I’ve worked at Burning Man for years. This is what it’s like to build a city for 70,000 people and then have it disappear.

A "hookahdome" at Burning Man in 2009. Courtesy of Matt One volunteer who's been working and attending Burning Man for years shared what it's like. He loves the job and the fact that he gets to meet a lot of new people. The organization takes care to make sure attendees are safe, he says. This […]

Mars Bars and other iconic British foods might disappear if a Brexit deal isn’t reached soon

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Re-victimized by authorities? Indigenous women’s murders simply disappear, study finds

Hundreds of Native American women have been murdered or have gone missing over the years, and their fate remains a mystery as authorities are appallingly lax in keeping track of such crime victims, according to a new study. Of the 5,712 American Indian and Alaska Native girls and women reported missing in 2016, only 116 […]

The Gmail Offline Chrome app will disappear after December 3rd

Offline access to our Gmail is a feature that has come, gone and changed before, and 2018 will be no different. While Google’s announcement Wednesday that it will pull the plug on Inbox got a lot of the attention, it also revealed that the old Gmail Offline Chrome app would be pulled after December 3rd. […]

Barging into your home, threatening your family, or making you disappear: Here’s what China does to people who speak out against them

EnginKorkmaz/iStock, Etienne Oliveau/Getty Images, Samantha Lee/Business Insider The Chinese Communist Party has long sought to suppress ideas that could undermine the sweeping authority it has over its 1.4 billion citizens — and the state can go to extreme lengths to maintain its grip. In just the past few years, the government has attempted to muzzle […]

Fortnite Cakes: How to complete Birthday challenges before the disappear

Fortnite fans don’t have long left to complete the Birthday Challenges. The latest selection of Fortnite challenges launched to celebrate the game’s birthday on July 24. However, these tasks won’t be around much longer, and are scheduled to be taken offline on Tuesday, July 6. Based on the in-game timer, the Birthday Challenges will be removed at […]

Automakers Working Feverishly to Make Car Keys Disappear

Keys have evolved quite a bit over the last century. Most cars don’t require that you use a traditional key anymore, and proximity sensors take away the need to even lock and unlock a vehicle’s doors. While some of us appreciate the satisfying sensation of pressing a button or turning a key, it’s grown unnecessary. […]

Fewer than 10% of people in Norway use cash — and a senior official thinks it could disappear completely in a decade

Reuters The deputy governor of the Norwegian central bank believes that the country is effectively cashless. Use of physical money is incredibly rare in the Scandinavian nation, with fewer than 10% of transactions including cash. Cashlessness is on the rise globally, with almost 40% of Brits saying they can see themselves ditching the use of cash […]

America’s first climate change refugees are preparing to leave an island that will disappear under the sea in the next few years

The Independent In March, Louisiana state officials announced that everyone living on Isle de Jean Charles will have to leave. Where there were 22,000 acres in 1955 there are only 320 acres today. They are one hurricane away from obliteration. The evacuation is a test-run for countless coastal communities in Louisiana, who must all move […]

Google Chrome update – This popular feature will soon disappear, but there’s a catch

Google Chrome fans have been put on alert as one useful tool will soon be no more. Google Chrome is without a doubt the most popular internet browser in the world right now. NetMarketShare stats for the whole of last year show Google Chrome as having a staggering 58.90 per cent chunk of the internet […]