The Pokémon Company International is not pleased that President Donald Trump’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is using its intellectual property to promote the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) raids. “We are aware of a recent video posted by the Department of Homeland Security that includes imagery and language associated with our brand,” said…
We all know Instagram is prioritizing short-form video content via Reels, so it should come as no surprise that a redesign is on the horizon. In a post on Instagram Reels (of course), Instagram head Adam Mosseri announced the app has reached three billion users, which prompted them to look at what fueled that growth.…
Are you tired of the never-ending pop-ups requiring your consent to cookies every time you visit a website? Well, internet users may soon get a reprieve from cookie consent prompts. The European Commission is currently looking into relaxing a 2009 EU law that has inadvertently led to the endless cookie consent pop-ups around the web.…
Iconic host Conan O’Brien and former Disney CEO Michael Eisner are the latest high-profile individuals to harshly criticize the decision to suspend Jimmy Kimmel Live!. The benching of Kimmel’s show by ABC and parent company Disney came after his Monday monologue, which referenced the murder of far-right influencer Charlie Kirk. “The MAGA gang desperately trying…
“What could possibly go wrong?” That’s the question posed by LimeWire, the file-sharing service turned NFT marketplace turned file-sharing service once again, after announcing that it has acquired the infamous Fyre Festival. According to a press release from LimeWire this week, the company has purchased the Fyre Festival brand after becoming the winning bidder in…
In the wake of conservative influencer Charlie Kirk’s killing, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman James Comer has called on the CEOs of Discord, Reddit, Twitch, and Valve to testify at an Oct. 8 hearing on online radicalization. The hearing follows claims that the accused shooter — a 22-year-old white man from Utah —…
The U.S.’s TikTok ban has been pushed back yet again by President Donald Trump. Trump has declared that December 16, 2025 is the new deadline for TikTok and its China-based parent company Bytedance to come to an agreement to sell off the app if it wants to continue to operate in the U.S. Earlier this…
Remember the TikTok ban? The popular short-form video platform went down in the U.S. earlier this year due to a U.S. law that sought to break TikTok away from its China-based owners. However, during President Donald Trump’s Inauguration weekend, TikTok went back online for U.S. users after Trump agreed to give TikTok and its parent…
Bait-and-switch humor has been around forever: set up an expectation, then flip it on its head. It’s one of comedy’s oldest tricks, and right now it’s reviving an old trend on X. Users are cleverly playing with profile banners. The setup usually starts with a post about struggling to crop or format an image. But…
Deep in the crevices of sports TikTok, hiding in a spider hole, is a new trend that you’ve perhaps come across. Thinking back on heartbreaking games of the past, have you ever thought, “Wow, that guy absolutely terrorized my team”? With both the NFL and English Premier League back in action, fans are dredging up…