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There’s slacking off in school, and then there’s this. What was until now a murky athletic and academic scandal at the University of North Carolina became a lot clearer this week, when apparently the most damning (and viral) piece of … Continue reading →

Font nerds, get ready to rejoice. Typefaces aren’t just fun — finding the right one could make a huge difference to the nation’s bottom line Changing the standard typeface used by federal and state governments could save the United States … Continue reading →

Slate in 2003 took on a new columnist to cover the Martha Stewart trial. The writer, Henry Blodget, was already fairly well known as a Wall Street analyst and a cheerleader for the dot-com boom. Most famously, Blodget predicted in … Continue reading →

As Russian troops amass along the Ukraine border and take over military facilities in the Crimea region, the United States has distanced itself from any boots-on-the-ground intervention The U.S. won’t send troops or weapons, but it will send hashtags. See … Continue reading →

Just one week after news surfaced that Microsoft secretly broke into the Hotmail email account of one of its users, the company is updating its security policies. Microsoft stated it will now contact law enforcement if it needs access to … Continue reading →

Bad news from the Southern Hemisphere: the West Antarctic ice sheet is shedding ice at an accelerating rate, with six large glaciers in this region discharging nearly the same amount of ice as the entire Greenland ice sheet, according to … Continue reading →

Photograph a faceless portrait for this week’s Mashable Photo Challenge, guest-hosted by freelance photographer Chris Cody. The 24-year-old Texas native started this creative trend earlier this year “I had never seen anything like it done before,” he said. Cody features … Continue reading →

In need of a mid-afternoon snooze? There’s an app for that. Well, sort of. Dutch-based creative agencies Kakhiel, Venour and Biko created Google Naps as a parody of Google’s popular mapping application. To avoid any legal scandal, the creators also … Continue reading →

OSO, Wash. — The idea of dog as man’s best friend took on a whole new meaning in the small town of Oso this week Following a deadly mudslide that has left 17 dead with many more missing and presumed … Continue reading →

The suite of Microsoft Office apps for iPad have only been in the Apple App Store for 24 hours and are already dominating the download charts. The three freemium apps — which are free to download but require a subscription … Continue reading →