Why are teens shoplifting makeup and posting their hauls to Tumblr? How can a blind man run a marathon through the desert with just an iPhone? And what happens to your social media profiles after you die? Week on week, Leigh Alexander answers questions just like these on our digital culture podcast, Chips with Everything.
Kumbu is a service to preserve your digital memories – but how do you decide which of our mountain of data to keep?
Artist Naho Matsuda has harnessed real-time smart city data in Manchester to create live poetry displays reflecting on what’s happening in real time
Binky is a spoof social media app suggesting the real reason we use our phones has less to do with keeping in touch, and more to do with compulsive behaviour
Dr Vyvyan Evans on the first emoji terror threat and what the future holds for non text-based communication
Artist Pippin Barr explores a virtual world where computer game visuals meet the work of artists Donald Judd and Gregor Schneider
Socially intelligent design is changing how writers approach interactive story-telling
Author Tim Wu on how the early utopian potential of the internet gave way to naked capitalism
A new report takes a nuanced look at some of the behaviours and cultural norms surrounding the nascent Internet-based far-right group
Dr Steve Carter, chief scientist at eHarmony, talks about the company’s use of algorithms and memes to make real-world dating more successful
Sound artist Kathy Hinde and computer artist Matthew Olden AKA I Am The Mighty Jungulator talk about creative ways of using tech as a musical tool