There are a few things you expect to see when a crowd of college students takes over a fraternity lawn in broad daylight. People stretching on yoga mats before a group run probably aren’t among them. Neither is a lineup of cold plunges. But that’s the setup at a “wellness darty,” a gathering that combines…
California governor Gavin Newsom’s signature is now on a slew of new tech laws, including a dozen new state bills that target social media and AI giants. In addition to strengthening existing child safety laws, the state’s latest efforts to regulate products from players like Meta and OpenAI include provisions that could effectively ban social…
Ever wonder what your camera roll would look like in 1985? There’s a ChatGPT prompt for that. The AI tool’s latest trend has social media users turning current pictures into imagined throwbacks, complete with vintage outfits, big hair and that slightly faded family-album finish. This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has…
The rumour mill can rest, as Apple’s foldable smartphone, the iPhone Duo, has been unveiled. And competitors are already hitting social media with pure cheek. Announced at Apple’s “Surprise and Shine” event on Wednesday, the tech giant’s expensive new folding device was the talk of Cupertino, California, and beyond. Apple’s answer to the foldables of…
Feminist activist and journalist Gloria Steinem died on Wednesday, according to a post shared on her Instagram account. She was 92. The news, shared early Thursday, included a recent photo of Steinem and a statement about her life. “Yesterday, Gloria Steinem passed away peacefully at her home in New York City, surrounded by some of…
TikTok‘s comment section is about to get a lot more chaotic. The platform is rolling out a slate of new ways to interact beneath videos, including voice comments, polls, photo carousels, and Live Photos. The four new features expand what users can post beyond text and single image replies, giving TikTok’s famously active comment sections…
GLP-1s are inescapable online, as Mashable reported, including extensive discussions about them. The latest topic of conversation to hit your FYPs may be about being single and dating while taking the drug. “Dating after weight loss sucks,” said Katherine Lipovsky on social media, where she posts videos about life after losing 300 pounds with the…
The internet isn’t exactly known for bringing out the best in people. Every so often, though, it channels all that collective energy into something genuinely helpful — like buying a car seat for someone you’ve never met. That is what happened after Call Her Daddy host Alex Cooper began surprising expectant parents by purchasing items…
Of all the characters you might expect to trigger school closures and police investigations, the Cat in the Hat probably would not be high on the list. Yet a creepy internet reinvention of the Dr. Seuss character is now causing very real disruptions across the United States. Over the past several weeks, AI-generated and manipulated…
Getting ready for a date usually comes with a fairly predictable checklist: Take a shower, apply deodorant, and find a shirt that has recently been through the washing machine. But one corner of the internet would like men to reconsider all three. Meet “pheromone-maxxing,” the latest “maxxing” trend circulating among some young men online. The…