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The Daily Dot

Mustafa Gatollari has been an internet culture writer for over a decade. He has a passion for connecting what’s trending on social media to solid research—helping to separate clout-chasing claims from facts.

Mustafa Gatollari

Woman realizes ‘secret sauce’ is only 4 ingredients. You probably already have them home

secret sauce

‘You just saved me about $ 6 for a bottle’: Woman realizes ‘secret sauce’ is only 4 ingredients. You probably already have them at home

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

Mikael Thalen

washington-times-hacker-ransomware

Ransomware group claims it hacked the Washington Times—hosts data auction on dark web

Grace Fowler is freelancer reporter and past summer media fellow with the Daily Dot. She&#8217;s a graduate of Texas State University, where she studied mass communications.

Grace Fowler

walmart-trick-interview-on-the-spot

‘I did this & got hired the same day’: Job seeker shares trick she used to get an interview at Walmart on the spot

Braden Bjella is a culture writer. His work can be found in Mixmag, Electronic Beats, Schon! magazine, and more.

Braden Bjella

wear-sunglasses-driving-in-the-rain

‘Might’ve just saved my life’: Driver shares hack for seeing road lines better in the rain

Disney Hacked

‘Every message possible’: Hackers leak data from nearly 10,000 internal Disney Slack channels

Expert reveals how to refill your car’s AC this summer for cheap

air condition freon

‘Yeah do not overfill your system’: Expert reveals how to refill your car’s A/C this summer for cheap

WikiLeaks' long-broken website spurs freakout that Biden got Assange to remove DNC emails in plea

biden and assange

WikiLeaks’ long-broken website spurs freakout that Biden got Assange to remove DNC emails in plea deal

federal-reserve-lockbit

Hacking group that boasted about breaching the Federal Reserve actually didn’t

Ransomware group claims to have hacked the federal reserve

federal hack

Ransomware group threatens Federal Reserve—claims it hacked America’s ‘banking secrets’

Melody Heald is a culture writer. Her work can be found in Glitter Magazine, BUST Magazine, and more.

Melody Heald

Woman talking(l+r), Raising Cane's sign(c)

raisin-canes-naked-tender

‘They always give you one extra’: Raising Cane’s customer tests hack on how to get fresh tenders

customer pour salsa on chips to ensure restaurant doesn’t reuse them

tortilla chips

‘You sure showed them!’: Customer speculates Mexican restaurant is reusing chips, uses ‘hack’ to sabotage them

SiegedSec (furry hackers) OpIsrael hack 2.0

opisrael

‘Tip of the iceberg’: Furry hacking group SiegedSec announces breach of 2 Israeli companies

Nina Hernandez is a writer, journalist, music critic, and culture commentator based in Austin, Texas.

Nina Hernandez

airport-delay-food-vouchers

‘No matter how long your flight gets delayed’: Woman shares how to get free food, drinks at airport if flight is delayed

Beau Paul is a freelance writer from Austin, Texas. Beau also wrote narrative and dialog for the gaming industry for several years before becoming an entertainment journalist.

Beau Paul

Chipotle customer tries kids meal hack for quesadilla with 3 sides

chipotle workers

‘The audacity of this girl’: Chipotle customer tries kid’s meal hack for a quesadilla with 3 sides. It backfires

Maya Wray was a Fall 2022 FOIA intern for the Daily Dot. She is currently a senior at the University of Texas at Austin, where she studies journalism in the Moody College Honors Program. She has written for the Daily Texan and the Austin Chronicle.

Maya Wray

the right way to brew coffee with Nespresso

nespresso watered down

‘Or just put the ice last’: Viewers torn over the right way to brew coffee with Nespresso. Have you been doing it wrong?

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