Tech
The ‘Rules of the Internet’ Reflect an Online Wild West That’s Fading Away
"If it exists, there is porn of it. No exceptions."
Revisiting Creepypasta, the Social Horror Craze That Launched Slenderman
HBO’s documentary ‘Beware the Slenderman’ premieres this week, detailing the real-world consequences of a collaborative online nightmare machine.
America Is Not Prepared for President @RealDonaldTrump
Donald Trump's Twitter account has an enormous amount of power, and an unlimited capacity to troll the country.
A Wikipedian Explains How Wikipedia Stays Reliable in the Fake News Era
"If Wikipedia's rules were applied to Facebook? Oh my God! They'd lose 99 percent of their content."
Virtual Reality Is Preserving the Dying Art of Spooky Dark Rides
The Dark Ride Project takes viewers on a virtual reality tour of the last remaining historic haunted "dark rides" around the world.
An Exhaustive and Possibly Misinformed Review of the Pixel, Phone by Google
Is it better than the iPhone? Yeah. But also, no. Maybe?
How Cubans Are Using Their Country's First WiFi Hotspots
These hotspots are often inconvenient, and they're not free. But for many Cubans, they provide a vital window to the outside world.
Unsurprisingly, Gender Neutral Textbooks Make for Better Students
Two Swedish researchers found that you are more likely to apply for a course and get good grades if the books you read are less about boring stereotypes and more about situations you can personally identify with.
How an Australian College Student Did What NASA Couldn't
Paddy Neumann's final project—which proposes using junk metal as rocket fuel—could change space travel forever.
We Asked Alien Experts Who They'd Want as President if UFOs Landed
The president of the United States normally has a lot of responsibility, but if aliens arrive, he or she could end up deciding the literal fate of humanity.