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Senator Dianne Feinstein Wants ‘The Anarchist Cookbook’ To Be ‘Removed From...

Shutterstock It’s an old joke at this point that anything on the internet is officially on the internet forever. It’s also an old joke that politicians have a poor grasp of how the internet works:...

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The Internet Returns With Janelle Monae, Kaytranada, And Vic Mensa For ‘Ego...

The state of Odd Future as a collective may or may not be in jeopardy but the pieces that make up the whole are still very much functioning. If Hodgy recent sharing of a few loose tracks was to calm...

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Watching Cat Videos Is Actually Good For You

Grumpy Cat It’s commonly held that the internet is for, well, you’ve heard the song. But you can make an argument that the internet is, in fact, for cats. We live in a world where Grumpy Cat is a...

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The Internet And Kaytranada Are Trying To Get Their ‘Girl’

We’re less than a week from The Internet’s Ego Death dropping, so now seems like a good time to put out a new track. “Girl” features some spacey Kaytranada production backing Syd tha Kid’s sultry, yet...

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Here Are All The New Albums You Need To Hear This Week

Getty Image The releases this week, the last to come out on a Tuesday, are ones you’re going to want to crank to 11. Refused return with their first album in 17 years, Meek Mill is ready to explode on...

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Vin Diesel Has A Long History Of Taking Over The Internet

Universal Billions of people come together to make the Internet more of a living organism than a computer network. But, with its constant evolution, no one can really figure out how to use it to his...

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We Went Back To 1996 And Toured The Original ‘Space Jam’ Website, And Here’s...

Via Warner Bros./Screen Grab In honor of the flickering ember of a possibility that there might be another Space Jam, I decided to go housebound spelunking into the murky caverns of the Internet’s...

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Video: The Internet – Special Affair/Curse

The Internet releases a video for “Special Affair” and “Curse” which is off of their “Ego Death” album.

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The Internet Is Three Times Dope In Their Video For ‘Special...

The West Coast soul outfit The Internet were feeling generous today, so they dropped three videos for the price of one. The trio of performances in the video are for the Ego Death standouts “Special...

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Vince McMahon Explained, Quite Frankly, Why He Doesn’t Like Dirt Sheets

WWE Raw Have you ever wondered what WWE Chairman Vince McMahon thinks about wrestling websites like With Spandex? I mean, his real thoughts. To me, it’s always seemed like the Internet was a...

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China’s Propaganda Machine Has An Unusual, But Effective, Trolling Strategy

imranahmedsg / Shutterstock.com If you’ve ever posted anything, ever, online that might be remotely critical of Russia, you’re probably familiar with Russia’s marching army of propaganda trolls. Any...

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Digging Into The Minds Of Internet Trolls To Try To Understand Why They Do...

Shutterstock If you spend even a tiny amount of time on the internet, you see trolling. And if you’re someone who works on the internet, it’s likely you’ve experienced the effects of trolling...

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The Internet’s Syd Prepares To Stand Alone With Her New Song And Video, ‘All...

The Internet’s Syd breaks out her new song and video for “All About Me” from her upcoming solo album, Fin, now set for a February 3rd release. For Syd, the new project is a breakout in the making for...

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An Amazon Outage Is Messing Up The Whole Internet

Getty Image Generally, we associate Amazon with video streaming and impulse buys from the internet. So that Amazon’s servers going down would be a problem for the wider internet would seem silly. But...

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Google’s New Ad Blocker Is Bad News For Chrome Users

Google The internet has a sort of four-way intersection of hate when it comes to ads. Readers hate obnoxious ads (or in some cases, all ads). Content sites want readers, but also generally support...

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Welcome To The Internet, Manti Te’o

Unless you were disconnected from all media in every possible way last night, you’ve by now heard about the elaborate, Catfish-esque hoax involving Notre Dame star football player Manti Te’o that was...

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The Internet Saved A ‘Gay Dog’ From Being Put Down By Its Gay-Hating Owner

I’m heartbroken but hardly surprised that this is a thing that apparently happened: a dog owner in Tennessee had her male dog banished to a kill shelter because she caught it humping another male dog....

