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Shutdown rumours, fake giveaways, miracle cures and too-good-to-be-true bonuses: a short checklist for telling a hoax or scam from real news in a few minutes.
Continue Reading How to Spot a Viral Hoax Before You Share It
Why trailers are called trailers, how a voice saying 'in a world' took over, and how two-minute previews became events in their own right on the internet.
Vaults under the Strip, crews in tuxedos, a laptop that cuts the cameras: heist films love casinos. What real casino security looks like, and why films ignore it.
Continue Reading What Heist Movies Get Wrong About Casino Security
Your office started a fantasy football league and you said yes. How drafts, lineups and scoring work, the mistakes beginners make, and how to enjoy the season.
Board games, card games and the occasional poker night: how to plan a game night for adults, pick the right games, feed people and keep house rules friendly.
The three basic sports bets explained without jargon: how a point spread works, what plus and minus moneyline numbers mean, and how over/under totals are set.
Continue Reading Point Spreads, Moneylines and Totals in Plain English
A password alone is not enough any more. What two-factor authentication is, the main types from text codes to security keys, and where to switch it on first.
Years ago we posted a bacon maple doughnut from Portland and called it proof of a higher power. A look at how novelty foods become internet sensations.
Continue Reading From Bacon Maple Bars to Cronuts: How Food Goes Viral
Las Vegas can empty a wallet fast, but it does not have to. Free shows, cheaper hotels, getting around and how to set a gaming budget that lasts the weekend.
Continue Reading Las Vegas on a Budget: A Cheap Weekend Plan
Home teams win more often in almost every sport. What the evidence says about crowds, travel and referees, and why the advantage has shrunk in recent years.
Islands, kitchens, talent stages: reality competitions keep coming back. The tricks that keep us hooked, from the edit to the elimination, and the office pools.
Continue Reading Why Reality Competition Shows Are Hard to Stop Watching
Poker used to be terrible television. Then hidden cameras let viewers see the players' cards, an amateur won the big one, and a boom followed.
Continue Reading How Television Turned Poker Into a Spectator Sport
For a decade, browser games built in Flash were how the internet killed time at work. Why Flash died, where the games went, and what replaced them.
In 2011 the internet was full of people lying stiff as a board in odd places. How planking, owling and the crazes that followed spread, and why they fade.
Continue Reading Planking, Owling and the Anatomy of an Internet Craze
What the jackpot odds on the big US lotteries really look like, why the advertised prize is bigger than the cash you would get, and how to play for fun.
Downloading movies is a thing of the past. A plain guide to streaming films online legally: subscriptions, free ad-supported services, libraries and classics.
Continue Reading How to Watch Movies Online Without Downloading
Why nobody has ever filled out a perfect March bracket, how office pools are usually scored, and the simple habits that win more pools than lucky upsets.
Continue Reading Bracket Pools and the Math of the Perfect Bracket
The question has been asked: is Facebook ending? Is it shutting down on March 15? Short answer: no. It is a rumor, and Facebook will be alive and well.
Oh happy day for ITA Software: Google is buying the maker of flight-search software for around $700 million to push deeper into air travel searches.
Continue Reading ITA Software Bought by Google for $700 Million
Drew Gooden is a former Jayhawk, which automatically makes him awesome. The Milwaukee Bucks have signed him, so expect their awesome factor to rise.
Facebook pushed its new design onto every profile and a lot of users are not happy. Protest groups, boycott threats and one writer asking: why so serious?
Continue Reading Over 1 Million Users Protest the New Facebook Design
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