Our weekly roundup of the good, the bad, and the ugly on the 'net. See last week's here.Google+ now has “Communities,” which is basically Facebook Groups. The company also announced new stats: 500 million accounts, 235 million using Google+ features of some sort and 135 million actually using the newsfeed.“Poor, but sexy” Berlin has become Europe’s tech capital thanks to cheap rent and a young trendy population. “Berlin is punk meeting tech," says SoundCloud co-founder Swedish-born Eric Wahlforss, one of the founders of SoundCloud.The vote was basically unanimous."Who the hell is Al Walser?"Where hackers lock your computer with a virus and promise to sell you back the access for a steep fine. The worst part? They usually don’t unlock it, even if you pay.
Ouch.You can sleep in his arms, go out for a date, or even have him clean your apartment. Just nothing sexual.This site simulates the birth and death of Americans across the country in real-time.Something the Chinese people found quite amusing.Sort of.
ONE: SNEAKER SPEAKERS!
ONE: Google+ gets an update
ONE: The Silicon Valley of Europe
ONE: Neil Gaiman and Neil deGrasse Tyson talk dirty
ZERO: Congress voted to remove the word “lunatic” from federal law, while keeping “idiot”
ONE: The bizarre story of Liechtenstein's first Grammy nominee
ZERO: The rise of ransomware
ONE: This delorean taxi