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A British academic’s remarks that “it’s inevitable that students will be allowed to use the Internet in exams” sparks a debate over the purpose of testing and the encouragement of learning.

Director Shiho Fukada sheds light on a growing problem in Japan, internet café refugees. For most temporary workers, a stall in one of these net cafés is all they can afford.

You are the architect of your brain, the data suggests.

The origin of life is one of the biggest open questions. Could it all have started before our planet was even born? “When you arise in the morning, think of […]

In Inside Out, this summer’s fantastic Pixar film about the fraught emotional landscape of childhood, a girl named Riley gets hauled away from her idyllic life in Minnesota to a […]

Today is our National Day of Prayer, emphasis on “our” and “National,” meaning freedom is the prevailing principle through which to approach our discussions (and Internet comments).

The Tesla CEO’s tweets are capable of generating hashtags, memes, and even temporary spikes in the price of company shares. 

U.S. District Judge Katherine Forrest has sentenced Ross Ulbricht to life in prison, a more severe sentence than even the prosecution had requested. Forrest explained she was making an example of Ulbricht to send a message to others like him. 

Trolling isn’t just the actions of ornery black sheep on the web. Jonathan Zittrain explains that it’s a set of behaviors due to be studied more intently in the coming years.

George Zimmer, famous for his familiar beard and iconic commercial catchphrase, is attempting to disrupt the tailoring industry with a new venture.

No horror movie scenarios ensued.

Dr. Guido Zuccon knows we all Google our medical questions, but how accurate are these search engine diagnosis?

How do you erase something that has gone viral, like a meme? The idea pits our right to privacy against a community that’s hungry to share. So, how do we even begin to police it?

Clickbait and viral content may be fascinating or annoying depending on your perspective as an e-consumer, but to internet researchers the phenomenon is the stuff of scientific wonder.

Sometimes a small business model is the way to go, so companies don’t have to sell off user data to make money.

Microsoft Senior Director of Search Stefan Weitz discusses the future of search technology.

We are more connected than ever, and yet people will still accept myths as facts. So, when the truth is just a Google search away, why do we continue to circulate internet myths?

Forums and their members get a bad rap. It isn’t the outdated, troll-happy online cesspool you think it is. It’s a place to find community and support. You may even walk away feeling like a more productive member of society. 

Place matters, and it may matter more in older age than at any other stage of life. Where we live shapes the contours of our daily experience, determining our access […]

Public shaming can be powerful medicine. But used in the wrong context it can kill.

How does venture capitalist Ben Lerer decide which opportunities are worth investment? Lerer follows the inevitable path of disruption, targeting areas of the world that have not yet been disrupted by the internet but soon will.

Architect Marc Kushner explains the radical changes you can expect from residential architecture in the coming years.

Jeremy Corbyn, the man who will take the Labour Party to the next British election, believes in homeopathy. Here’s why that matters.

Facebook has enabled PGP encryption as an option for notification emails, adding another layer of security for users. So, what companies will follow?

A brief explanation of today’s big net neutrality news and why the decision excites some while troubling others.

The internet may be costing the economy dearly, and not just because we’re distracted by Facebook when we should be doing our job.

This time, the graphic novel Persepolis is to blame.

Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg recently implied that the company’s success with providing marketing tools for small-to-medium businesses could precede an eventual shift toward competition with TV advertising.

The author of The Internet is Not the Answer decries the free business model that has brought so much success to companies like Google and Facebook.

Online learning has set the stage for the start of democratized education, but some argue that total equality is still a long way off.