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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Man crafts delicious Iron Throne out of carrots for his Internet-famous rabbit

This Mad King is definitely cuter.

On Mar 29, 2015 by Taylor Hatmaker

Internet Culture

Two major music fests have banned selfie sticks

All sticks left behind.

On Mar 29, 2015 by Taylor Hatmaker

Tech

Ellen Pao loses in Silicon Valley’s big gender discrimination case

A historic case remains in a gray area right until the end.

On Mar 27, 2015 by Taylor Hatmaker

Tech

Vine adds 720p support so your 6-second videos won’t look terrible

Six seconds of high-resolution glory await.

On Mar 27, 2015 by Taylor Hatmaker

Tech

Major cloud-computing company boycotts Indiana over discriminatory law

Tech companies are taking a stand. Will it make a difference?

On Mar 27, 2015 by Taylor Hatmaker

Tech

Facebook’s apps talk to each other—and they know everything about you

What was once a closely guarded secret is now a sorta-closely-guarded secret.

On Mar 25, 2015 by Taylor Hatmaker

Tech

How you’ll experience Facebook’s News Feed in virtual reality

For Facebook, virtual reality isn't just about games.

On Mar 25, 2015 by Taylor Hatmaker

Tech

Streaming music just beat CD sales for the first time ever

Shake it off?

On Mar 19, 2015 by Taylor Hatmaker

Tech

Ring Zero lets you control lights and music just by lifting a finger

It's kind of like having a magic wand.

On Mar 19, 2015 by Taylor Hatmaker

Tech

Google exec at SXSW: Hire people who don’t look like you

Google X's captain of moonshots takes on tech's gender and race woes.

On Mar 18, 2015 by Taylor Hatmaker

Tech

Google explains why and how Glass failed

"We made one great decision and one not so great decision about Google Glass..."

On Mar 17, 2015 by Taylor Hatmaker

Tech

Here’s how Yik Yak baited colleges into loving it

The gossip app hit SXSW to talk about how it won American college kids over and its plans to handle moderating the network.

On Mar 16, 2015 by Taylor Hatmaker

Tech

Facebook senior engineer: Site is ‘very split internally’ over real names policy

Facebook loses another LGBT advocate.

On Mar 16, 2015 by Taylor Hatmaker

Tech

Meerkat’s founder explains his vision for the Internet’s favorite livestreaming app

Is this upstart livestreaming service the breakout hit of SXSW 2015?

On Mar 16, 2015 by Taylor Hatmaker

Tech

SXSW is using mysterious ‘hackers’ as a PR stunt

This is probably 'CSI: Cyber's fault.

On Mar 14, 2015 by Taylor Hatmaker

Tech