New Statesman
By Alex Hern - 16 May 8:45

Dictionary of Numbers provides that much needed context.

New Statesman
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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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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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.

New Statesman
By Alex Hern - 29 April 14:43

Is the Government handing your photos to media giants?

Ed Balls, obvs. Photograph: Getty Images
By Caroline Crampton - 28 April 11:29

We just can't leave that infamous tweet alone.

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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.

Hilary Mantel, after winning her first Booker prize. Photograph: Getty Images
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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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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By Alex Hern - 17 April 18:02

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

Illustration by Julien Picaud
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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By Sophie Elmhirst - 14 March 15:38

Sophie Elmhirst meets Jaron Lanier.

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By Alex Hern - 13 March 17:52

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

New Statesman
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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By Alex Hern - 01 March 18:02

Dancing like a tit at 30,000 feet.

Bill Gates threatens the world with Microsoft Office in 2003. Photograph: Getty
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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By Alex Hern - 11 February 11:16

Captain Kirk takes on the hive-mind.

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By Alex Hern - 08 February 11:25

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

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By Alex Hern - 30 January 11:28

Bizarro world in Wall Street.

Light through the trees in a forest near Essen, Germany
By Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett - 29 January 9:41

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

New Statesman
By Alex Hern - 28 January 15:23

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

 Look at this lovely picture of a baby giraffe instead.
By Leigh Alexander - 28 January 11:22

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

New Statesman
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".

New Statesman
By Catriona Harvey-Jenner - 10 January 14:21

The case could have a large effect on freedom of speech on sites like Twitter.

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