Web culture
The ‘three-word method’ for finding your personal style
In the face of a merry-go-round of trends, experts say this method will help you shop with more purpose and reduce the risk of buyer’s regret.
- by Lauren Ironmonger
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Opinion
Google is facing its first real threat in years
Google was once so dazzlingly brilliant at what it did that it became a verb. Today, it isn’t even so good at web searches any more and a new rival led by a former Google executive is threatening its turf.
- by Andrew Orlowski
Snubbed for a phone? There’s no need to take it personally
The impolite habit of ignoring a partner scrolls on a phone is such a widespread phenomenon that behavioural experts even have a term for it – “phubbing”.
- by Sarah Knapton
Two minutes with Danny Katz: Is asking Google for help with my crossword OK?
Our Modern Guru ponders whether evolution has moved us on from working things out for ourselves.
- by Danny Katz
‘Extortion’: Why Web3 is making a lot of software developers angry
Venture capitalists and entrepreneurs say Web3 will be a decentralised utopia. But engineer Geoffrey Huntley is more than a little sceptical.
- by Dominic Powell
Analysis
Analysis
Stronger parental controls only one piece of phone safety puzzle
The government wants to force Apple and Google to make stronger tools for parental oversight, but a cultural and educational shift is also needed.
- by Tim Biggs
Why so many federal election memes are from The Simpsons
The 2022 federal election, and arguably every Australian political contest since 2014, has been fuelled online by references to The Simpsons. Why?
- by Kat Wong
Opinion
Opinion
Are we entering a dark phase for Big Tech?
The past decade has been one long party for tech. Where we go from here isn’t so clear.
- by Shira Ovide
Cesspool of misogyny: Instagram accused of failing high-profile women
Amber Heard and other high-profile women opened up thousands of their incoming private messages to researchers as part of a new report.
- by Daniel Victor
You’re still being tracked on the internet, just in a different way
The internet industry shuddered last year when Apple and Google announced measures that threatened to cripple digital advertising. But in less than a year, another type of internet tracking has started taking over.
- by Brian X. Chen and Daisuke Wakabayashi
Exclusive
Twitter’s Australian boss exits
The managing director, who has led the social-media platform since 2016, is joining ecommerce marketing company Yotpo.
- by Nick Bonyhady and Zoe Samios