Computers and the Internet

September 10, 2016

Future Tense: The Trauma of Violent News on the Internet

Future Tense By TEDDY WAYNE “The world has always been messy,” President Obama said in 2014 after a string of doom-and-gloom news events. “In part, we’re […]
September 2, 2016

Modern Love: The Internet Thinks I’m Still Pregnant

Modern Love By AMY PITTMAN I found out I was pregnant the normal way: I peed on a stick. But I didn’t examine it right away […]
July 23, 2016

Cultural Studies: Hillary, Me and the Digital Divide

On Dec. 23, 2009, Hillary Clinton, who was then secretary of state, sent an email on her private server to her aide Huma Abedin asking how […]
July 6, 2016

The Male Animal: Internet Porn Nearly Ruined His Life. Now He Wants to Help.

Alexander Rhodes sat along a stretch of grass, looking out over the Allegheny River. The two of us were sitting in a quiet space on the […]
June 25, 2016

Noted: Closing the Gender Gap, One E-Battle at a Time

Judy Jetset walked around the bar at the Playwright Irish Pub in Midtown Manhattan, checking in on the 40 people she had brought together to watch […]
June 14, 2016

Scene Stealers: What a ‘Ghostbusters’ Online Attack Says About the Digital Age

Scene Stealers By BROOKS BARNES LOS ANGELES — The rage was immediate. As soon as the Hollywood trades reported that Sony Pictures was going to reboot […]
June 1, 2016

‘Text Less. Write More.’: Stationery Is Still in Fashion

By ERIN GEIGER SMITH June 1, 2016 For seven years, Nole Garey made careful decisions as a foreign affairs officer for the State Department, where she helped form policy […]
May 27, 2016

Modern Love: Putting Love to the Stress Test

May 27, 2016 Modern Love By JASMINE JAKSIC Several years ago, on a beautiful Valentine’s Day evening in San Francisco, a friend of mine and I […]
April 15, 2016

Cultural Studies: Every Day’s a Holiday (or Two)

Cultural Studies By PAMELA PAUL April 14, 2016 Call me a party pooper, but I did nothing this year to mark Pi Day. I baked neither a sweet […]
March 30, 2016

Disruptions: The Upside to Technology? It’s Personal

March 30, 2016 Disruptions By NICK BILTON As a longtime tech columnist, I’ve seen the dark side of technology. I’ve written about the privacy minefields of […]