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This Coin Is Doing More To Stay In Shape Than You Are

A guy putting a coin on a treadmill and filming it for an hour (!) is the most Internet thing to do ever, but I’m happy he did it. It’s a fascinating watch, and you’ll want to know how it ends....

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Hitting The Wrong Target: Why A Well-Meaning Smut Ban Is A Bad Idea

It was one thing when Iceland decided that banning the entire reason the Internet exists was something it was going to try. Now an entire continent is trying to pull this little stunt. The EU means...

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European Politicians Block Emails From Citizens Irate Over Proposed Porn Ban

Big Brother Is Totally Ignoring Your Emails One of the concepts of a representative democracy is that you’re able to directly contact your representative and inform him or her of your opinions, so they...

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Twitter, Anti-Semitism, And A Quietly Important Free Speech Case

Back in October, a hashtag on Twitter, #unbonjuif, went viral in France. It translates out to “a good Jew,” and, well, the French are just as prone to trolling as we are, so you can guess what...

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The Left-Wing Elitist Media Whatever Guide To Jason Collins Coming Out

NBA center Jason Collins came out today via magazine cover (the best way to come out, I think, if you have that luxury), and I encourage you to read everything you can about it. Here’s a snippet from...

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This Is Your Brain On Internet: A Video Illustrating How The Web Is Altering...

As someone who spends a lot of leisure time playing on the internet in addition to working on the internet, I have often wondered what my brain will be like when I get old. I have come to the...

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Mac Miller + The Internet Perform “Objects In The Mirror” Live At ‘The Space...

Watch Mac Miller, backed by The Internet, performing the Pharrell-produced cut “Objects In The Mirror” for a new series called The Space Migration Sessions. Shot by Rex Arrow and produced by Ian...

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Mac Miller & The Internet’s In-Studio Performance Of “S.D.S.”

These Space Migration Sessions videos are pretty damn cool. Mac Miller and The Internet drop off another installment, this time chronicling the Flying Lotus-produced “S.D.S.” If done right, live music...

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Watch Mac Miller Performing Live In London

We could get used to these performance clips from Mac Miller and The Internet. Today’s footage was recorded live in London two weeks ago as Mac and friends perform a full 49-minute private set for the...

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In Photos: Mac Miller, Chance The Rapper Bring “The Space Migration” Tour To...

The true test of music going from good to great usually occurs in one of two places: in a vehicle with a massive sound system and on stage in front of a crowd. On Monday, I had a chance to see and...

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The Internet –“Partners In Crime Part Two”

Fresh off touring the world with (and playing backing band for) Mac Miller, The Internet’s keeping the momentum going by debuting a new song and announcing the release of their second, full-length LP,...

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Awful People Are Using The Internet To Unload Unwanted Children

There’s no appropriate image we can use, so here are some adorable kittens instead. Adopting a child is a lot more than just filling out some forms. It’s a commitment to help a child be the best they...

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The Internet’s “Dontcha” Is Perfect End-Of-Summer Music

The Internet’s sophomore cut Feel Good drops September 24 and unfortunately not a moment sooner. To tide the thirst momentarily, the video for the group’s new single “Dontcha” is simple mainly because...

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Incubus’ Mike Einziger on working with Avicii, The Internet and ‘The Lone...

When Incubus guitarist Mike Einziger got the call that superstar DJ/producer Avicii (aka Tim Bergling) wanted to meet with him, he admits he wasn”t sure why. “I wasn”t too familiar with Tim”s world,...

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Guilt-Free Listening – The Internet’s ‘Feel Good’ Album Stream

The Internet’s a hard-sell off name alone. It’s been challenging to make people understand that I’m not joking when I saw “man, check out that new Internet album.” Then, when they say who and I...

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Pew Research Center Discovers Cranky Old People Hate The Internet

This is my new favorite stock photo. The Pew Research Center is one of the most respected think-tanks in America, and for excellent reason. On the other hand, you do kind of wonder what they were...

