social media
Aug. 21, 2019
Why Celebrities Fall for the ‘New Instagram Rule’ Hoax Platforms need broad licenses to exist. That doesn’t mean users shouldn’t be worried.
Facebook Exacerbates One Problem by Trying to Solve Another In reintroducing human editors, Facebook is making it easier for bad-faith critics to claim bias.
for fc’s sake
Aug. 15, 2019
Amazon’s ‘Ambassador’ Program Is Hilariously Misconceived The program is meant to be damage control, but it feels like a hostage situation.
sent from my ifridge
Aug. 13, 2019
We Talked to the Teen Who Tweeted From Her Fridge After Her Mom Took Her Phone Desperate times called for desperate measures for one dedicated Ariana Grande fan.
deflation fetish
Aug. 13, 2019
A Brief Chat With Jan Hakon Erichsen, the Twitter Balloon Guy Knives, balloons, and plywood make a surreal and absurd viral video.
Facebook Is Trying to Protect Itself From Antitrust Action The company is integrating Instagram and WhatsApp more closely with Facebook to make it harder to break up.
toilet humor
Aug. 9, 2019
How TikTok Has Turned the School Bathroom Into a Studio The popular video service takes us inside the secret space of the high-school bathroom.
dongles dongles dongles
Aug. 8, 2019
It Sure Feels Like the Headphone Jack Is Dead Samsung, the last major holdout among smartphone makers, finally gives in.
What’s Up With ‘30-50 Feral Hogs’? A detailed hypothetical justifying the use of assault weapons has become a meme.
At the Fortnite World Cup With the Game’s Youngest Star Yet H1ghSky1, a.k.a. 12-year-old Patrick Bragaru, is too young to compete in the tournament, but still has plenty of fans.
man of the people
Aug. 2, 2019
Peter Thiel Makes a Nakedly Political Play in the New York Times Thiel rails against the Silicon Valley bubble as if he’s somehow not emblematic of it.
Twitch Star Ninja Quits Twitch for Microsoft Money One of Fortnite’s biggest celebrities is jumping ship and joining forces with Microsoft instead.
memewatch 2020
July 31, 2019
Let’s Look At NBC Politics’s Terrible Illustration of Joe Biden Signs point to this being Joe Biden. Other signs point to it not being Joe Biden.
Senator Josh Hawley Wants to Outlaw Infinite Scrolling Hawley’s newest anti-tech bill targets the symptoms, not the disease.
Facebook’s FTC Deal Won’t Change Facebook The FTC gave Zuckerberg a slap on the wrist.
Why We’re Running Like Naruto Again The Area 51 meme has led to the resurgence of an anime trope beloved online.
Why Instagram Is Experimenting With Hiding Likes The social network wants people to stop focusing on big numbers.
conspiracies
July 18, 2019
Democrats Find a New Bogeyman to Blame Their 2020 Loss On: FaceApp FaceApp, the theory goes, is a front for the Russian government because it is based in St. Petersburg.
The Labyrinthian Hell of the Prime Day Interface Even during its marquee sales event, Amazon’s website is nearly unusable.
What It Means to Do It to Em Feet apart, hands clasped, ready to do it. To who? Em.
FTC Fines Facebook $5 Billion Over Cambridge Analytica Scandal Wall Street celebrated the news, and it doesn’t sound like Facebook will radically change.
memes of production
July 12, 2019
Walmart Workers Realize Corporate Is Spying on Them, Retaliate With Union Memes A recent firing reminded the Walmart subreddit’s complainers that they can get fired for posts their bosses don’t like.
no this is patrick
July 2, 2019
la-li-lu-le-lo
June 28, 2019
Are These Quotes From Marianne Williamson or Metal Gear Solid ? Marianne Willamson. Hideo Kojima. Two great minds, linked on the astral plane.
shiver me timbers
June 26, 2019
Piracy Is Back There are too many streaming services. Something’s gotta give.
who has my secrets
June 24, 2019
I Don’t Care What My Data Is Worth. I Just Want to Know Who Has It. New legislation would force tech companies to put a precise value on user data, but it targets the wrong industry.
Are the Deepfake Fears Overblown? Intelligencer staffers discuss whether it’s reasonable to fear that manipulated videos will (further) poison the discourse.
Finally, I Understand Shaft Son Untangling the simple explanation for an initially confusing meme.
gender is a construct
June 11, 2019
College Student Uses Snapchat Filter for One-man Sex Sting A local college student catfished an alleged child predator by using Snapchat’s “gender swap” filter to pose as an underage woman.
gender is a construct
June 11, 2019
College Student Uses Snapchat Filter for One-man Sex Sting A local college student catfished an alleged child predator by using Snapchat’s AR lenses to pose as an underage woman.
Alex Jones Settles Pepe the Frog Lawsuit Jones will pay creator Matt Furie $15,000 to avoid a trial and further legal fees.
Is Google Really Skimming Billions of Dollars in Revenue From the News Industry? A flawed new study claims that Google is raking it in while journalism fights for scraps.
Google’s Video-Game Platform Wants to Replace Your Console With the Cloud The company unveiled an aggressive push this week to demonstrate parity with more mature console systems.
Is Apple’s New Privacy Feature Anti-Competitive or Hyper-Competitive? Apple is requiring its own login system to appear in apps that offer logging in through Facebook and Google.
what’s tim cookin’
June 3, 2019
iTunes Is Dead, Long Live iTunes Apple is changing the name of its signature (and reviled) desktop music app.
The Unifying Energy of ‘Same Energy’ Posts An improvised system for classifying and organizing the internet takes hold on social media.
Spotify Is Testing a Social Listening Feature The new functionality hearkens back to the days of Turntable.fm.
Pelosi: ‘Drunk’ Facebook Video Somehow Russia’s Fault The House Speaker called out Facebook for allowing the video to remain up.
philanthropy
May 28, 2019
MacKenzie Bezos Pledges to Give Away at Least $18 Billion The former wife of Jeff Bezos became a billionaire in her own right after they divorced and pledged this week to give most of it away.
Nancy Pelosi Slowed Down 800 Percent Is Hauntingly Beautiful What happens when you slow down audio of the House Speaker even more?
gross guy still gross
May 23, 2019
virtual reality
May 23, 2019
The Oculus Quest Is the Nintendo Switch of VR The Quest does pretty much everything a higher-end model does, without the hassle of wires and setup.
Siri, Are Feminine AI Voices Sexist? The leading tech companies all offer feminized assistants that perpetuate gender stereotypes.
how is babby formed
May 17, 2019
Snapchat’s Uncanny Valleys Are Its Biggest Advantage Over Instagram Instagram might have more muscle, but Snapchat biggest asset is its willingness to get weird.
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