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The man behind Silk Road – a site on the hidden “deep web” where users can buy drugs – has been arrested. And he appears to have Austin ties.The FBI…

One of the dangers in using a stock photo? You never know who else has used it.That’s the situation the Austin School District is finding itself in. As a…

Update: The University of Texas System says nearly 15,000 people from around the world have signed up for free, online classes offered by the University…

Sure – Austin’s weird.The weirdness, however, extends past Austin’s musical oddities, its borderline-unhealthy obsession with breakfast tacos (431 results…

It looks like the 40 Acres can’t get enough of the Harlem Shake. Today, a local filmmaker set up at the University of Texas to film the third Harlem Shake…

Beginning this fall, the University of Texas will start offering free online courses through the non-profit organization EdX.The UT Board of Regents…

Internet memes used to stick around for months on end (remember "Charlie Bit My Finger"?). But in 2012, the shelf-life of an Internet sensation became increasingly fleeting. Funny videos and games are now enjoying only brief moments in the cultural spotlight before they're forgotten.

The worm has spread when users click on a post that denigrates Tumblr users. The infected post, encourages users of the micro-blogging site to "drink bleach and die."

The University of Texas System Board of regents voted unanimously this morning to join an initiative to provide free online courses to anyone through a…

The social trivia game Qrank (pronounced "crank") is no more.Co-founders and Austinites Rodney Gibbs and Michael Baird posted a message titled “Goodbye”…