I Accidentally Hijacked Someone’s WhatsApp

06.18.20

By Joseph Cox
The DM That Changed My Life: A WhatsApp from My Estranged Sister

09.17.19

By Anonymous
The DM That Changed My Life: When a Guy Replied to My Nude with a Cry-Laugh Emoji

08.06.19

By James Greig
Tech

Snapchat Employees Abused Data Access to Spy on Users

05.23.19

By Joseph Cox
Tech

Why Do We Need So Many Different Messaging Apps?

03.19.19

By Owen Williams
Tech

Politician Accidentally Doxes His Old Boss By Reading Encrypted Signal Messages in Front of a Bunch of Cameras

01.31.18

By Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
Tech

The 80s Software Program That Made Email Famous

12.06.17

By Ernie Smith
Tech

Six Tricks to Get the Most Out of WhatsApp

08.22.17

By Richard Diesing
Tech

Activists Need to Watch Out for Fake Encryption Keys

04.05.17

By Joseph Cox
Tech

Messaging Apps, Ranked

03.29.17

By Motherboard Staff
Food

How Ugly Emojis Are Helping Fight Food Waste

10.10.16

By Phoebe Hurst

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Gaming

‘Star Wars: Outlaws’ Removes Forced Stealth, Instantly Becomes Better for It

Thanks to a recent patch, ‘Star Wars: Outlaws’ has done away with the majority of it’s forced stealth, making it better in the process.

11.21.24

By Shaun Cichacki
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Shopping

Away’s Black Friday Sale Is Here to Help You (And Me) Flee to Canada

What a great time to pick up a new set of killer luggage and hop on a transatlantic flight. No reason. Totally unrelated to anything going on in the world.

11.21.24

By Jaina Rodriguez Grey
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Gaming

‘Minecraft’ Breaks Into the Real World With Huge Theme Park Deal

It looks like ‘Minecraft’ is going to be breaking out into the real world, as Merlin Entertainment pairs up with Mojang for IRL attractions.

11.21.24

By Shaun Cichacki
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Life

Sit Down and Shut Up. AMC Theatres Has Harsh Rules for ‘Wicked’ Screenings.

‘Wicked’ sing-alongs are popular amongst Broadway fans, but AMC Theaters is asking moviegoers to contain themselves when they see the film.

11.21.24

By Paige Gawley
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Life

This Company Rescued Some Extinct Rye from a Shipwreck to Make Whiskey. What Have You Done Today.

It’s been quite the process.

11.21.24

By Luis Prada