We Didn’t Ask for This Internet

Cory Doctorow and Tim Wu explain why the internet failed to live up to its early promise.
DMNews

If you own these 5 items, you’re wealthier than 90% of the world (even if you feel average)

While you're busy comparing yourself to Instagram influencers, you're overlooking the everyday items in your home that ...
Make Tech Easier

Laptop Touchpad Too Hot? This One Windows Setting Cools It Down in Seconds

Is your laptop touchpad too hot to touch? You can drastically reduce the temperature by dropping the max processor state and ...

I was celibate for 40 years, then became an escort – I make thousands every month but I’ll NEVER do OnlyFans, here’s why

A 73-YEAR-OLD woman who became an escort after being celibate for 40 years has explained why she’ll never do OnlyFans.
NDTV

Man Posts Father's Childhood Chore List From 90s, Internet Reacts To The Routine

A 1990s Philadelphia chore list from Carl Randolph Sr. was shared by Carl Jr. on Threads The list included daily, weekly, and monthly duties starting when Carl Jr. was eight years old Tasks covered ...
Hindustan Times

'Is ₹90 LPA a good salary in Bengaluru?': NRI with PhD seeks advice, internet divided

A Reddit post by an NRI professional weighing a return to India has triggered a discussion online about pay, cost of living and career trade-offs in Bengaluru. The post drew mixed reactions on Reddit.
WESA

Fear and internet blackouts make communication difficult for Iranians

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has acknowledged that thousands of people have been killed during weeks of unrest, and some human rights groups put the figure at over 15,000. The ...
Newsweek

Man Shares Dad’s 90s Chore List—Internet Stunned by What’s on It

A chore list from a Philadelphia household in the early 90s has been praised by users on social media. The list, posted on Threads by Carl Randolph Jr., (@fatcarl_sp) lays out daily, weekly and ...
The American Spectator

It Was Bound to Happen: Brooklyn Hipsters Now Want to Return to the ’90s Internet

You’d open a webpage with a few photos scattered among the text and could go grab a coffee before it even finished loading. In that sense, it reminds me of Joe Biden’s processing speed. I remember ...
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The weirdest plumbing tutorial on the internet

The homesteading pros at Gold Shaw Farm explore the weirdest plumbing tutorial on the internet. 'This is a mistake, President': Bill Ackman responds to Trump's call for a one-year 10% cap on credit ...
Wired

Is Craigslist the Last Real Place on the Internet?

The writer and comedian Megan Koester got her first writing job, reviewing internet pornography, from a Craigslist ad she responded to more than 15 years ago. Several years after that, she used the ...
Pew Research Center

What we know about internet use, smartphone ownership and digital divides in the U.S.

For 25 years, Pew Research Center has tracked some of the biggest technological shifts in history. Note: We conducted polls via phone from 2000 to 2021; via web and mail in 2023; and via web, mail and ...