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No More Casual Sex for Tinder Users!
Using Tinder doesn’t result in more casual sex (read more)
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Art
The Feathers and the Fury: Ry Bird [Interview]
Graphic artist Ry Bird talks art, music and fighting cats (read more)
Art
Contra-Internet: Zach Blas at Gasworks
Gasworks presents Contra-Internet, a major new commission by London-based artist Zach Blas (read more)
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Faster Video, An End To Buffering, More Cats!
CSAIL’s machine-learning system enables smoother streaming that can better adapt to different network conditions. (read more)
Society
Show Me Your Leprechaun, Mr Reductionist
We know the gods by the living agency of their songs and their unique psychical signatures. (read more)
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Paying For Fake Reviews? Durr. The Internet is Unpredictable Shocker!
Paying online community members to write product reviews backfires badly (read more)
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So Alone? Flex-N-Feel with the Tactile Internet Love Glove
Technology puts ‘touch’ into long-distance relationships (read more)
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We Don’t ‘Like’: Social Media and Depression
Multi-social millennials are more likely to be depressed than their peers (read more)
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Are You as Fast as A Touch Typist? Probably
Today’s self-taught typists almost as fast as touch typists – with one crucial proviso (read more)
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Faster Cats, Quicker Smut: Laser Wi-Fi
White light from lasers demonstrates data speeds of up to 2 GB/s (read more)
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Can Email Responses Predict You’re Personality? You Bet.
Personality influences how one reacts to email errors (read more)
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Want Lightspeed Internet? You need NASA’s integrated-photonics modem
NASA engineers tapped to build first integrated-photonics modem (read more)
Society
The Man in the Amazon Castle (No Spoilers)
Amazon Prime and Ridley Scott team up to bring Philip K Dick’s The Man in the High Castle to the screen. Trebuchet recommends (read more)
Society
The Other Dave: The Tory Leader We Could Have Had
The man Cameron beat to the Tory leadership proves how different things could’ve been (read more)
News
Hyperlink Hypertension: Does Internet Use Elevate Blood Pressure?
Of 134 teens described by researchers as heavy Internet users, 26 had elevated blood pressure. (read more)
Society
A Hypocrite’s Guide to the Internet (Part two)
Drew Michael walks us through more examples of our own miserable double-think. (read more)
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The Internet Told Me! Wikipedia Research Subject to Information Sabotage
When researching acid rain, evolution, and climate change — cast a critical eye on source material (read more)
Society
A Hypocrite’s Guide to the Internet
The way “our” people are humanized, and the “terrorist” demonized is classic media sleight of hand. (read more)
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Fighting to be treated fairly on the internet
A revolutionary power shift from internet giants such as Google to ordinary consumers is critically overdue (read more)
News
10x the Speed! Boosting Wifi with Photodiodes
The system can potentially send data at up to 100 megabits per second. (read more)
Society
Charging out: Dataflame’s costly domain transfer fees
In 2014, popular web domain registrar 123-reg created a disgruntled buzz when, they started charging people to move their domains away. In 2015, it seems that Dataflame are charging £15+vat to transfer domains (read more)
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Official: Smartphones Make You Stupid(er)
The cognitive effects of ‘being in search mode’ on the Internet may be so powerful that people still feel smarter even when their online searches reveal nothing (read more)
Society
Don’t Slap Her, She’s Pretty!
Girls who want to avoid being clobbered should aim to be tall, blonde and pretty. Does the ‘Slap Her!’ video send out the wrong message? (read more)
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Internet Addiction Afflicts 6%
The prevalence of Internet addiction varies among regions around the world (read more)
Society
Time for the Twitter Bubble to Burst
If your Twitter row is resulting in someone being fired, imprisoned or put at risk, it is time to get some perspective on your internet use (read more)
News
Millenials Can See Through Twitter’s BS
First-of-its-kind study indicates young adults have a healthy mistrust of the information on Twitter (read more)
Society
John Noveske’s Link to Drugs and School Shootings
This is the last post John Noveske made on his Facebook page before his death: (read more)
Art
Amazon ’s Newest Venture: Selling Art
This grouping together of 100 odd fine art galleries selling expensive artwork through one of the world’s largest corporations creates a very different experience for the buyer. (read more)
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Why Brains Love ‘Viral’
How do ideas spread? What messages will go viral on social media, and can this be predicted? (read more)
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Breakthrough in internet bandwidth
New breakthrough in internet bandwidth and fiber optic technology could ease Internet congestion, video streaming. (read more)