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Is there anything more excruciatingly awful than watching grown men slobber and drool over the newest video games console? Turns out no, not a lot. Here's our uncompromising verdict on 40-year-old Playstation fanatics. More »

Milo Yiannopoulos has identified the sickness east London must recover from if it is to produce successful technology companies. More »

You can't keep a good woman down. In other news, former Tory MP Louise Mensch appears to be planning another tech start-up. More »

The Greek start-up ecosystem is finally beginning to take off, writes Dimitris Athanasiadis. More »

The Kernel has obtained the latest version of a dossier that alleges fraud and intellectual property theft on the part of Friends Reunited founder Steve Pankhurst. But all is not what it seems. More »

Jeremy Wilson gives a light-hearted overview of the most irritating people in the British social media landscape. They're not all 'trolls' in the conventional sense, but they could certainly use a light muzzling. More »

We asked some of Europe's most well-known founders, investors, journalists and other industry folk what they're planning to do better in 2013. Answers ranged from the predictable... to the profane. More »

One of Europe's top technology journalists has been forced into revealing he is gay, after a campaign of anonymous abuse. Milo Yiannopoulos reports. More »

Troubled social network Menshn is headed for the deadpool, The Kernel can reveal. More »

In Britain, coffee is getting expensive. More »

With help from our readers, The Kernel has compiled the definitive list of the best and worst personalities in technology, media and politics this year. More »

With tragic echoes of the Winklevoss twins' failed pursuit of Mark Zuckerberg, a group of 'fantasists' are chasing Friends Reunited founder Steve Pankhurst, alleging that he stole their idea.
• 120-page dossier compiled on Pankhurst by accusers
• £250,000 reward offered for information
• At least four private investigators hired
• Pankhurst strenuously denies allegations More »

Drug dealers may be a thing of the past: a new generation of iPhone apps claim they can 'unlock your subconscious' and 'change your perception'. More »

Louise Mensch's former business partner, who was revealed on Friday to be an enthusiast of 'jailbait', has been arrested in London. More »

Louise Mensch's business partner, Luke Bozier, wrote of his fancy for 'young girls' and 'jailbait' on multiple online forums using the nickname Nicholas Smith. More »

If they're ruthless enough to trim back the fat in their current operations, Max Slater-Robins says there's no reason why newspapers can't make money, by taking a few tips from blogs. More »

Milo Yiannopoulos on the rise of unorthodox university tuition fee funding methods. More »

Consumers are hyper-sensitive about financial security, so start-ups solving financial problems have to tread very carefully. Milo Yiannopoulos reports. More »

A new, data-driven cluster map of the high-growth businesses in and around Cambridge puts east London to shame. Milo Yiannopoulos reports. More »

A firestorm is about to erupt around a prominent London-based blogger, who has been accused of habitually 'groping' his female fans. More »