Just so we’re clear, the Red Ferret is not FAKE NEWS. We’re real. But you may find yourself struggling with false or satire headlines. If you’ve ever wondered how well you know your internet news stuff, check out Factitious, the little game that will test your news sense.
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We’re making bots for everything these days. We’ve talked about the fiction bots and music bots. Now meet InspiroBot, the bot that creates inspirational posters. Fair warning, it’s amazing.
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You should know that there’s punk music and then there’s music that wants to be punk but just isn’t. Where is the line? Is it the sound? Is it the following? The clothes? WHERE IS IT? Well thankfully there’s now a website that will tell you once and for all if a band is punk or not. Is This Band Punk settles the dispute easily.
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Twitter has given us many memorable gems of 140 characters or less. Some of which I’m sure many people would rather had been lost to time. You can help immortalize them forever in your home with Framed Tweets, memorable tweets, framed.
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So when I first saw these emoji masks on a face I thought, “Oh my, kill it with fire,” followed by “why would you wear this?” because it is actually horrifying to gaze upon. Then I realized that they weren’t wear outside of the house masks, they’re skin care masques.
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We usually like to keep it lighthearted around these parts but there’s a pretty heavy rumor going around right now. You’ve likely heard of the Blue Whale game, the app that’s driving teens to suicide. The good news is that it’s probably not real, but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t talk about it.
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When it comes to being into technology, it’s not one size fits all. Some of us are really into hardware but can’t do much when it comes to the software end. You may be reading this but not really know how or why you should be using a VPN. Luckily, Free Code Camp has a nifty quick start guide.
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A couple of weeks ago there was a viral Tumblr post in which America found out that the rest of the world doesn’t know what lemonade is. Apparently a lot of people think it’s Sprite but that’s not at all what lemonade is. I don’t know if that’s the reason why researchers figured out how to send the taste of lemonade through the internet but I’m going to assume it is.
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Autofill forms are so handy! Especially if you fill out a lot of things online. Shopping, newsletters, job applications, the list of things you need your name and address for online is long but autofill makes the job quick! Unfortunately, it can also be used to steal your personal information because we just literally cannot have nice things.
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When it comes to music, the internet has provided us with way more musical stylings than what we can hear on the radio. The radio still has a unique pull though, there’s something about it that makes it exciting. Your song playing on a MP3 that you picked isn’t quite as exciting as it showing up randomly on a station. Listen to radio all over the world with Radio Garden.
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I google a lot of weird things. Because I’m a writer and that’s the sort of thing writers do. Maybe you google weird things too and don’t want google to track everything you search for. Try Duck Duck Go, the search engine that cares about your privacy.
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Keeping an eye on what your kids are doing online can be hard. They (the kids) are getting smarter and more tech savvy every day and simply installing software to keep them off something will only last so long. With the Torch Gigabit WiFi Router, you can filter the internet before it even touches their devices.
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We’ve all done it, we’ve clicked on a link through social media and been taken by a story. It’s ok, it happens to the best of us! In fact, some sites run their whole business on “news” that is really just made up nonsense. Before you hit share, drop that link into Real or Satire, the site that will let you know if you’re looking at a trusted news source or not.
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Some parts of the internet are weird. Click Click Click is one of the oddest websites I’ve encountered in a while. The point is to show you how much your computer can pick up from your simple movements but this site has sort of gamified it.
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The internet is a wide world and if it’s one thing that constant connection has taught us it’s that whatever you’re into, there are others that are into it as well. Now you can sign up for a curated newsletter that’s all about what you’re about with Inside.
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