The Fediverse, a decentralized social network with interconnected spaces that are each independently managed with unique rules and cultural norms, has seen a surge in popularity. Decentralization h...

The Safe Street Rebel group has waged a war against robotaxis in an effort to end vehicle dominance in the city and promote public transport

Amazon has pillaged the planet in its quest for world domination. Music has not been spared.

A generation is still dying younger than it should—this time, of “natural causes.”

I know we’re deep, deep, deep into the moral panic about social media being uniquely awful, especially for kids. It’s driving all sorts of nonsense, including the false idea that we’re in a uniquel…

Welcome to another episode of Last Week in the Fediverse! The major theme of this week is news around technical infrastructure. Mastodon....

Three months, thousands of layoffs, one ego

Studies indicate bans disproportionately impact books about people of color and LBGTQ+ characters.

Former streaming service subscribers on why they have ditched mod cons for MP3s, CDs and other DIY music formats

The gig economy is an entire universe. What is it like working inside of it?

Real Life is a magazine about living with technology. The emphasis is more on living. We publish one piece a day—essays, features, uncategorizable—four or five days a week. We launched with funding from Snapchat, but we operate with editorial independence and without ads.

In our November cover story, Taylor Swift talks to Chuck Klosterman about whether or not she really hates Katy Perry

The company has lost three high-profile podcast leaders in the past month.

Of all of the foreign life ways Indians held, one of the first the Europeans targeted for elimination was the Two Spirits among Native American cultures.

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Independent experts from NYU, UMass Amherst, Columbia, Marquette, and the ACLU are partnering with Gizmodo to responsibly publish this historic leak.

Pokimane even threatened to stop using Streamlabs.

The journalists of Novaya Gazeta report on dangerous conflicts—and endure threats of their own.

Companies speaking to reporters — especially tech companies, but they're by no means the only ones; media companies do it too — like to add information "on background." That means that the information they provide can be included in the story, but can't be attributed specifically to …

Billions are flowing into the music industry—and barely a cent is going toward the creation of new music.

Many years after her long career as America’s beloved morning-news anchor, she has decided to write a book focused on the messy parts. Why?

This is an ongoing public Google Doc collecting all the stories published surrounding the Wall Street Journal’s “Facebook Files” project. Shortlink: https://bit.ly/fbdocstories

Cryptocurrency promises to liberate the monetary system from the clutches of the powerful. Instead, it mostly functions to make wealthy speculators even wealthier.

In the age of streaming, public libraries offer small-scale alternatives for local archiving.

Rural adults are less likely than suburban adults to have home broadband and less likely than urban adults to own a smartphone, tablet or computer.

Article originally published in Issue 4 of Rupture, Ireland’s eco-socialist quarterly, buy the print issue:

The cynical side of my brain is convinced that Ireland is a country based on waves – be they of COVID, careerist coalition partners, or emigration. It sometimes feels as if we’re stuck having the same few conversations every five months or years, running into depressingly similar problems without any real conclusion. I guess this […]