Exploited by apps. Attacked by thieves. Unprotected by cops. 65,000 strong, with only themselves to count on.

How China’s biggest audio platform funded one man’s frat boy dreams.

Chicago’s predictive policing program told a man he would be involved with a shooting, but it couldn’t determine which side of the gun he would be on. Instead, it made him the victim of a violent crime.

Oomba was a startup designed to make a lot of money from the games industry. Instead, everyone played each other.

The empty promises and empty buildings of Foxconn’s Wisconsin debacle.

The bizarre story of what happened when Chinese crypto millionaire Justin Sun acquired BitTorrent.

For years, Mark Zuckerberg has faced criticism that Facebook is bad for democracy. A cache of leaked audio reveals the story of how much ultimately comes down to his judgment—and the forces freezing him in place.

Ramsey Orta filmed the killing of Eric Garner—and the police punished him for it.

Chivers (men who read The Chive) are quick to emphasize that the website is about more than hot women. It’s a community of people who prioritize friendship and charity above all else—except, perhaps, having a good time. Chivers are veterans, first responders, Midwesterners. They might be Republicans, but you can’t say for sure because The Chive never talks about politics.

A Kickstarter for a Kevlar backpack goes awry leading to a federal investigation.

The moderators who keep Google and Youtube free of beheadings and child porn now have PTSD themselves.

How the tiny town of Roundup, Montana became a hub in Amazon’s supply chain.

Highlights from two hours of leaked audio from recent staff Q&A sessions with Facebook’s CEO.

From the proto-bleep to meta-bleep: how the US government protects us from the profane.

The crowdfunded phone of the future was a multimillion-dollar scam

They travel America in vans and RVs stopping at Targets and Wal-Marts in search of rare soap and coveted toys to stock Amazon’s fulfillment warehouses.

At Facebook’s worst-performing content moderation site in North America, one contractor has died, and others say they fear for their lives.

A surgeon tastes viral fame via Twitter and then things get really weird.

The secret lives of Facebook moderators in America.

Sabotage and dirty dealing in the $175 billion Amazon Marketplace.

How a cabal of authors profited by gaming Amazon’s Kindle Unlimited algorithm.

How a meteorite hunter’s obsession took him from the mountains of Colorado, to the Bundy Ranch, and eventually landed him in jail.

After 10 years of documenting memes, nobody has seen this much shit.

“I have drunkenly sexually assaulted or raped women—the exact number of which I am currently determining.”

Judge William H. Alsup, who presided over Oracle v. Google, has been coding for more than three decades.