January 13, 2018 11 innovative ways to make money online “Online work” used to mean “money grabbing scam.” You might find a job selling things online for a commission or writing blogs for money, but these rarely provided a living wage, or even enough spare change to justify the time commitment. Times have changed. The internet has finally become profitable, not just for startup entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley, but for regular people with everyday skills.
January 5, 2018 How Iranian protesters are skirting the government's tech clampdown to continue their fight As the protests across Iran stretch into their eighth night, the government is continuing to crackdown with restrictions on the nation’s already tightly-controlled internet and access to social media.
December 20, 2017 3 ways to start your year with a digital clean slate Here’s a New Year’s resolution for 2018: de-clutter your digital history. Your computer stores a huge amount of browsing data, and in places you might never think to look. This meticulous chronology makes you vulnerable to snoops and advertising trackers. The solution: eliminate it.
December 19, 2017 Net neutrality's impact on free porn could be significant, experts say The FCC’s decision on Thursday to kill net neutrality rules that provide for equal access online to all types of content will likely reshape the multibillion dollar porn industry in the coming years.
December 13, 2017 Google reveals Matt Lauer and Hurricane Irma are 2017's top searches Google revealed Wednesday that the search engine’s top searches in 2017 included Hurricane Irma, Matt Lauer and Meghan Markle all topped the list.
December 1, 2017 Redditors don’t read what they vote on, according to a new study A new study has found that almost three-quarters of posts to Reddit are voted on by users who haven't actually clicked through, and many visitors to the site merely scan through headlines.
November 26, 2017 3 ways to score big holiday discounts online Surveys suggest that more than half of holiday shopping takes place online, and that figure grows every year. But as blissful as online shopping is, the internet is a sterile environment. Unlike your local shopping mall, you can’t land an online discount by asking for a deal or “knowing a guy.”
November 9, 2017 Reddit bans message board of 'involuntarily celibate' men who hate and blame women The subreddit incel or involuntarily celibate was banned from Reddit this week after the website began clamping down on message board’s that incited violence against a group of people.
November 8, 2017 Silicon Valley's 'car people' push homeless crisis to the brink MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — In the same affluent, suburban city where Google built its headquarters, Tes Saldana lives in a crowded but tidy camper that she parks on the street.
November 6, 2017 Major internet outage hits Comcast users across the US A major internet outage hit Comcast users across a swath of the U.S. Monday.
