The Great Heavy Metal Hoax
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How a down-on-his-luck headbanger fabricated a persona, faked a tour, and promoted himself as a hard-rock savior
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The Hacker Who Cared Too Much
Posted in: Culture FeaturesWhen a programmer shut down a hospital website to defend a sick girl, he raised a crucial question: What are the bounds of protest in the digital age?
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The Hit Man Next Door: Did a Jersey Gymnastics Coach Kill for the Mob?
Posted in: Culture FeaturesJoe Passalaqua claims "103 kills," but one judge described his elaborate tales as little more than "criminal fantasy"
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Will Virtual Reality Change Your Life?
Posted in: Culture NewsHow a teenager created Oculus Rift in his parents' SoCal garage, sold it for $2 billion and may have launched a digital revolution
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Read an Excerpt of the Gripping New Memoir ‘Alligator Candy’
Posted in: Culture NewsIn his new book, Rolling Stone contributor David Kushner investigates his brother's tragic murder
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Scammers and Spammers: Inside Online Dating’s Sex Bot Con Job
Posted in: Culture NewsSexy, single and artificially-intelligent — fake profiles are wooing lonely hearts on sites far beyond Ashley Madison
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Zola Tells All: The Real Story Behind the Greatest Stripper Saga Ever Tweeted
Posted in: Culture NewsAn exclusive account of how Aziah "Zola" Wells' road trip to Florida with an exotic dancer, a boyfriend and a pimp went south
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The Darknet: Is the Government Destroying ‘the Wild West of the Internet?’
Posted in: Politics NewsInside the Web's secret space for drug dealers, arms traffickers, hackers and political dissidents
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The Rise and Fall of a Bitcoin Kingpin
Posted in: Culture NewsHow a bullied geek forged an empire out of digital currency, and became a suspect in a half-billion-dollar heist
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4chan’s Overlord Christopher Poole Reveals Why He Walked Away
Posted in: Culture FeaturesHis website made him an unlikely teenage celebrity — then it spun out of control
