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• Coding, hacking, vlogging — how tech is changing your everyday language

  Capiche is a secret society for SaaS power users, building a new community of people who care about software to make the ...

  • Capiche

• 3 concrete steps to learning a programming language

  Learning a programming language is stretching your skills, as a developer. It’s a new tool in your toolbox, too. With it, ...

  • The Valuable Dev

• The most famous DDoS attacks in history

  Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks are now everyday occurrences. Whether you’re a small non-profit or a huge ...

  • Adrian Taylor

• Getting started with Python APIs

  Talking to the internet with Python sounds scary, right? Fortunately, the internet has been in good hands for a long ...

  • James Briggs

• New AI tool detects child sexual abuse material with '99% precision'

  A new AI-powered tool called Safer aims to stem the flow of child sexual abuse content, find the victims, and identify ...

  • Thomas Macaulay

• This app lets you experience Mac OS like it was the 90s all over again

  One inventive developer has built an app that lets you experience MacOS 8.1 as if you were running it on a 1991 Macintosh ...

  • Mix

• A history of internet shutdowns in Africa and their impact on human rights

  It’s broadly accepted that there’s a close relationship between development and access to information. One of the first ...

  • The Conversation

• US unveils blueprint for 'unhackable' national quantum internet

  The US Department of Energy has laid out a blueprint for a "virtually unhackable" national quantum internet that could be ...

  • Thomas Macaulay

• India reportedly blocks websites of 3 environmental organizations

  Almost a week after multiple Indian internet service providers blocked search engine DuckDuckGo for a few days, websites ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• The evolution of home security — and the latest trends keeping us safe

  If you had to render an opinion, would you say the world is a more or less dangerous place today than it was, say, ten years ...

  • Susan Doktor

• Reddit bans r/The_Donald and 2000 other hateful subreddits because it was about time

  Reddit's r/The_Donald has long been a thinly veiled breeding ground for racism, misogyny, homophobia, and all-around bigotry ...

  • Napier Lopez

• What does President Trump’s 'crackdown' on Twitter do?

  President Donald Trump has long accused social media companies, particularly Twitter, of silencing conservative voices, but ...

  • The Markup

• Here’s why digital agencies must push clients towards accessibility

  By addressing the requirements of individuals with special access needs, digital agencies can help their clients achieve ...

  • Lucas Miller

• Chrome is testing dark mode for Google Search

  You might soon be able to rummage through the internet... but in dark mode. Chrome is testing a dark theme for Google Search. ...

  • Mix

• WHλ-7 YOU-R NλM-3 WOULD'-V3 BEE-N I-F ELΦ-N MΨS-K Wλ-5 YOU-R Dλ-D

  X Æ A-12 is already taken, but you can still ruin your child's life. This tool helps you figure out what your name would've ...

  • Mix

• Relive every episode of 'The Office' — only recreated in Slack

  Can you imagine what it would've been if Dunder Mifflin had Slack? If Michael Scott was to fake-fire you in a public channel? ...

  • Mix

• Facebook takes another stab at enabling 'free' mobile web access with its new Discover app

  Remember Free Basics? Facebook's ambitious program to bring people to the internet for the first time. It has a new baby ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• After weeks of virtual dating, I took my digital romance offline

  Virtual dating has served me well for weeks, but there comes a point in every relationship when you need to take things offline ...

  • Thomas Macaulay

• Sony is slowing PlayStation downloads in Europe and US

  Sony today announced it was making a change to its PlayStation downloads in the US, mirroring a similar change in Europe ...

  • Rachel Kaser

• How to keep your internet from slowing to a crawl while working from home

  So you're at home, working or just generally using the internet more than normal? Here's how to help keep your speed up while ...

  • Rachel Kaser

• PSA: Netflix isn't giving away free subs due to coronavirus — it's a scam

  Nope, Netflix isn't handing out free subscriptions to its streaming service due to the coronavirus outbreak — but hackers ...

  • Mix

• This coronavirus toilet paper calculator knows if you'll survive the quarantine

  Thanks to the internet, there's a tool that will help you forecast the amount of toilet paper you'll need to last through ...

