digital divide

Tech

This App Lets You Piggyback Facebook’s Free Internet to Access Any Site

03.16.15

By Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
Tech

Why Women in Developing Countries Are Less Likely to Own a Phone Than Men

03.02.15

By Victoria Turk
Tech

Facebook’s Colonies

02.25.15

By Derek Mead
Tech

Why Mass Surveillance Is Worse for Poor People

02.24.15

By Jason Koebler
Tech

Twenty-Four Milliseconds: Why the Arctic Is Going Fiber-Optic

12.30.14

By Michael Byrne
Tech

The Astronomical Cost of Internet in Canada’s Most Remote Areas

12.04.14

By Zack Kotzer
Tech

States with More Rich People Get Faster Internet

10.09.14

By Ben Richmond
Tech

The US Has Some of the World’s Fastest Internet—If You Live in the Right State

07.07.14

By Ben Richmond
Tech

There Is a Day Dedicated to Ridding the Earth of .DocX Files

03.26.14

By Victoria Turk
Tech

Life on the Other Side of the Digital Divide

02.25.14

By D. Watkins
Tech

As the Government Goes Digital, Do Citizens Have a Right to Paper?

02.17.14

By Meghan Neal
Tech

Wikipedia’s Digital Divide

02.13.14

By Adam Vaccaro

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News

Brazil Passed a New Law Inspired by a Dog’s 10-Year Grave Vigil. Here’s What It Does.

In the southeastern state of São Paulo, a hyper-loyal dog has helped rewrite local laws.

2 hours ago

By Luis Prada
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News

This Comet Suddenly Started Spinning Backward Near the Sun, and Scientists Don’t Know Why

As Comet 41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresák barreled toward the sun, it appeared to have stopped entirely… and then it flipped.

2 hours ago

By Luis Prada
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Gaming

Best Buy Leaks a Surprising Price Tag for Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse

Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse price leak: Best Buy lists the new Trevor Belmont adventure for less than the usual $70 standard.

4 hours ago

By Denny Connolly
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Music

How Jimmy ‘The Senator’ Douglass Got His Nickname, and the One He Refused to Take: ‘That’s Not Too Cool’

Prolific producer Jimmy ‘The Senator’ Douglass explains how he got his nickname two decades after being successfully established.

4 hours ago

By Lauren Boisvert
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Music

4 Forgotten Songs That Are Infinitely Better Than These R&B Artists’ Biggest Hits

Noisey selects four forgotten songs from R&B artists that are just as good, if not better, than their biggest records.

5 hours ago

By Caleb Catlin