How Piracy Makes Legal Streaming Services Better
FACT/MPAA We tend to look at piracy as the antithesis of Netflix, Hulu, Spotify, or Prime Video. But as it turns out, you can thank ruthless...
How to Securely Delete Files on Linux
Biehler Michael/Shutterstock.com Shred old data files for the same reason you shred old paper documents. We tell you what you need to know about securely deleting...
Stream-Ripping Giant Convert2MP3 Settles With Music Industry and Shuts Down
The music industry views stream-ripping as one of the largest piracy threats, worse than torrent sites or direct download portals. In 2016, the RIAA, IFPI, and...
Summer 2019 Horoscopes for Writers
This summer brings birthdays for Cancer, Leo, and Virgo, but the big story that we’re going to focus on are two major eclipses hitting in early...
Kristen Arnett’s Queer, Messy Vision of Florida
Kristen Arnett’s Mostly Dead Things follows Jessa, a queer woman struggling to keep her family and their taxidermy business together in the aftermath of her father’s...
10 Spooky, Beautiful Southeast Asian Ghost Stories
Of the bedtime stories my parents told me, I took the most interest in the ones involving ghosts and spirits. These stories were often used to...
Make a Difference: Read Local Authors
You shop local, you eat local—but are you reading local, too? If you’re not, you’re missing out. Local authors and the stories they tell can change...
5 Ways to Save Money on Your Netflix Account
Netflix Netflix costs less than cable, but it’s still a bit expensive. A year of Netflix’s “Basic” plan is $108, and a year of “Premium” Netflix...
10 Chillingly Possible Sci-Fi Books About AIs Taking Over
Don’t you love books about AIs taking over? Whether they’re benevolent godlike robo-beings or your basic genocidal maniacs, AIs always make for a good sci-fi yarn....
3 Novels by Middle Eastern Writers You Need to Read in 2019
While Western readers are now familiar with a few Middle Eastern writers, from Elif Shafak to Ahmed Saadawi, in general there remains a dearth of Middle...
