Social media networks like Facebook and WhatsApp are being used to spread fake news stories in Kenya—less than three weeks before the country holds a…
OWN IT
Thirty-five applications claiming “Covfefe” show US trademark law is confusing
Donald Tump tweeted the word “covfefe”—possibly a typo?—in the wee hours of May 31. Since then, the US president’s linguistic mystery has inspired 35 trademark…
RELIEF TO RBI
While India mocked the RBI, it received a booster shot to clean up the country’s worst economic mess
In the aftermath of the government of India’s disruptive move to demonetise two high-value currency notes late last year, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)…
SOME WARMTH, PLEASE!
You don’t have to be a jerk. Experts say this is how you conduct layoffs with kindness
India’s technology and machine-driven IT services sector is in need of a human(e) touch. Last week, an audio recording of an employee being callously asked…
NEVER EMAIL
Donald Trump Jr.’s sketchy Russia meeting is spurring a reluctant Congress to act
The revelation that Donald Trump Jr. met with a Kremlin-connected lawyer for the purpose of receiving damaging information about Hillary Clinton appears sufficiently sketchy as…
NET FIGHT
Google and Amazon are fighting to save net-neutrality rules that Trump says are killing business
Republican appointees to the US Federal Communications Commission are gearing up to scrap Obama-era regulations that force internet providers to treat all online content equally.…
NEVER THE TWAIN
One graph shows how morally outraged tweets stay within their political bubble
Thousands of people around the world have excitedly made a forceful political point with a well-honed and witty tweet. All it takes is 140 characters…
#DATAWONTFALL
South Africans are protesting high data costs with a social media blackout
South Africans, known for their protest movements, are taking a stand on the high cost of mobile data in the country. On Wednesday July 5,…
ATWITTER
Trump’s hopes and disappointment over China’s influence with North Korea summed up in 15 tweets
On July 4, as Americans were celebrating Independence Day, North Korea tested an intercontinental ballistic missile, or ICBM. Experts say, with a different trajectory, the…
THE_DONALD
President Trump appears to have sourced his CNN wrestling tweet from a racist troll on Reddit
In a test of whether the American public is still capable of being shocked, US president Donald Trump tweeted a video on July 2 of…
FACE IT
Seeing faces in things is an evolutionary hack that helps us make sense of the world
Once you see the chicken in the church, you can’t unsee it. Same with the laughing desk chairs, or the puppy in the door, or…
TRENDSETTERS
This trend in teen communication just may make the world a better place
Social media used to be a place where people could go to post photos of cute animals, link to weird articles, and share mundane status…
