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Tech

Hawk Tuah Girl Launched a Memecoin and Everyone Lost Their Money

Does it get more 2024 than this?

12.06.24

By Sammi Caramela
Tech

‘We’re Robbing F*cking Idiots’: Twitter Influencers ‘Bragged and Laughed’ While Pumping and Dumping Stocks, SEC Says

12.14.22

By Maxwell Strachan
Tech

Okay, Let’s Talk About John Oliver’s Bitcoin Episode

03.12.18

By Jordan Pearson
Hey Crypto Traders, Maybe Regulation Isn’t Your Enemy

01.30.18

By Simon Morgans
Tech

John McAfee Appears to Move Cryptocurrency Markets With a Single Tweet

01.10.18

By Jordan Pearson
Money

The Weed Industry Now Has Its Own White-Collar Crime

09.22.16

By Max Cherney
Tech

Marijuana Investors Lost $23.3 Billion in Penny Stocks Last Year

02.26.15

By Jordan Pearson
China Just Arrested 15 People in a Bust on an Adult Breastfeeding Ring

12.30.14

By Mike Pearl

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Music

More Genres (And Artists) I Would Add to the ‘Dad Rock’ and ‘Cigarette Mom’ Musical Canon

Dad Rock and Cigarette Mom genres often boil down to a simple concept: mainstream music that white people like. Here’s more of that.

4 hours ago

By Lauren Boisvert
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Music

North Carolina Man Must Pay Back the Millions He Acquired in First-Ever Streaming Fraud Case

Michael Smith used AI-generated songs and bots to scam millions from streaming platforms since 2017, and now must face the music.

5 hours ago

By Lauren Boisvert
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Life

Norovirus Turns Cruise Ship Into a Poop-and-Vomit Wonderland. Here’s How This Keeps Happening.

Cruise ships may be affordable and accessible, but the trade-off is spending your vacation on a giant floating petri dish of disease.

7 hours ago

By Luis Prada
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Life

NASA’s Hubble Caught a Comet Breaking Up in Real Time, and the Images Are Wild

Using the Hubble Space Telescope, researchers captured detailed images of a comet as it began to tear itself apart.

7 hours ago

By Luis Prada
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Life

Scientists Discovered a New Dinosaur Species in South Korea, and It’s Named After a Cartoon

Paleontologists in South Korea have identified a new dinosaur species and named it after a beloved Korean cartoon character.

7 hours ago

By Luis Prada