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Tech News‘Charlie Bit My Finger’ Will Disappear From YouTube After Someone Paid $760K for an NFT
Charlie’s about to bite his last finger. The 55-second clip of a toddler happily munching on his brother’s hand is being pulled from YouTube after being auctioned offas an NFT this past Sunday. The clip was at the center of an hours-long bidding war, which finally ended after an anonymous bidder put down $760,999 for … Continued
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Tech NewsThe Kid from ‘David After Dentist’ Is Now in College and Selling an NFT of His Viral Video to Pay Tuition
It seems like every internet meme is getting the NFT treatment these days. The latest is “David After Dentist,” one of YouTube’s earliest viral videos. In 2008, David DeVore recorded his then-seven-year-old son, David Jr., babbling now-iconic lines like “Is this real life?” in a medication-fueled haze after a tooth extraction. The video has racked … Continued
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Tech News‘Never Gonna Give You Up’ in 4K Is an Eye-Melting Way to Rickroll Someone
As powerful workstations slowly but surely work to remaster all the world’s old film and video footage to higher resolutions and frame rates using machine learning techniques, you’d assume that one piece of footage would have been a top priority. But apparently Rick Astley’s “Never Gonna Give You Up” music video has only just been … Continued
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Tech NewsChina Wants Hefty Fines For Viral Video Creators Who Binge Food and Drinks
Lawmakers in China are considering new legislation that would impose fines against anyone who creates videos where people eat large quantities of food or binge drinks, according to a new report from Chinese state media outlet China News. The proposed media rule, part of broader legislation to discourage food waste, would also allow restaurants in … Continued
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Tech NewsThat Viral Video of CNN Hiding Its Pornhub Tab Is Completely Fake
Have you seen that viral video of CNN host John King sheepishly hiding a Pornhub tab while announcing election results? The video has been seen by over 6.5 million people as of Friday morning. But it’s completely fake. Many people on Twitter noticed it was fake long before the original video was spotted by a … Continued
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Tech NewsViral Video of Man Burning Trump Ballots Is Totally Fake
Have you seen that viral video of a man supposedly burning about 80 ballots marked for Donald Trump? The footage has been circulating on Twitter and Facebook over the past 48 hours and the president’s son, Eric Trump, even retweeted the video. But it’s completely fake. The viral video, which was first debunked by CNN, … Continued
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Tech NewsPoliticsExclusive Interview: The Saucy Nugs Guy Is Taking on Trump and Biden
Ander Christensen went viral on Wednesday after his speech about the absurdity of boneless chicken wings gained traction on multiple social media platforms. Christensen believes the phrase “boneless chicken wings” doesn’t make any sense and asked his local city council in Lincoln, Nebraska to officially rename the dish to something more appropriate like “wet tenders” … Continued
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Tech NewsPrivacy & SecurityWoman Arrested For Facebook Post Promoting Anti-Lockdown Protest in Australia
Police in Australia arrested a 28-year-old woman on Wednesday for publishing a Facebook post that promotes an anti-lockdown protest in the country’s state of Victoria. Footage of the arrest was captured by her partner and shows police officers handcuffing the woman and saying that she’s being charged with “incitement.” The woman’s phone and computers were … Continued
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Tech NewsCops Terrorize Black Family but Blame License Plate Reader for Misidentifying ‘Stolen’ Vehicle
The Aurora Police Department in Colorado is blaming its license plate reader for misidentifying a “stolen” vehicle after video went viral showing a Black family with young children being menaced and traumatized by several cops. It’s just the latest example of police terror that likely wouldn’t have drawn much attention if a bystander hadn’t recorded … Continued
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Tech NewsCNN Blurs Faces of U.S. Secret Police in Viral Video
CNN aired a viral video on Sunday of U.S. secret police kidnapping people in Portland, Oregon—a tactic that White House officials say could be coming to several other cities in the coming weeks. CNN made an odd journalistic choice to blur the faces of the police in the video, but CNN’s Jake Tapper took to … Continued
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Tech News‘Artist’ Apologizes For Telling Plane Passengers He’s Infected With Coronavirus For Viral Video
A Canadian man who announced he was infected with the new coronavirus during a WestJet flight from Toronto to Jamaica on Monday says he was trying to make a viral video, according to a new report from Canada’s Global News. The plane turned around after the man, identified as 28-year-old James Potok, stood up and … Continued
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Tech NewsYou Should Feel Bad
Living in the worst possible timeline means that each week invites a new, unbearably dumb viral sensation. This week, it’s pigeons in tiny hats. And reader, while it pains me to spoil the novelty of birds in miniature clothing, whoever is doing this should feel terrible. Reports of pigeons spotted on the streets of Las Vegas … Continued
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Tech NewsPoliticsTrump’s ‘I Want Nothing’ Rant Transformed Into Songs By The Ramones, Morrissey, and More
President Donald Trump went on a bizarre rant at the White House yesterday, selectively quoting from Ambassador Gordon Sondland’s damning testimony about Trump’s crimes. Countless people have pointed out that Trump’s handwritten notes from the rant looked like lyrics to a song, inspiring some people on Twitter to put those words to music. And surprisingly, … Continued
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Tech NewsPoliticsDid President Trump Flash His Middle Finger to Women Astronauts in This Viral Video?
Video of President Donald Trump flashing his middle finger went viral over the weekend. Did the president intentionally flip the bird to women astronauts who corrected one of his factual inaccuracies? That’s open to interpretation. But it’s at least the fourth time during his presidency that Trump appeared to give a sneaky middle finger to … Continued
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