internet culture
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Apple Accused Of Making The Russian Version Of Siri Homophobic
Was Siri programmed to be a Russian homophobe? A Russian-language speaker living in London recorded some rude responses to questions about being gay from Apple’s digital assistant.
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You Can Buy An Apple Watch On eBay — But It Won’t Be Cheap
The Apple Watch may be out of stock in stores, but its eBay life is just getting started. This past Friday there were already hundreds of listings of ‘Apple Watch’ on the popular auction site, eBay.
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A Google Patent May Soon Make Social Media Spoiler-Free
It’s something we’ve all felt. The low, sinking kick in the metaphorical groin when you’ve read some arsehole’s tweet or post, expounding on some previously unknown spoiler. But maybe social media doesn’t need to be such a minefield of potential despair.
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45% Of People Featured In Memes Are White
It turns out that memes are something that white people like. At least, that’s one possible way to understand a recent study of 50 popular memes, which found that there are an awful lot of white people in these widely-shared internet joke cycles.