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• We ranked LinkedIn execs on how 'LinkedIn' their LinkedIn profile pics are

  Everyone knows what a LinkedIn profile pic looks like, but we had a deeper question: how 'LinkedIn' are the LinkedIn profile ...

  • Georgina Ustik and Callum Booth

• We used Google Arts & Culture’s selfie app to make the internet’s Shit Museum

  Ever have one of those weeks where you feel like everything is going wrong in the world? Us too. The planet is melting. There are powerful idiots all over the world with their greasy fingers hovered over big red doom buttons. Our favorite celebrities have dumb opinions we don’t ...

  • Georgina Ustik

• I grew up in a house that shared one phone charger — and survived

  My parents were ahead of the curve when it came to digital paranoia and found a solution to parenting digital age—only ...

  • Cara Curtis

• Stingy with your Instagram likes? Us too

  It all started with a tweet. A really really good tweet: Why are people so stingy with their likes on Instagram? I know I am. I hold onto likes tighter than a bottle of wine at a social gathering. But it makes no sense. Likes are unlimited. And they’re just nice. There’s ...

  • Georgina Ustik

• This Redditor with over 200 copies of Sneak King is a glutton for punishment

  Sneak King is the creepiest game of all time. Why on Earth, we ask, would anyone want to have a single copy of it -- much ...

  • Tristan Greene

• The week's best Android games to play while pretending to poop at work

  Become the lord of the beaches, the last person standing, or the ultimate jigsaw puzzle destroyer in our favorite new Android ...

  • NimbleThor

• Watch: Hoonigan tests Mario Kart banana peel attack with real Audi RS5

  Banana attack! Hoonigan conducted an entirely unscientific test to determine the efficacy of the classic Mario Kart attack. ...

  • Tristan Greene

• Researchers gave AI curiosity and it played video games all day

  Curious robots? There's no way that could go wrong. Reseachers developed AI models that can explore environments without ...

  • Tristan Greene

• Jesus Christ… is what the first feature-length VR film is about

  HTC's Vive Studios is debuting the world's first virtual reality full-length feature film, 7 Miracles, at the Raindance Film ...

  • Tristan Greene

• I'm pretty sure this DIY karaoke robot wants to devour my soul

  There's little a DIY developer can't do with an Arduino board and a 3D printer. But sometimes inspiration finds you. Here's ...

  • Tristan Greene

• We DM’d a lot of strangers to ask why they use Drake lyrics on Instagram

  Have you ever heard of a musical artist named Drake? Of course you have. Because he’s everywhere. These days, it’s ...

  • Georgina Ustik

• Emoji update proposal includes 55 different couples -- where are the gingers?

  The proposed new interracial couple emoji are awesome. They're a fantastic step in the right direction. But, just so you ...

  • Tristan Greene