
The Pandemic Has Left Us With A Lingering Trauma About Money
Expanded inequality, an inexplicable stock market, and a whole bunch of weird habits — this is how the pandemic will change our financial lives forever.

Stop Freaking Out: You Probably Already Have Some Type Of Vaccine Passport
Schools, international travel, and military service — people in the US already have to prove they are vaccinated against many diseases.

Twitter Has Kicked Donald Trump Off For Good
For years, Trump has used the social media site to spread hate and lies. Until today.

Twitter Threatened To Permanently Suspend Donald Trump
The president has earned a timeout, but hasn’t been banned — yet.

13 Times Jon Ossoff Was Such A Millennial On Twitter
The Georgia senator-elect is a “n00b 4 lyfe.”

The Number Of COVID-19 Deaths Is Hard To Comprehend. But We Have To Try.
The coronavirus has killed more than 300,000 in the United States and 1.8 million around the world, with more dying every day. We can't hold them all in our heads at once, but this is what we owe their memories.

This Is What People Promised They Would Do If Biden Won
Time to make good on those promises.

The World Feels Hopeless. I Talked To Christian Scholars About What To Do.
“We don’t have any special wisdom. We don’t have special answers.”

Thousands Of Women Have No Idea A Telegram Network Is Sharing Fake Nude Images Of Them
A new AI bot primarily spreading across Russia and Eastern Europe has created fake nude images of more than 680,000 women.

Facebook Limited The Reach Of An Unconfirmed Story About Joe Biden’s Son Hunter. Twitter Blocked It.
"In many countries, including in the US, if we have signals that a piece of content is false, we temporarily reduce its distribution pending review by a third-party fact-checker."

The Post Office Has Always Been Political
Donald Trump's opposition is nothing new. From the founding, the mail has knitted the country together.

India Just Banned TikTok
The government ordered 59 Chinese-owned apps to be blocked following border clashes with China that left 20 Indian soldiers dead.

Quiz: Are You Going To Be In My Quarantine Circle?
The sun is out and the lockdowns are beginning to lift. But who is really worth the risk?

The First Book About The Coronavirus Is Here, And It's Terrible
The famous philosopher Slavoj Žižek’s Pandemic! COVID-19 Shakes the World ranges from riffs on Julian Assange to a startlingly bad take on what happened in Wuhan. He probably should have sat this one out.

People Are Challenging The Coronavirus To Fight On Twitter
The long-dormant @coronavirus account has been catching a lot of grief this week.

Five Laid-Off Baristas At Slack’s Coronavirus-Closed Offices Will Receive Extra Pay
A GoFundMe for the laid-off workers has raised more than $15,000, in addition to concessions from their employer.

Apple Said It Is Helping In The Pensacola Shooting Investigation, But It Won't Unlock The Shooter's iPhones
"We reject the characterization that Apple has not provided substantive assistance in the Pensacola investigation," the company said in a statement.

San Francisco Spent A Decade Being Rich, Important, And Hating Itself.
During an unprecedented tech boom, the Bay Area asked itself who its real enemies were — and nobody liked the answers.

21 Things BuzzFeed News Tried And Loved In 2019
Some of these things may change your life. Or not.

Facebook’s "I Voted" Button Could Be Trump’s Secret Turnout Weapon In 2020
As leaked audio shows Mark Zuckerberg worrying about Sen. Elizabeth Warren, the site’s “I Voted” button could help tip the election for the president or another candidate.