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Internet history under the hammer: Sir Tim Berners-Lee's source code for the World Wide Web is being auctioned off as an NFT, as the market for digital art expands.
Gal Gadot, Bella Hadid and Roger Waters are just a few of the celebrities reacting to the crisis online. Voices for peace, like Igor Levit, face antisemitism.
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Thanks to deepfake technology, a grown-up version of the deceased 15-year-old features in FIFA 2021.
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A hologram of William Shatner will be able to interact with people after he dies.
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The anonymity of the dark web protects opposition members in repressive states from surveillance.
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Shift Special: How blockchain is revolutionizing the financial system in the Philippines.
Under the hashtag #allesdichtmachen, German stars satirically comment on the government's pandemic restrictions. The campaign is popular among COVID-deniers.
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Trolls take over online discourse and are out to offend, often making life miserable for other users.
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Algorithms embedded in social networks glean highly specific information about a user's preferences.
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Real or fake? Posting disinformation online is a powerful propaganda tool.
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How to verify videos on social media.
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So-called bots are involved in creating phony social media hypes through likes and shares.
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Countless touched-up pictures can be found on the internet. Here's how to spot the fakes.
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How internet services use algorithms to try to influence their users.
The digital remembrance project "Tsurikrufn" commemorates German-Jewish cultural workers from before 1933 — musicians, filmmakers, artists, architects.
You'll probably need to bite in the sour apple to learn German properly! Here are different German expressions involving fruit to tickle your taste buds.
Many young people in Germany love imitating the lives of their online idols, mostly because they feel like they can be just as successful and attractive as influencers.
During the first lockdown in spring 2020, parents' tales about balancing work and children at home went viral on social media. A year later, the situation is still tense. Especially for women.
A paradigm shift is emerging in the handling of looted colonial art, says historian Benedicte Savoy, comparing the change to the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989.
Popular quotes that often appear in speeches, tweets and memes are oftentimes fake. But how did they enter the popular lexicon, and can we find their true origins?
US poet Amanda Gorman wowed the world with her impressive inaugural recitation in January. Now, we take a closer look at the modern pull of this literary form.
Christie's auction house in London had until now only sold physical works of art. Beeple's digital piece has become the third-most-expensive work sold by a living artist.
Influencers are gaining more sway in the travel industry. But their image has recently been damaged by some of them traveling despite the coronavirus pandemic, in their quest for the perfect photo.
German author Jan-Philipp Sendker has made an appeal to soldiers to disobey orders in Myanmar. His Facebook post has been shared nearly a thousand times.
