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The City That Was Saved by the Internet
Job opportunities are drying up in towns without broadband. Chattanooga, Tennessee turned around its fortunes by building the fastest internet in the United States.
Those Creepy Clowns Are Apparently Terrorizing Georgia Now
"This behavior is not cute or funny," local police said.
Some of Those Killer Clown Sightings Were Fake, Cops Say
A man in North Carolina admitted to lying to police when he said he saw a clown tapping at his bedroom window, and security footage debunked the first report that kids saw a clown near the forest.
A Visit to 'Ark Encounter', Where Creationism and Dinosaurs Collide
The Ark Encounter theme park in Williamstown, Kentucky has a life-size Noah’s Ark to celebrate creationism.
A Funeral for Tekserve, New York City's Most Iconic Computer Repair Shop
After 29 years in business, Tekserve's old employees and most loyal customers said goodbye with an old-fashioned auction.
Why Homeland Security Unleashed an 'Alien Virus' on Silicon Valley
Short answer: It was to prove a point that wireless emergency alerts could be way better—and save more lives.
72 Hours of Pwnage: A Paranoid N00b Goes to Def Con
At Def Con 24, I saw the future of the internet, and it's increasingly centralized.
The Church of Elon Musk Is Open for Business
Who are the people driving Tesla's energy revolution? We went to the Gigafactory's opening party to find out.
Meet the Kiwi Steampunk Rocker Who Gave the World Synthetic Drugs
Join Hamilton Morris as he travels to New Zealand to meet musician and activist Matt Bowden, who's been fighting for drug reform in the country.
The Olympics Are Turning Rio into a Military State
The air is electric in Rio right now, and not just because of the surveillance cameras scattered all around the city.
I Was Forced to Eat an Omelet at a Gas Station by My Picnic Randomizer Bot
My adventure making Picnic: an app that orders random delivery food to a random location, and then orders you an Uber to take you there.