A data scientist has analysed Donald Trump's Twitter feed and shown a reliable way to tell which tweets were sent by the controversial US presidential hopeful himself, and which were sent by one of his staff members.
Gaming can boost students' school performance and should be incorporated into classroom activities.
A new beta version of Apple's iOS 10 software for iPhones and iPads dropped today, and with it a fresh look at the new and reworked emoji coming to the company's platforms.
Marina Joyce is a moderately popular British fashion vlogger. Over the weekend she tweeted out a link to her latest video. Here begins the conspiracy.
Tourists are flocking to the world's steepest street in the coolest little city of the south, Dunedin.
Milo Yiannopoulos, known on Twitter as @Nero, has been one of the most egregious and consistent offenders against Twitter's terms of service. In an attempt to show that it is cracking down on abuse, Twitter has now blocked his account.
US regulators are moving to stem a growing scandal in YouTube-land, where ostensibly independent game reviewers are being paid big bucks to plug products.
More and more, what we choose to put on social media is influenced by what we want to be able to remember in the future.
A call on Reddit to mount a campaign against positive reviews of Ghostbusters has taken a curious twist, reports Karl Quinn.
Google probably knows you better than your closest friends and family.
He was behind this week's hoax about the death of author Cormac McCarthy. But it was not the first time his lies have fooled the public or the media.
The internet's Greg Miller discusses the weirdness of internet celebrity, the importance of community and bringing his 'garbage truck on fire' down under.
After the tragedy of the Dirr family went viral, concerned people offered support and even money. But the Dirrs did not exist.
Image sharing service's announcement strengthens its lead over Twitter and underscores Facebook's beachhead of popular mobile apps.
In a move hailed by much of Silicon Valley, a US appeals court upheld federal "net neutrality" rules that prevent ISPs from slowing down service for some users.
A US man's Facebook post seemingly predicts Hillary Clinton becoming president, the Orlando tragedy and the deaths of Muhammad Ali and Prince. But has he fooled the 160,000 people who have shared it?
Real-life 'Narcos' criminal calls himself the living memory of the cocaine cartel, and 'loved' Pablo Escobar.
A simple test substituting 'black' for 'white' elicited concerning search results. But who's to blame: society, or Google?
Laura Carrie has been without her Telstra broadband for two weeks and counting. But she made light of it with cat selfies.
Social site partners with World of Warcraft maker Blizzard entertainment.
Google has banned an extension of its Chrome browser which was being used to identify Jewish names on the internet by surrounding them with three sets of brackets.
This probably comes as no surprise to anyone who spends time on the internet, but it's still awful.
You may soon find it much easier to shrug or call your friends liars with your phone, as the organisation that governs emoji has announced 72 new potential pictographs for release this month.
In its quest to build a global empire, Uber has turned to the Middle East for a $4.8 billion cash infusion.
Study conducted by universities in the US and Australia analysed posts by more than 65,000 users and came to some surprising conclusions.
In the world of YouTube pranks, long one of the platform's most popular genres, it's usually all fun and games — until someone incites a public panic and gets arrested.
Software allows you to use a photo of a stranger to track down their profile on eastern Europe's most popular social network.
After struggling for years to build its own social network, Google is trying again — this time with a confusingly designed app called Spaces.
A maths question aimed at seven-year-olds has left many adults confused - but can you work out the correct answer?
'As an online discussion grows longer,' wrote Mike Godwin in 1994, 'the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one'. It appears this hasn't changed.
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