Computers and the Internet

December 21, 2019
Published by Emily S. Rueb at December 21, 2019
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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 […]
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December 11, 2019
Published by Taylor Lorenz at December 11, 2019
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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 […]
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December 5, 2019
Published by Sanam Yar at December 5, 2019
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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 […]
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November 19, 2019
Published by Nathaniel Popper at November 19, 2019
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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 […]
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November 15, 2019
Published by Taylor Lorenz at November 15, 2019
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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 […]
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November 11, 2019
Published by Taylor Lorenz at November 11, 2019
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On the Internet, No One Knows You’re Not Rich. Except This Account.

In February, an Instagram account called @BallerBusters cropped up and began wreaking havoc on the flashy Instagram entrepreneur community. Its goal: To expose phony entrepreneurs. Using […]
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November 2, 2019
Published by John McDermott at November 2, 2019
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Those People We Tried to Cancel? They’re All Hanging Out Together

ImageCredit…Anthony Freda Katie Herzog was a largely unknown freelance journalist living in Seattle. Then she published an article in The Stranger about trans people who halt […]
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October 30, 2019
Published by Jessica Klein at October 30, 2019
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Did Storming Area 51 Teach Us Anything?

When Bob Lazar, the original Area 51 “whistle-blower,” emailed me late last month to tell me his thoughts on the Storm Area 51 meme, he wrote […]
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October 19, 2019
Published by Taylor Lorenz at October 19, 2019
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High Schools to TikTok: We’re Catching Feelings

WINTER GARDEN, Fla. — On the wall of a classroom that is home to the West Orange High School TikTok club, large loopy words are scrawled […]
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October 15, 2019
Published by Michael Gold at October 15, 2019
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Kickstarter Calls Itself Progressive. But About That Union.

Kickstarter, the Brooklyn-based crowdfunding site, has long tried to stand apart from Silicon Valley, seeking to portray itself as a socially responsible enterprise that cares more […]
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