Internet

New browser plugin stops people bamboozling you with numbers

By Alex Hern - 16 May 8:45

Dictionary of Numbers provides that much needed context.

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"Oh, men, why are you like this?" Photograph: Getty Images

CAPITAL LETTERS, affectedly boisterous sex, little girl voice: internet feminists all write the same. This is a problem

By Martha Gill - 09 May 13:20

The perils of Groupthink - Martha Gill's "Irrational Animals" column.

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Urban novelties: How Bristol itself became a short story

By Sarah Ditum - 08 May 10:09

These Pages Fall Like Ash turned a city into a fantasy novel, making Sarah Ditum see her home with new eyes.

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Facebook is suffering from an overdose of dog food

By Alex Hern - 06 May 13:33

The company's staff are so ingrained with the network that they can't make products normal people want to use.

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The "snooper's charter" showed just what the Government is capable of

By Dr Richard Clayton - 30 April 9:40

The proposed "Filter" programme would have been a vast step up in terms of the state's ability to spy on its citizens.

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"Instagram act" under fire for treatment of copyrighted works

By Alex Hern - 29 April 14:43

Is the Government handing your photos to media giants?

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Ed Balls, obvs. Photograph: Getty Images

Happy Ed Balls day, one and all

By Caroline Crampton - 28 April 11:29

We just can't leave that infamous tweet alone.

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This is not something you want to "like". Photograph: Getty Images

Spotted on Facebook: a sexist and degrading form of cyber-bullying in disguise

By Rosaleen Fenton - 27 April 9:25

A new trend of "Spotted" Facebook pages is allowing people space to post anonymous abuse at individuals who can easily identify themselves, and then scolding dissenters for lacking a sense of humour.

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Hilary Mantel, after winning her first Booker prize. Photograph: Getty Images

Wikipedia wars: are there really novelists and 'women novelists'?

By Sarah Ditum - 26 April 9:44

How many brilliant writers will be sorted away entirely, never making the cut as novelists because they're weighed down with the tag "woman"?

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Reddit matures, and apologises

By Alex Hern - 23 April 18:04

The site's general manager has apologised for its conduct during the Boston crisis.

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The first YouTube clip is eight years old this week. Photograph: Getty Images

YouTube at 8: A journey to the centre of the internet meme

By Jon Hickman - 23 April 16:19

Five things we now know.

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The Supreme Court case which didn't break the internet

By Alex Hern - 17 April 18:02

Do you "copy" a website just by reading it? No, thankfully.

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Engineers assembling Curiosity, the current Mars Rover

What happens when engineers run the world?

By Aditya Chakrabortty - 09 April 8:34

The global tech over.

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A week on from the shuttering of Reader, does anyone trust Google yet?

By Alex Hern - 21 March 19:06

Google lied, Reader died.

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Generation X-rated owns the net

By Rafael Behr - 21 March 9:30

Never has it been so easy for young children to watch violent pornography. Can politicians who grew up in the analogue age do anything about it?

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Silicone Valley. Photograph: Getty Images

Digital elite: A bleak vision of the future

By Sophie Elmhirst - 14 March 15:38

Sophie Elmhirst meets Jaron Lanier.

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Don't fear Facebook, pity it. It's a datavore with no data

By Alex Hern - 13 March 17:52

Facebook can draw inferences from your likes. But who has any likes anymore?

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So what’s the deal with this Gizoogle shizzle?

By Aisha Gani - 07 March 15:10

I learnt that coffee can be translated as “fruity ass malt liquor”, for one thing.

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Shakes on a Plane: Can you Harlem shake yourself to death?

By Alex Hern - 01 March 18:02

Dancing like a tit at 30,000 feet.

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Bill Gates threatens the world with Microsoft Office in 2003. Photograph: Getty

Is Excel the most dangerous piece of software in the world?

By Alex Hern - 11 February 13:42

Microsoft's calculator is partially to blame for JPMorgan losing $9bn, and a lot more besides.

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Shatner v Reddit: racists group there to "incite and spread their hatred"

By Alex Hern - 11 February 11:16

Captain Kirk takes on the hive-mind.

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The Supreme Court ruling which could break, or save, the internet

By Alex Hern - 08 February 11:25

Do you "copy" a website just by reading it?

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Amazon reports profit plummeting, stocks hit record high

By Alex Hern - 30 January 11:28

Bizarro world in Wall Street.

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Light through the trees in a forest near Essen, Germany

Why I don’t agree with trigger warnings

By Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett - 29 January 9:41

When I was suffering from PTSD, I didn't want to be wrapped in cotton wool.

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Vine posts amateur porn as "editor's pick"

By Alex Hern - 28 January 15:23

Twitter's new "long photo" app goes x-rated.

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Look at this lovely picture of a baby giraffe instead.

What I’ve learned from Objectify A Male Tech Writer Day – and why I’m calling it off

By Leigh Alexander - 28 January 11:22

The real mission has to be making everyone feel welcome, period.

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Naomi Wolf on abortion: "Our Bodies, Our Souls"

By Naomi Wolf - 27 January 10:53

For the 40th anniversary of Roe v Wade - which legalised abortion in the US - the New Statesman is republishing Naomi Wolf's provocative 1995 essay, which argues that the pro-choice movement is "cultivating a hardness of heart".

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