Computers and the Internet

February 14, 2020

How My Worst Date Ever Became My Best

According to Rich’s Bumble profile, he was fit, with a head of mussed silver curls, divorced and, like me, almost an empty nester. At 58, I […]
February 11, 2020

All Your Favorite Brands, From BSTOEM to ZGGCD

Maybe it’s cold, and you need some winter gloves. You know the brand of your favorite coat and remember who made your warmest sweater. Gloves, however, […]
January 31, 2020

Doctors on TikTok Try to Go Viral

For decades, sex education in the classroom could be pretty cringey. For some adolescents, it meant a pitch for abstinence; others watched their teachers put condoms […]
January 30, 2020

How to Run a Business in 2020

In recent years, stars have lent their names to all kinds of sneaker collaborations. Puma had Rihanna. Reebok had Gigi Hadid. Adidas had Kanye West. Nike […]
January 3, 2020

Hype House and the Los Angeles TikTok Mansion Gold Rush

LOS ANGELES — Hype House, the physical location of a new content creator collective, is a Spanish-style mansion perched at the top of a hill on […]
December 21, 2019

Trying to Reach the North Pole? Check Your Wi-Fi

When Alan Kerr’s daughters confessed that they no longer believed in Santa Claus, he shared a confession of his own. “I told them the truth,” he […]
December 11, 2019

This Is Not About How Young People Use Tech

How do New York Times journalists use technology in their jobs and in their personal lives? Taylor Lorenz, an internet culture reporter, discussed the tech she’s […]
December 5, 2019

Palettes Are What Every Teen Wants for the Holidays

In early November, teenagers across America were sent into a frenzy over makeup. Two popular YouTubers with tens of millions of followers between them had been […]
November 19, 2019

How a Gig Worker Revolt Begins

Until last week, Li Zilles was one of the many nameless and faceless contractors toiling in the bowels of the internet, providing online services that might […]
November 15, 2019

Can FaZe Clan Build a Billion-Dollar Business?

LOS ANGELES — FaZe Clan could be called a media company, or an esports team, or an influencer marketing agency, or all of the above. “Something […]