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Taylor Hatmaker


Taylor Hatmaker has reported on the tech industry for nearly a decade, covering privacy and government. Most recently, she was the Debug editor of the Daily Dot. Prior to that, she was a staff writer and deputy editor at ReadWrite, a tech and business reporter for Yahoo News, and the senior editor of Tecca. Her editorial interests include censorship, digital activism, LGBTQ issues, and futurist consumer tech. 

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Watch Facebook’s army of 2,000 zombie phones test app updates before you can break them

Facebook's test lockers are like a scene from a sci-fi movie.

On Jul 18, 2016 by Taylor Hatmaker

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Google launches the Nexus 6P and 5X, its new flagship phones

The Nexus line marches on.

On Sep 29, 2015 by Taylor Hatmaker

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I watched Netflix in VR—and it was surreal

The virtual living room is certainly less messy than my real one.

On Sep 25, 2015 by Taylor Hatmaker

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Oculus moves to make virtual reality more affordable

No one wants to empty their virtual wallet.

On Sep 24, 2015 by Taylor Hatmaker

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I went to a press conference in VR, and there weren’t even free drinks

Now, Altspace is everywhere.

On Sep 15, 2015 by Taylor Hatmaker

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Apple’s future of casual gaming is all about the couch

Game on.

On Sep 9, 2015 by Taylor Hatmaker

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Apple announces the new iPad Pro and Apple Pencil

It's here.

On Sep 9, 2015 by Taylor Hatmaker

What is Spotify

Spotify didn’t mean to creep you out; it’s not like that

Opt in. All in.

On Aug 21, 2015 by Taylor Hatmaker

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Giphy Cam is the trippy mobile GIF machine you should download right now

Get your GIF on.

On Aug 20, 2015 by Taylor Hatmaker

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Facebook’s ‘real names’ war spreads to black activists

Jones is not the first prominent black activist to fall victim to Facebook's broken reporting tools.

On Jul 31, 2015 by Taylor Hatmaker

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Beats Music isn’t dead yet—and it’s still charging a monthly fee

It's time to migrate to Apple Music.

On Jul 30, 2015 by Taylor Hatmaker

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Facebook addiction hits an average of 46 minutes per day

Timesuck, Facebook's latest feature.

On Jul 29, 2015 by Taylor Hatmaker

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Pandora thinks it can outlive Apple Music

Next quarter might be a different story.

On Jul 24, 2015 by Taylor Hatmaker

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Grooveshark founder dead months after streaming service shuts down

Josh Greenberg was 28 years old.

On Jul 20, 2015 by Taylor Hatmaker

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New Reddit CEO says the site will censor harassment and ‘illegal content’

Redditors on both sides of the 'speech' debate are angry and nervous.

On Jul 16, 2015 by Taylor Hatmaker