  • Mix

• YouTube throttles video quality in Europe due to coronavirus

  Don't worry if YouTube videos don't seem as crisp and sharp all of a sudden — the coronavirus self-isolation isn't making ...

  • Mix

• Playboy goes digital-only due to coronavirus (and because print is dead)

  Playboy announced its upcoming Spring issue will be its last printed publication for the year in the US — and coronavirus ...

  • Mix

• The coronavirus is strengthening the case for free internet access

  The rise of social-distancing and self-isolation spawned by the coronavirus has reignited calls for free internet access ...

  • Thomas Macaulay

• Coronavirus petitions have generated over 3,590,563 signatures

  There are over 1,600 coronavirus (COVID-19) petitions on Change.org — and they've attracted a total of over 3.5 million ...

  • Mix

• AT&T, Verizon, and others pledge not to cut your internet off during coronavirus pandemic

  Many of the major telecom companies have taken an FCC pledge to not

  • Rachel Kaser

• Here's how to set up your computer to work productively from home

  Here are a few tips and tricks to help you set up your computer to work productively from home.

  • Yessi Bello Perez

• This 'pirate radio' pays for Netflix, HBO, and Disney+ so you don't have to

  You're the one paying for the streaming wars. Unless... you refuse to play with Netflix, Amazon, HBO, and co. — and get ...

  • Mix

• After 8 months, Kashmir finally lifts social media ban — but only on 2G

  After eight months of zero and partial internet, folks in Kashmir will be able to use all sites. However, restrictions on ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• This AI can perfectly dub videos in Indic languages -- and correct lip syncing

  Resarchers from an Indian university have developed an AI model for face-to-face translation in Indic languages.

  • Ivan Mehta

• The UK has no idea how to handle 'harmful content' — and that's bad for free speech

  The UK government is considering offloading its responsibility to moderate content to Facebook and Twitter — that's a terrible, ...

  • Mix

• Digital trends 2020: Every single stat you need to know about the internet

  Trying to engage with your customers online? Then read this

  • Simon Kemp

• You can now download 150,000 copyright-free art works from Paris' museums

  Paris Musées — a consortium of 14 Parisian museums — has uploaded over 150,000 historic photos online, entirely copyright-free. ...

  • Mix

• Brexit saves UK from the terrible EU copyright laws it helped create

  The UK’s decision is most likely good news for the internet, but we won't know the true effects of the EU directive until ...

  • Már Másson Maack

• Radiohead launches digital 'public library' of the band’s archive

  If you've ever spent hours trolling the web for information about Radiohead, today’s your lucky day. In a press release, ...

  • Georgina Ustik

• Oscar-nominated '1917' leaks in massive screener dump

  After an all-time low year for screener leaks in 2019, piracy 2020 is quickly shaping up to be a menace to Hollywood as '1917' ...

  • Mix

• You'll need 19 years and $139,346 to download everything on The Pirate Bay

  Have you ever wondered what it'll take to download the The Pirate Bay's entire torrent catalog? Well, someone did the math. ...

  • Mix

• Mozilla, GitHub, and Cloudflare appeal to Indian government over its online content policing plans

  Mozilla, GitHub, and Cloudflare wrote a letter today to the Indian government to see the final draft of intermediary rules ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• Tumblr’s literacy initiative wants to educate people on misinformation and cyberbullying

  Yesterday, Tumblr launched its internet literacy campaign to fight fake news and help young people spot other toxic activity ...

  • Cara Curtis

• Our favorite things on the internet in 2019

  2019 brought us some nifty apps, websites and tools out there that make the dub dub dub a bit more enjoyable — ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• 5 milestones that shaped 50 years of internet history

  Fifty years ago, a UCLA computer science professor and his student sent the first message over the predecessor to the internet, ...

  • The Conversation

• Just putting it out there: Ban Wi-Fi on airplanes

  In this column, “Just putting this out there…,” we write about the odd ways we engage with tech and the unpopular opinions ...

  • Már Másson Maack

• This cryptocurrency mining botnet uses Taylor Swift pics to propagate itself

  A cryptocurrency-mining botnet is infecting computers with an image of Taylor Swift to spread its malware as widely as possible. ...

  • Yessi Bello Perez

• The iPhone is now the internet's preferred porn streaming device

  The numbers don't lie: A lot of people are ditching their desktops and laptops, and watching porn straight from their phones ...

