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Inside OkCupid Labs: The Modern Matchmakers Of Silicon Valley

Inside the new offices of OkCupid Labs, you won’t find beakers. The experiment happens here on the couch, where engineers brainstorm ways they can use data to be the ultimate matchmaker. By looking at how you act and where you spend your time in the world, these geeks think they can build a profile of…

Tech News Boonsri Dickinson - Business Insider Feb 15

Why I’ll Never Trust a Human With My Data Again (Updated)

On Valentine’s Day, I may have an unexpected present: My websites might all go dark, and a decade’s worth of data may vanish. My host’s domain registration is set to expire tomorrow, and the man behind it has disappeared. (Update: He’s back! See below.) Like a lot of other people, I came across Cornerhost when…

Tech News Mat Honan Feb 13

Foxconn Hacked, Making Its Passwords Publicly Available

Foxconn has more to worry about. As well as struggling to deal with allegations of exploitative working conditions in its factories, it’s now had the bad fortune of being hacked, having login and password information spread across the web. https://gizmodo.com/why-apple-doesnt-make-the-iphone-in-america-5878209 9to5Mac reports that a hacker group called SwaggSec gained access to Foxconn’s internal networks through…

Privacy & Security Jamie Condliffe Feb 9

Santorum Is Winning Caucuses but Still Losing Google

Rick Santorum decisively owned three GOP votes last night. On the internet, however, things aren’t going so well: Santorum’s top Google result is still “The frothy mix of lube and fecal matter that is sometimes the byproduct of anal sex.” http://gawker.com/5883254/shocker-rick-santorum-goes-three-for-three-in-tuesdays-elections-despite-being-rick-santorum At the moment, Dan Savage’s legendary Google bomb retaliation against then-senator Santorum for being…

Tech News Sam Biddle Feb 8

Putting a Face to Internet Trolls

Trolls are something we all have to put up with online. But a new BBC documentary tried to track them down, and this video shows just how vile they can be in real life, too. As part of the BBC documentary Panorama, a reporter tracked down a troll in Cardiff, Wales, who goes by the…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Feb 8

Facebook’s (Huge) New Photo Viewer Is Its Best Ever

Facebook is the place we look at photos online. And for years, those photos have been constrained to tiny boxes and ugly, low-resolution uploads. No more! Facebook’s new picture browser is here: your life is now giant and pretty. The new format also takes comments and tags and swings them over to the righthand side…

Social Media Sam Biddle Feb 7

Google Is Laying Gigabit Fiber In Kansas City, Starting Today

There’s been talk of Google rolling out a gigabit fiber network across Kansas City, Kansas and Kansas City, Missouri for a while. But it’s now official: Google engineers are laying cable as of today. That will bring with it not just high-speed browsing but probably Google’s own cable TV, too. [Google; Image: lolloj/Shutterstock] https://gizmodo.com/googles-gigabit-fiber-network-is-coming-to-kansas-city-5787274

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Feb 7

Iceland Is So Inbred It Needs a Website to Avoid Incest

When your society has inhabited a small, remote island for countless generations and boasts a population of only 300,000, the odds of having sex with a relative are significant. Luckily, Icelanders now have a handy tool to avoid family-sex. Íslendingabók—meaning “book of Icelanders”—is an online incest avoidance search engine. Plug in your name and that…

Tech News Sam Biddle Feb 6

Kitties, Komen and The New Editor of Mainstream News

There’s a new editor in chief of mainstream news. You. About a year ago I was putting the final touches on an article for a major media outlet. I honed, I proof-read, I tweaked. My self-absorbed goal was to have to the most popular item on this big media site for at least a few…

Social Media Dave Pell Feb 3

There’s One Very Important Time You Should Always Lie Online

Using the internet is only worthwhile if you can show off the perverse and wonderful things you’ve found on it. So, now that we’re always online and always in touch, we’re constantly sharing links. But what if you’ve seen it already? Lie. You’ve probably encountered this already: most of your friends are bored all day,…

Tech News Sam Biddle Feb 3

The Internet Is Too F*cking Slow

I’m trying to download a couple of games that are 5-15GB each and also back up my entire hard drive and holy Christ it is taking forrrrreeeeeverrrrr. Even with the relatively quick broadband available in New York City—relative to much of the country anyway—it’s all very, very slow. I’m waiting 5 hours for a game…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Feb 3

Don’t Be Dumb Like a Newspaper and Forget to Renew Your Domain Name

If you own a website, it’s probably a good idea to renew your domain name right now. In fact, it’s probably a good idea to renew your domain name for as long as is fiscally responsible for you. 3 years? 5 years? Whatever, go do it! We don’t want your website ending up like the…

