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OkCupid Data Scientist: "I'm Not Playing God"
After readily admitting to conducting experiments on OkCupid users, Christian Rudder defends Facebook’s study and tech company data scientists. media.giphy.com / Via Giphy Earlier this summer,...
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True Life: I Follow Tens Of Thousands Of People On Twitter
What it’s like to surrender to the feed. Taye Diggs, who follows 96,000 accounts on Twitter. Alberto E. Rodriguez / Getty Images There is, of course, no right way to use Twitter, though some are...
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Why I Created The #UnfollowAMan Movement
I’ve been man-free on Twitter for six months and you can be too. I mean, it can’t make Twitter any worse at this point, right? Ugh, amirite? NBC #UnfollowAMan is the hottest new movement on Twitter....
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Running Into My 12-Year-Old Self Online
It’s easy to forget that most of the internet isn’t being looked at by anyone. Chris Ritter / BuzzFeed Last week, I took a break from the workday cascade of emails and tweets to sit down and listen to...
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17 Smartphone Apps That Will Help You Win Your Twenties
I got twentysomething problems but an app ain’t one. itunes.apple.com giphy.com View Entire List ›
View Article16 Depraved Confessions Of Addicts Of The Kim Kardashian Game
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People Are Calling Group Selfies "Ussies" Now
Welcome to hell. The word — sometimes spelled usie, sometimes ussie — has been showing up in written material since at least April 2013, according to Ben Zimmer, executive producer of Vocabulary.com...
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This Pitch Perfect Soccer Game Will Ease Your World Cup Withdrawal
GOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAL Soccer Physics, an incredible new browser game by the indie developer Otto-Ville Ojala, is something like a foosball table for your keyboard. Indebted to physics...
View ArticleIf Sonic The Hedgehog Was Scientifically Accurate He Would Be A Disgusting...
Turns out actual hedgehogs are revolting.
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This Gross iPhone Game Lets You Pop Virtual Pimples
Behold, the acme of acne apps. itunes.apple.com itunes.apple.com The goal of Pimple Popper is, as you might expect, to pop a series of pimples until you get to the next, more-pimply level. Jess...
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What The CIA Twitter Account Really Means To Say
The CIA admitted Thursday it hacked computers used by a Senate committee investigating the CIA . On Thursday, the CIA said an internal investigation had found that the agency had improperly accessed...
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Here's How Major Cities Are Grappling With The Rise Of Ridesharing
As more rideshare apps enter the market, cities from Chicago to Indianapolis are figuring out how much to regulate these companies. Lucy Nicholson / Reuters / Reuters As Uber, Lyft, Sidecar, and other...
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Here Is The Porn Version Of Upworthy No One Asked For
“She Thinks It’s A Normal Bus. Wait Until You See What Kind Of Bus It Really Is.” WARNING: Porn, so, y’know…NSFW language. Fapworthy.org (dot org!) is a parody of the popular viral news and video site...
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Please Stop Saving Me A Click
Here’s an online behavior that’s worth reconsidering. Google / Via google.com Lately, a new behavior seems to be picking up steam. More and more, average men, women, androgynous novelty Twitter...
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Google Removes "Bomb Gaza" Game From Play Store After Outrage
Update: Google removed the Bomb Gaza game from its Play Store on Monday after it sparked criticism on social media. The game allows players to pilot an Israeli fighter jet attacking “terrorists” in...
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This Is What The Internet Looks Like Without Facebook
A web without Facebook means mobile traffic would be devastated. NBC / Via Twitter: @socarolinesays On Friday, Facebook was down for about an hour and while the rest of the world not-so-quietly...
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These Are Your Saddest Tweets
Don’t worry, sad tweets are still real tweets. H/t Rhizome . If you've ever wondered what your saddest tweets are, sadtweets.com is at your service. Via sadtweets.com Your saddest tweets are those...
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The Westboro Baptist Church Loves Google
And will probably be disappointed to find out next week that the feeling is FAR FROM mutual. instagram.com Notorious hate group the Westboro Baptist Church is planning to picket Silicon Valley tech...
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Silicon Valley Turns To The Fashion World
In the past week, two new smartwatches have been unveiled. But neither are running a phone operating system, and both are being marketed largely around their looks. Gilt The smartwatch experiment, for...
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The Complete Oral History Of The Time We Ordered A Pizza Using The Push For...
The one app that changed three best friends forever. itunes.apple.com On a slow news day in August 2014, a one-touch pizza-buying app called Push for Pizza was created. After signing up with your...
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