The makers of the We-Vibe, a line of vibrators that can be paired with an app for remote-controlled use, have reached a $3.75 million class action settlement with users following allegations that the company was collecting data on when and how the sex toy was used ( Read more... )

Fake news has become a problem that the media and the tech industries are urgently searching for ways to solve. But in the post-election push to fix the problem, those who most want to find the solution have managed to lose control over what, exactly, the definition of “fake news” is.
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Clinton, Trump and Stein answer 20 top questions about science, engineering, technology, health and environmental issues


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Michele Bachmann: Shutdown Shouldn't Close World War II Memorial WASHINGTON -- Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) on Tuesday promised that she and other members of Congress would personally keep the World War II Memorial open during a government shutdown, in defiance of the U.S. National Park Service ( Read more... )

Unsurprisingly, groups like the Family Research Council and the Liberty Counsel are standing with Wayne LaPierre
By Ryan Lenz, Southern Poverty Law CenterReligious-right extremists who have spent most of their energy in recent years vilifying LGBT people or fighting the nation’s culture wars on other fronts have found a new demon to slay: gun ( Read more... )

The names of Himmler, Goering, Goeth and Hoess still have the power to evoke the horrors of Nazi Germany, but what is it like to live with the legacy of those surnames, and is it ever possible to move on from the terrible crimes committed by your ancestors ( Read more... )

Modly Overseers, I know this is not exactly political, but since so many users are paid and might miss this otherwise it could be important. Please allow this through?

LJ has (due either to glitches from the recent 'upgrade' to the system or intentionally) set it so some paid users accounts have been switched to AUTOMATIC PAYMENTS where they were ( Read more... )

Shouted at, spat at and even attacked, overweight people are campaigning for laws to protect them. Why is "fattism" seen by many as an acceptable prejudice?

"You big fat pig" is all Marsha Coupe heard before she was kicked in the stomach and punched in the face.

The 53-year-old businesswoman says she was sitting in an almost empty train carriage in ( Read more... )

Sharp rise in head and neck cancers begs question of vaccine for malesBy Brian Alexander ( Read more... )

UK would be financially worse off without Scotland says Goldie


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