What does Google know about me?
You may know that Google is tracking you, but most people don't realize the extent of it. Luckily, there are simple steps you can take to dramatically reduce Google's tracking....
Coronavirus: inside story of how Mercedes F1 and academics fast-tracked life saving breathing aid
[caption id="attachment_78987" align="aligncenter" width="665"] James Tye / UCL[/caption] With the coronavirus pandemic spreading to nearly every country in the world, the number of hospital patients needing respiratory support is becoming...
TikTok vulnerability could have let hackers access users’ videos
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Cybersecurity research firm Check Point Research says it found “multiple vulnerabilities” within video sharing app TikTok that demonstrated its insecurity as scrutiny for...
The New Ticket Scalpers Are Young, Unashamed, and Very Online
[caption id="attachment_73443" align="aligncenter" width="720"] Kevin Mazur / Getty; Katie Martin[/caption] The moment that Harry Styles announced he would play a one-night-only album-release show at Los Angeles’ historic venue The Forum...
Our Predictions About the Internet Are Probably Wrong
Alex Merto Not long ago, I stopped by the Morgan Library, in Manhattan, to pay a visit to the Gutenberg Bible on display within a cube of glass in the...
The Drunk-Text Decade
The first spike in Google searches for the term drunk text came in May 2009, three months after the launch of a website called Texts From Last Night. Lauren Leto...