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Medium, the digital publishing start-up led by Twitter co-founder Evan Williams, is about to add the largest website yet to its growing portfolio. The liberal site ThinkProgress will shift over to the platform next month. “It’s really impossible for an independent publisher to develop and maintain their own publishing platform in this environment. Most of…
The recent shootings in Minnesota, Texas, and Louisiana are shocking and tragic. I can’t begin to imagine the pain and anger felt by the families of the victims. I know it has rippled across the country, and it has deeply affected us here at Airbnb. We believe in trying to make this world feel a…
In December of 2015, a woman named only as Jenny was a star witness in the case against serial rapist Keith Hendricks, who was eventually given two life sentences for his crimes. Jenny is diagnosed with bipolar disorder, and when she took the stand, the trauma of being questioned caused a mental breakdown. She ran…
Pokemon Go has exploded, to such an extent that traffic has been stopped and Central Park was flooded with players hunting a Charizard. With many players being new to the game, they may not be aware of the secret behind Eevee. Eevee is a rare Pokemon with multiple evolution options. When first introduced, Eevee could…
“These are not layoffs, they are voluntary buyouts,” Times spokesperson tells TheWrap Nearly 50 New York Times journalists have accepted a buyout offer and will exit the paper in the coming months. The Times had a standing offer and is attempting to trim the staff, which currently stands at about 1,300 employees, according to Poynter….
Nightdive Studios will launch its System Shock reboot on PlayStation 4 in early 2018, the company announced on the PlayStation Blog. Originally announced as a Windows PC and Xbox One exclusive, the developer and Sony have now partnered to bring the game to PS4 as well. “After we saw the overwhelming demand for PS4, we reshuffled…
Secretary Clinton’s 2:00 appointment is here Chris Christie’s “Let’s Put Hillary in Jail” speech at the Republican National Convention Tuesday was the most fiery, pump-up-The Base speech of the evening — which was supposed to be all about economic issues, if you recall, as long as if by “economy” you mean “one speech about coal.”…
On the second night of the 2016 Republican Convention, primetime speaker Ben Carson warned attendees and viewers of the worst thing about Hillary Clinton: her ties to famed community organizer Saul Alinsky. “One of the things that I have learned about Hillary Clinton is that one of her heroes, her mentors, was Saul Alinsky,” Carson…
The acronym “RNC” technically refers to the Republican National Convention taking place in Cleveland, Ohio this week. But if the city’s current influx of RNC-themed “casual encounters” Craigslist advertisements is any indication, it could just as well stand for, like, Raunchy Nut Cock (or something). The Daily Dot reports that the classifieds site has become…