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Technology

Twitter is killing its terrible Mac app. Here are your options for replacing it.

By Stan Horaczek

lobster emoji
Technology

It doesn’t matter how many legs the new lobster emoji has

By Rob Verger

bitcoin exchange
Technology

Bitcoin is bonkers right now. Here’s why you shouldn’t count it out.

By Rob Verger

This is what determines the price of Bitcoin
Technology

This is what determines the price of Bitcoin

By Rob Verger

TK evergreen Bitcoin cryptocurrency price article blog post
Technology

TK evergreen Bitcoin cryptocurrency price article blog post

By Stan Horaczek

11 lies you may have heard about net neutrality
Technology

11 lies you may have heard about net neutrality

By Stan Horaczek

Is it too late to buy Bitcoin?
Technology

Is it too late to buy Bitcoin?

By Rob Verger

Facebook Messenger Kids probably won’t ruin your children
Health

Facebook Messenger Kids probably won’t ruin your children

By Stan Horaczek

It’s time for the HQ live trivia app to fix—or kill—its chat feature
Technology

It’s time for the HQ live trivia app to fix—or kill—its chat feature

By Stan Horaczek

Burning questions for the top ‘Hall of Fame’ reviewer on Amazon
Technology

Burning questions for the top ‘Hall of Fame’ reviewer on Amazon

By Rob Verger

Net neutrality is under threat (again). Here’s why you should care
Technology

Net neutrality is under threat (again). Here’s why you should care

By Kelsey D. Atherton, Popular Science Team

You can use aluminum foil to strengthen your Wi-Fi signal
Technology

You can use aluminum foil to strengthen your Wi-Fi signal

By Rob Verger

A psychologist explains why those Facebook product ads are so darn compelling
Health

A psychologist explains why those Facebook product ads are so darn compelling

By Sara Chodosh

How do those internet balloons over Puerto Rico work?
Technology

How do those internet balloons over Puerto Rico work?

By Rob Verger

Facebook can’t solve its hate speech problem with automation
Technology

Facebook can’t solve its hate speech problem with automation

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Facebook is hiring 3000 new content monitors for a job AI cannot do
Technology

Facebook is hiring 3000 new content monitors for a job AI cannot do

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Wikipedia bots spent years fighting silent, tiny battles with each other
Technology

Wikipedia bots spent years fighting silent, tiny battles with each other

By Sara Chodosh

The first iPhone model
Gear

The iPhone was announced 10 years ago. Here’s how Twitter reacted back then.

By Jason Lederman

How the heck do you even add a leap second to the year?
Technology

How the heck do you even add a leap second to the year?

By Sara Chodosh

Mars Explorers Wanted Poster
Science

All the NASA space gifs you never knew you needed

By Rachel Feltman

How to actually, for real turn off social media this weekend
DIY

How to actually, for real turn off social media this weekend

By Sophie Bushwick

Albert Einstein Now Has His Own Emoji Keyboard
Technology

Albert Einstein Now Has His Own Emoji Keyboard

By Jason Lederman

UK’s Iconic Red Telephone Boxes Will Be Replaced With Wi-Fi Kiosks
Technology

UK’s Iconic Red Telephone Boxes Will Be Replaced With Wi-Fi Kiosks

By Peter Hess

How An Attack On A Company You’ve Never Heard Of Shut Down The Internet
Technology

How An Attack On A Company You’ve Never Heard Of Shut Down The Internet

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Giphy’s Loop Dreams Exhibit Is The Internet In Physical Form
Technology

Giphy’s Loop Dreams Exhibit Is The Internet In Physical Form

By Sara Chodosh and Peter Hess

The Man Who Lit The Dark Web
Technology

The Man Who Lit The Dark Web

By Charles Graeber

The Unbreakable Genius Of Mark Zuckerberg
Technology

The Unbreakable Genius Of Mark Zuckerberg

By Dave Gershgorn

GE Connected Volcano
Technology

This Is What It Takes To Connect A Volcano To The Internet

By Mary Beth Griggs

Shyam Gollakota
Technology

The Man Who Powers Devices With Wi-Fi

By Veronique Greenwood and Cassandra Willyard

Minnesota Governor meets with girlfriend of man killed in police shooting
Technology

How Livestreaming Video Could Change The Face Of Justice

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UN Resolution Expands Basic Human Rights to the Internet
Technology

UN Resolution Expands Basic Human Rights to the Internet

By Corey Mueller

VSCO’s Photo Editing App Adds More Social Features
Technology

VSCO’s Photo Editing App Adds More Social Features

By Xavier Harding

Screenshot from Buzzfeed Facebook Live video of skin-tightening surgery
Technology

