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Despite Two Deaths In Two Weeks, Elevators Are Still Safer Than Stairs

9:00AM December 16, 2011 | Kristen Philipkoski

Yesterday a woman was killed when she tried to enter an elevator that suddenly shot upwards out-of-control. Just a week earlier, a woman was crushed by an elevator as she tried to crawl out of one that was in-between floors. Are you now terrified of elevators? More »


Entertainment

Modern Irrational Fears

1:20PM January 15, 2011 | Rosa Golijan

Sometimes I long for the days when I didn’t have to worry about how to securely dispose of every single piece of information. Back then I didn’t have the sorts of crazy irrational fears that I’ve developed now. More »


President Bush: You Should Thank Telcos For Spying On You, You Terrorist-Loving Jerks

2:55AM March 6, 2008 | Adam Frucci

While many people who value their privacy got pretty pissed when they found out that companies such as AT&T were illegally tapping their phones for the NSA, President Bush doesn’t see it that way. In fact, he thinks the wiretapping telcos are American heroes, and anyone who thinks differently is straight-up unpatriotic.

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Media Hype: Families STALKED WITH PHONES!!

5:20AM June 23, 2007 | Seamus Byrne

newVideoPlayer("stalker_phone_gawker.flv", 475, 376); We’re not trying to say that the Today Show/traditional media is fearmongering with this “cellphones are stalking the crap out of this family” story, but we had to change our underwear twice while watching this minute and a half clip.

If you take the video at face value, some “hackers” have taken over the family’s cellphones and are using it to record conversations and take illicit pictures of the victims. They’re also breaking into voicemail and leaving threats about raping and killing the daughter. This happens even if the family changes cellphones, apparently, so whoever’s doing this is a hardcore hax0r the likes we haven’t seen since the first Scream movie. – Jason Chen

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