  • Mix

• Just putting it out there: Ban Wi-Fi on airplanes

  In this column, “Just putting this out there…,” we write about the odd ways we engage with tech and the unpopular opinions ...

  • Már Másson Maack

• Bitcoin ransomware locks 10 years' worth of government data in Argentina

  Bitcoin-hungry hackers have attacked a data center in Argentina which houses local government files.

  • Yessi Bello Perez

• Vladmir Putin is extricating Russia from the world-wide-web

  Tonight, if you live in Russia, it's time to party like it's not yet 1989. Soviet KGB agent  President Vladmir Putin is ...

  • Tristan Greene

• This YUGE font generator lets you write like Trump

  Someone's made a font generator that lets you write whatever you want in US President Donald Trump's unorthodox hadwriting. ...

  • Mix

• Bill v Bowie: How (not) to sell a tech idea

  The year is 1995. Bill Gates explains to a skeptic David Letterman on his late-night show why the Internet is “the new ...

  • Alice Bonasio

• Russia to pre-install its own apps on all phones, PCs, and TVs sold in the country

  Russia has officially passed a law banning the sale of electronic equiment that are not pre-installed with Russian software. ...

  • Ravie Lakshmanan

• Google finally takes a stance on political ads with microtargeting restrictions

  Google has announced a crack down on political ads that limits advertisers from targeting ads based on voters' political ...

  • Ravie Lakshmanan

• Iran shut down citizens' internet access following protests over fuel pricing

  Over the weekend, Iranians had slowing internet until finally the country’s internet access was almost completely shut ...

  • Cara Curtis

• Here’s why the internet will always have enough space for all our devices

  It seems that every five years, news emerges that the digital sky is falling in. Back in 2010 and 2015, rumors spread that ...

  • The Conversation

• We reviewed the hate tweets that 'dark mode' fans sent us

  We wrote an unpopular opinion article about dark mode that was, well, unpopular. So we reviewed some of the hate tweets we ...

  • Callum Booth

• Study: Social media to blame for declining internet freedom this decade — it's down to US to fix

  A new study published by Freedom House has blamed social media as a whole for the reason of declining internet freedom in ...

  • Cara Curtis

• Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey backs cryptocurrency startup after turning down Facebook’s Libra

  Twitter and Square CEO Jack Dorsey, who recently said his company would never get involved with Facebook's Libra, has backed ...

  • Yessi Bello Perez

• Facebook defends Libra comparing it to some of the 'most meaningful innovations' of our time — lol

  Facebook’s Libra lead has defended the technology giant’s ‘cryptocurrency’ project at Money 20/20 in Las Vegas.

  • Yessi Bello Perez

• CHEAP: Toughen up your data with a 1TB SanDisk External SSD for $179

  Welcome to CHEAP, our series about things that are good, but most of all, cheap. CHEAP! Imagine this, you're on a trek, ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• CHEAP: Yes please, I will take $200 off the 512GB Samsung Galaxy S10

  The 512GB Samsung Galaxy S10 is a great phone. It can do almost anything you'd want a mobile to achieve, and it's currently ...

  • Charlotte Dickie

• CHEAP: 12 months of Xbox Live Gold membership for $50? Press F to pay respects

  Look, playing online is part of the video game experience, and that's just got a lot easier with this sick reduction on a ...

  • Callum Booth

• Facebook now blocks Pirate Bay links — but you can still bypass the ban

  Welp, Facebook no longer lets you share links from The Pirate Bay with your friends ⁠— but you can still share proxy ...

  • Mix

• 91% of Russians would rather pirate than pay for content, survey shows

  A new survey reveals that only 9 percent of Russians prefer to stick to exclusively legal content, while the rest are cool ...

  • Mix

• Some Tesla owners reportedly got locked out of their cars because the app was down

  Connected things are wonderful until they fail on you. Numerous Tesla owners allegedly experienced this today as they got ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• Dark web dealer made to forfeit millions in cryptocurrency gets 70 months in the slammer

  A drug dealer ordered to forfeit millions of dollars in cryptocurrencies has been sentenced to 70 months in prison for distributing ...

