Computers and the Internet

September 16, 2022

For Gen Z, TikTok Is the New Search Engine

When Ja’Kobi Moore decided to apply this year to a private high school in her hometown of New Orleans, she learned that she needed at least […]
September 1, 2022

An Apple Watch for Your 5-Year-Old? More Parents Say Yes.

Florian Fangohr waffled for about a year over whether to buy an Apple Watch SE as a gift. The smart watch cost $279, and he worried […]
July 20, 2022

C’mon, Apple: Be the New New Celine

With the metaverse looming, a shift in designer could make a big difference. So Jony Ive, the former Apple chief design officer and consultant, and the […]
July 7, 2022

Expert GeoGuessr Players Know That Google Maps Spot Instantly

In a game called GeoGuessr, competitors try to pinpoint where in the world a Google Street View image has been taken. Some can do it in […]
June 29, 2022

These TikTok Creators Are Fighting Health Myths

Meet the medical experts fighting bogus science, one “stitch” at a time. “I’m willing to bet you know at least one girl that’s using steroids every […]
June 23, 2022

The Rise of the 0.5 Selfie

Julia Herzig, a 22-year-old from Larchmont, N.Y., has “an obsession.” It’s with taking a new kind of selfie — one that doesn’t exactly conform. In some […]
June 3, 2022

‘This Pride Month I’m Partnering With’ Memes Are Coming Out Strong

Online, the L.G.B.T.Q. community is having fun with the corporate sponsorship of Pride month and the influencers who take part in those campaigns. June 1 marks […]
May 27, 2022

How Influencers Hype Crypto, Without Disclosing Their Financial Ties

Logan Paul had a message for his six million Twitter followers: He was “all in” on a new cryptocurrency called Dink Doink. According to the project’s […]
May 26, 2022

TikTok’s Amber Heard Hate Machine

Television turned the celebrity trial into a 24-hour tabloid spectacle. Social media made it into a sport. I did not follow the defamation trial between Johnny […]
May 11, 2022

How to ‘Romanticize Your Life’

A trend that took off early in the pandemic encourages people to appreciate life’s simple pleasures, a philosophy that resonates just as strongly two years later. […]