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Somebody Bought The Domain Name For Guy Fieri's Restaurant And Put Up A Ridiculous Fake Menu
The folks at Guy Fieri's American Kitchen & Bar — you know, the Times Square restaurant that wa…
Kim Bhasin
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Google Could Owe Its Name To A Simple Typo
In 1997, Larry Page and Sean Anderson sat around a table at Stanford brainstorming names for a mass…
Christina Sterbenz
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A tiny island nation is clashing with ICANN to own its space on the web
A tiny island microstate has today launched proceedings that could have profound repercussions f…
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Parler moves to Epik, a domain registrar known for hosting far-right extremist content
Parler registered its domain with Epik, a company known for hosting other far-right websites includ…
Rachel E. Greenspan
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The 10 Leaders CEOs Admire More Than Anybody Else
Here are the top 10 from the global survey, which went out to executives from 68 different countrie…
Max Nisen
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This weekend's massive blizzard was the second biggest in New York City history
Washington, DC, also got hammered with as much as 26 inches of snow in parts of the city. The last …
Tanya Lewis
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The Strange Story Of How Microsoft Seized A Big Chunk Of The Internet, Then Broke It
"Microsoft took steps to disrupt a cyber-attack that surreptitiously installed malware on millions …
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Here comes the GoDaddy IPO ...
It may come as a surprise to some to learn that the company has actually been around for 18 years. …
Myles Udland
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Australian Startup Claims Apple Stole Its Name For The New Health Software In iOS 8
"It is very flattering that they like our name, but I'm a little let down because how hard would it…
Maya Kosoff
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Here's The Untold Story Of How Tesla Motors Got Its Name
The car wouldn't be like other electric vehicles: Instead of a hippie-dippy golf cart, this would b…
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The 'Happy Birthday' song may finally be in the public domain
Warner Chappel (then-called Warner Communications) spent $25 million on a company in 1988 that owne…
Bryan Logan
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The Biggest Cyber Attack In History Is Taking Place Right Now
A DDoS attack of 50 gigabits per second is usually enough to take out a major bank. Spamhaus is see…
Dylan Love
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5 Typos That Changed History
Even though another group of German researchers recognized the fumble in 1937, the myth stuck. Peop…
Christina Sterbenz
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Mark Cuban is trying to fix social media's biggest problems by backing a company mixing bitcoin technology with messaging
In theory, Mercury Protocol is platform-agnostic, and, if it takes off, could feasibly be integrate…
Becky Peterson
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Elon Musk said that combining SpaceX, Tesla, Neuralink, and Boring under a megacorporation called 'X' would be a 'good idea'
The YouTuber Dave Lee tweeted at Elon Musk with the holding-company idea, saying it would make it e…
Grace Dean
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My kids have my maiden name as middle names. I wanted their names to honor my family legacy, not just their father's.
I wanted my kids to have my maiden name to preserve my family legacy. My husband is very traditiona…
Stephanie Claytor
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Elon Musk pushed for PayPal's website to be rebranded as X.com more than 20 years ago, but focus groups reportedly thought it sounded like a porn website
Musk has tweeted that X.com "has great sentimental value" to him. But focus groups from his PayPal …
Gabriel Rivera
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Elon Musk teases his website 'X.com' as a potential Twitter competitor as he barrels toward $44 billion trial in October
It's not the first time that the billionaire has hinted at launching a direct competitor to Twitter…
Grace Kay
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Here's how Janet Jackson's infamous 'nipplegate' inspired the creation of YouTube
With that event as a partial inspiration, you might not be shocked that YouTube was also initially …