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  1. Tech Bros Think You Want to Drink Soylent Out of This Guy’s Mason JarNice try, dudes.
    By Leah Rodriguez
  2. gotta catch em all
    Confessions of a Reluctant Pokémon Go AddictSixty-three percent of users in the U.S. are women.
    By Anna Silman
  3. big computers
    Kim Kardashian Declares ‘Big Computers’ DeadEnd of an era.
    By Anna Silman
  4. wwdc2016
    A Black Woman Spoke at Apple’s Tech Conference and Twitter Went WildRepresentation matters.
    By Ashley Weatherford
  5. education
    Here’s More Evidence Laptops and Classrooms Are a Bad MixEven West Point cadets can’t resist the lure of the internet.
    By Drake Baer
  6. social media
    Twitter Is Seriously Warping Perceptions of the Presidential RaceYet another example of how filtered media makes us see the world in fundamentally inaccurate ways.
    By Jesse Singal
  7. billion-dollar ideas
    How to Appeal to Dude Investors? Tell Them Your Start-up Is for Men.A few free ideas.
    By Ann Friedman
  8. SXSW Panel on Online Harassment Criticizes SXSW“An uphill battle” to get a diverse panel.
    By Kat Ward
  9. social media
    Sometimes Social Media Can Change MindsIt might feel like Facebook fights only reinforce people’s preexisting views, but there can be an upside, too.
    By Jesse Singal
  10. studies
    You’re a Female Coder? Great, Don’t Tell AnyoneTo get the recognition you deserve, hide your gender!
    By Laura June
  11. social psychology
    Twitter Fights Are Like Eating All the Brownies“These people have me all wrong! I have to defend myself, prove to the community that I’m better and smarter than they say I am!”
    By Jesse Singal
  12. The Health and Psychology Mysteries of Virtual RealityThere’s gonna be some moral panic over those kids and their darn VR headsets.
    By Jesse Singal
  13. political psychology
    It’s Okay to Block Your Trump-Supporting FriendPublic political conversations on Facebook and Twitter really don’t get us anywhere anyway.
    By Jesse Singal
  14. holidaze
    The 10 Best Tech Gadgets to Buy NowFrom a smartphone projector to the Hermès Apple Watch. 
    By the Cut
  15. gift guide 2015
    15 Techie Gifts for Your Favorite Gadget HeadMini-drones, emoji keyboards, virtual-reality starter packs, smart suitcases, and more.
    By The Cut
  16. tech
    Googling Might Make People Feel Smarter Than They Actually AreIn a new study, some of the participants got a bit cocky.
    By Jesse Singal
  17. freedom
    Will This New App Finally Free Us From the Misery of Group Texts?A small reprieve is in the near future.
    By Dayna Evans
  18. tech
    Why Does Siri Have a Female Voice?And the rest of our digital personal assistants, too, for that matter. 
    By Melissa Dahl
  19. ayo technology
    See Clothes That Transform With a Camera’s FlashInside the studio of designer Kunihiko Morinaga, who brought high tech to Paris Fashion Week.
    By Véronique Hyland and Tomasz Lazar
  20. tech
    How to Protect Yourself From Peeple, the ‘Yelp for People’ AppA deep naïveté about the realities of the online world seems to be at work here.
    By Jesse Singal
  21. twitter
    People Tweet More Egocentrically From Their PhonesA new study tracks some interesting differences between web and mobile tweeting.
    By Jesse Singal
  22. fashion and tech
    Teen Girl Coders Helped Design a Zac Posen DressAnd it was cute enough for the runway.
    By Allison P. Davis
  23. tech
    A Dark Look at the Internet-Outrage Economy“Were you discussing optimum means of harvesting and selling of baby parts while drinking your wine?”
    By Jesse Singal
  24. Pinterest Commits to Actual Diversity Goals A necessary step toward addressing Silicon Valley’s white-man problem.
    By Erica Schwiegershausen
  25. rumors
    BuzzFeed Helped Spread Sandra Bland RumorsIt’s not a good idea to broadcast questionable theories to 2 million people without putting them in context.
