Netflix's new reality show "The Circle" is basically the IRL version that "Black Mirror" episode where Bryce Dallas Howard obsessively ranks everything on social media to the point of extreme isolation.
Mike Winkelmann, aka Beeple, is well-known for his daily sci-fi art output. But recently, his art has morphed into something increasingly political and post-apocalyptic.
Unlike the real world tool it represents, the emoji's job is to convey the idea, especially at small sizes. It doesn't need to be able to swing or cut things. Nevertheless, let's judge them on that irrelevant criterion.
Cybersecurity experts have been warning about the emergence of digital disinformation.
The city is home to a land rush of "collab houses," where the content creators are getting younger and younger.
On Reddit, any kind of fandom can find a community — even those dedicated to hate-loving a sportswriter.
A YouTuber takes a deep dive inside the wacky experimental ASCII art-based game ASCIICKER.
A decade of squandered potential can be laid at the feet of those you trusted to create a democratic online world.
In the early aughts the internet was less dangerous than it was disruptive. That's changed.
Why companies are scrambling to update their websites.
The memes will only get better in 2020 (we hope), but these are the cream of the 2019 crop.
I can't tell you exactly what inspired me to review the 1,000-odd crowdsourced edits made to the "call-out culture" Wikipedia page, which is something that I, idiotically, recently did.
From Trump's impeachment to Baby Yoda, here are the most significant moments in culture and politics in 2019.
Please, make it stop.
The sole goal of the YouTube aggregator My '90s TV is recreating the bygone experience of channel-surfing.
Ironic Capitals and strettttchedddd
out words have allowed us to communicate our feelings in writing like never before.
It's 2020 — do you know where your content is?
Eavesdropping bureaucrats have been replaced by algorithm-driven facial recognition technology. But the real impact of indiscriminate surveillance may be in our minds.
As past identities become stickier for those entering adulthood, it's not just individuals who will suffer. Society will too.
The battle over Donald Trump's rightful place in the presidential tallness hierarchy has waged on over the past several years, without ceasefire, on the Wikipedia page "Heights of presidents and presidential candidates of the United States" &mdash an edit war so bitter and petty and senseless that only our current president could have manufactured it.
There's only ever so much you can control at any job. You make the things you make as good as you can, at which point they are not really yours anymore.
This girl got the biggest surprise of her life when she found out Bill Gates was her Secret Santa on Reddit.
Tracking down the editor who tracks every move the South Bend mayor makes.
Many of the platform's young stars are taking a break, but it may cost them.
On January 1, YouTube videos for kids will look much different. But will it be better?
For the week of December 16th, we have Uncomfortable Jay-Z, "Marriage Story" Dancing memes, and A Little Salami As A Treat.
Creative web design changed dramatically in the last decade, beginning with the death of the beloved Flash, and then empowered by the rise of AR and VR.
Though the "Harry Potter" author has been criticized for veiled transphobia before, her recent tweet makes it plain.
The funniest, strangest, stupidest, most genius and most unforgettable posts of the 2010s.
How does Facebook know that you went to Old Navy? Here's how.
A user by the name of Victoria sends me her menu through a Discord direct message. "Selling PayPal, credit cards and Amazon gift cards," it reads. "Price list below."
The internet is stuffed with rankings, especially at year's end. It doesn't have to be like this.
Understanding the Internet through Brexit, Jia Tolentino's "Trick Mirror," Russian politics and a sci-fi book from the 1930s.
A guide to how to keep kids safe from scary viral videos on YouTube and YouTube Kids, including a list of some best practices on limiting YouTube to the genuinely kid-friendly.
In a time of digital chaos, nostalgia for the old, "better" internet is an immensely seductive emotion.
Liverpool fans, get your act together. You too, Michaels.
How a warming world is sparking calls for a greener web.
What began as a simple way to show appreciation online has become the social currency of the decade, and there may be no going back.
30 years ago, Cliff Stoll published "The Cuckoo's Egg," a book about his cat-and-mouse game with a KGB-sponsored hacker. Today, the internet is a far darker place — and Stoll has become a cybersecurity icon.
Gary Larson's classic comic strip is finally on the internet, with daily updates from the archives (and rumors of new work).
We were promised community, civics, and convenience. Instead, we found ourselves dislocated, distrustful, and disengaged.
Tide Pod shout-outs onscreen. Flirtatious exchanges with companies on Twitter. Netflix may not run ads, but it has become a coveted marketing platform.
Dumpster divers say it's easy to list discarded toys, electronics and books on the retailer's platform, where just about anyone can set up shop. So we decided to try.
These moderators help keep Google and YouTube free of violent extremism — and now some of them have PTSD.
Social media may be riddled with harassment and abuse, but it's also become a safe and encouraging space to be fragile.
The former soap opera star and "Boy Meets World" actress opens up to Marlow Stern about her decision to walk away from playing "Disney moms" and enter the world of porn.
College student Liu Jingyao accused a tech billionaire of rape. Then the Chinese internet turned against her.
Prominent figures from Jacob Gottlieb to Betsy DeVos got help from a reputation management firm that can bury image-sensitive Google results by placing flattering content on websites that masquerade as news outlets
This decade, memes became something not just for a handful of internet nerds who lurked on message boards; memes are now for everyone. The online culture of this decade hasn't just changed the words we use, it's changed how we express ourselves.
The decade of the 2010s saw the rise of social media and the proliferation of digital tools that allow people to alter photos and videos. Here's what that combination brought us.
From 17776 to Hawaii 2 to Frog Fractions, href.cool collects the links that defined the weird internet in the past decade.
Yap is pretty simple. It's a six-person chat room, where every message you post erases the one you posted before it.
For the week of December 9th, we have Jameela Jamil's landlord tweet, Silver Kanye and "Marriage Story" memes.
A top executive at the nonprofit entity responsible for doling out chunks of Internet addresses to businesses and other organizations in Africa has resigned his post following accusations that he secretly operated several companies which sold tens of millions of dollars worth of the increasingly scarce resource to online marketers.
The travel site is beloved and trusted by tourists — a fact some restaurants are exploiting however they can.
The artist Nastja Säde Rönkkö talks about what life was like when she utterly disconnected from the online world for half a year.
LinkedIn, now in its 16th year, was built for a different era where professional ability was confined to a resume and recruiters served as gatekeepers between professionals and hiring managers.
From Baby Yoda to DaBaby to "Baby Shark," it's been a banner year for babies.
On the morning of November 16, 2019, we, the exiled Iranians, woke up and like billions of other internet addicts in the world immediately checked our phones, only to realize that Iran had been cut off from the global internet.
A publicly listed Chinese company has used a series of offshore shell companies to conceal their ownership of browser extensions that purport to offer a private search engine to users.
