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Sorry Not Sorry: The Art of Saying Nothing in Apology Statements

February 28, 2025February 28, 2025 - by Michelle Cyca

From corporate scandals to celebrity missteps, public contrition has lost all meaning

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Technology

“Yukoners Are Pissed”: The Outcry over Telecom Failures

November 22, 2024November 27, 2024 - by Rhiannon Russell

Starlink’s popularity surges as Northern residents search for reliable internet

Society

Can Porn Ever Be Ethical?

December 19, 2023December 19, 2023 - by Glen McGregor

The new owners of one of the world’s largest adult sites are determined to make the company—and the rest of the industry—safer

Society

Why the Future Is Analog

November 28, 2022November 28, 2022 - by David Sax

During the pandemic, our digital lives hollowed us out. Getting back in touch with reality could make us whole again

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Society

Why Don’t Millennials Have Hobbies?

August 19, 2022August 19, 2022 - by Alisha Sawhney

I sought the help of an algorithm to figure out how to spend my free time. It made me question my generation’s relationship with leisure

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Environment / June 2022

Ask an Environmental Expert: What’s the Carbon Footprint of the Internet?

May 16, 2022June 9, 2022 - by Laura Marks

Our digital habits are worse for the environment than flying. That toll is expected to grow

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Hooked-up Culture

March 10, 2022June 23, 2023 - by Katie Underwood

Edged out of the city by ever-inflating housing prices—and freed up by flexible working parameters, courtesy of COVID-19—Canadian millennials might finally have a shot at financial stability. If the Wi-Fi’s good, that is.

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March/April 2022 / Technology

How Canada Accidentally Helped Crack Computer Translation

March 7, 2022June 7, 2023 - by Christine Mitchell

A technological whodunit—featuring Parliament, computer scientists, and a tipsy plane flight

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News about The Walrus

The Walrus Wins Gold at the Canadian Online Publishing Awards

February 10, 2022April 9, 2022 - by The Walrus Staff

The team at The Walrus was nominated for four awards in the Consumer category

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January/February 2022 / Society

The Dirty Work of Cleaning Online Reputations

January 4, 2022January 10, 2022 - by Paul Gallant

For a fee, companies will tackle damaging search results. But is the new economy of digital makeovers making things worse?

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Sorry Not Sorry: The Art of Saying Nothing in Apology Statements

“Yukoners Are Pissed”: The Outcry over Telecom Failures

Ask an Environmental Expert: What’s the Carbon Footprint of the Internet?

How Canada Accidentally Helped Crack Computer Translation

The Dirty Work of Cleaning Online Reputations

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