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What Your Likes On Facebook Betray About You
Technology

What Your Likes On Facebook Betray About You

By Shaunacy Ferro

“Keep Calm And Rape,” Plus 5 More Awful/Offensive/Hilarious Algorithm-Created Shirts
Technology

“Keep Calm And Rape,” Plus 5 More Awful/Offensive/Hilarious Algorithm-Created Shirts

By Colin Lecher

5 Terrible Things The Internet Does To Our Love Lives
Health

5 Terrible Things The Internet Does To Our Love Lives

By Shaunacy Ferro

Wikipedia Is Getting Worse As It Gets Better
Technology

Wikipedia Is Getting Worse As It Gets Better

By Dan Nosowitz

A Map Of The Internet Universe [Infographic]
Technology

A Map Of The Internet Universe [Infographic]

By Emily Elert

FYI: Why Would Someone Create A Fake Internet Girlfriend?
Science

FYI: Why Would Someone Create A Fake Internet Girlfriend?

By Colin Lecher

Whoa What: All US iPhone Users Can Now Make Free Phone Calls Via Facebook
Technology

Whoa What: All US iPhone Users Can Now Make Free Phone Calls Via Facebook

By Dan Nosowitz

Human Penis Size, Illuminati, And The Other Most Popular Wikipedia Pages Of 2012
Technology

Human Penis Size, Illuminati, And The Other Most Popular Wikipedia Pages Of 2012

By Dan Nosowitz

How The Internet Has Spread Around The World [Infographic]
Technology

How The Internet Has Spread Around The World [Infographic]

By Emily Elert

Israel Declares War On Hamas Via Twitter, Hamas Responds Via Twitter, Welcome to 2012
Technology

Israel Declares War On Hamas Via Twitter, Hamas Responds Via Twitter, Welcome to 2012

By Dan Nosowitz

Meet The Climate Change Denier Who Became The Voice Of Hurricane Sandy On Wikipedia
Environment

Meet The Climate Change Denier Who Became The Voice Of Hurricane Sandy On Wikipedia

By Dan Nosowitz

A Look At Instagrams Of Hurricane Sandy In Real Time
Environment

A Look At Instagrams Of Hurricane Sandy In Real Time

By Colin Lecher

How the Designer of Apple’s Mouse is Helping 32 Million Americans Sign Up For Healthcare
Technology

How the Designer of Apple’s Mouse is Helping 32 Million Americans Sign Up For Healthcare

By Colin Lecher

Our Web Videos Reveal More Than We Realize, and Perhaps More Than We Want
Technology

Our Web Videos Reveal More Than We Realize, and Perhaps More Than We Want

By Jacob Ward

By Twisting Light Signals into a Vortex, Researchers Create Fastest Wireless Connection Ever
Environment

By Twisting Light Signals into a Vortex, Researchers Create Fastest Wireless Connection Ever

By Clay Dillow

Those Nigerian Scam Emails Spin an Outrageous Yarn for a Reason
Technology

Those Nigerian Scam Emails Spin an Outrageous Yarn for a Reason

By Clay Dillow

What Is Google’s Semantic Search?
Technology

What Is Google’s Semantic Search?

By Rebecca Boyle

Do You “Possess” What You View Online?
Technology

Do You “Possess” What You View Online?

By Dan Nosowitz

PopSci Q&A: How To Track Down International Jewel Thieves Via Facebook
Technology

PopSci Q&A: How To Track Down International Jewel Thieves Via Facebook

By Rebecca Boyle

The Internet Goes Local
Technology

The Internet Goes Local

By Andrew Blum

How Activist Data Mining Is Penetrating the Veil Around Syria’s Bloody Conflict
Technology

How Activist Data Mining Is Penetrating the Veil Around Syria’s Bloody Conflict

By Rebecca Boyle

Under the Sea: In the Age of Wireless, Can’t We Do Better than Intercontinental Fiber Optic Cables?
Technology

Under the Sea: In the Age of Wireless, Can’t We Do Better than Intercontinental Fiber Optic Cables?

