Yesterday, a bunch of America's leading tech sector executives met with US President Barack Obama. They were meant to be talking about the failure of Heathcare.gov, but things got really interesting when the conversation moved onto the fate of NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden. » 12/18/13 6:00pm 12/18/13 6:00pm

The iPhone 5S is out, and Late Night host Jimmy Fallon didn't hesitate to show off some of his favorite new apps: Photobama, Miley Cyrus Fly Catcher, Axl Rose Relaxation Tapes and Wax Alan Rickman. » 11/05/13 7:40am 11/05/13 7:40am

Last night, an Australian TV commercial for the Wii U came on. My wife looked at it, then at me, then back at it, then at our Wii, before finally asking "wait, don't we have a Wii? What's this?" » 11/30/12 1:00am 11/30/12 1:00am

As Curiosity settles into its second day out in the wide world, players worldwide keep tapping away at the massive cube inside. » 11/07/12 11:00am 11/07/12 11:00am

When Barack Obama was sworn in for his first term, a small Japanese town was overjoyed. Women danced the hula at the local temple, and the town readied a slew of I Love Obama t-shirts, stickers and flags.

Why was this small town of 30,000 people who could not vote in the U.S. presidential election so happy? Because… » 11/07/12 5:00am 11/07/12 5:00am

President Barack Obama basically annihilated Mitt Romney in a new poll in the key swing state of Ohio. Too bad for Obama that the vote only involved players of the online game Maple Story. » 11/06/12 4:15pm 11/06/12 4:15pm

Tonight, President Obama squared off against Governor Romney. Did either win one hundred percent of the debate? What about 47 percent? Oh, the suspense! » 10/17/12 5:00am 10/17/12 5:00am

It's been a long road to the presidential election, which is less than a month away at this point. In case you've forgotten how tense and occasionally absurd the talking points and the personas of this political cycle have been, news website Slate has been recapping 2012's highs and lows with a series of… » 10/08/12 2:30pm 10/08/12 2:30pm

It's that time of year again, here in the United States: the presidential election, and the seemingly interminable campaign for it, are everywhere. Of course, even though the election isn't until November, when you look back to the primary season, the campaign began well into last year. And Slate has taken to a video… » 10/01/12 6:00pm 10/01/12 6:00pm

Here's Rachel Maddow with one of the most ham-fisted video game references so far this election season. Hopefully we'll get more and more Atari references as we get closer to November. Something something Obama something something Commodore-64 something something health-care mandate. » 9/25/12 6:30pm 9/25/12 6:30pm

Or the Chicago Bulls. Or Golden State Warriors. Or any team in NBA 2K12's Association or My Player modes, as Reddit user soadfan09 discovered today. » 5/25/12 6:00pm 5/25/12 6:00pm

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The line between gaming and reality blurs as the President and members of his security team watch the hunt for Osama reach its long-awaited conclusion. » 5/02/11 6:00pm 5/02/11 6:00pm