Computers and the Internet

May 12, 2020

‘Double Rainbow Guy’ Paul Vasquez Is Dead at 57

Paul Vasquez, whose ecstasy at the sight of a double rainbow brought joy to tens of millions of viewers on YouTube, died on May 9 at […]
May 6, 2020

How My Boss Monitors Me While I Work From Home

LONDON — On April 23, I started work at 8:49 a.m., reading and responding to emails, browsing the news and scrolling Twitter. At 9:14 a.m., I […]
May 4, 2020

Dogs in Chernobyl and Sheep in Scotland: Sampling Airbnb’s Online Experiences

In the Great Lockdown, two-way video has become our primary social channel. Meetings, parties, concerts, music lessons, exercise classes: Any interactions that can be adapted to […]
May 1, 2020

The Hunt for Moby Dick Moves Online

If these were normal times, Ger Tysk, a sailor, would be getting her tall ship ready for an expedition along the coast of New England. Instead, […]
April 24, 2020

How to Create Screen-Life Balance When Life Has Shifted to Screens

If you’re like most people right now, you are spending a lot of time in front of screens. This makes sense: In a time of social […]
April 23, 2020

7 Things You Need for Better Video Calls

I’ve been sharing my home office with my daughter for the past couple of weeks, and I cringed at her first few eighth-grade remote-learning sessions done […]
April 22, 2020

Wait … Is Twitter Good Now?

ImageCredit…The New York Times We spend a lot of our days chatting with each other about things we see online, trying to make sense of it […]
April 15, 2020

The Virus Revealed Our Essential Tech (and Weeded Out the Excess)

It has been weeks since the coronavirus brought our lives to a halt, shutting down our schools, offices and gyms. Stuck at home, we have had […]
April 8, 2020

What Does Wellness Mean Now?

Image We spend a lot of our days chatting with each other about things we see online, trying to make sense of it all. This week […]
April 8, 2020

With A.I., the Secret Life of Pets Is Not So Secret

This article is part of our latest Artificial Intelligence special report, which focuses on how the technology continues to evolve and affect our lives. Most dog […]