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Thanks To A New Electrode, You Can Now Taste The Internet

There has been a lot of effort put into dragging touch, smell and taste into the nightmare for the ears and eyes that is most parts of the Internet. In fact, Internet stench technology has been in the...

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The Internet Ft. Nicky Davey –“Timeless”

Not satisfied simply with making our “Others” list, The Internet decides to give us all our Christmas gift at the same time in the form of new music, “Timeless.” The tune features Nicky Davey and...

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Tay Walker –“Karma” Video

This spring, keyboardist and vocalist in one of the most proficient groups currently penning music, Tay Walker of The Internet fame, branches out for self with his forthcoming solo venture, 25 Hours A...

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Humans Are The Minority When It Comes To Internet Traffic

Every time there’s an advancement in robotics, we joke about Terminators and our new robot overlords. But robots are, in fact, slowly taking over. In fact, they’ve already cornered the Internet, if a...

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Rick Pitino Thinks You Should Get Off The Twitter And Start Living Your Life,...

Shots fired! To recap, Rick Pitino, a man who once cheated on his wife and paid his mistress to have an abortion, thinks that people who spend their free time on the Internet are the worst....

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These Beautifully Stupid Computer-Generated Fake Headlines Are As Believable...

Getty Image As the Captain of the Morning Links, I read a lot of headlines. Upworthy headlines, snarky headlines, poorly written headlines—they all blend together. The internet is a Headline Farm, and...

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Harry Fraud Ft. The Internet –“Better Liar”

I’m not sure how late I am getting on “Better Liar,” but the Lord knows my heart in offering my sincerest apologies for being so ignorant for so long. Pairing Harry Fraud production with the whimsical...

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MIT Is Building A ‘GIF Translator’ Called GIFGIF

Via Flickr/netmonkey As regular readers know, we love GIFs. We love them a lot. But one oddball thing you learn about them quickly is that how they’re interpreted is a very cultural thing. A GIF that’s...

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Facebook Will Soon Launch Satellites To Make Sure Everyone On Earth Has...

Titan Aerospace Facebook has a problem: It can only spread as far as there is Internet. That’s great at first, but once you hit a billion users, you start thinking about what it takes to get the other...

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What John Oliver And His Army Of Trolls Are Getting Wrong About Net Neutrality

HBO John Oliver’s brutally funny discussion of net neutrality was a welcome change of pace on a charged issue. And it’s been paying dividends. Thanks to Oliver’s rallying of the troops, the FCC’s...

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Surely, Facial Recognition In Porn Will Not Go Horribly Wrong

Via Flickr/mpeake The Internet exists because of pornography. People can argue this point, but the Internet itself proves the lie. It is a machine that turns out hours of video, reams of fiction,...

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Science Has Made Telepathy Possible Using The Internet

Lionsgate What if you could plug directly into another person’s brain? It’s been a fairly standard sci-fi trope for a while, but now scientists are making it real. Thankfully, so far, they’re only...

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Here’s Everything You Need To Know About President Obama’s Net Neutrality...

Here’s how important net neutrality has gotten: President Obama just released the above video calling on the FCC to make your broadband a public utility and to preserve net neutrality. Needless to...

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Today’s Net Neutrality Vote: Sorting Truth From Hype

Via Flickr/Joseph Gruber As you’ve likely heard, net neutrality rules have passed the FCC. The ISPs aren’t happy about it, but almost everyone else is. The question now becomes… what happens next? The...

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The Internet Might Have Actually Solved A 20-Year-Old Cold Case With...

Shutterstock The track record for internet-based amateur crime investigators is not great, especially when you consider that the only skills required for such a job are a very flexible schedule and an...

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Chris Jericho Thinks Whatever WWE Wants You To Think About Roman Reigns

WWE If you’ve been following former/possibly-current-again-soon WWE Superstar Chris Jericho on social media for the past few years, this won’t come as a surprise. Jericho’s become known for his...

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Syd Will Be ‘Always Never Home’ On Her First Solo Tour And Releases Two New...

The Internet frontwoman/sole female member of Odd Future Syd has announced that she is going on her first solo tour to promote Fin, her game-changing solo debut from earlier this year. The Always...

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