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Mikael Thalen is a tech and security reporter covering social media, data breaches, hackers, and more.

Mikael Thalen

New Alexa skill lets you sing with Queen’s Freddie Mercury

Nahila Bonfiglio reports on geek culture and gaming. Her work has also appeared on KUT&#8217;s Texas Standard (Austin), KPAC-FM (San Antonio), and the Daily Texan.

Nahila Bonfiglio

Charlie Kirk’s love of U.S. healthcare system put to the test after back problems

Caitlin Moore has been watching anime since a two-episode VHS cost $30. She writes for her own blog, I Have a Heroine Problem; writes, edits, and podcasts for Anime Feminist; and travels to anime conventions doing panels about shoujo manga.

Caitlin Moore

‘Carmen Sandiego’ reinvents its thieving protagonist as a role model action hero

Josh Katzowitz is a former staff writer at the Daily Dot specializing in YouTube and boxing. His work has appeared in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and Los Angeles Times. A longtime sports writer, he&#8217;s covered the NFL for CBSSports.com and boxing for Forbes. His work has been noted twice in the Best American Sports Writing book series.

Josh Katzowitz

Twitch user banned after telling woman to ‘kill yourself’ during stream

Dash Cam Owners Australia YouTube copyright claims

Popular YouTube channel in danger of disappearing because of copyright claims

Samira Sadeque is a New York-based journalist reporting on immigration and mental health, and will sometimes write about memes and dinosaurs too. Her work also appears in Reuters, NPR, and NBC among other publications. She graduated from Columbia Journalism School, and her work has been nominated for SAJA awards.

Samira Sadeque

Producer of anti-abortion film says Facebook refuses to run his ads

Ellen Ioanes is a former FOIA reporter at the Daily Dot. She is a graduate of Columbia Journalism School, and her work has appeared in the Guardian, the Center for Public Integrity, HuffPost India, and more.

Ellen Ioanes

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Leave Me Alurn is the ‘SNL’ product we wish existed in real life

David Covucci was the senior politics and technology editor at the Daily Dot, covering the nexus between Washington and Silicon Valley. His work has appeared in Vice, the Huffington Post, Jezebel, Gothamist, and other publications.

David Covucci

Congressmen held genetics meeting with Chuck Johnson, despite his past racist claims about genetics

Disney files copyright claim on YouTuber’s Darth Vader film—and the creator is devastated

The internet blasts Logan Paul after he says he’ll ‘go gay’ for a month

DaddyOFive parents get reduced sentence for child neglect

Entertainment

KSI’s reaction video to his roasting is brutally hilarious

Tiffany Kelly was the culture editor at Daily Dot. Previously, she worked at Ars Technica and Wired. Her writing has appeared in several other print and online publications, including the Los Angeles Times, Popular Mechanics, and GQ.