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A Russian enigma 27 Aug 2013 | 07:45 pm
Volume dials were turned up, computers began recording, forum posts were hastily typed. Something big was happening. “OBYaVLENIYA KOMANDA 135” For the first time in a history that stretches back nea...
Google it, stupid 26 Aug 2013 | 08:31 pm
It’s been a wild couple of weeks in the district of Marzahn-Hellersdorf in Berlin. Right-wing locals have been protesting along with several neo-Nazi groups against a centre for asylum seekers that ha...
The Kernel guide to digital infidelity 26 Aug 2013 | 08:16 pm
There is no point in writing a point-by-point how-to guide for going behind your spouse’s back on the internet. If you don’t already know about things like Kik and Snapchat and ashleymadison.com, then...
The man who ‘got it’ too much 26 Aug 2013 | 07:54 pm
The classic story of technological disruption is too often told as a morality tale. We know how disruption works: a technological or other shift allows a new entrant to enter a market with a lower-pri...
The new social identity theft 26 Aug 2013 | 02:52 pm
Perkins raises her USPS employee card to the camera, showing that she is the woman in the profile photos of the Twitter and Facebook accounts named ‘Poonanji Marsha’, but that it isn’t her name. “I a...
Ask Daphne, #3: dating down 23 Aug 2013 | 08:49 pm
Dear Daphne, I met someone on a dating app who began to tell me about how they had just come out of the shower and wanted to party. Naturally I panicked, assuming pictures of me would end up on 4chan....
‘Made in Chelsea’ 23 Aug 2013 | 08:24 pm
From the tweet machine SIR — “The article by @Nero for @KernelMag is the epitome of the transphobic and opportunistic response to Chelsea Manning in the media today.” — @KAT0CH SIR — “Get completel...
Will Batman have a gold iPhone? 23 Aug 2013 | 07:57 pm
Last night, it was announced that playing opposite the reigning Superman, Henry Cavill, will be Ben Affleck in the role of Batman, in a special crossover movie. The Twittersphere from Hollywood to Kaz...
‘Gore porn’ might be good for us 23 Aug 2013 | 06:42 pm
On Thursday morning I woke up, made myself a cup of coffee, checked my Twitter feed and watched 36 people burn to death. I witnessed a woman getting crushed by a horse, a man drowning while trapped in...
Should McDonald’s fire everyone? 22 Aug 2013 | 07:56 pm
McDonald’s is symbolic of American industry, with a massive $95 billion market capitalisation, and could effect real change if it so chose. From its beginnings, McDonald’s embraced heightened efficien...
