Devastated Family Loses Everything They'd Saved on Their DVR

The Talbott family has suffered a tragic loss. Everything the family had saved for years, all of it disappeared in an instant. Now as The Onion reports, they set to the task of rebuilding their lives after the huge setback of a crashed DVR.

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The Onion's Useless App Pitch Is Perfect

The Onion’s TED talk parodies return with the reveal of a remarkable new app called PicSong that turns your countless photos into music—for anyone who might want to do that for some reason.

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The Onion's Exclusive Look at Netflix's Genius "Browse Endlessly" Plan

Netflix is great for discovering new movies and TV shows. You just keep scrolling and scrolling, browsing away but never watching anything. Good news! Now you can do as much aimless browsing as you want, and save money, with Netflix’s $5 a month "browse endlessly" plan, as The Onion reports.

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The Xbox One’s Real Magic Is Using Voice Commands to Control You

The Xbox One boasts a lengthy feature list that Microsoft hopes will entice gamers over to its side of the console war for the next few years. But as The Onion points out, none are as impressive as the next-gen console’s innovative voice commands that make it easier than ever for the hardware to control its users.

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The Onion’s Print Edition Is No More

The Onion's Print Edition Is No More

The Onion is ceasing publication of its print edition. It was only distributing the actual paper in Chicago, Providence, and Milwaukee, and those cities will see their last version of the Onion on December 12. Don’t worry! You can still get all the fake news you need online, which is the only place you were looking for it anyway. [Crain’s Chicago via MediaBistro]

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From the Onion: “Facebook: ‘We Will Make Our Product Worse, You Will Be Upset, And Then You Will Liv

From the Onion: "Facebook: ‘We Will Make Our Product Worse, You Will Be Upset, And Then You Will Live With It’" Is it even satire if everyone’s pretty sure that someone at Menlo Park actually said that at some point?

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Onion: Samsung’s New Smartphone Has Highly Disruptive Blowjob Feature

Onion: Samsung's New Smartphone Has Highly Disruptive Blowjob Feature

There’s nothing the new Samsung Apex can’t do. The smartphone lets you check your email, stream video, and it even sucks your dick. Seriously, smartphones these days are just full-service products. The Onion’s take on smartphone market one-upsmanship obviously takes things to an unhinged level. But at least Samsung wouldn’t be stepping on anybody’s patent. We think.

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The Onion Explains Social Media More Accurately Than Anyone Has Before

The Onion’s TED parody series rolls on, with what may be the best—and most scathing—round yet. The target this time? Social media, a joyous place where ideas are a waste of time, and talent is irrelevant. More »

The Onion Tackles Its Most Important Topic Ever: The History of the Internet

From the first microbial ooze to your most recent Facebook poke, the internet’s history is as vast and varied as any major civilization’s. Since a subject of this importance deserves only the most stringent satirical savaging, The Onion has—thankfully, blessedly—turned its gaze towards the bits and bytes that have been our ruin and salvation. More »

The Onion’s TED Talk Parodies Keep Getting Better (And More Scathing)

We haven’t checked in on The Onion’s brutal TED Talk parody series, but now’s as good a time as any to get caught up. Above is the most recent, a breakdown of farm animal noises with rapidly escalating pretension. And below? Maybe the purest distillation of TED yet. More »