Tech
Facebook’s New Portal Go Is Nearly Perfect For Kids, Except It’s Horrible For Kids
It’s impossible to turn off the option to let kids watch movies and videos during calls with Grandma.
Katie Notopoulos
Apple Launches Powerful New MacBook Pros And New AirPods
The new M1 Pro and M1 Max chips give a ton of power to new 14- and 16-inch laptops.
Katie Notopoulos
Crazy Days And Nights Readers Fear The Gossip Site Has Gone QAnon
“I don’t care about made up satanism or pedo rings… The very first post I read here was about Gary Busey trying to use gold doubloons as legitimate currency and tbh I would just like more of that please.”
Katie Notopoulos
This Virtual Classroom Company Made Millions During The Pandemic While Students Languished
Edgenuity offers to help schools pivot from “brick to click” during the pandemic, but to many parents, teachers, and students, the cost-saving program comes at the expense of a quality education.
Caroline O'Donovan
The Refreshing Lack Of Diet Culture In Emily Mariko’s TikToks
The 29-year-old’s cooking videos are blissfully anti–diet culture.
Stephanie McNeal
Facebook, Instagram, And WhatsApp Are Back Online After A Long Outage
Facebook's apps were down for more than six hours.
Katie Notopoulos
How A Guy Who Tells You How To Buy A PS5 Accidentally Became The World’s Most Powerful Tech Journalist
A year ago, Matt Swider was a journeyman consumer tech reporter. Now he’s a celebrity.
Joseph Bernstein
An iPhone 13 Pro Review For Piglets
You don't even have to try is an incredible feature in a smartphone camera.
John Paczkowski
Would You Have Sex In Front Of Astro, Amazon’s New Robot Dog?
The most important question about Amazon's newest innovation.
Katie Notopoulos
Facebook Is “Pausing” Instagram For Kids
“We believe building 'Instagram Kids' is the right thing to do, but we're pausing the work,” Instagram’s head wrote on the company blog.
Katie Notopoulos
Do NOT Say Mark Zuckerberg Was Riding An Electric Surfboard
“I mean, it is defamation.”
Katie Notopoulos
How Gabby Petito’s Killing Went Viral
True crime enthusiasts have always been around, but the internet has taken amateur sleuthing to new heights.
Stephanie McNeal
Back Off, Grandma, I'm Working Remotely From My Portal
Facebook’s new battery-powered Portal is portable and intended for your boss AND your grandparents.
Katie Notopoulos
Amazon Sellers Are Price Gouging Horse Dewormer Because People Want To Eat It
A $7 horse deworming treatment is commanding prices as high as $45 on Amazon thanks to unfounded claims that it is a cure for COVID.
Katie Notopoulos
The D’Amelios Need To Talk About Money
Wealth is omnipresent on the new Hulu reality series The D’Amelio Show, and in the lives of powerhouse influencer families generally. So why won’t they address it?
Tanya Chen
Apple Unveiled New iPhones And A New iPad Mini
Better camera, faster chip. Steve Jobs’ fairly consequential idea continues to improve at the expected rate. Plus, new iPads!
Joseph Bernstein
The New Apple Watch Is Big Enough To Type On
But how would you explain this miracle of technological sophistication to the simple people of the past?
Joseph Bernstein
A Facebook Watchdog Group Appeared To Cheer A Law That Could Hurt Journalists
The Real Facebook Oversight Board wants content moderation, and it wants it now. What happens when journalists are targeted?
Joseph Bernstein
Facebook Is Making Camera Glasses, Ha Ha Oh No
Ray-Ban Stories can take photos and videos with a touch of a button and send them to your phone.
Katie Notopoulos
Theranos Founder Elizabeth Holmes Lied Again And Again To Make Billions Of Dollars And Earn Public Adoration, Prosecutors Said On The First Day Of Her Trial
“Now, in the end, Theranos failed and Ms. Holmes walked away with nothing,” an attorney for Holmes said. “But failure is not a crime.”
Stephanie K. Baer
Uber And Lyft Have Pledged To Cover Their Drivers' Legal Fees If They Get Sued Under The Texas Abortion Law
"Imagine being a pregnant woman trying to get a healthcare appointment and not knowing if your driver will cancel on you for fear of breaking a law," a Lyft blog post reads.
Salvador Hernandez
Get Ready To Use Your iPhone As ID At The Airport
Arizona and Georgia will be the first states to get Apple's digital ID.
Katie Notopoulos
Elizabeth Holmes Might Accuse Her Ex-Boyfriend Of Clouding Her Judgment From Mental And Sexual Abuse
The founder and former CEO of the disgraced blood diagnostics company Theranos is facing a dozen fraud charges.
Stephanie K. Baer
OnlyFans' Ban On Adult Content Cost Sex Workers Followers And Money. Now The Company Says It's Changed Its Mind.
"Every single dime that company has made has revolved around porn whether they want to admit it or not... I think it’s hilarious now watching them try to pick up the pieces from a vase they threw at the wall."
Clarissa-Jan Lim
Police In At Least 24 Countries Have Used Clearview AI. Find Out Which Ones Here.
As of February 2020, 88 law enforcement and government-affiliated agencies in 24 countries outside the United States have tried to use controversial facial recognition technology Clearview AI, according to a BuzzFeed News investigation.
Ryan Mac
Influencers Are Taking Desperate Measures To Recover Their Instagram Accounts
People who operate on the fringes of Instagram’s community guidelines say they’ve resorted to desperate measures after losing their accounts, turning to dealers who say they have a back door to the platform.
Lauren Strapagiel
OnlyFans Creators Are Trying Not To Panic
"I am going to have to rebuild everything from scratch if OnlyFans kicks sex workers and lewd creators off the platform."
Paige Skinner
Big Tech Thought It Had A Billion Users In The Bag. Now It Might Be Forced To Make Hard Choices To Get Them.
Long viewed as the world’s biggest market for “the next billion users,” India is fast becoming Silicon Valley’s biggest headache.
Pranav Dixit
Stitch Fix Took Away Flexible Scheduling For Employees. Hundreds Of Them Just Quit.
Employees are departing the personal styling company, while those who remain fear their jobs are gradually being replaced by an algorithm. “We know the ultimate goal of Stitch Fix was to get rid of us,” one employee said.
Caroline O'Donovan
OnlyFans Says It Will Ban Sexually Explicit Content
The new policy takes effect Oct. 1.
Paige Skinner
