Tag: Internet
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Tributes flood in for teenage cancer hero
Described as a ‘credit to humanity’, Stephen Sutton, the 19-year-old who raised over £3 million for charity, has died. What message should we take from his untimely death?
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Google ordered to cut links with the past
In a landmark decision, the EU has told Google its users have the ‘right to be forgotten’ so that online searches do not reveal unwanted details of their past. Could this lead to censorship?
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Experts warn hackers are winning internet war
As websites reel from multiple security breaches, a leading company warns that its antivirus software cannot keep up with growing threats. Is the internet descending into chaos?
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Experts baffled by online video mystery
Nine months ago, thousands of strange videos of rectangles started appearing on YouTube. No one knows what they mean, but some think they might be a sinister secret code. Who is behind them?
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Web’s creator demands internet bill of rights
The man who invented the world wide web 25 years ago has called for users’ freedoms to be enshrined in an ‘online Magna Carta’. But is some lost online privacy the price we pay for safety?
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Startup creates superhuman speed reading app
A tech company claims its new app will quadruple average reading speeds to an incredible 1,000 words per minute. But does speed reading come at the price of deeper understanding – and fun?
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‘Selfie’ beats ‘twerk’ to become word of the year
Linguists at Oxford Dictionaries have chosen ‘selfie’ as their word of the year for 2013, citing a 17,000% increase in its popularity. Why are we so obsessed with taking photos of ourselves?
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Craze for ‘lists about everything’ under attack
From ‘bucket lists’ of things to see and do before you die, to the listicles taking over internet journalism, there’s no escaping rankings and catalogues. Will this trend kill spontaneity?
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New apps put a brake on rude emails
A new app can vet your emails to prevent you sending messages that are too angry or upsetting to inflict on the recipient. Has the death of the letter made us worse communicators?
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Twitter sale makes ‘dropout’ a tech millionaire
Shares in the microblogging service Twitter will go on sale to the public next month, earning a fortune for founder Jack Dorsey. How did a scruffy college dropout become a tech millionaire?
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Hope and anger as Apple rolls out new software
Apple has released a new version of the company’s ground-breaking mobile phone operating system, iOS. It is modern, fresh and easy to use. So why do some iPhone users hate it?
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‘Moral squalor’ of illegal downloads condemned
Have you ever downloaded a song without paying for it? Watched a film online for free? If so, the celebrated author Philip Pullman believes you are no better than a pickpocket. Is that fair?
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Survey and dictionary agree: geeks are chic
Comic book heroes smash box offices, memes rule the internet and a new survey suggests that many people now aspire to be geeks. Are we witnessing a revolution in popular culture?
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Global elites gather for festival of ideas
With its inspirational speakers, optimistic tone and slick production, TED – which has just held its global conference – is an internet sensation. But are its ideas really ‘worth spreading’?
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Giant internet surveillance project exposed
Leaked documents have blown the cover of a programme named Prism which allows the US government to spy on internet activity around the world. Should we fear for our freedom?