By Clay Dillow

Kickstarter Is On Track to Out-Fund the National Endowment for the Arts
Technology

Kickstarter Is On Track to Out-Fund the National Endowment for the Arts

By Dan Nosowitz

Amazing Databases: The Wayback Machine
Technology

Amazing Databases: The Wayback Machine

By Rena Marie Pacella

Thank You to Dennis Ritchie, Without Whom None of This Would Be Here
Technology

Thank You to Dennis Ritchie, Without Whom None of This Would Be Here

By Paul Adams

NYPD Creates Facebook-Police Task Force to Mine Social Media for Clues
Technology

NYPD Creates Facebook-Police Task Force to Mine Social Media for Clues

By Clay Dillow

Facial Recognition Software Takes One Glance at You and Brings Up Your Facebook Profile
Technology

Facial Recognition Software Takes One Glance at You and Brings Up Your Facebook Profile

By Rebecca Boyle

How a Pentagon Program and a Hacker Assisted a Revolution
Technology

How a Pentagon Program and a Hacker Assisted a Revolution

By Lucas Pollock

Fiber-Optic Transatlantic Cable Could Save Milliseconds, Millions by Speeding Data to Stock Traders
Technology

Fiber-Optic Transatlantic Cable Could Save Milliseconds, Millions by Speeding Data to Stock Traders

By Matt Dellinger

All the Digital Data In the World Is Equivalent to One Human Brain
Technology

All the Digital Data In the World Is Equivalent to One Human Brain

By Rebecca Boyle

The Internet Officially Runs Out of Addresses Today, But It’s Not Cause for Panic
Technology

The Internet Officially Runs Out of Addresses Today, But It’s Not Cause for Panic

By Dan Nosowitz

What Could Possibly Go Wrong: An Internet “Off” Switch
Technology

What Could Possibly Go Wrong: An Internet “Off” Switch

By Paul Ford

In Largest Virtual Transaction Ever, Real Sale of Pretend Nightclub Nets Half a Million Dollars
Technology

In Largest Virtual Transaction Ever, Real Sale of Pretend Nightclub Nets Half a Million Dollars

By Rebecca Boyle

Tired of Repetitive Arguing About Climate Change, Scientist Makes a Bot to Argue For Him
Environment

Tired of Repetitive Arguing About Climate Change, Scientist Makes a Bot to Argue For Him

By Clay Dillow

Scan Someone’s License Plate and Message Them Instantly with New Bump App
Technology

Scan Someone’s License Plate and Message Them Instantly with New Bump App

By Rebecca Boyle

Tim Berners-Lee, Creator of the Web, Says Everyone In The World Deserves a Net Connection
Technology

Tim Berners-Lee, Creator of the Web, Says Everyone In The World Deserves a Net Connection

By Clay Dillow

Chatroulette Plans Penis-Recognition Algorithm to Block Pervy Users
Technology

Chatroulette Plans Penis-Recognition Algorithm to Block Pervy Users

By Rebecca Boyle

First Arabic Language Domain Names Go Live, Introducing Non-Latin Characters to the Internet
Technology

First Arabic Language Domain Names Go Live, Introducing Non-Latin Characters to the Internet

By Rebecca Boyle

Augmented Identity App Helps You Identify Strangers on the Street
Technology

Augmented Identity App Helps You Identify Strangers on the Street

By Clay Dillow

Google’s Replacement for HTTP Protocol to Make Web Browsing Twice as Fast
Technology

Google’s Replacement for HTTP Protocol to Make Web Browsing Twice as Fast

By Jeremy Hsu

Gaydar Algorithm Outs Facebook Users
Technology

Gaydar Algorithm Outs Facebook Users

By Susannah F. Locke

How Much Can You Really Learn With a Free Online Education?
Technology

How Much Can You Really Learn With a Free Online Education?

By Josh Dean

First Internet-Connected Pacemaker Successfully Implanted
Technology

First Internet-Connected Pacemaker Successfully Implanted

By Molika Ashford

How to Lose Traffic and Alienate People: The Revenge!
Technology

How to Lose Traffic and Alienate People: The Revenge!

By Tom Conlon

New Evidence Suggests That Using the Internet Might Make You Smarter, Not Rot Your Brain
Technology

New Evidence Suggests That Using the Internet Might Make You Smarter, Not Rot Your Brain

By Michael Rosenwald

What the Sotomayor Nomination Means for Technology
Technology

What the Sotomayor Nomination Means for Technology

By Stuart Fox

A New Type of Domain Name, A New Waste of Money
Technology

A New Type of Domain Name, A New Waste of Money

By Tom Conlon

Who Protects The Internet?
Technology

Who Protects The Internet?

By James Geary, World Map Courtesy TeleGeography

A flip phone with the Twitter logo on its screen, and some speech bubbles that say "5:10, close draperies," "Sue: I went shopping," "CNN news update," and "Car MPG."
DIY

Ask a Geek: What can I do with Twitter?

By John Mahoney

The Commercials Commerce
Technology

The Commercials Commerce

By Jon Chase

How 2.0 Blog against a black background.
DIY

14 things geeks can teach the world

By John Mahoney

A solar-powered WiFi extender near someone using a device in a hammock outside. Illustration.
DIY

Network your backyard

By Mike Outmesguine

Network Your Backyard: Detailed Instructions
DIY

Network Your Backyard: Detailed Instructions

By Mike Outmesguine

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