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Ooh David, you bitch!

The financially troubled UK edition of WIRED is on pretty thin ice throwing around slurs about commercial sustainability, writes Milo Yiannopoulos.

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How the internet fuels small business rip-offs

Mark Riley is saddened by opportunists who are ripping off innocent punters with overpriced online marketing services.

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Introducing the Early Stage Investor Lunch

The Kernel is partnering with Adam Street Private Members' Club and entrepreneur Robert Loch to host a series of events exclusively for early-stage technology investors.

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Machines and memory

We are all digital archaeologists now, writes Robert Carroll. But in a world where nothing is forgotten, can we learn to forgive?

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The 10 sleaziest tech recruiter scams

What are the grubbiest, scammiest techniques most commonly used by tech recruiters? Mic Wright asked a contractor with fifteen years' experience dealing with them to summarise some of their slimiest...

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Tech Recruiters, Part II: ‘fear and loathing’

In the second of three instalments of The Kernel's tech recruitment report, Mic Wright names and shames some of the dirtiest dealers in the industry. Who's been busted?

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Habbo exposed as paedophile haven

Balderton Capital will return its 13 per cent stake in social gaming company Sulake at zero value after learning that one of the company's products, Habbo, is to be engulfed in a child sex scandal by...

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Money to invest in tech? Check out Colombia

Extraordinary investment into internet infrastructure by the Colombian government, coupled with a lack of interest in technology businesses from local entrepreneurs, is presenting a rich set of...

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SpinVox: the shocking allegations in full

Today, for the first time, The Kernel reveals the full extent of the shocking allegations made against disgraced SpinVox chief executive Christina Domecq during her disastrous tenure at the company.

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‘Who do I have to blow to get a Diet Coke?’

Milo Yiannopoulos reviews LeWeb London, taking in the sights and sounds, highs and lows and heroes and villains of Loic Le Meur's first expedition into London. His verdict? A terrific success.

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Laziness is killing online journalism

It isn't the internet killing journalism, it's lazy journalists, writes Mic Wright from his sun lounger.

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Charitable intentions

In the wake of several high-profile online appeals recently, Ezra Butler asks whether the new ‘viral hit’ model of charitable giving is a good thing.

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The start-up manifesto

Want to know how to work with start-ups? Mark Riley offers a twelve-point plan.

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Adam Street Members’ Club ‘to face eviction’

One of the crucibles of entrepreneurship in London is under threat despite thriving events, serviced office and private club businesses. Milo Yiannopoulos reports.

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10 apps with more users than Luluvise

It's time to stop bitching about Luluvise and judge it on the same terms as any other social software product, writes Margot Huysman.

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M8 Capital uncovered, Part I: false friends

In the first of a two-part series about mobile technology-focused venture capital firm M8 Capital, The Kernel gets to the bottom of an acrimonious row between M8 and one of its portfolio companies. Is...

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PeerIndex CEO ‘bought Twitter followers’

Azeem Azhar, chief executive of PeerIndex, appears to have purchased 20,000 Twitter followers.

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Uh-oh. I’ve been Mazied!

Milo Yiannopoulos has fallen victim to a nasty prank, placing him in a select group of new media types whose online profiles have 'had a bit of work done'.

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Why isn’t technology transforming politics?

Milo Yiannopoulos wonders when technology start-ups are going to start properly addressing politics, arguing that entrepreneurs need to stop shying away from the big issues and engage with power.

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When Piers is emperor, Rome must fall

The direct access celebrities get to their fans on Twitter provides them with a powerful marketing channel, but what about those of us who get caught in the crossfire, asks Mic Wright.

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