Something Awful founder Richard Kyanka dies at 45
'Lowtax' created one of the more culturally influential websites in the past two decades.
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YouTubers have been rickrolled over a billion times
Rick Astley won't give up internet stardom anytime soon.
Hitting the Books: How memes spread through society like a 'mind virus'
Information doesn't just want to be free, it wants to thrive.We have two newsletters, why not sign up for both?
Remastered 'nyan cat' art sells for the equivalent of $605k
A blockchain-powered NFT auction sold the original meme creator's artwork for 300 Ether.
Put Bernie Sanders almost anywhere with this Google Street View app
It seems the senator is a well-traveled man.
Facebook quietly released a meme creation app called Whale
The experimental app was built by the company's NPE Team.
Recommended Reading: How memes became political weapons
The best long-form writing on technology and more on the web.
'Storm Area 51' event creator is working on an alien festival
Alienstock will be a three-day festival set in Nevada that will start September 20th.
PewDiePie asks for end to 'subscribe' meme after synagogue shooting
He believes he should have tackled it a long time ago.
Sweden's ad regulator says 'Distracted Boyfriend' meme is sexist
The use of the image in an ad was deemed degrading toward men and women.
Facebook is fact-checking photos and videos to fight fake news
It's the latest effort to stop misinformation from spreading on its site.
'Bingeable,' 'biohacking' and 'fintech' are now officially words
Merriam-Webster has decreed it so.
Drake is the king of memes
Lyrics from his track "In My Feelings" are being turned into a viral dance.
EU narrowly passes copyright law requiring internet filtering
Its many opponents worry the bill will stifle creativity on the internet.
Man goes to prison for attempting to hijack web domain at gunpoint
It nearly claimed the owner's life.
Instagram is testing a text-based 'Type' feature for Stories
The as-yet unconfirmed feature uses several fonts to let you write text over a background.
6Junk technology: A ridiculous history of fast-food PR stunts
From the Pizza Parka to the Windows 7 Whopper.
Find 'Rick and Morty' rants with a quote search engine
You'll never be without a pithy Rick remark again.
Pepe the Frog is dead, but that won't stop 4chan
Artists only have so much control over how the internet uses their work.
