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Hyperlinks made the internet what it is today but AI and megaplatforms could spell its extinction

Wikipedia would be no fun without the rabbit hole, and the internet without links is just an online book written by a robot.

Dana McKay, The Conversation & George Buchanan, The Conversation · Yesterday · 10:00 pm

Dark patterns: How websites trick you into making unintended (and possibly harmful) choices

Deceptively labelled buttons, choices that are hard to undo – these dark patterns are how some websites trick people into giving up their money and information.

Jasmine McNealy, The Conversation · Aug 07, 2021 · 11:30 pm

Explained: Why so many websites went down across the world on Tuesday

Sites such as the BBC, Pinterest, the Financial Times and Reddit were offline for a short period.

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