The Hamptons’ most talked-about dinner party of the summer will have to wait a little bit longer. Gwyneth Paltrow’s closely watched dinner honoring OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has been postponed, according to The New York Times. The private gathering was originally scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 29, at Paltrow’s home in Amagansett, New York. This Tweet…
First, TikTok wanted to know whether your boyfriend would peel an orange for you. Then, whether he cared that you saw a bird. Now, users on the app have arrived at a more fundamental question: Can your boyfriend read? In the latest relationship trend spreading across TikTok, women hand their boyfriends or husbands lists of…
Bluesky, one of the more successful alternatives to Elon Musk’s X, has just added a brand new feature that sets it apart from other social media platforms. On Thursday, the official Bluesky account on the platform announced that an opt-out option has just gone live that prevents a user’s post from being included in algorithmic recommendations. Now…
Mick Tobin, 23, vividly remembers beating himself up as a teen for losing hours of time to social media in one sitting. He blamed himself for scrolling endlessly. He compared himself to others, felt anxious, and could sense his attention span growing shorter. He blamed himself some more for not knowing how to use social…
In June, a new law went into effect in New York state that requires companies to disclose when they use AI-generated models or actors in advertisements. And now, just a few months after it went into effect, the state is seeing its first complaints reporting advertisers for allegedly running afoul of the law. In total,…
Some advertisements make you want to buy the product. Others make the entire internet ask, “Who on Earth approved this?” A promotional video from golf equipment giant Callaway and popular YouTube brand Good Good Golf has landed firmly in the latter category. The since-deleted ad showed the brand’s co-founder Garrett Clark charging toward female golfer…
Dolly Parton, the country music legend who somehow felt less like a distant superstar and more like someone America collectively knew, has died, her family announced. She was 80. Parton’s nephew Bryan Seaver announced her death in a video posted to her official social media accounts on Aug. 25. He said Parton died peacefully in…
Imagine opening Instagram and reaching the bottom of your feed. Or having to press play on every Reel yourself. Stories no longer disappear after 24 hours, beauty filters are restricted, and the algorithm has less control over what you see next. That version of Instagram may sound almost unrecognizable, but it could become a reality…
TikTok Shop has already convinced users to buy everything from pickle kits to questionable supplements. Its latest obsession is considerably shinier. Livestream auctions for loose, lab-grown diamonds are suddenly everywhere on the app, turning stones that once required an intimidating trip to a jeweler into something users can buy from bed in about 15 seconds.…
The latest country to introduce a social media ban for kids? New Zealand. Announced by Prime Minister Christopher Luxon on Monday, a new bill proposed by the government would prevent children under 16 from accessing social media platforms like TikTok, Instagram, and Snapchat, as well as AI companions. The Online Safety (Minimum Age and Child…