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Project Runway’s Diana Eng Makes Clothes From the Future

Diana Eng, a hi-tech designer and Project Runway alum, makes outfits that would work in Brooklyn or in Blade Runner. Eng will be having her own runway show this Saturday as part of the first ever NY...

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How to Hack into the Paywall-Protected New Yorker Archives

The New Yorker's online presence is, for the most part, accesible to all users. Content gets posted weekly, on Sunday nights at midnight, and most of the articles are ready for your perusal....

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Wikileaks Reveals Chinese Government Hacked Google

Among the trove of diplomatic cables released by Wikileaks this weekend was one particularly juicy tech nugget. The hacker attack which led to Google's departure from from mainland China was in fact...

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Hacking Scandal Rains on The Daily’s Launch Parade [Watch]

The Daily's launch was held today (thing looks promising!), and only one minor glitch marred the proceedings. That occured when a reporter from the BBC (News Corp.'s mortal enemy) took the opportunity...

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Vladimir Putin’s Army of Blog Trolls

According to data uploaded by Anonymous and reported on by both the Guardian and Russian news portal Gazeta.ru, Russian strongman and bare-fisted tiger boxer Vladimir Putin's long reach extends even to...

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Atlantic Media Fails Hacking Test

Earlier today, everyone at Atlantic Media received an email warning them to "reverify" their Google Apps account. But the email wasn't actually from Google; it was from Atlantic Media's Chief...

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Two Atlantic Media Employees Were Hacked This Morning

Atlantic Media is continuing in its valiant effort to ward off hacking attempts after 123 staffers failed last week's hacking drill. In an email to employees this morning, chief technology officer Tom...

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What Was Going on With Foxnews.com?

Foxnews.com's homepage, as of 2:57 p.m. Something strange was going on over at FoxNews.com this afternoon. The site's top story—what appeared to be video of yesterday's New Jersey shooting incident—was...

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What’s Going On With Gwen Ifill And Twitter?

There’s something weird happening on Twitter involving PBS anchor Gwen Ifill, and nobody seems to know what’s going on. Starting around 2pm, a series of seemingly unrelated Twitter accounts posted...

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Never Get Caught Demanding Bridge Closures Again With New ‘Confide’ App

If you’re the type of person who sincerely believes that you need to own a paper shredder, have we got news for you. A new app called Confide will keep all of your important, top secret information as...

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