News World Tonga’s internet service has finally been restored by Chloe Maddren Internet service was restored on Tuesday in Tonga, 5 weeks after the massive volcanic eruption and following tsunami severely damaged the connection. The Pacific island nation of Tonga has been…
Clocked Features News NSFW Sex Rule 34 and why we dream about f*cking fictional characters by Alastair Cairns The likelihood is that there isn’t a soul alive on this earth who hasn’t fantasised about fucking a fictional character. But Sonic the Hedgehog pornography? Yes friend, and that’s just…
News Can ground-level artists actually make money from NFTs? by Manning Patston NFTs, aka, non-fungible tokens, are the biggest craze of recent to hit the digital marketplace. With gigs and royalty streams for musicians at an all-time low, could NFTs give the…
Clocked News Is Roblox’s new Spatial Voice feature safe? by M. Scott As of yesterday, Roblox has decided to implement a Spatial Voice chat system for players 13 and over. I’ve got questions. Lots of them. This new Spatial Voice feature will…
Clocked News Are NFT-based video games doing more harm than good? by M. Scott The collision and confusion around cryptocurrencies, NFTs, and video games is as 2021 as a conversation gets. But with more and more NFT-based games being developed, is it even clear…
Clocked News Science A hitchhiker’s guide to the “metaverse”, and why Facebook is obsessed with it by Jake Jamieson In light of Facebook’s announcement of a metaverse rollout in Europe you might be wondering, “what the heck is a metaverse?” Facebook has shared that they’re hiring thousands of engineers…
Features News Pop Culture The ‘vibe check’ meme, explained by Manning Patston The viral two-word mantra ‘vibe check’ is supposedly capable of dissolving problems and restoring inner zen. But how did it start? Much like the ‘we live in a society’ meme,…
Features KickassTorrents: the complete saga of the internet’s biggest P2P directory by Happy A remnant of the internet’s wild west, KickassTorrents was once visited by over 50 million people per month. After an FBI investigation it was seized, but KAT is hardly dead….
Music News Video Billie Eilish releases wild ‘Infinite Bad Guy’ video in celebration of 1 billion YouTube views by Phil Hanlon To celebrate 1 billion YouTube views on her hit song Bad Guy, Billie Eilish has launched an infinite music video: Infinite Bad Guy. Billie Eilish’s Bad Guy definitely didn’t do…
Features Music From Sydney to London: how DIY music flourished during the global pandemic by Ben Hansen Affordable music equipment, revolutionised distribution systems, and a blossoming community all created the perfect storm for DIY music to succeed while the rest of the industry struggled. For decades, DIY…
News Pop Culture ‘No Nuance November’: TikTok’s latest trend, explained by Brendan Neville In response to ‘No Nut November’, TikTok users are presenting their hot takes without any context, in a trend dubbed ‘No Nuance November’. ‘No Nuance November’ is the latest craze…
News Pop Culture Parler: new conservative ‘free speech’ social media app is banning liberal users by Jayden Collins Parler, a new conservative ‘free-speech’ social media platform, has been banning liberal users after posting their own opinions. Trump supporters have largely been disappointed in how they perceive they’ve been…
News Politics Sex Weird Someone made a VR Four Seasons Total Landscaping and they filled it with furries by Mike Hitch Who could forget the highlight of the 2020 US election, when President Donald Trump addressed the press between a crematorium and a sex shop? Well now, the whole place has…