    By Jesse Singal
  26. cell phones
    Berkeley’s Cell-Phone Warning Highlights the Limits of the ‘Right to Know’“It’s hard to say people have the right to information that is false.”
    By Jesse Singal
  27. work
    What Will Happen When All the Jobs Are Gone?There’s a good version and a bad version of the post-job future we may be facing.
    By Jesse Singal
  28. tech
    Can Cell-Phone Data Predict Unemployment?You could be broadcasting a lot more information about your life than you realize.
    By Jesse Singal
  29. tech
    See Images From Figure 1, the ‘Instagram for Doctors’A photo-sharing network that features body parts instead of avocado toast.
    By Siobhan Roberts
  30. food porn
    Soon There Could Be a Calorie-Counter for InstagramGoogle filed a patent for a calorie-counting artificial-intelligence project that analyzes your food photos.
    By Susan Rinkunas
  31. instagram
    Science Has Determined Which Photo Filters Are the BestBig data at its finest.
    By Jesse Singal
  32. learning
    The Downside of Allowing Cell Phones in SchoolsAllowing cell phones in classrooms could lead to a big dip in academic performance, particularly for students who already struggle.
    By Jesse Singal
  33. jokes
    Silicon Valley Fashion Week: Not Chic or Geek But we fell for the gimmick anyway.
    By Allison P. Davis
  34. tech
    Do High-Tech Promises Turn Us Into Rubes?Our brains go a little bit crazy when someone presents us with exciting new technology.
    By Jesse Singal
  35. facebook
    The Problems With Facebook’s Polarization StudyResearch that fails to pop the filter bubble.
    By Annie Lowrey
  36. desperately seeking
    Lonely Apple Watch Users Search for Fellow HeartbeatsOf course there’s a subreddit for this.
    By Allison P. Davis
  37. apple watch
    The Apple Watch Is Great for Starting Conversations About the Apple WatchI spent 72 self-absorbed hours with the Apple Watch, and I loved it (and me).
    By Rebecca Harrington
  38. parenting
    Are Cell-Phone-Distracted Parents Really Endangering Kids at the Playground?Is checking your cell phone while watching your kid at the playground almost sort of basically the same as dipping them in acid?
    By Jesse Singal
  39. avatars
    Is It Socially Acceptable to Make My MyIdol Super-Hot? Will people notice if your MyIdol is more attractive than IRL you?
    By Allison P. Davis
  40. apple watch
    How Will the Apple Watch Change Good Manners?It depends on whether Apple can reprogram the meaning of a rude gesture.
    By Jesse Singal
  41. tech
    Come Watch Periscope’s First StarAmanda Oleander has captured millions of hearts, even if few know what Periscope is yet.
    By Kevin McGarry
  42. nutrition
    Why People Ditch Food-Journal AppsStigma and a lack of clear calorie data are both big culprits.
    By Jesse Singal
  43. asmr
    Science Finally Starts to Explain ‘Whisper Porn’If you can’t stop watching videos of people folding towels or brushing their hair, this might be why.
    By Rebecca Milzoff
  44. happiness
    Here’s an Explanation for the Connection Between Facebook and UnhappinessAnd yes, it does have to do with your friend’s awesome vacation photos.
    By Jesse Singal
  45. tech
    The Case for Dangerous Roads and Low-Tech Cars“Involve your ass, your mind will follow.”
    By Matthew B. Crawford
  46. dress codes
    Could This Be the End of the Booth Babe?Sorry, nerds.
    By Allison P. Davis
  47. atypical
    What It’s Like to Be Allergic to Wi-FiA conversation with a woman who says she is suffering from a disorder that many scientists believe doesn’t exist.
    By Alexa Tsoulis-Reay
  48. q&a
    Jon Ronson on Monica Lewinsky and CybershamingThe So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed author sees Lewinsky as a “kindred spirit.”
    By Jesse Singal
  49. facebook
    Facebook’s New Suicide-Prevention Features Are a Good StartAn attempt to use internet mobs for good rather than evil.
    By Claire Landsbaum
  50. reddit
    An Interactive Chart of Reddit’s ToxicityYou’ll never guess where the men’s rights subreddit sits.
    By Jesse Singal
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