I discovered that even when it’s collected in a way that protects privacy, location data ultimately helps companies more than people. | Continue reading
When 8th grader Sonia Bokhari joined social media for the first time, she discovered that her mom and sister had been posting about her for her entire life. | Continue reading
A decade ago, a simple browser setting promised to make it easy to protect your online privacy from nosy advertisers. Too bad it never came anywhere near to living up to its promise. | Continue reading
A moving conversation with basketball star LeBron James played a key role in the brand’s decision, Phil Knight reveals. | Continue reading
“If you listen to Reply All, and you listen on Apple Podcasts, you can continue to listen to Reply All on Apple Podcasts,” said Gimlet’s cofounder. | Continue reading
Facebook acquired Maria Giudice’s design firm in 2013. Today, she’s an independent consultant and an advocate for “designing for unintended consequences.” | Continue reading
Walgreens is using cameras, eye tracking, and motion sensors to show you real-time ads meant to influence which ice cream you buy. | Continue reading
With mild swearing and double entendres, this is not the typical Pixar fare. | Continue reading
In her first battle on the Hill against digital propaganda from the right, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez spotlights a toxic kind of patriotism. | Continue reading
Zuck’s theory that there’s a right and a wrong way to use Facebook may not stand the test of time. | Continue reading
How one of Mark Zuckerberg’s mentors helped billionaire philanthropist George Soros write the Davos speech at the center of another Facebook controversy. | Continue reading
The meditation app is growing. | Continue reading
Websites can use your motion data to identify and track you–and even steal your PIN. | Continue reading
Artist Addie Wagenknecht layers information on passphrases, troll blockers, and secondary phone numbers into hilarious, deadpan videos about face masks and concealer. | Continue reading
With a fake story and necktie camera, digital watchdog Citizen Lab and reporters from the Associated Press ensnared an operative linked to the spy firm Black Cube. Read and hear how it went down. | Continue reading
STIR and SHAKEN have the potential to prevent fraudsters from spoofing Caller ID. But a number of details are yet to be worked out. | Continue reading
Upon examining the top 100 articles shares of social media, scientists discovered that many contained misleading or exaggerated claims. | Continue reading
The cold blue light of modern touchscreens may be aesthetically pleasing, but it poses health problems. Designers and technologists should take cues from military history and embrace the orange. | Continue reading
Christopher Wylie has a new, fashionable job. | Continue reading
The Redirect Method is a program from Alphabet’s Jigsaw that aims to stop kids from becoming radicalized terrorists. | Continue reading
Meet the scientists using 3D printers to deliver safer, more effective tablets for children. | Continue reading
27 years ago, the company was on a roll—and its salespeople all flew to Nashville to celebrate in (‘90s) style. | Continue reading
Even after the closure of the flagship location of the legendary marionette theater where he learned the ropes, El Triste and his creator ride on. | Continue reading
I was skeptical of the experiment, but I felt that it was necessary to try it for the sake of my sanity. | Continue reading
A well-publicized case of a driver paid just 80 cents for an hour’s work has prompted Instacart to introduce a new minimum wage. | Continue reading
In the last year, a swell of privacy-focused website analytics platforms have started to provide an alternative to Google’s tracking behemoth. | Continue reading
Providing regular updates to competitors–and awards for reaching milestones–during innovation contests yields better solutions faster. | Continue reading
Social media can push you to slip easily from thought to behavior, decreasing the opportunities for you to think more thoroughly. | Continue reading
Carnival just got less fun. | Continue reading
The hacking program is an initiative aimed at increasing cybersecurity in Japan before the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics in Tokyo next year. | Continue reading
Facebook employees are stuck in the middle of a growing feud. | Continue reading
Facebook’s use of its “Research” app may violate Apple’s developer rules. | Continue reading
In “Team Human,” media theorist and veteran cyberpunk Douglas Rushkoff reminds us why we wanted progress in the first place. | Continue reading
Ariel Fischman’s office shelves are a veritable museum devoted to the era of VisiCalc, Lotus 1-2-3, Multiplan, and other products that once duked it out for number-crunching supremacy. | Continue reading
Last week’s bombshell about Facebook’s messaging merger has users looking for other options–and Apple should take full advantage of it. | Continue reading
In the absence of rules around algorithms, activists, lawyers, and tech workers are hacking transparency through other means. | Continue reading
A clinical psychologist shares science-backed strategies for responding to burnout. | Continue reading
Loop will send you name-brand products, like Tide detergent, Crest mouthwash, or Häagen Dazs ice cream. When you’re done, you ship the empty container back, where it gets cleaned and reused for the next customer. | Continue reading
Americans are walking less, but the number of people killed by drivers while walking keeps going up. Unsurprisingly, these deaths happen more in poor neighborhoods of color. | Continue reading
The Illinois Supreme Court ruled consumers can sue firms for biometric privacy violations even without proving harm, swatting down an argument used by Facebook and others. | Continue reading
Shortly after Amazon announced its search for HQ2, a quote that sung NYC’s praises didn’t fly. | Continue reading
Microsoft’s Code Jumper lets you play with code with your hands. | Continue reading
So much. | Continue reading
It was a huge success: Parking spots are now bike lanes, transit is fast and easy, and the streets (and local businesses) are full of people. | Continue reading
It was a huge success: Parking spots are now bike lanes, transit is fast and easy, and the streets (and local businesses) are full of people. | Continue reading
Their construction videos get millions of views. Why are so many people obsessed with virtual tiny homes? | Continue reading
Top business execs and politicians visiting the World Economic Forum in Davos are, once again, being criticized for flying to the event in gas-guzzling private jets and helicopters. | Continue reading
One of the world’s most adulterated foods could get a new authenticity test, thanks to software that has “learned” to recognize certain grains of pollen. | Continue reading