video games Blink and you lose: try the intense stare-off challenge of staring at strangers online Mark Frauenfelder

music Meet the man who spreads joy and connection across the globe by asking, "Can you teach me your favorite dance move?" Jennifer Sandlin

Omegle The tragic downfall of a website meant to connect us Natalie Dressed

Science Cornell researchers study "trash barrel robots" in New York City Jennifer Sandlin

confessions Post an anonymous voicemail on this website for the world to hear Popkin

collaborative art Webcanvas is a giant digital graffiti wall that anyone can add to  Popkin

masks "The Maskalorian" travels around in Beskar armor, handing out facemasks Thom Dunn

art "In" is a gorgeous graphic novel about trying to find genuine human connections Thom Dunn

chaos theory The adventure app Randonautica has led users to dead bodies, haunted houses, and other bizarre destinations Maddie Lee

DIY How to: run a small social network for you and your friends. Cory Doctorow

happy mutants How to Do Nothing: Jenny Odell's case for resisting "The Attention Economy" Cory Doctorow

Don't be like the #PlaneBae people Rob Beschizza

disillusionment Post-internet lament Jasmina Tesanovic

Science "Self-control" can be switched off with electromagnetic brain stimulation David Pescovitz

Microsoft AI chatbot promptly becomes Nazi Rob Beschizza

Reality Hacking Game the real world with this deck of social interaction mission cards Gareth Branwyn

gamergate That time the Internet sent a SWAT team to my mom's house Caroline Sinders

hacking On ethics in information technology Raphaël Vinot

offworld I didn't like shooting games. Then I fell in love with Splatoon Laura Hudson

offworld One woman's hilarious game about the UK's weird porn laws Leigh Alexander