  • Yessi Bello Perez

• Kink in porn site exposes the personal data of over 1M users

  A kink in adult site Luscious, which focuses on pornographic images and animations, allowed hackers to access the personal ...

  • Mix

• The Trump administration drafted an executive order to censor the internet

  CNN has obtained a draft of an executive order that could potentially censor huge portions of the internet. In an attempt ...

  • Bryan Clark

• Kazakhstan begins intercepting citizens' web traffic to 'protect them from cyber threats' (Update: It's canceled)

  The Kazakhstan government has started to intercept all HTTPS traffic from all devices within its borders effective July 17, ...

  • Ravie Lakshmanan

• The 'feral hog' meme encapsulates the best side of the internet

  The feral hog meme came out of nowhere, but means a bit more than many of the short-lived jokes beloved by the Very Online ...

  • Callum Booth

• How to find something to watch on Netflix, without endless scrolling

  Sure, Netflix is super popular. But it's not always easy to find something worth watching. Here are some top tips to help ...

  • Matthew Beedham

• The future of the internet is… streetlights?

  Despite its apparent omnipresence, the internet is only available to around half of the world’s population. Whatever estimate ...

  • Binary District Journal

• We've surrounded the Earth with surveillance satellites, but who is that good for?

  It was only on the fourth orbit, when the spacecraft’s orientation had changed, that they ...

  • W. Wayt Gibbs

• BBC: Russia is working on a Tor de-anonymization project

  Hackers have stolen a massive trove of sensitive data and defaced the website of SyTech, a major contractor working for Russian ...

  • Ravie Lakshmanan

• Mark Zuckerberg’s ‘new rules’ for the internet happen to benefit Facebook

  Facebook has outlined how it intends to clean up its content, making much of the fact that it has expunged 3.3 billion fake ...

  • John Buni

• Google wants to make the 25-year-old robots.txt protocol an internet standard

  Google has outlined plans to turn robots exclusion protocol (REP) — better known as robots.txt — into an internet standard ...

  • Ravie Lakshmanan

• The Wayback Machine can now highlight changes in copy on websites

  The Wayback Machine has a new feature called "Changes" that lets you compare two different archives of a URL, giving a side-by-side ...

  • Ravie Lakshmanan

• EU lawmakers need to look beyond the ‘top layer’ when regulating the internet

  Brussels policy makers could be forgiven for wanting to move quickly to regulate ‘the internet.’ Assailed by an avalanche ...

  • Caroline Greer

• WATCH: Craig Wright briefly forgets he 'invented' Bitcoin

  Craig Wright remembers something he read in the Bitcoin white paper. He probably remembers it from when he wrote it, of course. ...

  • David Canellis

• Facebook, Twitter and major social media sites blocked amid Liberian anti-corruption protest

  Telecommunications companies and Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in Liberia have restricted Internet access in the country ...

  • iAfrikan News

• China and India account for most internet users: 2019 internet trends report

  Mary Meeker published her 333-slide Internet Trends report Tuesday ahead of a presentation at Recode's Code Conference in ...

  • Ravie Lakshmanan

• The Splinternet is here and your company needs to be ready

  We are entering a new era, a battleground of sorts between nations, that some government and industry watchers have termed ...

  • Jeff Kim

• SpaceX successfully launches 60 of its Starlink internet satellites

  After a few delays, SpaceX finally launched the first 60 satellites under its ambitious Starlink project today. rocket Falcon ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• Meet Karen Wickre, the editor who helped Twitter and Google find their voice

  We often think of tech companies as faceless platforms; social networks where we imprint our personalities, empty documents ...

  • Georgina Ustik

• This AI-powered bot is learning how to tweet like Ethereum’s Vitalik Buterin

  Meet Vitalik Boterin, a new form of artificial intelligence that mimics Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin with alarming ...

  • David Canellis

• Why Snapchat’s new gender swap feature is problematic for many trans people

  You’ve probably seen it all over your social media timelines and stories this week — friends using Snapchat’s new gender-bending ...

  • Georgina Ustik

• Skype didn't deliver on P2P's promise, but Estonia has

  Skype was one of the bright lights of the P2P internet era, but failed to live up to its promise. It did make a difference ...

