Computers and the Internet

September 11, 2024

Mark Zuckerberg Discusses Meta at ‘Acquired’ Podcast Live Taping

In front of a packed house on Tuesday night, Mr. Zuckerberg chatted about his company, Meta, with the hosts of the “Acquired” podcast, as tech titans […]
August 28, 2024

Florida Removes L.G.B.T.Q. Travel Advice From Official Website

For years, L.G.B.T.Q. people planning a trip to Florida could turn to the official website for Visit Florida, the state’s tourism marketing organization, for resources on […]
July 26, 2024

What is ‘Brat’ Green?

When we look back on the summer of 2024, what will we see? Green. Not just any green, but a hue so affronting that fashion news […]
June 13, 2024

‘Brainrot’ Is the New Online Affliction

If you or someone you love speaks almost exclusively in internet references — “It’s giving golden retriever boyfriend energy” or “Show it to me Rachel” — […]
May 21, 2024

The Paperless Post Founders Changed How We Party

On an afternoon this spring, James Hirschfeld, a founder of Paperless Post, was at the company’s Lower Manhattan office surveying moodboards for digital invitation designs. They […]
April 21, 2024

Welcome to Scam World

Digital life is cluttered with bogus text messages, spam calls and phishing attempts. You can try to block, encrypt and unsubscribe your way out of it, […]
April 17, 2024

Rusty Foster Tracks Media Gossip From an Island in Maine

In a time when the headlines are dominated by wars and a divisive presidential campaign, the magazine-world rivalry between The Atlantic and The New Yorker doesn’t […]
February 1, 2024

Millennials Flock to Instagram to Share Pictures of Themselves at 21

The generation that rose with smartphones and social media had a chance to look back this week. Most of the photos are slightly faded. The hairlines […]
December 27, 2023

Why the Watermelon Emoji Is a Symbol of Support for Palestinians

The fruit has taken on new prominence since the beginning of the Israel-Hamas war. On and off social media, watermelons are being used as a symbol […]
December 12, 2023

Praxis Founder Dryden Brown’s Utopian Visions

When he took the stage at a conference for “start-up societies” in Amsterdam in October, 27-year-old Dryden Brown cut a rumpled figure, moving stiffly in a […]