Surfs up, shields up: The virtues of VPNs
Explore the essentials of virtual private networks (VPNs), including how they protect your online presence and what limitations they might…
Tag: Internet
Young people in Spain lead the way as Europe’s livestream champions
Young people in Spain are the biggest fans of livestreaming. This content, broadcast live on platforms such as Twitch and…
Ex-YouTube CEO’s son dies at UC Berkeley campus, according to officials, relative
The 19-year-old son of a former YouTube executive died last week at the UC Berkeley campus where he resided, officials…
WikiLeaks founder Assange may be near the end of his long fight to stay out of the US
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s fight to avoid facing spying charges in the United States may be nearing an end following…
Video games are mourning the old, weird, clunky Internet
Rediscover the magic of 90s cyber culture, as video games take a nostalgic journey to the pixelated era.
Taiwanese influencer arrested in Cambodia for faking livestreams of own abduction in scam mill
An influencer who dominated headlines back home in Taiwan after livestreaming his alleged escape from abduction in a Cambodian scam…
US woman gets 99 years for orchestrating catfished murder-for-hire plot in friend’s death
An Anchorage woman has been sentenced to 99 years in prison for orchestrating the death of a developmentally disabled woman…
Thinking of adding an emoji as you text? Think again, say researchers in Britain, as context matters
‘Universal’ facial emotions may not remain so when turned into emojis, University of Nottingham team says after survey of Chinese…
Study: Online images reinforce gender stereotypes more than text
Images on the Internet reinforce gender stereotypes – such as doctors being men or nurses women – more than text,…