  • Callum Booth

• Buzzfeed's VP of AI: Surveillance is more than collecting data

  Companies all over the world gather a lot of data customers without thinking of the impact it might have on people in the ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• What's behind the curious serenading of cybercriminals in Nigerian hip-hop?

  Singers use artistic conventions to construct marketable music personas. However, that’s not the full picture. In the ...

  • iAfrikan News

• The SETI screensaver shows us what the internet could've been

  When I was twelve years old, I became obsessed with a screen saver. The screen saver pictured above, to be precise; you ...

  • Caroline Crampton

• Bots drove nearly 40% of internet traffic last year — and the naughty ones are getting smarter

  Bots walk among us.

  • Matthew Hughes

• EU proposal requires platforms to delete ‘terrorist content’ in 1 hour or face fines

  The EU's proposed terrorism regulation could lead unwanted censorships and will be tough for smaller platforms, risking further ...

  • Már Másson Maack

• Danish hustler jailed for laundering $500,000 worth of dirty Bitcoin

  Bitcoin is not as anonymous as you might think. A Danish man has been handed a prison sentence after using the digital currency ...

  • Matthew Beedham

• Tech companies still care more about AI and IoT than blockchain

  Blockchain might be the hot buzzword of the moment, but according to new research, it's being bested by the Internet-of-Things ...

  • Matthew Beedham

• Here’s why Cuba has painfully slow Internet – and what Google’s doing to fix it

  It's all about the cables.

  • Matthew Hughes

• Here's how much 'Bitcoin Twitter' loves presidential candidate Andrew Yang

  Cryptocurrency fans have a favorite presidential candidate. They believe his plan to gift $1,000 to US citizens every month ...

  • David Canellis

• 'Flat Earthers' are embarking on a bizarre journey to Antarctica to prove that YouTube makes you stupid

  A group of Flat Earthers are prepared to set sail on a bizarre journey to the Antarctic to prove, once and for all, that ...

  • Bryan Clark

• Why you should care about public computers disappearing from libraries

  We lose public computers at our own peril.

  • Matthew Hughes

• Tech companies need to do more to fight child abuse content

  YouTube has, yet again, failed to protect children online. Recent investigations by Wired and video blogger Matt Watson have ...

  • The Conversation

• Wallpapers cleverly hiding Samsung Galaxy S10's camera cutout are my favorite thing online

  Redditors are creating clever wallpapers to hide Samsung Galaxy S10's camera cutout and posting it on a subreddit. They're ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• People are slapping their babies with cheese because internet

  Very often on the internet, you see videos where you want to laugh, but know you shouldn't. Or you suddenly do laugh, and ...

  • Georgina Ustik

• Digital trends 2019: Every single stat you need to know about the internet

  We Are Social and Hootsuite’s latest collection of Global Digital reports reveals that internet users are growing by an ...

  • Simon Kemp

• We need to reclaim an open internet — tech founders should lead the charge

  Back in 1989, when British computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee laid the foundation for what would become the internet, he ...

  • Peter Mühlmann

• Sorry, I’m too busy planning our smart home to help pack

  A smart outlet review from a guy who is shopping for smart gadgets on the internet instead of helping his family pack for ...

  • Tristan Greene

• Shutting down the internet doesn't work, but governments keep doing it anyway

  As the internet continues to gain considerable power and agency around the world, many governments have moved to regulate ...

  • The Conversation

• Something magical happens if you google Rihanna and your birthday

  Seriously. Do it. Go to Google.com, type in “Rihanna (your DOB),” you’ll get… a picture of Rihanna taken on the ...

  • Georgina Ustik

• A nostalgic look back at digital music piracy in the 2000s

  A couple of decades ago - well before a $10 monthly fee would unlock access to virtually every song ever recorded through ...

  • Abhimanyu Ghoshal

• Why storing your Bitcoin private keys on Google Drive is a terrible idea

  The Coinbase Wallet has a new feature that encourages users to back up their cryptocurrency private keys to Google Drive ...

  • Mix

• Meet the man archiving the internet

  Back in 1996 when the internet was primitive, a couple of San Francisco-based engineers were looking to solve the problem ...

  • Georgina Ustik

• The fastest growing internet market isn't the one you think

  For a country that few people know exists, Western Sahara has had a uniquely tumultuous history. Its modern history starts, ...

