Tech
Swiping Right As Much As You Want On Tinder Costs Users Wildly Different Amounts, A Study Found
The company denied discriminatory practices, but declined to explain its opaque pricing structure for Tinder Plus.
Emily Baker-White
GoFundMe Has Removed The Viral Canadian Trucker Protest Campaign For Violating Its Rules On Violence
"We now have evidence from law enforcement that the previously peaceful demonstration has become an occupation, with police reports of violence and other unlawful activity," the company said.
Brianna Sacks
Apps For Couples Are Going Viral On TikTok, And It Indicates A New Age For Romance
Romance isn’t dead, it’s just downloadable onto iOS.
Steffi Cao
We Found The Real Names Of Bored Ape Yacht Club’s Pseudonymous Founders
The buzzy NFT collection has raked in millions and the eager support of dozens of celebrities. But its founders’ anonymity raises questions about accountability in the age of crypto.
Katie Notopoulos
The Reaction To Instagram Avatars Is A Reminder That Gen Z Doesn’t Own The Internet
Don’t let your distaste toward social media billionaires keep you from having fun online.
Kelsey Weekman
GoFundMe Says The Viral Campaign For Canada’s Trucker Protest Hasn’t Violated Its Rules Even Though It Sure Seems Like It Does
The “Freedom Convoy” campaign has become one of the largest in the platform's history and is funding the massive trucker protest despite concerns from Canadian law enforcement.
Brianna Sacks
Facebook Parent Meta's Stock Has Collapsed, One Of The Largest Drops In History
CEO Mark Zuckerberg is betting the company on a "metaverse" that isn't here yet. In the meantime, people around the world are sick of the big blue app.
Richard Nieva
These Influencers Are Quitting Instagram, And They Want Others To Join Them
After dealing with burnout and frustrations over Instagram’s policies, these influencers are rebuilding their businesses on their own terms.
Stephanie McNeal
Wordle Is Moving To The New York Times And Staying Free, For Now
Millions of people now play Wordle each day, up from just 90 on Nov. 1.
David Mack
Joe Rogan Has Addressed The Spotify Controversy After Neil Young, Meghan Markle, Prince Harry, And Others Spoke Out About COVID Misinformation On His Podcast
"I've never tried to do anything with this podcast other than just talk to people and have interesting conversations."
Emily Mae Czachor
Joni Mitchell Is Joining Neil Young In Taking A Stand Against Spotify Over Joe Rogan’s Vaccine Misinformation
"Irresponsible people are spreading lies that are costing people their lives.”
Steffi Cao
Spotify Has Agreed To Remove Neil Young's Music Catalog After He Took A Stand On Joe Rogan's Vaccine Misinformation
"Spotify is spreading fake information about vaccines – potentially causing death to those who believe the disinformation being spread by them,” Young wrote in a public letter.
Krystie Lee Yandoli
Fashion Nova Will Pay $4.2 Million To Settle Allegations That It Blocked Bad Reviews On Its Website
It's the first time the Federal Trade Commission has gone after a retailer for failing to provide customers with negative reviews of their products, the agency said.
Stephanie K. Baer
Nothing Sacred: These Apps Reserve The Right To Sell Your Prayers
Prominent venture capitalists are flocking to invest in Christian worship apps. The apps say users’ prayers are a business asset.
Emily Baker-White
Caleb From West Elm Is Bad At Dating But Probably Didn't Deserve Being Pushed Through The TikTok Meat Grinder
We haven't fully grasped exactly what the power of a TikTok mob, fueled by a For You page, can do.
Katie Notopoulos
Congress Is Trying To Figure Out What To Do About Crypto's Colossal Carbon Footprint
House members pushed back on crypto CEOs' assertion that bitcoin's energy consumption is actually a "feature not a bug."
Sarah Emerson
Apple Has Swapped In A Company Veteran As Its New Head Of PR
Kristin Huguet Quayle will replace Stella Low, who has served as Apple's head of worldwide corporate communications since May 2021.
John Paczkowski
HelloFresh Workers Voted Against Unionizing Despite High Injury Rates, Low Wages, And A COVID Outbreak
The pandemic has lent momentum to the labor movement, but union losses at HelloFresh food-packing warehouses reveal the challenges of convincing some workers that the fight is worth the risks.
Caroline O'Donovan
How Wordle Became The Internet’s Omicron Pastime
“The close ties across the country means it isn't hard for things to spread — whether that be gossip, word games, or good public health measures to keep us safe during a pandemic.”
Steffi Cao
Mark Zuckerberg And Sundar Pichai Allegedly Signed Off On Illegal Facebook–Google Ad Deal
Newly unredacted claims from a 2020 antitrust lawsuit say that Mark Zuckerberg and Sundar Pichai personally approved an allegedly illegal 2018 advertising deal.
Richard Nieva
Facebook’s Spanish-Language Moderators Are Calling Their Work A “Nightmare”
Contractors who moderate Spanish-language content on Facebook said they’ve been forced to come to the office during COVID surges.
Sarah Emerson
Operation Tulip: Inside Facebook’s Secretive Push To Build Holland’s Biggest Data Center
In a wild twist, Facebook demanded that its data center be designated a project of “national importance.”
Aman Sethi
Facebook Moderators Have Been Told They Can Work From Home After Employee Protests
Hundreds of Facebook moderators at the company's Mountain View campus can now work from home after their employer Accenture reversed an unpopular return-to-work mandate.
Sarah Emerson
One Of The Creators Of Google Glass Is Experimenting With A Smart Retainer For Texting With Your Tongue
The academic project works by having users mouth letters to spell words — without actually speaking them.
Richard Nieva
Elizabeth Holmes Has Been Found Guilty Of Defrauding Investors With False Promises About Theranos’s Blood-Testing Technology
The verdict came after a lengthy trial that featured testimony from more than 30 witnesses, including Holmes herself.
Stephanie K. Baer
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Twitter Account Has Been Permanently Suspended
Greene is the first member of Congress to have her personal political account banned from Twitter.
David Mack
17 Cursed Gifts For Someone You Hate
There's no better way to say, "I don't really like you" than with these tech gifts!
Katie Notopoulos
“Corrosive Communities”: How A Facebook Fight Over Wind Power Predicts the Future of Local Politics in America
In small towns around the country, wind turbines are doing something to the locals.
Joseph Bernstein
Theranos Founder Elizabeth Holmes Chose Fraud Instead Of Admitting She’d Failed, Prosecutors Said In Closing Arguments At Her Trial
An attorney for Holmes argued the government is not telling the whole story, saying, “At the end of the day, when all the evidence flows together, it isn’t so bad.”
Stephanie K. Baer
The San Francisco Police Department Has Encrypted Its Radio Feeds
The SFPD’s move is part of a growing law enforcement trend of encrypting agency communications previously available to the public.
Sarah Emerson
