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Hacking

Watch a Chinese "Cyber Espionage Unit" Steal Files from an American Hard Drive in Real-Time

Be forewarned: It ain't as exciting as you'd think.
Brian Merchant
2.19.13
Travel

I Had Romance Sex at Kate's Lazy Meadow

So as we all know, last Thursday was Valentine's Day, and while you were staring at your weird girlfriend or boyfriend across a table at Applebee's, I was up in the Catskills with my sex lover, doing sex lover things at Kate's Lazy Meadow.
Kelly McClure
2.19.13
Motherboard Blog

It's All Fun and Games Until the Hackers Go After Your MacBook

Everybody! Gather whatever belongings you can and head to the nearest fallout shelter, because hackers just broke into Apple Headquarters, and the evil code-clipping villains got Facebook, too.
Adam Clark Estes
2.19.13
Stuff

A 'True G Alphabet Book'

In the 'True G Alphabet Book,' 'H' stands for holographic boner, and 'K' stands for kale, although we don't even know what that is really.
Trent Moorman
2.19.13
Tech

What Does Obama Know About 3D-Printed Guns?

It might not be this year, but working 3D-printing into the gun control debate will have to happen sooner or later.
Adam Clark Estes
2.19.13
Stuff

Social Work in the Tenderloin Will Kill Something Inside of You

My friend Jenny is a social worker in San Francisco’s Tenderloin, a neighborhood containing seven of the ten most violent crime plots in the city. Homelessness, public drug use, and prostitution are said to be as common there as the liquor stores and...
Blake Butler
2.19.13
Fan Fiction

An Imaginary Bonnaroo VIP Meet-Up Between R. Kelly and Dave Matthews

A fake clash of the musical titans underneath the Illuminati-level VIP Bonnaroo tent.
Drew Millard
2.19.13
Motherboard Blog

To Protect Yourself from Chinese Hackers, Buy Solar Panels

How solar panels can thwart hackers aiming to take down the grid.
Brian Merchant
2.19.13
Motherboard Blog

Don't Worry, but Radioactive Gas from North Korea Has Been Detected (Update: No, It Hasn't)

Austrian scientists say radioactive gases have been detected by sensors in Japan, and they are likely to have originated in North Korea.
Derek Mead
2.19.13
New music

Um, So Skrillex, Diplo, and A-Trak Made A YouTube Channel?

And it's actually kind of awesome!
Daniel Dorsa
2.19.13
Objectively Correct Lists

Here's the Bonnaroo Line-Up, Ranked from Best Band Name to Worst Band Name

From Weird Al to ZZ Top.
Noisey Staff
2.19.13
Music

LAYERS: Inside The Brain Of Hot Sugar's "#Mindcontrol"

Bones, bottles, and subliminal chants. New York’s Hot Sugar breaks open his freaky single “#Mindcontrol”.
Justin Staple
2.19.13
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