Summer Associate Allegedly Dismissed Over Wild Incident With Cocaine, Hookers

This is definitely a welcome vision from the halcyon Biglaw days of yore.

Non-Sequiturs: 06.30.15

* Justice Kennedy's writing style... maybe it's a little over the top. [PrawfsBlawg] * If you're looking for representation at the Supreme Court, go small. [Law360 (sub. req.)] * Marriage equality is only one more step for activists. Next up, fair housing and overall equality. Perhaps on the housing case, we'll get to hear Justice Thomas make some tone-deaf claim about how there's no need for protection from housing discrimination because gays are overrepresented on Bravo. [RH Reality Check] * Don't like the Supreme Court's ruling in Obergefell? Why propose a constitutional amendment when you can propose a new constitutional convention? Runaway Con-Con! [Ab Initio] * A linguistic analysis of jiggery-pokery and the prose of Antonin Scalia. [The Chronicle of Higher Education] * A jury cleared the University of Iowa College of Law of "political discrimination" when it passed over conservative Teresa Manning's application to join the faculty.[Associated Press via ABC News] * Everyone in New York received an Amber Alert over their phones earlier today. Did anyone crash their cars when their phone started screeching with sounds it had never blared before? [New York Personal Injury Law Blog]

YouTube Brings 60fps Video Streams To Its Android And iOS Apps

Over the last few months, Google’s YouTube launched both 60fps video on the desktop and — later — for live video streams. Starting today, you can also watch the service’s smooth 60fps videos in its iOS and Android apps. Read More

Founder Stories: Webflow’s Y Combinator Journey

Watch Sergie Magdalin, the co-founder and creative director of the visual website building toolkit for professionals, Webflow, discuss some of his harrowing early days as an entrepreneur. Since raising funding at Y Combinator’s demo day, Webflow has acquired over 275,000 users, including Groupon, The New York Times, MasterCard, and others. But things weren’t always so easy for… Read More

Sign Up To Volunteer At Disrupt SF

Do you like to get your hands dirty and want to be a part of the best startup show in tech? If so, you should sign up to be a TechCrunch Work Exchange Volunteer at Disrupt San Francisco 2015. We’re happy to announce that we have now started accepting applications to the Work Exchange, and welcome all those who want to be a part of the show. Read More

Zuck Details How Artificial Intelligence Will Show You The Perfect Facebook Posts

What’s Facebook working on in its three AI labs? A way to understand exactly what you share so it can serve that content to people with matching interests. Today in a public Q&A on his Facebook Page, CEO Mark Zuckerberg gave a closer look at why Facebook is investing in AI, as well as detailing his philosophy on happiness, exercise and the future of the company. At the end of 2013… Read More

How we developed a black woman protagonist who mattered

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Microsoft Drops Another Windows 10 Build

Today, Microsoft released another Windows 10 build for PC, numbered 10159. The company indicated that it is similar to yesterday’s release, with one change aside from normal bug fixes. According to Neowin’s Brad Sams, the operating system iteration contains a new desktop background. Read More

VMware Agrees To Pay $75.5M To Settle Illegal Pricing Allegations

In a significant settlement that could embolden American employees who witness company misconduct, VMware and government contractor Carahsoft Technology Corporation agreed to pay the $75.5 million today to settle illegal pricing allegations. The Department of Justice accused the companies of violating the Fair Claims Act and overcharging the government, in a case brought in conjunction with… Read More

Charlie Brown, 1958 misogynist

Peanuts went downhill after Snoopy became a biped.