  • Matthew Hughes

• Study shows we're spending an insane amount of time online

  On average, each of us spends 100 days of each year online.

  • Matthew Hughes

• Only half of humanity is online, how do we connect the rest?

  Internet connectivity is coming to be regarded worldwide as no less than essential infrastructure, and yet it's estimated ...

  • Jane Coffin and Don Means

• Why does Google show mysterious art when searching two random 4-letter words!

  If you type in two strings of random 4-letter words (like "fjdu apld"), Google Images shows some mysterious art. We tried ...

  • Callum Booth

• The internet has made sports betting easier, so Uganda is banning it

  President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni of Uganda has issued a directive that states new gambling licenses will no longer be issued ...

  • iAfrikan News

• Zimbabwe blocked internet access, so Anonymous DDoS'd the government’s websites

  For several days, starting on Monday 14 January 2019, Zimbabweans have been without Internet access. This is as a result ...

  • iAfrikan News

• Ryuk ransomware earns hackers $3.7M in Bitcoin over 5 months

  A squad of cybersecurity firms have tracked a ransomware threat known as Ryuk, which has collected over 705 BTC in just ...

  • David Canellis

• The strange zen of the data diet

  Too much of a good thing can be bad.

  • Matthew Hughes

• Here's why the DRC cut off their internet in the run-up to the elections

  Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) cut off internet access in the run-up to elections during December ...

  • iAfrikan News

• There's more to Bitcoin maximalism than meets the eye

  What exactly is Bitcoin maximalism? In this article, Hard Fork takes a look at what Bitcoin maximalism is, and what it means ...

  • Matthew Beedham

• Why your phone's notifications are the way they are

  The notification bell that was once used to keep us in the loop is now mostly used to bring us back into the loop instead. ...

  • Adrian Zumbrunnen

• The internet is toxic because humans are toxic

  No matter how well we code, no matter how convincingly we simulate and augment reality, there's no software that can make ...

  • Rob Howard

• The free internet makes us the product — we need to stop it

  The bad headlines continue to stack up for Facebook this year: from the Cambridge Analytica scandal, to the New York Times ...

  • Mark Rolston

• This sex-positive dating app connects people through their fantasies

  As with, well, everything really, the internet has changed the dating game. Just think how ubiquitous the phrase “swipe ...

  • Callum Booth

• Tumblr's porn ban slams the door on women and other marginalized communities

  After graphic images of child sex abuse appeared on Tumblr in November, the app was quickly removed from Apple's App store ...

  • Bryan Clark

• Reddit's data hoarders are frantically trying to save Tumblr's NSFW content

  After Tumblr announced, on Monday, that it was invoking the nuclear option to expel NSFW content on the platform, the internet ...

  • Bryan Clark

• November in Africa: Spotify expands and drones protect wildlife

  Too often in these monthly wraps we look at the negative side of tech in Africa, usually what governments are doing to milk ...

  • Tom Jackson

• I communicate with my parents via email... is that weird?

  Parents are weird — you love them, but also want them as physically far from you as possible. Until you miss them, or want ...

  • Georgina Ustik

• South Korea will trial a blockchain-based voting system

  South Korea is pushing ahead with a trial of a blockchain-based voting system. If successful the system may be rolled out ...

  • Matthew Beedham

• Your startup can’t beat Goliaths with tech — you’ll need empathy and vision

  If you’ve decided to disrupt – to look at old and unfriendly ways of doing things – then you picked a fight with the ...

  • Ryan Vanni

• Review: Ralph Breaks the Internet broke my damned heart

  Disney's just-released sequel to Wreck-It Ralph doesn't use the digital metaphor it constructs to say anything worth hearing. ...

  • Rachel Kaser

• How to perfect your digital copywriting

  Does anyone actually know what it means to be a copywriter in the digital age? Each and every day, a wave of ecommerce shoppers, ...

  • Carlos Cruz

• Fake e-cigarette liquid is putting vapers at risk — scanning technology could prevent it

  The technology created to prevent the distribution of fake e-cigarette liquid works by firing near-infrared light at a sample. ...

