Bluesky appears to be down, with users reporting issues with the social media platform on Thursday. Often seen as the alternative to Elon Musk’s X, Bluesky was not working as usual in the early hours, with Downdetector identifying a thousand-strong spike in reported issues with the app and site around 6:30 a.m. ET. (Disclosure: DownDetector…
I can’t quite figure out what year we are living in. Let me more clear. I can’t pin down what year the chronically online are living in. We are in an unprecedented time of tech advancement, what with artificial intelligence taking over our lives and astronauts literally going back to the moon. But everywhere I…
For U.S. teens who use TikTok, Instagram, and Snapchat, one of the apps stands out as more of a distraction than the others, according to a new survey from Pew Research Center. More than a quarter of teens shared that they spend too much time on TikTok, while more than a third said the app…
Justin Bieber did not spend his Coachella headlining set pretending the past was behind him. Instead, he opened a laptop, pulled up YouTube, and sang directly to it. Midway through his 90-minute set on Saturday, the Day Two headliner began streaming old clips of himself performing snippets of songs like “Baby,” “Favorite Girl,” “Never Say…
Some things can feel so specific, so perfectly engineered in a lab to appeal directly to me. Today, that thing is the members of BTS singing “Butter-Fly” by Kōji Wada, the iconic opening theme to Digimon Adventure, during an appearance on Hot Ones. The members approached the hot wings challenge with wildly different strategies. V…
Remi Cruz Parsons has spent more than a decade inviting viewers into her life. What began with room makeovers and lifestyle vlogs has evolved into a deeply loyal audience of millions that has followed her through every era, from YouTube uploads filmed in her parents’ house to podcasts, live tours, and now, her first cookbook.…
As NASA’s Artemis II crew made history today by traveling farther from Earth than any humans ever have, another unexpected passenger quietly drifted into frame: a jar of Nutella. During NASA’s livestream of the mission, the hazelnut spread could be seen floating around the Orion spacecraft cabin just minutes before Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor…
For the first time in decades, astronauts are heading back toward the moon. And for the first time ever, they are doing it with their iPhones. NASA’s Artemis II crew — Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, Mission Specialist Christina Koch, and Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen — are not only documenting one of the most…
There’s a moment, familiar to anyone who has spent time in basketball corners of the internet, where someone drops a name into the chat — Kosta Koufos, Sundiata Gaines, Jamario Moon — and the room either goes electric or shakes its head in disappointment. On social media, this is called “ball knowledge.” The term has…
The problem with announcing any kind of news on April 1 is that absolutely nobody will believe you. Case in point: On Wednesday morning, KitKat announced that customers could use a special online tracking tool to figure out if their purchased confectionery goods were part of the massive 12-ton KitKat heist that’s gotten the internet’s…