7 Tech Resolutions for 2013
Posted in: Today's Chili The new year is only yards away, which means you’ve got a shining chance to reinvent yourself as less of a jerk. Adopt these tech principles and you’ll be a better person in 2013. More »
Google is so convinced you don’t want to see porn that it started filtering its own search results. Bullshit. Everybody wants porn, and nobody wants to admit it. Except me, of course, I don’t look at that smut. But for the rest of you: It’s time to fess up. More »
The Best Way To Sext
Posted in: Today's Chili Humans are never going to stop touching each other naked, and we’re almost certainly never going to stop touching our phones. If anything, the latter is eclipsing the former. But can you do both at once? Forget what you’ve heard. Yes you can. More »
Thanksgiving Tech Support: Exactly How Much You Should Care About Everyone at Home
Posted in: Today's Chili Your mom’s router is broken, your dad’s laptop is frozen, your aunt’s tablet is covered in bees, and they’re all looking at you, tech blog reader, to fix it before and after Turkey. Not all family is equal. More »
Facebook Gifts Just Became the Easiest Way to Look Good in Front of Everyone
Posted in: Today's Chili All your friends, flames, and enemies are on Facebook. And now, you can buy all of these people presents—gift cards for coffee, cake pops, champagne, and pencils. It’ll all ship straight to their door. Why would I want to buy things like this? More »
We’ll probably never know the entire story of the Petraeus Affair—the CIA isn’t known for its candor. But we do know that one of the most powerful men in the world, tasked with keeping the greatest secrets of the United States, wasn’t able to hide his personal covert action over Gmail. That’s really bad. The good news is, you can do better. More »
We’re beyond over-sharing—we’re perma-sharing. Between texts, Twitter, and Facebook, we have more vessels for venting than we have thoughts worth sharing. So you might assume, with all these ways to communicate, that a friend in trouble will make it obvious to everyone. Don’t. Don’t assume anything. More »
This may sound familiar: a friend of yours posts a picture of her completed ballot, shot moments ago, inside a New York City voting booth. Was it legal to take that photo to begin with? In a surprising number of states, this simple act—one you’ve no doubt seen repeated on Instagram and Facebook dozens of times today—would’ve constituted a misdemeanor. More »