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Things We Hate and Love Online This Week
9+ hour, 10+ min ago (421+ words) The Packet Connoisseur. The guy who got "banned" from the DMT realm. The OSINT TikTok stripper. All the ghouls are here. The column that is terminally online so that you don't have to be. I used to care about being…...
This Country Just Banned Social Media for Kids and Teens. Is Yours Next?
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (337+ words) The goal is to limit exposure to pornography, cyberbullying, scams, and algorithms." Social media bans for preteens and children are a craze sweeping the world. Indonesia is the latest to join the wave, as it has begun enforcing a sweeping…...
Best VPNs for Dodging Trackers, Snoops, and Data Vampires
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (1092+ words) Your internet life is no one else's business. Far from my worry that the onslaught of snoopery and endless app permissions requests will wear down people's resistance to digital surveillance, more and more folks are downloading tools to fortify their…...
How to Get More Matches on Dating Apps, According to Psychologists
1+ week, 4+ day ago (413+ words) How to Get More Matches on Dating Apps, According to Psychologists'VICE Get unlimited access to everything VICE has to offer. Anyone who's spent time on dating apps has seen the same profile over and over again. Okay, so they like…...
The Top 10 Most Emotionally Intelligent Countries, Ranked
2+ week, 4+ day ago (367+ words) The Top 10 Most Emotionally Intelligent Countries, Ranked'VICE Get unlimited access to everything VICE has to offer. There are a lot of first dates that never make it to the second simply because someone couldn't hold a proper conversation, or their…...
6 Dating App Mistakes That Are Killing Your Match Count
3+ week, 1+ day ago (306+ words) The worst part is that a lot of the stuff tanking people's chances is completely fixable. SELF rounded up advice from dating coaches and app experts, and the same issues kept coming up again and again. "Hey" is not a…...
What You Need to Know About Nothing’s New Phone (4a), Which Isn’t Coming to the US
3+ week, 6+ day ago (276+ words) Dire Straits said it long, long ago: Money for Nothing. Nothing's Phone (4a) launches today, March 5, 2026, fulfilling the year-long wait that Nothing fans have withstood since 2025's Nothing Phone (3a). But the English smartphone maker won't be bringing the Phone (4a) to North…...
WhatsApp Officially Recommends One of Our Favorite VPNs
4+ week, 1+ day ago (303+ words) Can we say now that we're an influencer who influenced Meta? I'm stingy with my VPN(virtual private network) recommendations. Many, maybe most of them, are sketchy or ineffective. Lots of them'especially the free ones'are both. Mullvad VPN is one…...
Anthropic’s Claude Hits No. 1 in the App Store as Users Ditch ChatGPT Amid Recent Backlash
4+ week, 1+ day ago (232+ words) Bad business with the US government turned out to mean good business with the public. "The Claude iOS app has gained momentum this month," read a CNBC article from February 28, 2026. "On Jan. 30, it was ranked No. 131 in the U.S., and it…...