While the retirement of the Canadian hitchhiking robot seems inevitable after it was found maimed beyond repair in Philadelphia this week, the viral surveillance video purportedly showing the death of hitchBOT has been debunked as a hoax most likely orchestrated by a pair of YouTube pranksters.

Vocal fry – that way of speaking where someone's voice gets all low and gravelly – is now the subject of controversy, especially among young women. Some critics say women need to eliminate the tone to be taken seriously, but many respond that people should be listening to what they say, not how they say it.

A hacker identifying himself by the handle "ThreatKing" has taken responsibility for hitting the NYMag.com website with a large scale DDoS cyber attack.

The critically acclaimed animated TV series returns to Adult Swim with yet another season of interdimensional misadventures of alcoholic mad scientist Rick Sanchez and his grandson Morty.

A hacker group referring to itself as The Impact Team managed to compromise large data caches from the online dating site Ashley Madison, which markets itself as a matchmaking service for people who wish to have extramarital affairs.