32 Facts About the Digital World That We Could Sell You As E-Goods, But We’re in A Giving Mood Today

Don’t worry. These will not be NFTs (if those are even still a thing)

In a world where information is so readily available, we really have to spice ours up to get your sweet, sweet attention. Maybe well help the cause by pandering to you and complimenting those striking eyeballs of yours. Wow! Look at those things. You think youre the only one looking at these words, but theyre looking right back at you — and they like what they see!

Yikes! That came off a lot creepier than we intended. Now that we think about it, so did a lot of these digital entries. That seems like a common theme here in the digital world. 

If we promise well stop staring, will you check these out? Theyre really interesting, and they have good intentions. We swear.

Facebook

Reading Robots

Making Fake Bomb Threats

Trying to Storm Area 51

Pretending to Throw Acid in People’s Faces

Facebook and Divorce Filings

Dame Judi Dench’s TikTok Account

How Facebook Shrinks Your Brain

Facebook

Biodata Collection

Facial Recognition in ‘Smart Cities’

Authoritarian Robot Dogs

Bespoke Sex Androids

The Scourge of Deepfakes

Browser Histories of Government Officials

Plate-Sized Computer Chips

Privacy Settings

Google’s Smart Speakers’ Trademark Infringement

The Plan to Use A.I. to Monitor Prisoner Phone Calls

Amazon’s Plan to Monitor Keyboard Strokes of Employees

COVID Scams

Record Speed for Spitting Out Digits of Pi

Ad Revenue on Sites That Pirate Movies

The Thing Ever Sold Online

Marlon Brando’s AOL Account

Bot Traffic

The First AOL IM

Neopets Creators

Google and Facebook’s Impact on the News

Etsy’s Definition of Handmade

The First YouTube Video

Lush’s Digital Detox

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