Adrianne Jeffries
Space
That Time Lou Pearlman Tried to Send a Boy Band to Space
When Backstreet Boys and *NSYNC were the most popular groups in the world, NASA wanted a boy band song to inspire young people about the space program.
Adrianne Jeffries
11.23.21
Underunderstood
Yelp is Screwing Over Restaurants By Quietly Replacing Their Phone Numbers
The phone numbers add tracking before connecting to a restaurant so that Grubhub can bill for a marketing fee.
Adrianne Jeffries
8.6.19
YouTube
‘Are you Batman?’: How YouTube’s Volunteer Army Gets Channels Undeleted
When YouTube’s content moderation fails, super-users from the YouTube Contributors and Trusted Flagger programs are ready to intervene.
Adrianne Jeffries
5.10.18
noots
YouTube: Some Nootropics Channels Were ‘Removed Mistakenly’
The company says there is no site-wide crackdown on smart drugs, but some channels remain deleted.
Adrianne Jeffries
5.3.18
Side Effects
YouTube Is Removing Some Nootropics Channels
At least three creators have had their channels deleted with little explanation, but countless similar videos are still up.
Adrianne Jeffries
4.30.18
Art
Here's a Machine, Learning
What if this is how artificial intelligence really works?
Adrianne Jeffries
7.29.16
Culture
All the Reasons to See 'Independence Day 2'
This week, Radio Motherboard goes to the movies.
Adrianne Jeffries
7.8.16
Science
There's a New Film About Misophonia, Where People Get Enraged by Certain Sounds
A documentary about people who fly off the handle at the sound of someone chewing.
Adrianne Jeffries
6.17.16
Uber Earth
How Much Money Do People Spend on Uber?
We crunched a data set with the spending habits of about 50,000 people to see who’s spending what on Uber.
Adrianne Jeffries
5.24.16
productivity
An Oral History of Our Week Without Slack
Hey, you asked for it.
Adrianne Jeffries
5.20.16
Apple
The Tiny Hands Review of the iPhone SE
A history of smartphone screen sizes.
Adrianne Jeffries
5.17.16
Announcements
We’re Taking a Break from Slack. Here’s Why
At Motherboard, we're reevaluating how we use the group chatting app as a newsroom.
Adrianne Jeffries
5.16.16
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