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A new generation of internet users—a swath of the poor and less-literate—tend to use voice recognition and other intuitive apps over text, creating new business winners and losers. Silicon Valley giants are rushing to respond. WSJ.com: What’s News US
ANALYSIS: Beginning at 7am PT tomorrow, former FBI director James Comey will testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee about his firing by President Trump and the events leading up to it. Much of the nation will be focused on the testimony, perhaps the most notable congressional hearing since the Watergate era. 44 years ago, broadcast networks […]
This morning brought the news that police have arrested a suspect for the horrific attack on the Ariana Grande show in Manchester last night; at the time of publication, he had just been named as one Salman Ramadan Abedi. You wouldn’t know this from Twitter, though: if there was some sort of Twitter Hatred-o-Meter you could […]
According to Entertainment Weekly, a movie dreamed up on social media based on nothing more than a picture of Lupita Nyong’o and Rihanna is actually going to happen. The two were captured sitting next to each other during Paris Fashion Week 2014 when a writer named Roxy posted this caption on Tumblr “They look like […]
The social network Best of All Worlds is five years old (ancient by Silicon Valley standards) and has just a tiny fraction of the users its contemporaries like Facebook and Twitter have. But Best of All Worlds isn’t failing. In fact, the social network’s founder doesn’t really want any more members. Best of All Worlds […]
It’s easy to blame social media for the rising political polarization in the US when you can use it to hide in a bubble of your own creation. Simply block people who don’t share your viewpoint on Facebook and Twitter, and follow, Like and heart only people who do. According to a study conducted by […]
Earlier this week, YouTube streamer PewDiePie lost a contract with Disney because of some Nazi references in his videos and one absurdly ill-considered attempt to make a joke out of genocide. But as a variety of people have pointed out, this controversy is only the latest example of a pushback against “political correctness,” often centered […]
Every now and then a product comes along and captures the collective consciousness of the internet. It can come through viral means — remember Chewbacca Mom and her mask? — or through clear superiority to its competition. The Instant Pot 7-in-1 Programmable Electric Pressure Cooker is one of these products. The kitchen appliance has been featured […]
