The internet mourned Dawnson’s Creek star James Van Der Beek, who died on Wednesday (Feb. 11). “Our beloved James David Van Der Beek passed peacefully this morning. He met his final days with courage, faith, and grace,” the actor’s wife, Kimberly Van Der Beek, wrote on Instagram. “There is much to share regarding his wishes,…
Age verification is spreading on the internet. Following Roblox’s implementation of the age verification process, Discord is the next platform in line to do it. So, what is Discord’s age verification process and what happens if users don’t go through with it? We’ll break it down. How to verify your age on Discord Discord, the…
If you were one of the hundreds of millions of people watching Super Bowl LX on Sunday evening, you saw Bad Bunny, all the other Halftime Show celebrities, some viral commercials, and of course the Seahawks beating the Patriots in the football game. One of the commercials that had people talking was for a new…
The messaging platform Discord announced Monday that all user accounts will default to teen safety settings beginning in March. The policy, meant to create a safe environment for teens, restricts adult content and spaces without verification or assurance of a user’s age. Following significant criticism from users skeptical of the platform’s age-assurance efforts, Discord updated…
Bad Bunny promised good vibes and a whole lot of dancing during his Super Bowl halftime show, and he didn’t disappoint. But beneath the perreo-ready hits and viral clips was something deeper. The performance unfolded as a densely layered visual essay, moving from Puerto Rico’s sugar cane fields to New York bodegas, from reggaetón history…
Depending on who you ask, there’s a narrow and deeply held idea of what it means to be “American.” During his Super Bowl halftime performance, Bad Bunny pushed back on that definition, making it clear that people across both halves of the Americas are American, whether or not they fit into that limited vision. The…
If you’ve been online in the past week, then you’ve probably seen the ChatGPT caricatures trend. We’ve covered a lot of ChatGPT image trends here at Mashable, but nothing that’s gone this viral since the original Studio Ghibli trend. In the latest viral ChatGPT trend, people are going to Chat with a simple prompt: “Create…
The internet loves a comeback tour, but it adores one with puppet fleece and impeccable comedic timing. Case in point: The Muppet Show special, which returned to the Muppet Theatre on Feb. 4 for a one-night event on Disney+ and ABC — and promptly took over everyone’s feeds. Seriously. I didn’t know I needed a…
Madonna’s iconic hit “Vogue” is all over the new trailer for The Devil Wears Prada 2, but a much more obscure song of hers is currently en vogue on social media: 1992’s “Thief of Hearts.” The house-inflected diss track from Madonna’s divisive Erotica album is making the rounds via user dances and posts on TikTok…