It's been a tough week for The Onion— it was hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army — but it really knocked this one home. Fart Scroll. Code to make your website fart. Read More >>
With some characteristically sharp little jabs, The Onion makes it clear exactly how much all your online friends are worth with this great little clip. And still, I have to admit I'm a little jealous of Wasserman's follower count. I mean, damn. Read More >>
The Onion has some intel on Apple's solution to the Apple Maps debacle. Instead of just fixing the app, Tim Cook & Co. are just going to alter the earth's geography. Read More >>
The Onion's TED parody series rolls on, with what may be the best—and most scathing—round yet. The target this time? Social media, a joyous place where ideas are a waste of time, and talent is irrelevant. Read More >>
Featured comment by smallcoder:
"Absolutely 100% true. Every client wants to "leverage" social media for their business and I've given up arguing (lord knows why I ever did) and just ..." More »
From the first microbial ooze to your most recent Facebook poke, the internet's history is as vast and varied as any major civilization's. Since a subject of this importance deserves only the most stringent satirical savaging, The Onion has—thankfully, blessedly—turned its gaze towards the bits and bytes that have been our ruin and salvation. Read More >>
We haven’t checked in on The Onion’s brutal TED Talk parody series, but now’s as good a time as any to get caught up. Above is the most recent, a breakdown of farm animal noises with rapidly escalating pretension. And below? Maybe the purest distillation of TED yet. Read More >>
Wouldn't it be great if we could run cars off compost? That's not the topic of a TED Talk, but, sadly, that small nugget of an idea is all you would need to be granted the freedom to pontificate before an audience of naive dreamers at a hokey conference. This is actually The Onion's first TED Talk parody. And it's incredible. The best line? "I'll be your visionary, and you do the things I come up with." Read More >>
Featured comment by Prozac:
"This one's alright. But I really don't see where they are going with this. They wouldn't be able to do too many talks without risking tedium." More »
TED Talks! What was once a proud educational lecture series long ago descended into a smug parade of increasingly ridiculous ideas. They've never been more ripe for skewering. Thank goodness The Onion noticed. Read More >>
Far too often, it seems like companies are just throwing jargon out at consumers, hoping to provoke awe. Sometimes, you have to wonder if a company even understands the technology it spent millions developing. Read More >>
Featured comment by Bhenn:
"I'm just hoping they put the new 9G palm pre up for pre order soon before all the capacity is gone. I would probably use 1000 up pretty quick though. ..." More »
The Onion, as only The Onion can, exposed the cesspool of faux-inventions of Kickstarter by calling the folks who start Kickstarter projects, Internet criminals who "bilk friends and families out of terrible, ill-conceived and unnecessary personal projects". Yep, pretty much. Read More >>
Featured comment by tsjmcgrath:
"I don't understand the hate towards Kickstarter - sure, there are many projects which aren't innovative or original at all, and are basically terrible..." More »
According to The Onion, Google reportedly shut down its Gmail servers for almost two hours yesterday. Maybe the company is getting tired of its 'nice guy' image? When anyone tried to sign on, they were greeted with the following message instead of access to their email: Read More >>
The Magic 8-Ball helped me decide to go to uni. It helped me decide what to eat as a child, and it's the reason I bought a Jazz drive. It's not infallible. The Onion Answer app is the logical next step in deciding my fate with inanimate objects. Read More >>
As a culture, we've been slow to allow robots into our home. But it could be that we've just been waiting for the perfect robo-pal. Like, say, the Onion's TYSO, which stands guard during your most personal moments. NSFW reenactments ahead! Read More >>
A quick browse of comments on the Internet will do more to destroy your faith in mankind than watching an hour of Sky news. The Onion's answer? A site that's built specifically to lure moronic commenters. It's satire, yes, but it's also an idea that needs to happen now. Like right now. Please? Read More >>