Happy June, friends! Time to show off that #SummerBod, strap on your Wonder Woman costume, and get your e-therapist on speed-dial because this week’s Cipher is sure to send you into the deep web of naked mole rats. To the links!
Boundaries to online social networks have dissolved, making it impossible to tell who’s being sincere and who’s trolling you. Poe’s Law was coined in 2005 as the internet troll’s modern-day spin weapon.
If the rules of online communication are being built according to 4Chan’s troll ethos, who knows what we're in store for next.¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Facebook launched Woebot earlier this week, a chatbot that delivers personalized therapy to people with mood-based disorders such as anxiety and depression.
A pocket-sized doctor with great bedside manner? We’ll take two please.
The Canadian Centre for Child Protection kicked off a new campaign this month discouraging teenage boys from sexting. The video has already appeared on Viceland, Facebook, FX and TechTV and been retweeted by Australia’s Office of the Children’s eSafety Commissioner, along with a naked baby wombat, naturally.
We’ve come a long way from pamphlets in the guidance counselor’s office. Successful campaigns communicate with the audience at their level; for teenage boys that happens to be with a touch of crude humor.
Zappar’s first consumer AR product, Zapbox, struck gold last week at AWE (Augmented World Experience) Expo. The $50 cardboard viewer sold out within two hours of its release. Forbes
eero wants to share the love (and the WiFi) this Father's Day. DIY dads are sure to geek out over the mesh network system. Pop Sugar
Listen Did you know flight times are longer now than they were 50 years ago?? WTH. Plug in your earbuds and binge on “This week I learned,” The Week’s weekly podcast.
Watch Wonder Woman premiered over the weekend, 75 years after her 1941 debut in a comic short story. Guess who we’re gonna be for Halloween this year....
Download If you’re one of those overambitious people who exercises on vacation (#SummerBod), check out RunGo, an app that guides runners with voice directions along pre-charted routes. Discover local gems and stay on course without checking your phone at every turn. #BasicallyALocal.
