Computers and the Internet

June 22, 2021

A Los Angeles Tech Flex

LA Tech Week was a vivid picture of the city opening back up and a reminder that Silicon Valley is no longer the only game in […]
June 2, 2021

Modern Love Podcast: Catfished and Trapped in a Romance Scam

Listen and follow Modern LoveApple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher “My photos were circulating all over, creating new personas: a Chicago stockbroker, an Oregon park ranger, […]
June 2, 2021

Chasing TikTok Dreams in the ‘New Black Hollywood’

Going viral has become big business, and a group of young, ambitious Black creators in Atlanta is challenging the mostly white social media stars of Los […]
May 24, 2021

TikTok, the Fastest Way on Earth to Become a Food Star

Eitan Bernath, a 19-year-old TikTok star with more than 1.6 million followers, began posting cooking content to the platform in 2019. Like many Generation Z TikTok […]
May 24, 2021

A.D.H.D. Creators Are Spreading Awareness

Social media creators are helping women and people of color identify possible symptoms of A.D.H.D., a disorder most often diagnosed in white boys. “When I was […]
May 21, 2021

Welcome to the Space Jam, Again

Every three hours, every day, for the past seven and a half years, an anxious, spirited Twitter bot has transmitted a short message of perseverance and […]
May 4, 2021

Mr. Beast, YouTube Star, Wants to Take Over the Business World

Jimmy Donaldson, 22, a YouTube megastar better known as Mr. Beast, operates six YouTube channels with names like MrBeast,MrBeast Shorts and Beast Reacts that together have […]
April 27, 2021

Live Your Gay Millennial Pandemic Fantasy in Stardew Valley

In the farming RPG, I can enjoy a life of pastoral domesticity. IRL, I’m a lesbian urbanite struggling through the pandemic. Fed up with his soulless […]
April 15, 2021

Lil Nas X? Not Sorry!

Listen and follow Still ProcessingApple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher Social media apologies have become the standard celebrity response to internet outrage. But why do they […]
March 19, 2021

Ludwig Ahgren: The Twitch Livestream Subathon

Ludwig Ahgren will keep streaming until we all subscribe to his Twitch channel. But please: “Don’t use your stimulus check on me,” he said. Ludwig Ahgren, […]