  • The Conversation

• This Day in Deals: Discounted laptops in honor of a brilliant computer scientist

  This Day In Deals is our new section where we share a historical fact and the day’s best deal – and try to connect them. ...

  • Deals on TNW

• This Google project visualizes the global effect of #MeToo's first year

  The #MeToo movement is one year old and Me Too Rising, a Google product, visualizes the movement's global effect from October ...

  • Cara Curtis

• Facebook is using your personal data, here’s why it’s fine

  When the Cambridge Analytica scandal came out, it did more than just shake up Facebook, it stirred the conversation about ...

  • Daniel Rosenfeld

• This Peruvian app is the Waze of preventing street crime

  A Peruivan app is helping tackle its street crime issue. Reach, markets itself as a Waze for street crime alerts users through ...

  • Michael Krumholtz

• Bans aren’t the answer to problematic social media accounts

  Popular social channels have banned alt-right conspiracy theorist and hate speech-advocates but this isn't the answer to ...

  • Jayson DeMers

• How Cuban innovators are bringing the country out of digital isolation

  Fifty years is a long time, and especially so under imposed isolation. Cuba’s economic freeze from the international community ...

  • Jeffrey Kitt

• EU’s decision on Copyright Reform tomorrow could be a turning point for the web

  The EU Parliament is having a final vote on Copyright Reform on September 12. The decision will greatly affect the final ...

  • Már Másson Maack

• Apple's move to shake up the newspaper industry offers little upside

  Apple is making a play at the publishing business. In March, the company acquired Texture, a subscription-based magazine ...

  • Bryan Clark

• Censorship machines removed my article warning people about censorship machines

  A few days ago, about a dozen articles and campaign sites criticizing EU plans for copyright censorship machines silently ...

  • Julia Reda

• Securing web sites with HTTPS made them less accessible

  In the middle of last month — July 2018, I found myself staring at a projector screen, waiting once again to see if Wikipedia ...

  • Eric A. Meyer

• Over 50k people have blocked Twitter's biggest advertisers over the Alex Jones debacle (and you can too)

  Alex Jones can't win these days. As the unofficial mascot of conspiracy theorists everywhere, Jones -- the man who answers ...

  • Bryan Clark

• Censorship in China

  China’s internet has always been heavily censored by its government. The Great Firewall is part of the People’s Republic ...

  • Cara Curtis

• Decentralized Wikipedia rival ditches Ethereum to launch on the EOS blockchain

  Everipedia is the decentralized internet's new encyclopaedia, now live on EOS - despite developers admitting its blockchain ...

  • David Canellis

• Blockchain bug hunters feature prominently at this year's Pwnie Awards

  Three researchers are up for Pwnie Awards this year after exposing critical bugs in popular blockchain projects IOTA and ...

  • David Canellis

• Bug in cryptocurrency platform Augur meant users could be duped into losing money

  A massive vulnerability has been discovered in the decentralized betting platform Augur, which allowed all data shown in ...

  • David Canellis

• GDPR is eroding our privacy, not protecting it

  It's been more than a couple of months since GDPR (the EU General Data Protection Regulation) came into force. The promise ...

  • Mindaugas Kiskis

• Millions of webstores can now accept cryptocurrency through Coinbase

  The new plugin enables WooCommerce webstores to accept cryptocurrencies through a user-controlled Coinbase wallet without ...

  • David Canellis

• 200,000 routers in Brazil were secretly hijacked to mine cryptocurrency

  Brazil has been hit by an elaborate cryptocurrency mining attack that infected hundreds of thousands of routers across the ...

  • David Canellis

• I tested this kid-friendly phone to see if it could protect me from pervs

  Being a kid in today's world is tough. When I had a rough time at school, it generally stayed there. Yeah, there were chatrooms, ...

  • Callum Booth

• Parents are shelling out $20/hour for Fortnite tutors and the internet is losing its goddamn mind

  In what surely constitutes a sign of the coming apocalypse, parents are shelling out up to $20 an hour for coaches to help ...

  • Bryan Clark

• Uganda is trying to ban internet porn

  It appears that Ugandan authorities are tightening their grip on how the Internet is accessed and used in the east Afrikan ...

  • iAfrikan News

• Open thread: Should Twitter users automatically delete old tweets?

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