Rumors!
Most of What You Read About the 'iWatch' Was Utterly Wrong
But all the rumors and BS that circulated on tech websites for nearly two years might have been a good thing: It got us talking about science, design, materials, and innovation in ways that we usually don't.
Avicii Cancels All Future Concerts Citing Health Issues Amid Rumors of Bigger Problems
The superstar DJ will recuperate in Stockholm while chatter swirls about his alcohol issues.
There's Not Going to Be a Purge in Your Town
America has a lot of problems with violence in the streets, but much of that violence is committed by law enforcement. So if you think there's a purge coming, you’re focusing your paranoia in the wrong direction.
Watch the Hypnotizing Video for Chaim's "Blue Shadow"
Psychedelic, melodic techno from Guy Gerber's Rumors label.
The Dream of Next-Gen Batteries All Hangs On an Apple Watch
No one smartwatch should have all that power.
A British Woman Wasn't Behind al-Shabaab’s Westgate Attack
On the first day of al-Shabaab’s siege of the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, several bystanders allegedly spotted a veiled white woman commanding the gunmen in Arabic. The next day, the British tabloid the Daily Mail identified the woman as “the...
I Stayed up All Night Watching Coverage of the Boston Bomber Manhunt
I was met with a flurry of false reports. Some were just dropped without mention: the suspects jacked a police SUV, possibly another car, and blew something up at Harvard. Other persisted. Was the bomber an Indian-American student who'd gone missing...
One Hundred Literary Rumors
I don’t know what you’ve heard, but I’ve heard a lot of shit. People whispering in hallways and Gmail chatting about all kinds of dark secrets. People up in parties with their coats and hair all looking nice and their mouths just full of you wouldn’t...