GameStop Spring

from WIRED What the Arab Spring Can Teach Us About GameStop Ten years ago, democracy protesters used social media to organize against an oppressor. But ultimately, the powerful came out ahead. by NOAM COHEN WHEN I FIRST learned of the campaign by folks on Reddit...

Penisnapping

from The Daily Star Bloke has his penis held to ransom by hackers who took control of digital chastity belt Qiui, the company which makes the Cellmate cage, says it believes that a true chastity experience is one that ‘does not allow the wearer to have any...

Hacking Helicopters

from AP Berlin man caught directing flight traffic with radio (Patrick Pleul/dpa via AP) BERLIN (AP) — A man has been arrested in Berlin on allegations he made radio contact with air traffic, including police helicopters, and gave fake flight orders while...

The Reddit Boys Revenge

from Vanity Fair “You Meet Insanity With Insanity”: The GameStop Redditors Who Upended Wall Street Are Doubling Down by Jessica Camille Aguirre Wall Street can seem like a citadel, so it is with unreserved glee that many have kept tabs on the GameStop saga this week....

Life on Eartha

from Vanity Fair Transformative Life Kitt’s 1989 autobiography, Confessions of a Sex Kitten, tracks an icon’s incredible journey from abused child to outspoken star. BY HADLEY HALL MEARES GERAINT LEWIS/ALAMY. Eartha Kitt was many things: a nightclub chanteuse who...