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Caroline Mimbs Nyce

Caroline Mimbs Nyce

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The Self-Help Queen of TikTok Goes Mainstream

Keila Shaheen outsold Oprah Winfrey with a journaling book marketed through TikTok. Now what? In 2006, Oprah Winfrey couldn’t stop talking about The...

17.04.2024 4

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The Great Dictation Boom Is Here

The dream of computers that can type for you is finally coming true. As a little girl, I often found myself in my family’s basement, doing battle...

08.04.2024 6

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Caroline Mimbs Nyce

Did You Feel That?

The earthquake internet actually works. In the decade I have lived in California, I’ve learned to be on edge for “The Big One”—an earthquake...

06.04.2024 10

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Caroline Mimbs Nyce

The Trolls Who Attack Dog Fosters

Sometimes, going viral isn’t as great as it seems. Lucchese is not the world’s cutest dog. Picked up as a stray somewhere in Texas, he is scruffy...

28.03.2024 3

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Are Social-Media Companies Ready for Another January 6?

I asked 13 of them about their plans for violence around the election. Here’s what they had to say. In January, Donald Trump laid out in stark terms...

08.03.2024 7

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TikTok Is Basically Just Broadcast TV Now

The notorious social-media app has become less ... social. When the Universal Music Group decided to pull its songs from TikTok last month in the...

02.03.2024 4

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AI Companies Are Obsessed With Planning Your Next Trip

Of all the possible things you might ask a chatbot, one stands above the rest. A perfect day in Los Angeles starts with a stroll along the Venice...

16.02.2024 10

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The Apple Watch May Have a Calorie Problem

I tied myself into knots trying to close its little red ring. A little monster lives on my wrist, and every day, I wake up prepared to do battle with...

02.02.2024 8

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Faulty Design Is the Next Big Social-Media Battleground

Lawyers may not be able to hold Snap and Meta accountable for the content that users post—so they’re trying something else. The stories are...

31.01.2024 3

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The Internet Is Being Ruined by Bloated Junk

Sites such as YouTube, TikTok, and Twitter used to be defined by short content. Not anymore. We live in the age of the short attention span. And yet:...

15.01.2024 2

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We Got Lucky With the Mystery Dog Illness

A new, deadly canine disease could have the U.S. scrambling to respond. In late July 1980, a five-month-old Doberman pinscher puppy in Washington,...

07.01.2024 10

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Please Do Not Stick a Camera Down Your Ear

TikTok loves high-tech gadgets for scraping out ear wax. Doctors? Not so much. The ear is a marvelous, humble organ. It powers our hearing and also...

04.01.2024 4

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Twitter’s Demise Is About So Much More Than Elon Musk

TikTok is eating microblogging as we’ve always known it. It’s really, really hard to kill a large, beloved social network. But Elon Musk has...

21.12.2023 3

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Email Search Is a Comedy of Errors

My flight receipt is in there somewhere, right? Before a flight, I get a Pavlovian stress reaction—not from the prospect of hurtling at 30,000 feet...

13.12.2023 10

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Watching a Line Cook Flip Eggs for Six Hours

TikTok has become a home to people broadcasting themselves live at work. Viewers are captivated. Dylan Longton really knows how to flip an egg. A...

26.11.2023 10

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The iPhone Selfie Camera Has Gotten Too Good

Is this really my face? This past spring, I participated in the sacred tradition that comes around once every few years: I got a new iPhone. The...

11.11.2023 20

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Google, Are You Sure No Country in Africa Starts With a ‘K’?

The world’s favorite search engine is becoming less dependable as a result of generative AI. There is no easy way to explain the sum of Google’s...

07.11.2023 30

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Driverless Cars Are Losing to Driver-ish Cars

The self-driving revolution is hiding in plain sight. Earlier this month, a woman in San Francisco was hit by a car while crossing the street. Had the...

27.10.2023 20

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Move Over, Instagram Face—Meet AI Face

In the world of generated imagery, you’re either drop-dead gorgeous or a wrinkled, bug-eyed freak. The man I am looking at is very hot. He’s got...

24.10.2023 4

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America Is About to See Way More Driverless Cars

Robotaxis are now picking up riders in L.A. and Houston—and facing a whole new set of challenges. The future of driverless cars in America is a...

17.10.2023 3

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Should You Delete Your Kid’s TikTok This Week?

Hostage videos could present a horrific new dilemma for parents. This week, a teenager might open up their TikTok feed and immediately be served a...

12.10.2023 3

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The Supreme Court Cases That Could Redefine the Internet

What does freedom of speech actually mean on social media? We’re about to find out. In the aftermath of the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol,...

30.09.2023 10

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The 24-Year-Old Who Outsold Oprah This Week

The Shadow Work Journal has exploded on TikTok as an inexpensive mental-health tool, even as experts question its approach—and the author’s...

28.09.2023 9

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The Brain of a Man Who Is Always Thinking About Ancient Rome

Cullen Murphy wrote a book on the Roman empire—and sees parallels everywhere. Do you find yourself constantly closing your eyes and seeing marble?...

15.09.2023 5

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The Website Surfers Love to Hate

Surfline made the sport more convenient for amateurs and professionals alike. Why do so many of them complain about it? Matt Warshaw still remembers...

12.09.2023 2

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