what were the 2010s?
Dec. 19, 2019
The Decade in Internet Culture, in 34 Funny, Stupid, Genius, Emblematic Posts Billions and billions of posts were published this decade. These are the ones that mattered.
The Characters Who Dominated the Internet in 2019 The VSCO Girl, the Area 51 Raider, the Wife Guy, the Too-Online Boomer, and more.
Gary Larson Hesitantly Logs On “The Far Side” has famously never been available online, until today.
The FTC Might Take Action Against the Great Facebook Mash-up The regulatory body sees Facebook’s effort to make all of its sites interoperable as a way of protecting the company’s near monopoly on social media.
just asking questions
Dec. 5, 2019
Lauren Michele Jackson on the Inherent Blackness of Meme Culture In her new book, Jackson writes about how meme culture relies on black users to push boundaries and innovate.
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Dec. 4, 2019
‘Am I Allowed to Say Baby Yoda?’: Rules for the Yoda Discourse One fun trick that lets you call Baby Yoda “Baby Yoda” without being wrong.
Facebook’s Privacy Tool Launched Months Ago. Or Did It? Despite promising access, Facebook’s “clear history” tool is MIA for most of the United States, with no clear release date.
We May Not Want the Cybertruck, But We Deserve It What are we to make of Elon Musk’s ridiculous new thing?
Google Stadia’s Terrible Launch Doesn’t Matter in the Long Run Terrible word of mouth is no match for the power of being the top result on Google’s search engine.
tech boot camp
Nov. 15, 2019
How to Kick Former Friends Off Your Streaming Accounts Password mooching is an epidemic. Luckily, you have the power to stop it.
tech boot camp
Nov. 14, 2019
Can You Create a Smart Home Without the Internet? Home automation is more popular than ever, but it carries a slew of risks.
just asking questions
Nov. 14, 2019
Star Citizen Creator Chris Roberts on the Future of GamingThe ambitious, perpetually delayed space adventure wants to be an enormous, meticulously detailed world.
How to Make the Most of Your Old Tech Just because it’s not cutting-edge doesn’t mean you can’t put it to good use.
tech boot camp
Nov. 12, 2019
Unraveling the Mystery of the TikTok ‘For You’ Page Getting on the ‘For You’ page is apparently the key to growth on TikTok. But nobody is sure how it works.
tech boot camp
Nov. 11, 2019
How to Build Your Own Personal Streaming Service With streaming overload on the horizon, it might just be easier to build your own digital media library.
tech boot camp
Nov. 11, 2019
How to Block, Mute, and Avoid Your Enemies Online Cleansing your feed has only grown more granular over time.
How Bon Appétit YouTube Videos Brought Back This One Weird Knife Fans inundated the manufacturer with so many requests that they put it back into production.
What Does Facebook Know That We Don’t? Facebook is, for some reason, making its name more prominent in its other apps.
video game review
Nov. 1, 2019
Death Stranding Is the Year’s Most Bewildering, Ambitious GameIt’s the story of a mailman who hikes across the continent to reboot the internet.
just asking questions
Oct. 31, 2019
Danielle Citron on Deepfakes and the Katie Hill Scandal The recent Genius Grant winner has been studying online harassment for years, well before it became mainstream news.
Twitter Bans Political Advertising Jack Dorsey thinks politicians shouldn’t be able to pay to give their ideas artificial reach.
The Real Reason Facebook Won’t Ban Political Ads The company has made it impossible for brands and campaigns alike to reach Facebook users through posts.
video games
Oct. 28, 2019
The Outer Worlds Breaks the Fallout Formula in Important WaysIt’s a game that feels like it is constantly adapting to the choices you make.
intelligencer chats
Oct. 24, 2019
Is Facebook’s Political-Ad Policy Really That Bad? Intelligencer staffers discuss whether Mark Zuckerberg deserves the barrage of criticism he’s getting over his company’s policy.
dorm room chic
Oct. 21, 2019
These Right-Wing Hucksters Have the World’s Most Hilarious Tech Setup The vibe: when you gave your parents a “Why I Should Be Allowed to Have a Nintendo” presentation in third grade.
The Zuck’s Speech The Facebook CEO’s speech defending his right to not do anything and take no responsibility misses the point.
Andrew Marantz on How the Far Right Took Over the Internet The author of Antisocial explains how opportunists and bigots took over social media platforms, and what happened after.
How ‘Spooky Scary Skeletons’ Became the Internet’s Halloween Anthem The 23-year-old track, from the writer of the ‘Golden Girls’ theme song, has become a mainstay of the Skeleton War.
Why the Top Spender on Pro-Impeachment Facebook Ads Is a Spice Company Founder Bill Penzey thinks it’s crucial to speak out on important issues. Facebook classifies a lot of his posts as political ads.
Zuckerberg Meets the Panopticon He Created Even in private, among loyal subjects, the CEO needs to act like he’s speaking to the public.
Is Kamala Harris Right That Twitter Should Ban Trump? Intelligencer staffers discuss the wisdom of removing the president from his favorite social-media platform.
The Ticking Time Bomb of Old Slack Posts Slack is a popular business tool for trash-talking competitors. What happens when two companies merge?
Goose Game GoodA new game has captured hearts and minds with its simple premise: being a very annoying goose.
the ttp project
Sept. 23, 2019
Gaze Upon the Terrifying Visage of Jake Tapper’s Dilbert The CNN anchor drew the comic strip for charity, and the results will burn out your retinas and scar your brain.
YouTubers Don’t Need Your Sympathy YouTube’s “content creators” want to be seen as scrappy upstarts hampered by the man, even if the reality is a little more complicated.
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Sept. 19, 2019
VSCO CEO Reacts to Summer’s Biggest Meme, the ‘VSCO Girl’ “A VSCO girl doesn’t define everyone on VSCO. Yeah, it defines a group that’s there, for sure, but there’s so many more.”
mobile gaming
Sept. 19, 2019
The Story Behind Those Bizarre, Incredible Lily’s Garden Ads A mobile game about gardening has spawned a mysterious and intriguing ad campaign.
data journalism
Sept. 12, 2019
Whatever Happened to Pooping Bottles? Charting the rise and fall of an infamous typo.
announcements
Sept. 11, 2019
How to Make Tech Keynotes Exciting Again Hardware announcements matter less in a software-powered world.
Why Apple Apps Regularly Outrank Competitors in Search The company says it is making changes so that its own products don’t bury competitors’.
cybersecurity
Sept. 6, 2019
Apple Downplays Enormous iOS Security Hole Found by Google The company issued a rare response to disclosures Google made last week.
Facebook’s Dating Service Is, Unfortunately, Made by Facebook The social-media company insists its new dating service is separate from existing Facebook, but instead, it is built atop it.
Mike Isaac on Travis Kalanick’s Downfall and Uber’s Legacy A new book chronicles how Travis Kalanick went from CEO of the world’s hottest start-up to the exit in just a few months.
Google Found Huge Holes in iOS Security (It’s Fixed Now) The discoveries pose new questions about how secure iOS really is.
Ex-Uber Employee Anthony Levandowski Charged With 33 Counts of Theft Silicon Valley’s most prominent self-driving car expert allegedly downloaded more than 14,000 files from Google shortly before quitting.
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