At an event somewhere 12,000 feet above sea level, Tanzanian officials proclaimed to the world Tuesday that high-speed internet on Africa’s highest mountain would now be available to all. Yes Kilimanjaro, the fourth highest mountain in the world, will now be the premiere destination for climbers looking to document their climb in real-time on social…
An arm that looks weirdly long. Buggy eyes that peer up at the camera. Legs for days. Tiny bodies. This is a new type of selfie, the 0.5 one, that doesn’t take itself too seriously. If the 0.5 selfie was a person, it would be the friend who is always on hand to lighten the…
Nefarious actors have long weaponized systems put in place to protect creators’ original work. When filing fake copyright takedowns, these parties have the power to claim, monetize, or remove content that they have no rights to. YouTubers, musicians, digital artists – they’re all quite familiar with content ID strikes, copyright infringement notices, and other similar…
Last year, I received an Instagram DM from someone I was friends with in college. It had been a couple years since we’d caught up: We lived in different cities, had pursued different careers and, of course, the pandemic had brought any plans of hanging out again to a standstill. I was surprised to see…
In the song “Last Kiss” off of her 2010 album Speak Now, Taylor Swift sings “I ran off the plane, that July 9th.” Nowadays, Swift likely finds herself running off the plane every other day of the year as well. A recent study by the sustainability marketing agency Yard looked into the usage of private planes…
Elon Musk seems confused by what people do during the summer. On July 30, 2022, Musk logged on to Twitter dot com with an important observation. Tweet may have been deleted (opens in a new tab) “Interaction with almost all twitter accounts seem to be much lower in recent weeks & days,” Musk tweeted. “Accurate?”…
YouTube Shorts, the company’s short-form video TikTok competitor, has proven to be a big success for the platform. But YouTube is still synonymous with its longer content and its well known long-form content creators. To help remedy this, the platform is releasing a brand-new tool to help YouTubers pull 60-second clips from their existing long-form…
A decade ago, not long after the decline of Ashton Kutcher’s supremacy on Twitter, in the days when the @horse_ebooks account was making the concept of “Weird Twitter” mainstream, an enigmatic character quietly surfaced. Tweet may have been deleted (opens in a new tab) But there’s much more to this guy than coffee, and if…
You really can find anything on the internet. Once thought to be long-lost, a 1986 WWE wrestling match featuring superstar wrestler Bret Hart has resurfaced in full on the internet. Yes, this was back when the pro wrestling giant was called WWF, and Hulkamania was taking over the world. On Saturday, Instagram user @abuyousef2007 uploaded…
UPDATE: Jul. 11, 2022, 3:20 p.m. EDT This article was updated for clarity purposes. The research used for this article comes from the London-based Center for Economic Policy Research, not to be confused with the Center for Economic and Policy Research based in America as previously stated in the original article. While social media, in…