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Arizona State University is hosting a masturbation workshop in February that was originally set to be titled “Go Fuck Yourself.”

The British Journal of General Practice has urged the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) to display LGBT rainbow flags in waiting rooms.

An Indonesian bill proposing a ban on gay sex has received support from all ten political parties in the country.

A student contributor to the Crimson argued this week that Harvard University’s drag show is bigoted.

Indonesia’s Sharia police shaved several transgender women’s heads and “paraded them in front of the public” as part of a recent “community sickness operation.”

The Minnesota Supreme Court has ruled that fingerprint scanning locks commonly found on smartphones are not protected by the Fifth Amendment.

Several LGBT apps have been removed from the Google Play Store in Indonesia, the largest Muslim nation in the world, amid increased government persecution against LGBT people.

A California court has ruled that Tinder Plus’ higher price model for users over 30 is discriminatory, following a wave of complaints.

Verizon has dropped plans to sell phones made by Huawei, responding to U.S. government suspicions that the Chinese manufacturer’s phones could pose security threats, according to anonymous sources cited by Bloomberg.

The Trump administration has made a lot of headlines in recent months because of its stance toward telecommunications and technology companies.

A woman is crying foul after a United Airlines denied her request to bring her emotional support peacock aboard a flight leaving from Newark Liberty International Airport this week.

Women are more likely to find men attractive if they are sought after by other women, according to a study published Monday.

The Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission are reportedly investigating Apple after the company admitted to slowing down older iPhone models.

Urs Hölzle, one of Google’s original ten employees, smeared whistleblowers as “harassers,” and promised to “identify” those responsible for “reprehensible conduct.”

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents plan to utilize license plate readers to find illegal immigrants. Police agencies throughout the U.S. use the systems to apprehend fugitives who have escaped justice, but open borders and amnesty activists are up in arms over the increased enforcement step.

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak recently stated his distrust of Elon Musk and Tesla, while speaking at a recent business forum.

Artificial intelligence has discovered the language of the 600-year-old coded Voynich manuscript, a famously mysterious book which has yet to be deciphered since its discovery over a hundred years ago.

A New Jersey high school teacher allegedly offered to give students good grades if they sent him nude pictures of their genitalia.

A University of Michigan professor argued recently that the lack of women in textbooks has deterred women from the economics field.

Songwriters and publishers are set to receive increased royalties from Spotify, Apple Music, and other music streaming services, following a ruling.

Students at the University of Florida wore fake blood on their crotches this semester as a part of a protest effort to demand more tampons in campus bathrooms.

Facebook has announced that content from local publishers will be prioritized in users newsfeeds in an attempt to emphasize what they consider high-quality news, while also attempting to “build community.”

A Wall Street Journal op-ed published last week defends professor Jordan Peterson against a recent wave of criticisms and condemnations.

Texas banking regulators booted a so-called cryptocurrency “bank” from operating in the Lone Star State as such, saying the entity violated regulations and mislead people to believe it performed as a traditional financial institution.

A Michigan State University professor has claimed white people who practice yoga contribute to “white supremacy” and the “yoga industrial complex.”

A far-left extremist identified as Halimo Hussein led an “anti-colonial” protest after storming into a Commonwealth-themed London cafe with eight other activists who chanted that wartime prime minister Winston Churchill “was a racist”.

Several students at New York University in New York City sounded off on President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address before the speech took place.

Under the plans being discussed with technology leaders, the government would promote a 5G network but not own or build it.

Students at the University of Chicago are protesting an upcoming campus event featuring Steve Bannon.

YouTube prankster Arya Mosallah has been criticized for a prank where he threw water at people in public amid an acid attack epidemic in Britain.

Lisa Rockford,a professor at Broward College in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, has come under fire for an “art project” that involved using an American flag as a doormat.

Ten Western tourists have been detained in Cambodia after they participated in a pool party, accused of “dancing pornographically.”

While the 60th Grammy Awards heavily promoted gender politics, from stars wearing white roses as a show of solidarity with the #MeToo and Time’s Up anti-sexual harassment movements to the pro-Dreamers speech from singer Camila Cabello to singer Janelle Monae’s “Time’s Up” speech, only one female performer took home a major award.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has once again begun pre-selling items before they’re ready to ship — this time his chosen product is a flamethrower.