David Kushner
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The Leg at the Bottom of the Sea
Teenage diver Sebastian Morris and his dad were hunting for treasure in the Gulf of Mexico when they found a below-the-knee prosthetic. How do you lose that in the ocean? Amazingly, they solved the mystery. → Read More
The Bizarre Bank Robbery That Shook an Arctic Town
As one of the northernmost settlements on earth, the Norwegian hamlet of Longyearbyen has become a magnet for adventurous souls looking to start a new life. But when an unsettling crime happened, it brought home a harsh reality: in the modern world, trouble always finds you. → Read More
Can Video Games Replace the Outdoors?
Maybe not in our hearts, but certainly in our brains. Plus, they can make you love the indoors far too much—which is why there’s now a full-fledged, woodsy rehab center for joystick addicts who need a soothing pathway back to a normal life. → Read More
How the Guy Who Couldn’t Get a Date Invented This ‘Love Machine’
In his new book ‘The Players Ball,’ David Kushner details how Gary Kremen planted a flag for the disenfranchised during the Wild West days of the digital age → Read More
The Great Heavy Metal Hoax
How a down-on-his-luck headbanger fabricated a persona, faked a tour, and promoted himself as a hard-rock savior → Read More
How a Crusade to Save Children Landed a Hacker in Prison
When 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? → Read More
Beyond Second Life: Philip Rosedale’s Gutsy Plan for a New Virtual-Reality Empire
High Fidelity’s decentralized architecture aims to power the next generation of virtual-reality worlds → Read More
Is Your GPS Scrambling Your Brain?
American tourist Noel Santillan became an unlikely folk hero in Iceland after he entered a typo into his GPS and drove hundreds of miles out of his way. How can anyone wander so far off the mark? A growing body of research suggests that our reliance on navigational technology might be altering our brains in ways we’re only beginning to understand. → Read More
The Hit Man Next Door: Did a Jersey Gymnastics Coach Kill for the Mob?
Did all-American gymnastics coach Joe Passalaqua kill for the Mob, or get lost in his own criminal fantasy? → Read More
Life After 'Doom': Estranged Creators of Era-Defining Game Speak
'Doom' creators John Romero and John Carmack, id Software's co-founders, don't talk anymore, but they share custody of a legacy. → Read More
Will Virtual Reality Change Your Life?
How a teenager created Oculus Rift in his parents' SoCal garage, sold it for $2 billion and may have launched a virtual reality revolution. → Read More
Fear This Man
To spies, David Vincenzetti is a salesman. To tyrants, he is a savior. How the Italian mogul built a hacking empire. → Read More
Read an Excerpt of the Gripping New Memoir 'Alligator Candy'
In his new book, Rolling Stone contributor David Kushner investigates his brother's tragic murder → Read More
Scammers and Spammers: Inside Online Dating's Sex Bot Con Job
Sexy, single and artificially-intelligent — fake profiles are wooing lonely hearts on sites far beyond Ashley Madison → Read More
Zola Tells All: The Real Story Behind the Greatest Stripper Saga Ever Tweeted
An exclusive account of how her road trip to Florida with an exotic dancer, a boyfriend and a pimp went south → Read More
Zola: Real Story Behind Greatest Stripper Saga Ever Tweeted
An exclusive account of how Aziah "Zola" Wells' road trip to Florida with an exotic dancer, a boyfriend and a pimp went south → Read More
The Battle for the Dark Net
Inside the Web's secret space for drug dealers, arms traffickers, hackers and political dissidents — all funded by the U.S. government → Read More
The Rise and Fall of a Bitcoin Kingpin
How a bullied geek forged an empire out of digital currency, and became a suspect in a half-billion-dollar heist → Read More
The Rise and Fall of a Bitcoin Kingpin
How a bullied geek forged an empire out of digital currency, and became a suspect in a half-billion-dollar heist → Read More
"I Might Have Some Sensitive Files": The Strange Saga And Dark Secrets...
The government says Matt DeHart is an online child predator. He says that's a ruse created because he discovered shocking CIA secrets and claims he was tortured by federal agents. The only thing th... → Read More