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The Scarlet "V
2+ hour, 6+ min ago (75+ words) I'll start this new project just as soon as all conditions in my life are perfect. More precise names for the "Personal Life" section on Wikipedia. Tough-guy things I can do because I don't wear a face mask. It's becoming…...
Straight Outta Hormuz
13+ hour, 44+ min ago (75+ words) I'll start this new project just as soon as all conditions in my life are perfect. More precise names for the "Personal Life" section on Wikipedia. Tough-guy things I can do because I don't wear a face mask. It's becoming…...
The Internet Wants to Check Your I. D.
9+ mon, 1+ day ago (405+ words) The app Tea is a kind of digital whisper network for women. No men are allowed to join. Those who wish to be members must submit evidence, including selfies, in order to prove that they are women. It is up…...
A. I. Is Making Influencing Even Faker
1+ week, 5+ day ago (1439+ words) Tik Tok and Instagram made it easy to monetize the physical self. Now the social-media-savvy can use A. I. to play with their identity, or overhaul it entirely. Across social media, an influx of A. I. -generated avatars is reshaping what it means to…...
Our Longing for Inconvenience
3+ week, 2+ hour ago (1857+ words) Hanif Abdurraqib writes about the CD player, the DVD, the Nintendo and the nuisances of past technologies, even as they have fuelled nostalgia for things that might transport us back to calmer times. When she insists on falling in love…...
We Need Fewer Influencers and More Bullshit E-Mail Jobs
2+ week, 6+ day ago (651+ words) Growing up, I had these childlike dreams of being an astronaut, a firefighter, or an N. F. L. player with twenty concussions. But because of my state-school education that my parents paid for with their grandparents" money, I was lucky enough to dream…...
Our Mom-and-Pop Data Center
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (189+ words) Meta operates 26 data centers in the United States and has said it will spend $600 billion to build new ones in the coming years. .. . It and other tech giants have hired "community affairs" workers to build local trust. "The Times, in…...
A Day in the Pre-Internet World, as Understood by Someone Born in 2002
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (299+ words) You wake up to the sound of your clock radio. You grab it, along with your landline, camera, calculator, calendar, and fax machine, before heading out the door. After learning the finite amount of information the world has to offer,…...