Harvard professor Latanya Sweeney has put together a report saying that Google is racially discriminating with some of its ads. Google, of course, says this is not the case.
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Twitter, you can be so great and so disappointing at the same time. It probably shouldn't surprise anyone that social media is a haven for imbeciles. So much hateful garbage is s...
Here's a new parody Twitter account to follow.
People say a lot of interesting things on Twitter. It's a public forum where any individual is only a few thumb-clicks away from...
The governor of the Bank of Canada has apologized for and Asian-looking woman who appeared on an early design for the new Canadian $100 banknote. In a statement to the press, Gove...
If you've been to the Google homepage in the last two weeks, you have probably noticed a flurry of new Google Doodles - a new one each day, actually. Google has committed themselv...
After protests, pressure from Australian officials, and an online petition, Facebook has taken down a page that targeted the country's indigenous peoples, the Aborigines.
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Deliberate racism? Unfortunate timing? Public overreaction? Simple FAIL?
People are debating those questions this morning after a promo for the new NBC show Animal Practice...
Voula Papachristou is a complete stranger to me, so perhaps I shouldn't be so quick to pass judgment on the disgraced athlete. After all, every single person on this planet has don...
Some people baffle me sometimes even though they have the best of intentions. This past weekend that exact thing took place off the coast of southern New Jersey. A group known as t...
Elmo arrested: If your kids are reading this, there's a very strong possibility they're in tears right now. Since childhood trauma isn't the sort of thing we want to encourage here...
Shackle Shoes, which are also known on an official level as JS Roundhouse Mid, were designed by a guy named Jeremy Scott. Although he had intended this footwear to be fun, extravag...