The Call of Duty game franchise is no stranger to controversy. In fact, controversy is as normal as the gunfights in the series. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II is the latest installment in the series to take real-world geopolitical events and use them to manufacture controversy. Whether it’s the player unemotionally gunning down civilians…

Have you ever looked up from your phone, eyes stinging and mind cloudy, realising that hours have passed without your noticing? If this sounds like you, some people on the internet would have a prescription for you: you need to go touch grass.  To be told to touch grass is intended as an insult for…

Reddit is often called “the front page of the internet,” where users post all sorts of links and stories to what’s happening around the world. But this week, Reddit itself was thrust into the spotlight after a fake post on the platform became part of a high-profile trial being livestreamed to an audience of millions.…

TL;DR: As of Oct. 23, you can sign up for the Complete Digital Growth Hacker Bundle for just $39.99 — that’s 98% in savings. Cultivating your brand online can take a lot of careful planning and thought. Whether you’re trying to grow a following on social media or turn your website into a content authority,…

Despite having been released just a day ago, Midnights, the tenth studio album from Taylor Swift is a critical and commercial success. While tracks like “Lavender Haze” and “Sweet Nothing,” are about love and revenge, “Anti-Hero,” sees Swift battle against herself. So of course, it’s set the internet abuzz. As the lead single to Midnights,…

The ’00s are back, folks. Instagram is reportedly internally working on a feature that allows users to add a song to their profiles. Developer and notable leaker Alessandro Paluzzi tweeted screenshots of the feature, which he states Instagram is currently trialling. In a comment emailed to Mashable, a spokesperson said the feature was an “internal…

Signal, the secure messaging app beloved by millions of privacy-conscious users, is beta-testing an Instagram-inspired Stories feature. Who said cybersecurity couldn’t be fun? In an Oct. 5 post to a Signal community board about new beta features, the app announced testers would soon have access to a new way of sharing photos, videos, and even…

The majority of social media users are standing behind Big Tech companies’ efforts to curb misinformation, even as users of “alternative” social media sites find community in the unregulated media environments fostered by “free-speech” advocates. The information comes from a new study by the Pew Research Center, published Oct. 6, which dives into the motivations…

Before quiet quitting took corporate America by storm, Black women were quietly quitting their arduous lifestyles.  They dubbed it the soft life: An online aesthetic movement that emerged in 2021 that called for Black women to let go of the astronomical expectation that they do it all. Rather than live a life of stress trying…

For those who dream of a four-day workweek, Dictionary.com feels your pain. And to give you the language to express your woes, it’s added a slew of work related terms — plus a few internet faves, climate terms, and accurate Ukrainian endonyms. On Tuesday, the online dictionary announced 620 new entries, 700 new definitions for…