Over 70 children die in Indian hospital tragedy, unpaid oxygen supply bill blamed

More than 70 children have died in less than a week in a public hospital in India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh, allegedly caused by a cut in the facility’s oxygen supply due to unpaid bills. Some 23 of the children, including many newborns, died within 24 hours on Thursday. The hospital, the largest in […]

Italian Band Soviet Soviet Deported from U.S. After Arriving to Play Unpaid SXSW Showcases

Italian band Soviet Soviet published a long statement on their Facebook earlier today about how their attempt to come to the United States for SXSW ended in disaster, when they were held at customs when they arrived in the U.S. on Wednesday at Seattle airport, and after four hours of questioning, were deemed to be […]

John Carmack sues ZeniMax for unpaid acquisition money

Oculus CTO John Carmack has personally joined the litigation war between his company and ZeniMax. He has just filed a lawsuit against the media firm for refusing to pay the rest of what it owes him for id Software’s $ 150 million acquisition in 2009. Carmack co-founded id Software in 1991, and it’s best known […]

Playing the Super Bowl Halftime Show: An Unpaid Internship?

There are many ways in which the Super Bowl halftime show is quite different from an ordinary concert: It’s once a year, it’s wedged in the middle of the most-watched sports event in America, and the NFL picks who gets to perform. Another key difference is that, whether the audience knows it or not, the […]