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Tumblr’s First Year Without Porn

The engine of internet culture is chugging along, changed.

Kaitlyn Tiffany

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Meme Thievery Goes Corporate

The newest strategy for marketing to young people is stealing their jokes.

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How Do You Do, Fellow Kids?

The Washington Post just wants you to like its TikToks.

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The Mobile Dead Zone on Airplanes

Cell reception is bad after boarding because of the way airports are designed.

Christopher Schaberg

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What Happens When You Buy From Gift Guides

Every website wants to pick out your mom’s next cashmere sweater.

The New Ticket Scalpers Are Young, Unashamed, and Very Online

Hanging out on Discord with today’s teen-idol ticket scalpers—average guys, no bots

Kaitlyn Tiffany
Ruthless Quotas at Amazon Are Maiming Employees

This holiday season, Amazon will move millions of packages at dizzying speed. Internal injury reports suggest all that convenience is coming at the expense of worker safety.

Will Evans
A Big Silly Cybertruck

Can it haul stuff? Hell yeah it can. It also looks like a Pokémon.

Robinson Meyer
The Most Useful App Is Find My Friends

In defense of location sharing, the best way to make life into a movie

Kaitlyn Tiffany

TikTok Is Taking Over India

In just two years, TikTok has become India’s most downloaded app. Let the gold rush begin.

Snigdha PoonamSamarth Bansal
Google’s Totally Creepy, Totally Legal Health-Data Harvesting

Google is an emerging health-care juggernaut, and privacy laws weren’t written to keep up.

Sidney Fussell
Why Colleges Are Betting Big on Video Games

A small Pennsylvania university has only one varsity program: e-sports. Is this the future of college athletics?

Luke Winkie
The Zombie Storefronts of America

If retail is dying, then pop-up shops might be what replace it.

Amanda Mull

The Dark Psychology of Social Networks

Why it feels like everything is going haywire

Jonathan HaidtTobias Rose-Stockwell
How to Make a Website

wikiHow embodies an alternative history of the internet, and an interesting possibility for its future.

Kaitlyn Tiffany
Why Politicians Want Your Smart-TV Data

Your Roku or Vizio device knows a whole lot about you. All that information is highly valuable for campaign advertising.

Sidney Fussell
Free the Eggplant

Facebook wants to crack down on sexy emoji. It forgets how creative the internet can be.

Amanda Mull

Bill Gates’s Fortune Isn’t Going Anywhere

Even if Elizabeth Warren’s wealth tax were to become a reality

Ian Bogost
Managing Your Friendships, With Software

A slew of new start-ups want to help people manage their relationships the way they would sales leads. Should we be worried about our friends turning us into data points?

Kaitlyn Tiffany
Did Body Cameras Backfire?

Body cameras were supposed to fix a broken system. What happened?

Sidney Fussell
The Porch Pirate of Potrero Hill Can’t Believe It Came to This

When a longtime resident started stealing her neighbors’ Amazon packages, she entered a vortex of smart cameras, Nextdoor rants, and cellphone surveillance.

Lauren Smiley

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