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Could Your Therapist Be Replaced with an App?

Could Your Therapist Be Replaced with an App?

While the field of internet cognitive behavioral therapy holds a lot of promise, the best mental health care still requires a human touch
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Angela Lashbrook
Apr 17
The Dawn of the Cyborg Journalist

The Dawn of the Cyborg Journalist

As A.I. increasingly infiltrates journalism, the reporting and consumption of news will change forever
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Thomas McMullan
Apr 17
Online Conspiracy Theories Start With the Young

Online Conspiracy Theories Start With the Young

Middle school kids love watching videos about supposed celebrity secrets. But does this set them up to be radicalized by more dangerous…
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Evan Selinger
Apr 16
How Hedgehogs Became Instagram’s Most Miserable Celebrities

How Hedgehogs Became Instagram’s Most Miserable Celebrities

Notoriously shy and antisocial, pet hedgehogs have developed big followings online
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Eliza Brooke
Apr 15
What if the End of Game of Thrones Is Terrible?

What if the End of Game of Thrones Is Terrible?

Problems in the show’s last season bode ill for its grand finale
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Rob Bricken
Apr 12
Meet the People With the AOL Email Addresses

Meet the People With the AOL Email Addresses

It’s not just Mike Pence and your grandma — a lot of people still use AOL and EarthLink, and pay for the privilege
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Charlotte West
Apr 11
Twitter’s Suspension Bots Are Out of Control

Twitter’s Suspension Bots Are Out of Control

An innocent account gets caught up in a bot purge, with no explanation why
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Lance Ulanoff
Apr 11
The Next Wellness Trend Should Be Google Spreadsheets

The Next Wellness Trend Should Be Google Spreadsheets

How focused planning—and color-coded rows and columns—can make stress melt away
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Angela Lashbrook
Apr 10
Sexual Health Apps Can’t Replace Real Sex Talk

Sexual Health Apps Can’t Replace Real Sex Talk

What a new service that purports to confirm users are taking HIV prevention medication gets wrong about relationships
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Lux Alptraum
Apr 9
The Efficiency Delusion

The Efficiency Delusion

Optimizing how we live, work, and play is embedded deep in the psyche of coders and American culture. But how much efficiency is too much?
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Evan Selinger
Apr 9
This Is How It Feels to Go Viral on Twitter

This Is How It Feels to Go Viral on Twitter

As the likes from a tweet passed 100K, I received love and hate — but mostly felt raw terror
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Erica Buist
Apr 9
Your Smartphone Apps Are Filled With Trackers You Know Nothing About

Your Smartphone Apps Are Filled With Trackers You Know Nothing About

The privacy crisis Apple and Google need to fix—now
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Owen Williams
Apr 8
The Great Smartphone Experiment

The Great Smartphone Experiment

If smartphones are a great big unknown, why are we so casual about introducing them to our kids?
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Matthew MacDonald
Apr 5
‘The Walking Dead’ Is Weird as Hell and Worth Streaming Again

‘The Walking Dead’ Is Weird as Hell and Worth Streaming Again

Ratings have dropped, but with a new showrunner and fresh foes, the zombies are worth revisiting
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Rob Bricken
Apr 5
What’s on Your Home Screen, Kyle Wiens?

What’s on Your Home Screen, Kyle Wiens?

The iFixit co-founder discusses his screen-off approach to smartphones
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Damon Beres
Apr 5
Apple News+ Is Damn Near Too Much of a Good Thing

Apple News+ Is Damn Near Too Much of a Good Thing

It’s easy to get lost inside News+
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Lance Ulanoff
Apr 4
Landlord 2.0: Tech’s New Rentier Capitalism

Landlord 2.0: Tech’s New Rentier Capitalism

By selling us hardware but retaining ownership of software and data, tech companies are treating users like digital tenants
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Jathan Sadowski
Apr 4
How Mindless Phone Use Ruins Your Relationships

How Mindless Phone Use Ruins Your Relationships

Whether you’re at work, on a date, or with the family, put that thing away every now and then
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Angela Lashbrook
Apr 3
The Machine Behind Twitter’s Strangest Promoted Tweets

The Machine Behind Twitter’s Strangest Promoted Tweets

It costs $99, and we tried it
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Sophie Kleeman
Apr 3
A New Dating App Thinks Video Chats Will Help Prevent Assault

A New Dating App Thinks Video Chats Will Help Prevent Assault

There’s just one big problem
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Lux Alptraum
Apr 2
What’s on Your Home Screen, Taylor Lorenz?

What’s on Your Home Screen, Taylor Lorenz?

Talking bespoke apps and ‘moon playlists’ with the tech journalist and meme whisperer
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Damon Beres
Mar 29
Social Media Is Making Us Numb to Tragedy

Social Media Is Making Us Numb to Tragedy

Is the collective horror of the world’s tragedies diminishing the weight of each individual crisis?
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Tyler Elliot Bettilyon
Mar 28
Apple’s New Strategy Erodes ‘Screen Time’

Apple’s New Strategy Erodes ‘Screen Time’

With a new focus on services, Apple abandons the pretense that you should look away
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Damon Beres
Mar 28
I Can’t Live Without: Calm

I Can’t Live Without: Calm

Why the blue meditation app works so well
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Kelsey McKinney
Mar 28
What It’s Like Using the Internet When You Have OCD

What It’s Like Using the Internet When You Have OCD

‘When I’m not on [Twitter]… I have literal heart palpitations’
Go to the profile of Angela Lashbrook
Angela Lashbrook
Mar 27
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