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In a world ruled by social media, posting a wrong status update has sometimes even turned out to be fatal. There have been reports where a post on something as simple as a relationship status change has resulted in suicide, especially among teenagers. People have also faced arrest for

For more than a year, a company called Corellium has been offering hackers a virtual iPhone. For a price, you could summon up a virtual iPhone on your computer, changing the model or iOS version through a simple menu tab. Now, Apple is suing to shut that

We’re more than a year away from the 2020 presidential election, and some U.S. social media users already want to hit the snooze button on politics. A new survey from the Pew Research Center found that 46 percent of U.S. social media users feel “worn out” by politics on

Social media has ushered in a new era of accountability in which ordinary people are emboldened by smartphones and social media to document the world around them, from the events they witness to the lived experiences that define their lives. At the same time, ubiquitous cameras and the pursuit

If there is a single thing the last decade has made crystal clear to the world, it’s the resounding power and influence of social media, not always for the better, and again and again, women have borne the brunt of the abuse of its worst actors. Now,

Great user interface design is invisible. But when bad designs pop up, it can complicate an otherwise simple process. User Inyerface, a short web game created by Bagaar, is an example of what happens when every frustrating element of user interface design is jammed together. Buttons that should

Businesses spent over a trillion dollars on enterprise software and IT services last year, with a healthy forecasted growth fueling an otherwise flat IT market. You might expect this investment would be producing better and better software, but every day you probably experience the reverse. Cryptic error messages, confusing

There is an old adage: “You get what you pay for.” It’s a common saying that has become cliché enough that some people tend to forget that it is usually true (but not always). Here is another quote, which you may or may not find useful: “Anyone

SpaceX just vaulted a rocket full of 60 satellites into the sky, marking a huge leap forward on its mission to put up a megaconstellation that could beam cheap broadband all over the planet. This is the first dedicated mission for SpaceX’s internet constellation, called Starlink. It kicked off when the

Twitter has the best memes from the latest Game of Thrones episode We have now witnessed the longest battle in the history of film and television, thanks to Game of Thrones, Season 8 third episode. HBO’s biggest TV Series has kept up to its hype and the