Tech
Is the internet leading us into a 21st century dark age?
New Romantics — Social media platforms keep guzzling our most personal data, with the promise it will be saved forever – but what if it was all lost?
Written by: Emily Reynolds
The tech industry has a serious sustainability problem
And it’s going unchecked — While consumers have forced the fashion industry to start confronting its ethical and environmental shortcomings in recent years, the tech world remains unchecked. Why?
Written by: Kat George
What being online taught me about love and loss
New Romantics — As we’ve pivoted from IRL communication to screens and chats, conversations have been transformed. In some ways, writes Emily Reynolds, it’s made us closer than ever.
Written by: Emily Reynolds
Ghost in the machine: inside the internet’s paranormal history
Face The Strange — Haunted websites, digital myths and abandoned online spaces: writer Biju Belinky shines a light into the internet’s creepiest corners.
Written by: Biju Belinky
How technology transformed long-distance relationships
New Romantics — We think a lot about how we turn online relationships into offline ones – what we think of less is how it works the other way round.
Written by: Emily Reynolds
What our online history can tell us about who we are
New Romantics — Our social media experiences reveal a lot about who we are, how we communicate, and what we want to say. Understanding them could help us connect to each other better, writes Emily Reynolds.
Written by: Emily Reynolds
Eight of our favourite podcasts from 2018
What you may have missed — From life on the red planet to life in ISIS – we round up the best audio series from the past year.
Written by: Thomas Curry
Romantic storytelling & the way we perform love online
New Romantics — Telling a story with ourselves at the centre is the way that we make sense of the world, writes Emily Reynolds. But when we tell this story to an audience we don’t quite know, it cheapens everything.
Written by: Emily Reynolds
How Tumblr became a sanctuary for the Internet’s outsiders
End of an era — The blogging website’s ban on adult content threatens to alienate the most marginalised in society, and block future generations’ road to self-discovery.
Written by: Lydia Morrish
Cancel culture: when celebrity worship goes wrong
Notes on online outrage — Calling out injustice, sexual abuse, corruption, and industry-protected violence is necessary, argues Ayishat Akanbi. But too often we’re aiming at the wrong target.
Written by: Ayishat Akanbi