Infuriating RIAA Knew That SOPA and PIPA Were Useless All Along [Riaa]

TorrentFreak has posted a supposedly leaked presentation by the RIAA’s chief lawyer that says that it defended SOPA and PIPA even though it knew the censorship legislation wouldn’t be effective against music piracy. Is the RIAA for real or are they just covering their asses, and what does it mean for your freedom going forward? More »

The Internet Was Really Shitty Today (But I Still Love It) [Rant]

What the hell happened to the Internet today? Google Talk? Down. Twitter? Crashed. Messages? Completely awful. Chrome? Blowing up my laptop. The weather? Shitty. My hangover? Slight but smelly. That all made me very grumpy. More »

Monthly Mail-Order Grooming Service Birchbox Finally Figures Out Ladies Like Tech, Too [Rant]

Back in April, I wrote one of my first-ever Gizmodo posts, a rant about the monthly mail-order grooming service Birchbox and how their male/female skewed boxes tended to reinforce gender constructs in a pretty annoying way.

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Are We Overreacting to Apple’s EPEAT Pull-Out? [Rant]

The dust still has yet to settle, since Apple announced on Monday that it would no longer seek EPEAT certification for 39 of its computer models. Certainly, this news is not great. The ideal situation would be for everything, everywhere, to be entirely green and environmentally friendly. More »

Why I Hate My Camera [Photography]

Steve Giralt is a pro photographer in NYC. But just because his life revolves around his camera doesn’t mean it’s a love fest. Here’s why he has beef with his photo gear. More »

All DJs Are Glorified Button Pushers [Music]

We all hit play. It’s no secret.  When it comes to “live” performance of EDM (ED: electronic dance music)… that’s about the most it seems you can do anyway. It’s not about performance art, it’s not about talent either (really it’s not). In fact, let me do you and the rest of the EDM world button pushers who fuckin hate me for telling you how it is, a favor and let you all know how it is. More »