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"Daddy love," "MILF," "just Bieber": How the world searches for porn

International affairs publication PornMD (I know, right?) released the most important infographic of our time today: a geographic breakdown of the 10 most searched porn terms divided by country. The...

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The "first tablet for women" is as awful as it sounds

Finding difficulty using that iPad or Kindle? Don't worry, ladies. There's finally an easy-to-use tablet just for us. It's called the ePad Femme, and the Middle East–based Eurostar Group, who...

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Reports of Facebook's teen exodus have been greatly exaggerated

Facebook has a teen problem, or so we're told. A parade of recent reports warns kids are leaving behind the world's biggest social network for shinier, sexier things like Tumblr and Snapchat and...

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Liking curly fries could indicate high intelligence, study finds

Are you really surprised to hear that there’s a correlation between the things you like on Facebook and what sort of person you are? Researchers from the University of Cambridge published a study...

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If you want better health care, don't call your doctor a tw*t on Twitter

A man was kicked off his doctor's patient list after lashing out at hospital staff on Twitter. Mathew Cochrane was removed from the list at a surgery in Penarth, near Cardiff, Wales, over the...

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Hijacking webcams is a game for these creeps

Get ready to switch off your Internet for life and return to the welcoming bosom of the analog life. Remote administration tools (RAT), also known as remote access software, allow a user to drop a...

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Mom arrested for video that shows her toddler smoking pot

A Seattle-area mother spent the weekend in jail after a video surfaced on YouTube that appeared to show the woman's 22-month-old son smoking marijuana out of a water bong.  Rachelle Braaten, 24, was...

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These are the plans for Reddit's dream house

A faucet that dispenses chocolate milk, a wall made of ant farms, and an aquarium full of sharks are just some of the things featured in a mockup of Reddit's dream house. The blueprint was created by...

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Facebook is a terrible place for the elderly, study finds

Keep your grandparents away from Facebook. Ageism is rampant on the world's largest social network. A new study has found that the vast majority of Facebook groups dedicated to the elderly either...

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Australian eco-vandals continue war on Coca-Coca

Is Out of Order free speech and protest within legal limits, or is it out of bounds?  Big banks. Big corporations. Big mines. Big environmental damage. That's what it takes to inspire a big movement,...

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Bullied teen says school forced access to her Facebook page

Did a Washington middle school overstep its boundaries by demanding access to one of its students' Facebook profiles as part of a cyberbullying investigation? Samantha Negrete, 14, said she was called...

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This "LYING CHEATING SALE" is a great way to rage-quit a marriage

While her husband was off with his "floozie," a scorned wife sold off just about everything he owned in a Craigslist-powered weekend yard sale. And to be more precise, it wasn't a "yard sale," it was...

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4 Twitter lessons Pope Francis can learn from the Dalai Lama

Let's face it: Pope Benedict XVI wasn't very good at Twitter. Oh sure, he had more than 1 million followers on his English account, @Pontifex, but that's easily achievable if you're the head of a...

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A young Spaniard had a dream that foretold the Catholic Church's future

A young man in Spain predicted Benedict's resignation and Francis's election in a dream. And there's proof on Twitter.  On the morning of Feb. 11, the girlfriend of 22-year-old Madrid resident...

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Dear Justin Bieber, please start a blog

Hey, Justin Bieber, there's this thing called blogging. You might want to look into that. Oh sure, you might have 7.3 million Instagram followers who gave you more than 32,300 comments and 286,000...

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All the ways the pie-loving Internet celebrated Pi Day

If you live in America, rejoice, for today is March 14—numerically spelled 3.14, which makes it Pi Day!  Pi (π), or 3.14159, etc., is the number you get whenever you calculate the ratio of a circle’s...

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Crowdfunding self-defense training for Native American women

According to the Dart Center for Journalism and Violence, 1 in 3 indigenous women will be raped in their lifetime. That's why Patricia Stein founded Arming Sisters, an organization that hopes to teach...

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How Bitcoin is revolutionizing Reddit's karma system

If being able to buy pizza, electronics, and blogging features using Bitcoins wasn't enough to convince you that the digital currency had finally hit its stride, Reddit's Bitcointip bot may be enough...

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Choose your own sexist adventure on Misogyny Island

Heads up to any trolls needing to brush up on your skills before sounding off against Anita Sarkeesian or her ilk: Now you can do it with a choose-your-own-sexist-adventure game! Misogyny Island is a...

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6 super-easy DIY St. Patrick's Day recipes

St. Patrick's Day isn't just about beer and the color green. The March 17 holiday commemorates the life of St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland who brought Christianity to the country. As both a...

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