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Life

JPMorgan Sues Customers for Allegedly Taking Advantage of ‘Infinite Money’ ATM Glitch

JPMorgan doesn’t plan to let people who fancied themselves clever get away with stealing tens of thousands of dollars.

10.28.24

By Paige Gawley
Tech

$8.5M Nationwide Airbnb Scam Targeted Black People, Prosecutors Allege

01.05.24

By Roshan Abraham
Tech

Notorious Airbnb Host Charged with Allegedly Running $8.5M Nationwide Scam

01.02.24

By Roshan Abraham
Tech

Billionaire Crypto Promoter Mark Cuban Lost Nearly $1M In Common Scam

09.18.23

By Jordan Pearson
Life

How I Accidentally Became a Foot Fetish Model

07.18.23

By Elizabeth McCafferty
News

This Fake Country Is Run by a Guru Accused of Rape. How Did It End Up at the UN?

03.24.23

By Pallavi Pundir
Life

Kat Torres: The Wellness Influencer Suspected of Human Trafficking

03.23.23

By Mattha Busby
Life

I Tried Those Friendship Apps to Cure My Crippling Loneliness

02.27.23

By Kieron Passaway
News

She Started a Viral GoFundMe to Raise Money for a Homeless Man. It Was a Scam.

01.09.23

By Paul Blest
News

Influencer Accused of Scamming Women Out of $2M, Seeks Protection From ‘Thugs’

12.07.22

By Pallavi Pundir
News

Trafficking Victims Are Finally Being Freed From Cambodia—But the Scam Industry Is Far From Over

11.10.22

By Rachel Cheung
Tech

NGL Fooled Users Into Thinking They Had Friends Interested In Their Sad Little Lives

07.13.22

By Jules Roscoe

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Eva Pascoe, founder of Cyberia, poses at the cyber cafe in London. All photos courtesy of Eva Pascoe, Ali Knapp, and Roger Green.

Life

Remembering Cyberia, the World’s First Ever Cyber Cafe

Back in the 90s, before the internet was evil, Cyberia in London was a haven for ravers, gamers, and Kylie Minogue. Its visionary founder helps us remember.

11.21.24

By Kyle MacNeill
Image: Andriy Onufriyenko

Life

Study Uncovers Promising Treatments for Tourette Syndrome

“These behavioral therapies are really straightforward approaches that patients of all ages can benefit from,” said a co-author of the study.

11.21.24

By Sammi Caramela
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Devin Townsend Announces 2025 Tour With Tesseract

Devin Townsend will be touring North America next year in support of his new album, PowerNerd.

11.21.24

By Stephen Andrew Galiher
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Music

Why Snoop Dogg ‘Chose No Sides’ in the Kendrick Lamar-Drake Beef

Snoop chose not to get involved in the Kendrick Lamar-Drake, beef but does believe that Kendrick’s song “Not Like Us” united “the West.”

11.21.24

By Stephen Andrew Galiher
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Life

‘AI Jesus’ Is Now Taking Confessions at a Church in Switzerland

AI Jesus has logged on.

11.21.24

By Paige Gawley