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Apple’s Malicious Compliance with Charger Regulations

Apple’s Malicious Compliance with Charger Regulations

The European Commission is about to force vendors to standardize connectors. But will Apple add USB-C to the iPhone?
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Simon Pitt
The Prototype for Clubhouse Is 40 Years Old, and It Was Built by Phone Hackers

The Prototype for Clubhouse Is 40 Years Old, and It Was Built by Phone Hackers

In the late 1970s, hackers forged a social media network using the dominant audio tech of the time — the telephone
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Claire L. Evans
It’s Impossible to Keep Your Baby off the Internet

It’s Impossible to Keep Your Baby off the Internet

Hours after a baby is born, its internet presence begins — no matter what we try to do to stop it
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Mike Pearl
I Confronted Instagram Scammers About Their Plot to Steal Blue-Check Accounts

I Confronted Instagram Scammers About Their Plot to Steal Blue-Check Accounts

Here’s what I learned DM’ing with fake copyright phishers
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Peter Slattery
Predicting the Future of Messaging With WhatsApp Head Will Cathcart

Predicting the Future of Messaging With WhatsApp Head Will Cathcart

What happens next with the 2 billion-plus user messaging app, and the company that runs it
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Alex Kantrowitz
A Couple Bucks and a Few Hundred Follows: A Viral Tweet Isn’t Worth Much

A Couple Bucks and a Few Hundred Follows: A Viral Tweet Isn’t Worth Much

Going viral on Twitter feels good, but it doesn’t pay
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Zulie Rane
Nextdoor Has Stopped Recommending Political Groups to Users

Nextdoor Has Stopped Recommending Political Groups to Users

Another social network slowly backs away from political groups after the U.S. Capitol riot
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Will Oremus
3G Could End This Year. For People Who Rely on Basic Phones, That’s a Big Problem.

3G Could End This Year. For People Who Rely on Basic Phones, That’s a Big Problem.

Some rural residents, religious communities, and people who just like simple phones are still reliant on the vanishing network
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Hannah Frishberg
Mozilla Took the Internet’s Vitals. And the Results Are Concerning.

Mozilla Took the Internet’s Vitals. And the Results Are Concerning.

2020 was a big year for the internet. As Covid-19 spread worldwide and many countries descended into monthslong lockdowns, much of daily…
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Thomas Smith
‘I Love You, Sweetheart’: Meet the Redditors Who Will Role-Play as Your Mom and Dad Online

‘I Love You, Sweetheart’: Meet the Redditors Who Will Role-Play as Your Mom and Dad Online

On forums like r/MomForAMinute, people pretend to be the family members who may be missing from others’ lives
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Jack Needham
How to Spot Social Media Misinformation on Election Day

How to Spot Social Media Misinformation on Election Day

(And every other day, too)
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Will Oremus
The First Online Wedding Happened in 1876

The First Online Wedding Happened in 1876

Love endures even the craziest of circumstances
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Thomas Smith
Your Teenage Email Account Is a Lost Time Capsule

Your Teenage Email Account Is a Lost Time Capsule

If you lose access to virtual memory spaces, some of your memories might go out with it
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Angela Lashbrook
The Microsoft Surface Duo Is a Repairability Nightmare

The Microsoft Surface Duo Is a Repairability Nightmare

A great device can still be a pain to fix
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Damon Beres
The Dystopia Where Nothing Gets Cancelled

The Dystopia Where Nothing Gets Cancelled

We’re creating a marketplace of disinformation
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Joshua Adams

“…to be free she would have to delete WeChat, and she can’t do that.

A new story from the New York Times explains in vivid detail the power held by WeChat, an all-encompassing online platform used by Chinese…
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Damon Beres
FOMO by Design: How Social Media Is Hacking Our Brains

FOMO by Design: How Social Media Is Hacking Our Brains

Understanding how algorithms manipulate our behavior and what to do about it
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Dr. Adam Bell
I’m a Computer Beep Boop Beep Boop

I’m a Computer Beep Boop Beep Boop

Screens are no longer a novelty — they are life itself
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Damon Beres
A Tech Tip for Picking Up Piano in Quarantine

A Tech Tip for Picking Up Piano in Quarantine

🎹🎶
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Owen Williams
Using Read Receipts Might Make You a Better Person

Using Read Receipts Might Make You a Better Person

They have a lot of haters, but don’t write them off
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Angela Lashbrook
The Gig Economy Is Failing. Say Hello to the Hustle Economy.

The Gig Economy Is Failing. Say Hello to the Hustle Economy.

Unemployed teachers, cooks, dancers are turning to Patreon, Twitch, and OnlyFans
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Caitlin Dewey
How the Custom Ringtone Industry Paved the Way for the App Store — and Then Vanished

How the Custom Ringtone Industry Paved the Way for the App Store — and Then Vanished

Why I miss Crazy Frog
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Gil Kazimirov
Why Our Brains Want to Spread Misinformation

Why Our Brains Want to Spread Misinformation

Even when it’s banal or harmless, this is why we can’t help spreading false information
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Simon Pitt
De-escalating Social Media

De-escalating Social Media

Designing humility and forgiveness into social media products
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Nick Punt
Gaming During the Pandemic Is Starting to Feel Like Work

Gaming During the Pandemic Is Starting to Feel Like Work

And that’s not a bad thing
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Steve Rousseau
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