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• Facebook is testing a keyword snooze button

  Facebook today introduced a feature that allows users to snooze certain keywords. When you don't want to see posts about a current event, or a show, or even just something you don't want to look at for a while, you can simply snooze posts which contain words related to that topic. First ...

  • Rachel Kaser

• Trump's anti-Muslim tweets may have caused an increase in hate crimes, study finds

  A recently released research paper shows the age-old adage about saying something nice is true, even in the modern era, and especially with an unconventional president. University of Warwick researchers Karsten Müller and Carlo Schwarz found evidence that suggests Donald Trump's ...

  • Bryan Clark

• LinkedIn is a hellhole and this Twitter account proves it

  Nuke LinkedIn.

  • Matthew Hughes

• Sorry Instagram, I don't want a vertical YouTube

  At first glance, a YouTube competitor that lives within Instagram seems like a smart idea. It's not. Or, it might be. I don't know. The move makes a lot of sense. Facebook-owned Instagram, according to a recent Pew Research survey, is trailing only YouTube in use among teens. Some ...

  • Bryan Clark

• The evolution of 'woke' emoji

  Some eight years ago, a collection of expressive little icons -- emoji 😎 -- showed up in our smart devices and now it’s ...

  • Guðrun í Jákupsstovu

• The EU’s disastrous Copyright Reform, explained by its lovers and haters

  The EU’s extremely controversial Copyright Reform -- which might introduce upload filters, ancillary copyright, and restrictions ...

  • Már Másson Maack

• You're wrong about how the internet fuels conspiracy theories

  Conspiracy theories are popular and there is no doubt that the internet has fuelled them on. From the theory that 9/11 was ...

  • The Conversation

• Trump's getting the Cambridge Analytica band back together

  Donald Trump's 2020 campaign will feature some familiar faces: former employees from the now bankrupt data company Cambridge ...

  • Tristan Greene

• Facebook’s data should be a public resource

  Vess Popov, an expert in big data and psychometrics, spoke at Brain Bar in Budapest on the future of data. In his talk he ...

  • Már Másson Maack

• Dear social media companies: Here are some ideas for your next products

  All these are surefire successes and I'll give them to you for a low, low price.

  • Callum Booth

• Snapchat now lets you clear chats to save face

  Ever said something really horrible in an online chat? Like, I'm talking a statement so lip curlingly uncomfortable that, ...

  • Callum Booth

• Crocodile snacks on internet-famous terrier after years of torment (Warning: Graphic)

  Luck finally ran out for a tiny dog in Australia known for terrorizing saltwater crocodiles. Pippa, a 10-year-old terrier ...

  • Bryan Clark