Tag: Internet
Craigslist turns 25 – a reminder that a more democratic version...
Jessa Lingel, University of Pennsylvania
Fake news. Online surveillance. Phishing scams. Biased algorithms.
It’s easy to be cynical about the internet, and harder to remember a...
Why bad customer service won’t improve anytime soon
Anthony Dukes, University of Southern California and Yi Zhu, University of Minnesota
Some of the most hated companies in the U.S. are also the most...
Cities and states take up the battle for an open internet
David Elliot Berman, University of Pennsylvania and Victor Pickard, University of Pennsylvania
Internet service providers like Comcast and Verizon are free to slow down, block...
Website privacy options aren’t much of a choice since they’re hard...
Hana Habib, Carnegie Mellon University and Lorrie Cranor, Carnegie Mellon University
You’ve probably encountered a pair of shoes that won’t stop following you around the...
Amazon is turning 25 – here’s a look back at how...
Venkatesh Shankar, Texas A&M University
A quarter of a century ago, on July 5, 1994, a company, which shared a name with the world’s...
Your internet data is rotting
Paul Royster, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Many MySpace users were dismayed to discover earlier this year that the social media platform lost 50 million files uploaded...
Russia isn’t the first country to protest Western control over global...
Sarah Nelson, Vanderbilt University
As the international community becomes increasingly concerned about misinformation and data breaches, the Russian government has announced plans to test its...
The internet has done a lot, but so far little for...
Chris Doucouliagos, Deakin University and Tom Stanley, Deakin University
The internet is transforming every aspect of our lives. It has become indispensable. But, so far,...
EXPLORING NATURE
Geothermal energy has huge potential to generate clean power – including...
Moones Alamooti, University of North Dakota
As energy use rises and the planet warms, you might have dreamed of...
