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  • Searching for Sugar Daddy

    Searching for Sugar Daddy » Thurston Von Moneybags (not his real name) was scammed once by a girl in Houston. He had arranged to meet her so that he might size her up and determine whether he wanted to give… more ›

  • The Other France

    The Other France » Fouad Ben Ahmed never paid much attention to Charlie Hebdo. He found the satirical magazine to be vulgar and not funny, and to him it seemed fixated on Islam, but he didn’t think that its contributors… more ›

  • Almost None of the Women in the Ashley Madison…

    Almost None of the Women in the Ashley Madison Database Ever Used the Site » When hacker group Impact Team released the Ashley Madison data, they asserted that “thousands” of the women’s profiles were fake. Later, this number got blown… more ›

  • Shop Jeen Is So Scene: Meet the 23-Year-Old CEO…

    Shop Jeen Is So Scene: Meet the 23-Year-Old CEO Selling Clothes That Speak Internet » If you haven’t heard of Shop Jeen, that’s because you’re not a 19-year-old with pastel-pink hair and an iPhone plastered in emoji stickers. Crop tops… more ›

  • Dissertation – The web as platform: Data flows in…

    Dissertation – The web as platform: Data flows in social media » On September 23, 2015 I will publicly defend my dissertation ‘The web as platform: Data flows in social media’ at the University of Amsterdam. Read the English summary/Nederlandse… more ›

  • The truth about the caliphate

    The truth about the caliphate » In March, Abu Mohammed al-Adnani, a former stonemason who is the chief spokesman for Islamic State (IS), issued an audio clip to acknowledge a pledge of allegiance from the Nigerian group Boko Haram. more ›

  • The Notification Problem — Medium

    The Notification Problem — Medium » To “allow” or not to “allow,” that is the question. The Hopper app analyzes billions of flight prices daily to predict how prices will change, and tells you when to buy your tickets. more ›

  • Microsoft created an open-source browser using…

    Microsoft created an open-source browser using HTML, JavaScript, and CSS » Microsoft’s new browser, Edge, has a new rendering engine, EdgeHTML. Like Edge, the new rendering engine is only available in Windows 10, but it does more than just power… more ›

  • Life in the Paris Suburbs

    Life in the Paris Suburbs » In this week’s magazine, George Packer writes about the alienated, impoverished communities of the Paris suburbs, or banlieues, and the question (fiercely debated in France since the Charlie Hebdo killings, in January) of whether the neighborhoods are incubators… more ›

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