Palantir’s Party Culture: Beer Pong, Office Pranks, and a Bad Case of the Hives
Gizmodo has obtained a legal demand letter and internal emails written by a former senior technical writer named Bernie Cohen, who was fired in July of 2009, describing Palantir as a frat-house environment so out of control that he twice had to seek medical treatment from alcohol-related workplace incidents.

June 21, 2016 at 03:40PM
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The World’s Largest Nerf Gun Is Very Very Large And Can Shatter Glass
This guy decided that he was not going to be picked on during office nerf dart wars anymore.

June 21, 2016 at 01:41PM
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SpaceX And Blue Origin Fight To Win The Modern Space Race
Elon Musk and SpaceX have the lead though Jeff Bezos and Blue Origin are methodically persistent. But is there room for two space exploration companies in this galaxy?

June 21, 2016 at 11:31AM
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Vines can now include 140-second video attachments
Vine rose to prominence with its looping 6-second videos, which has become a hallmark of not only the company, but the community as well. That will change as Vine has announced it’s rolling out video attachments of up to 140 seconds.

June 21, 2016 at 09:34AM
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The Unexpected Story of How This Tiny Country Became the Most Tech-Savvy on Earth
Estonia is the 79th smallest country in the world by population but holds the world record in startups per person. It has the world’s fastest broadband speeds. The country teaches every kid how to code. Nearly all government services are conducted online.

June 21, 2016 at 08:35AM
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The Bizarre World of Unsolicited Mark Zuckerberg Fan Art
Some members of Facebook are enamored with him. So much so that they’ve taken to blanketing his Timeline with their own, lovingly crafted fan art — each Zuck creepier than the last.

June 21, 2016 at 05:51AM
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The Inventors of the Internet Are Trying to Build a Truly Permanent Web
The inventors of the Internet are joining with a new generation of hackers, archivists, and activists to radically reinvent core technologies that underpin the web.

June 21, 2016 at 01:51AM
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You Won’t Be Able to Sue The Next Gawker
The next ValleyWag is likely to be more like WikiLeaks.

June 20, 2016 at 03:40PM
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Taylor Swift, McCartney Sign Petition for Digital Copyright Reform
Artists contend that the 1998 DMCA “allowed major tech companies to grow and generate huge profits … while songwriters’ and artists’ earnings diminish.”

June 20, 2016 at 03:40PM
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Roller Coasters Are Infinitely More Terrifying When You Add VR To Them
The Verge travels to Six Flags in Maryland to combine two things that make people sick — virtual reality and roller coasters.

June 20, 2016 at 03:29PM
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