Tech News Casey Chan Feb 3

Yes We Can (Profile You)

During the summer of 2011, Michelle Bachman’s campaign rolled out an online video advertising campaign exclusively for Republicans likely to caucus living within one hundred miles of the straw poll in Ames, Iowa. In the months leading up to the caucuses Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign purchased ads that ran before all YouTube videos watched by…

Privacy & Security Daniel Kreiss - Stanford Law Review Feb 3

Social Media and Email Are More Addictive Than Alcohol and Cigarettes

If, like mine, your partner thinks you have a problem because you check social media and email too often, it turns out they might be right. A new study suggests that checking our phones and computers is more addictive than alcohol and cigarettes. A team from Chicago University’s Booth Business School carried out a study…

Social Media Jamie Condliffe Feb 3

Feds Seize 307 Sports Domains Ahead of Sunday’s Super Bowl

The Super Bowl is like a goose that lays golden eggs from which cash cows hatch. It makes obscene amounts of money. So, that could be why the DHS has stepped up its confiscation of sports-related domains in the run-up to Sunday’s match—nuking a total of 307 separate sites. The seizures were part of the…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Feb 2

Alan Lomax’s Amazing Music Archive Is Going Online in February, and Will Be Free

If you don’t know of Alan Lomax, you should. He single-handedly traveled the world to record traditional music across America, Europe and the Caribbean. He amassed over 5,000 hours of sound recordings, and now a team of archivists are posting it online for anyone to listen to. Long before the Internet was a twinkle in…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Feb 2

The Electronic Frontier Foundation Wants to Help You Get Your Files Back

After the FBI shut down Megaupload, millions of people were locked out of files they had uploaded to the service. The Electronic Frontier Foundation is calling bullshit on this, and along with Carpathia, MegaUpload’s hosting service, they’ve started MegaRetrieval.com, a new site meant to call attention and serve those affected. https://gizmodo.com/feds-kill-megaupload-updated-5877612 There’s not much to…

Tech News Adrian Covert Jan 31

Firefox 10 Is Now Live

The newest version of Firefox is now available for the PC and Mac. Its newest features include a Forward button that remains hidden until you actually need it, support for full-screen APIs, and better extensions management. [Mozilla via the Verge]

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Jan 31

The Newest Internet Law to Worry About (Updated: Don’t Worry)

Following in the proud, wide, footsteps of SOPA and PIPA, the Senate is set to vote on another internet regulation bill this week—and the web is worrying already. Justified? Maybe. Unfortunately, the public isn’t allowed to read it. https://gizmodo.com/what-is-sopa-5877000 The Hill reports that the bill deals with private networks—say, Amazon’s S3 or Apple’s iCloud—in the…

Tech News Sam Biddle Jan 30

The First Super Wi-Fi Network Is ALIVE

Remember Super Wi-Fi? The wonderful, wonderful technology that beams internet though the white spaces between TV network transmissions? Well the first real, public network is now active…in Wilmington, North Carolina. https://gizmodo.com/what-is-super-wi-fi-5646259 Now I’m sure Wilmington is a fine, fine place, but my jealousy is getting the better of me here. What I wouldn’t give to…

Tech News Adrian Covert Jan 27

Inside OkCupid Labs: The Modern Matchmakers Of Silicon Valley

Why I’ll Never Trust a Human With My Data Again (Updated)

Foxconn Hacked, Making Its Passwords Publicly Available

Santorum Is Winning Caucuses but Still Losing Google

Putting a Face to Internet Trolls

Facebook’s (Huge) New Photo Viewer Is Its Best Ever

Google Is Laying Gigabit Fiber In Kansas City, Starting Today

Iceland Is So Inbred It Needs a Website to Avoid Incest

Kitties, Komen and The New Editor of Mainstream News

There’s One Very Important Time You Should Always Lie Online

The Internet Is Too F*cking Slow

Don’t Be Dumb Like a Newspaper and Forget to Renew Your Domain Name

Yes We Can (Profile You)

Social Media and Email Are More Addictive Than Alcohol and Cigarettes

Feds Seize 307 Sports Domains Ahead of Sunday’s Super Bowl

Alan Lomax’s Amazing Music Archive Is Going Online in February, and Will Be Free

The Electronic Frontier Foundation Wants to Help You Get Your Files Back

Firefox 10 Is Now Live

The Newest Internet Law to Worry About (Updated: Don’t Worry)

The First Super Wi-Fi Network Is ALIVE

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