Computers and the Internet

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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October 14, 2019
Published by Niraj Chokshi at October 14, 2019
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Fortnite Goes Dark. Gamers Wonder What’s Next.

If you have an inconsolable gamer in your life, here’s why: Fortnite, one of the world’s most popular video games, has gone quiet. Since Sunday afternoon, […]
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October 4, 2019
Published by Luke Winkie at October 4, 2019
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That Music You’re Dancing To? It’s Code

On a computer, Sonic Pi looks like any other coding language. It’s a mess of numbers, parentheticals, punctuation marks and keywords, splattered over an LCD screen. […]
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August 8, 2019
Published by Tiffany Hsu at August 8, 2019
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Markiplier’s Work Diary: ‘I Find a Game and I Play It. Not Much to It.’

He’s being modest. (Maybe?) The YouTube streamer — who made a reported $17.5 million last year — has created videos that have been watched 11 billion […]
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May 2, 2018
Published by NELLIE BOWLES at May 2, 2018
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All We Want to Do Is Eat Junk and Watch Each Other Play Fortnite

Gamers are the new stars. Esports arenas are the new movie theaters.
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December 20, 2017
Published by ALEXANDRA JACOBS at December 20, 2017
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Yes Me Can

Advertisement The word “me” has suffered mightily since Tom Wolfe’s rollicking indictment in the pages of New York magazine over 40 years ago. He deemed the […]
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