Sorry, but all that napping you were looking forward to at the University of Michigan, it's not happening. A lovely communications representative informed Jezebel that the aforementioned nap pods didn't pass a fire safety test and they'd rather you live than sleep so for all those UofM young adults, you'll be catching…
Police: Google Exec Murdered by Heroin-Dosing Prostitute Aboard Yacht
A pleasure cruise went wrong for Google executive Forrest Timothy Hayes, after police say his expensive prostitute pal killed him with a heroin overdose aboard his 50-foot yacht.
The People Who Google Their Dates the Most Are Definitely Media People
Over at The Cut, Maureen O'Connor has done another deep dive into the world of dating trends, writing about "the ultimate abstinence": people who abstain from googling their dates. What she doesn't mention is that the people who are the biggest offenders on this front are hashtag "media people."
Sex Offenders Try to Censor Google Results Following EU Privacy Ruling
Last month in the landmark "right to be forgotten" ruling, Europe's highest court decided that European citizens now have the right to request that search engines remove links containing certain types of personal and sensitive material. Since then, Google has gotten over 41,000 requests for information removal — many…
Argentinian Model Sues Google Over Porn Site Search Results
Argentinian model and TV personality Belén Rodríguez is embroiled in a battle against Google and Yahoo over search results that link her name to pornographic sites that have used older photos of her without permission. She was already rewarded a sum of $15,000 (which was reduced to $6,200) after she filed legal…
Google's New Street View Tour Of London Aquatic Center Stars Tom Daley
Thanks to Google, you can take a virtual tour of the London Olympics Aquatic Centre located in Stratford (shoutout to my Nando's), complete with some ab-tastic Tom-foolery. Tom Daley that is.
You can see a full panorama of the center, including the pool area, the gym, and the sports science lab. Most importantly,…
According to Reuters, Google has been ordered to remove the anti-Islam film Innocence of Muslims from YouTube, following a U.S. appeals court decision on Wednesday. The court case was the result of a lawsuit filed by an actress in the film received death threats after it went viral. The film sparked violent protests…
Tim Armstrong Has a History of Targeting Pregnant Employees
Why on earth would AOL CEO Tim Armstrong blame "distressed babies" for cutting back retirement benefits? Perhaps because he has a history of flipping out when it comes to female employees with complicated pregnancies.
Parents Hope Their Sons Are Geniuses and Their Daughters Aren't Fat
Another reason to feel bad for today's little girls: one day, the straight ones will grow up to face a dating selection consisting of doted upon nightmare boys raised by parents who used the power of the internet to validate their sneaking suspicion that their lil' All Star might be a genius. Meanwhile, the girls'…
Ad for UN Women Campaign Duplicates Awful Google Search Suggestions
This ad, created for the United Nations Women campaign (which is unfortunately shortened to the UN Women campaign), becomes more devastating when you realize that the Google search boxes are the results of genuine searches, and although the ad-crafting and Googling were all done by Christopher Hunt at Ogilvy & Mather…
Major Health Websites Are Leaking Your Embarrassing STD Search Results
Don't do it. Don't Google "difference between genital warts and razor burn" or "what is gout exactly" + "images." Don't do it, because you'll end up diagnosing yourself with brain cancer or mono — all online hypochondriacs eventually come to that fork in the road — when all you have is an ingrown hair, but also…
