Tech Week: Egg Freezing, Gamergate And Online Giving
Debates about the role of women in the technology workforce and in gaming are swirling over two notable stories this week.
Digital Life
When Disaster Strikes, Facebook Lets Friends Know You're OK
Facebook's newest tool, known as Safety Check, aims to allow people to quickly alert friends and family that they are safe after a natural disaster.
'Why Kids Sext' Describes Nude Photos As 'Social Currency' Among Teens
Teenage girls explained to writer Hanna Rosin that boys collect sexts like baseball cards or Pokemon cards. "There's so much free porn out there that these pictures serve a different role," she says.
Snapchat And Dropbox Breaches Are Really Third-Party-App Breaches
While troves of data from the ephemeral messaging app Snapchat and the cloud storage provider Dropbox were leaked, the companies put the blame elsewhere.
At 113, Woman Lies About Her Age So She Can Join Facebook
Born in 1900, Anna Stoehr has seen dramatic shifts in technology. But when the Minnesota woman tried to create a Facebook account, she hit a snag. The service couldn't handle her early birthdate.
HBO Without Cable, Coming In 2015
HBO has announced that beginning in 2015, it will offer what many have long wanted: access to HBO without having cable.
Key To Securing Online Accounts May Be Just A Squiggle Away
Engineering researchers at Rutgers University have discovered that the free-form symbol might be the ultimate password. The uniqueness of someone's squiggle makes it a tough password to rip off.
Mortifying Screen Names A Millennial's Rite Of Passage
Modern Family writer Megan Ganz, Grantland writer Rembert Browne and Rookie Mag founder Tavi Gevinson recall their most embarrassing monikers for our New Boom series.
The Empire Strikes Back: The Fan-Made Version
A follow-up to 2010 Emmy-winner Star Wars Uncut, the film is a pastiche of live action, stop-motion and animation that shows both the contributors' talents and their passion for the original.
Apple Says iOS Encryption Protects Privacy; FBI Raises Crime Fears
Apple says its new operating system for the iPhone features encryption so secure that not even Apple has the key to it. But the FBI warns that the software could limit its ability to fight crime.