Julian Assange speaks from embassy balcony

The WikiLeaks founder cited several other high-profile freedom-of-speech cases, including Pussy Riot and Bradley Manning.

On Aug 20, 2012 by Lorraine Murphy

The Morning GIF: Epic Tea Time

Alan Rickman takes his hot beverages seriously.

On Aug 20, 2012 by Lorraine Murphy

Julian Assange wins asylum to Ecuador

We tracked the drama as it unfolded on Twitter.

On Aug 16, 2012 by Lorraine Murphy

The Morning GIF: Fibonacci fingers

This GIF about the Fibonacci sequence and ratios is golden.

On Aug 16, 2012 by Lorraine Murphy

The Morning GIF: Street Fighter’s Olympian

Rudy Fernandez took a fall in the men’s basketball finals, but it looks like some strange forces are to blame.

On Aug 14, 2012 by Lorraine Murphy

TrapWire surveillance system trends on Twitter thanks to WikiLeaks, Anonymous

A comprehensive new surveillance effort—including facial recognition technology—caused an uproar on Twitter after being revealed by WikiLeaks. 

On Aug 10, 2012 by Lorraine Murphy

The Morning GIF: Greetings from Mars

What Mars Attack knowledge can we apply to our Curiosity mission?

On Aug 10, 2012 by Lorraine Murphy

The Morning GIF: Spaceball

One Japanese astronaut took to playing baseball during his time in the International Space Station.

On Aug 9, 2012 by Lorraine Murphy

The Morning GIF: Smooth move

Summer heat got you down? Try this calorie-free treat.

On Aug 7, 2012 by Lorraine Murphy

The Morning GIF: Abracadabra

Trav Nash’s Magician has quite the disappearing act.

On Aug 2, 2012 by Lorraine Murphy

BoJo the yo-yo: London Mayor Boris Johnson hangs out on a zipline

Boris Johnson’s zipline trip at the Olympic Games didn’t go as expected, but the Internet made the most of it, turning the London mayor’s mishap into a meme.

On Aug 1, 2012 by Lorraine Murphy

Samuel L. Jackson takes the gold in Olympic commenting

Tired of Ryan Seacrest? We have got the only London 2012 commentator you’ll ever need…

On Aug 1, 2012 by Lorraine Murphy

WikiLeaks punks Bill Keller and PayPal

Storifying the fallout of this weekend’s fake op-ed and blog post.

On Jul 30, 2012 by Lorraine Murphy

The Morning GIF: High five

Whatever you do, don’t leave Tony Stark hanging.

On Jul 27, 2012 by Lorraine Murphy

The Morning GIF: Just kitten

This strobing cat GIF unites Tumblr artist Ozneo with the creatures running the Internet.

On Jul 26, 2012 by Lorraine Murphy