(Photo: @TeslaRoadTrip)

What's an attention-whore to do when the press stops turning up? John McAfee had an idea: he gave two freelance journalists $2,900 in cash to follow him to the Caribbean and document his reunion with his 19-year-old girlfriend. [PandoDaily]

There may still be plenty of complex issues to be resolved before online gambling is legal in the U.S., but that isn't stopping tech companies from lining up at the regulatory gates. [NYT]

Kim Dotcom says Mega is "the Privacy Company." To that end, Mega is now accepting payment by bitcoin, and plans to offer secure email and chat services.  [Mashable]

After New York Times reporter John M. Broder wrote about the failings of the Tesla Model S during his road test along I-95, nine Model S owners attempted to create the trip. Four drivers completed the 353-mile leg between Rockville, Maryland and Groton, Connecticut, though of the five drivers who dropped out, none reported the battery failures that dogged Mr. Broder. [AllThingsD]

In the aftermath of Ecomom founder Jody Sherman's suicide—and word that the company is heading for liquidation—an argument that "'Killing It' Isn't Worth It." [TechCrunch]

Even Aplusk had a Dailybooth account. (Photo: Wikispaces)

Dailybooth, the original platform for gratuitous selfies, is shutting down. At least we'll always have Instagram. [The Next Web]

Remember when YouTube unleashed a slew of investments in branded content channels? Now it’s doubling down and infusing even more cash in content. Pity then that we can't recall the name of a single one of those original investments. [AdAge]

Spotify is seeking a $3 billion valuation, down from a reported $4 billion round the Times wrote about back in May. [Wall Street Journal]

The Brooklyn Beta Summer Camp--akin to San Francisco's Dogpatch Labs--recently finished its 12-week accelerator program. Adweek surveys the companies, the program and of course, the pivots. [Adweek]

Kim Dotcom's new site is finally live at Mega.co.nz. That whole Me.Ga didn't work out so well with the Gabon government, which owns the .Ga extension. [Mega.co.nz]

Who, me? (lolfed.com)

It's been a rough week in the roller coaster ride that Kim Dotcom calls life. The filesharing mogul plans to launch Me.ga, the next generation of the ill-fated Megaupload, in January. But TorrentFreak reports that Mr. Dotcom is now facing two new antagonists: The government of Gabon and a pack of hackers.  

Gabon's opposition is fairly straightforward: “Gabon cannot serve as a platform or screen for committing acts aimed at violating copyrights, nor be used by unscrupulous people,” said the country's communication minister, explaining his decision to suspend the domain.

It's safe to assume the U.S. role in the Megaupload fiasco was somewhere in the back of his mind.

That's not the only trouble with the domain, however. It seems it's been seized by a group of hackers calling themselves Omega, who told TorrentFreak:

“We’re pure in a diogenist way, we’re the true pirates, the true anarchists,” Omega told us. “Kim Dotcom is only taking advantage of us all, he is a megalomaniac with lawyers here to take advantage of us all, the nobodies, the artists he wants to profit from.”

They claim to be entertaining offers from all potential buyers, including Dotcom's arch-rivals in the entertainment industry.

We're starting to wonder whether this is all some sort of viral marketing campaign for the oeuvre of William Gibson.