Social Video Has Entered Its Body Horror Phase

By Carl Franzen

FindFace App Revolutionizes Stalking
Technology

FindFace App Revolutionizes Stalking

By Paul Adams

The Internet Is Not Impressed With Instagram’s New Logo
Technology

The Internet Is Not Impressed With Instagram’s New Logo

By Jason Lederman

Amazon Prime Video's original series 'Bosch'
Technology

Amazon Will Now Let You Upload Videos And Get Paid

By Jason Lederman

Oculus VR Founder Taunts Redditors Over Shipping Delays
Technology

Oculus VR Founder Taunts Redditors Over Shipping Delays

By Dave Gershgorn

How To Fix Our Broken Internet
Technology

How To Fix Our Broken Internet

By Matt Giles

Gifs will rule the world
Technology

Gifs will rule the world

By Xavier Harding

Ultrasound Data Transmission Through Meat Is Fast Enough To Stream Movies
Technology

Ultrasound Data Transmission Through Meat Is Fast Enough To Stream Movies

By Alexandra Ossola

Two of the 17 cameras face downward, so Facebook's software can automatically remove the supporting pole from the shot.
Technology

This Is Facebook’s Next Gadget To Blanket Every City In Wireless Internet

By Dave Gershgorn

Mark Zuckerberg: Within Five Years, Facebook Will Be Mostly Video
Technology

Mark Zuckerberg: Within Five Years, Facebook Will Be Mostly Video

By Jason Lederman

Tinder in use.
Technology

With New Acquisition, Tinder Gets Into ‘Augmented Reality’

By Dave Gershgorn

Tay is a millennial A.I. chatbot.
Technology

Here’s How We Prevent The Next Racist Chatbot

By Dave Gershgorn

Why Is Ted Cruz’s Face A Meme?
Technology

Why Is Ted Cruz’s Face A Meme?

By William Mansell

A Tool To Make Webpages Load 34 Percent Faster
Technology

A Tool To Make Webpages Load 34 Percent Faster

By Dave Gershgorn

How ‘Electronic Mail’ Changed The World
Technology

How ‘Electronic Mail’ Changed The World

By Popular Science, September 1980, by John Free

5 Things To Know About Google’s Project Fi
Technology

5 Things To Know About Google’s Project Fi

By Xavier Harding

Is Bitcoin Really The Future Of Money?
Technology

Is Bitcoin Really The Future Of Money?

By Kashmir Hill

Bitcoin: What It Is And How It Works
Technology

Bitcoin: What It Is And How It Works

By Kashmir Hill

The World Reacts To LIGO’s Discovery Of Gravitational Waves
Technology

The World Reacts To LIGO’s Discovery Of Gravitational Waves

By Jason Lederman

twitter bird
Technology

Can Twitter’s New Trust & Safety Council Curb Online Abuse?

By Jason Lederman

Buddy The Robot: A robot at your beck and call
Technology

The Future Of Virtual Assistants Lies In Children’s Stories and Shoes

By Dave Gershgorn

Google Has 7 Products With 1 Billion Users
Technology

Google Has 7 Products With 1 Billion Users

By Xavier Harding

Google’s Project SkyBender Is Another Internet-Firing Drone
Technology

Google’s Project SkyBender Is Another Internet-Firing Drone

By Dave Gershgorn

This Weird, Cute New Router Will Leave You ‘Starry’-Eyed
Gear

This Weird, Cute New Router Will Leave You ‘Starry’-Eyed

By G. Clay Whittaker

christian rudder and eric klinenberg
Technology

Let’s Talk About Love In The App Age [Video]

By Matt Giles and Breanna Draxler

Surprise! Your Facebook Friends Aren’t Your Friends In Real Life
Technology

Surprise! Your Facebook Friends Aren’t Your Friends In Real Life

By Jason Lederman

Facebook Is Retooling 360 Video To Use Less Data
Technology

Facebook Is Retooling 360 Video To Use Less Data

By Dave Gershgorn

This Is What It’s Like To Use NYC’s New Free Public Wi-Fi
Technology

This Is What It’s Like To Use NYC’s New Free Public Wi-Fi

By Annabel Edwards

Customize An Open-Source HAL For Your Home
DIY

Customize An Open-Source HAL For Your Home

By Rebecca Harrington

monkey emoji in the center of a pie chart
Technology

Emoji Users Have Sex On The Brain

By Katie Peek

Big Idea: Hacking The Music Industry
Technology

Big Idea: Hacking The Music Industry

By As told to Matt Giles

Why The Winkelvoss Twins Are Betting Bitcoin Will Go Big
Technology

Why The Winkelvoss Twins Are Betting Bitcoin Will Go Big

By As told to Breanna Draxler