TikTok appears to be adding a Tips feature, allowing viewers to reward the creators fuelling its never-ending stream of dog videos. First spotted by TikTok user Jera Bean and reported by TechCrunch, TikTok’s new tipping option reportedly popped up in Bean’s settings without much fanfare. “Tips let viewers fund your creativity and show their support…
Facebook will officially be Facebook no more, with CEO Mark Zuckerberg announcing on Thursday that the tech company is changing its name to Meta. Of course, a turd by any other name would smell as bad, but it’s the rebranding that counts. “Along with the new name they have a new logo,” said Late Show…
After hinting at the name change, Mark Zuckerberg officially announced Facebook would be changing its name to “Meta” during Facebook’s Oct. 28 Connect event.
Mark Zuckerberg wants you to be wowed. At Thursday’s Facebook Connect presentation, the CEO unveiled virtual and augmented reality technology that seems designed to change a world already struggling with Facebook’s effects on it. The small, often unmentioned speed bump in the way of this lofty dream? Much of the showcased tech is years, if…
You already do your online shopping on Amazon. You’re watching the latest movies on Prime Video. You’re asking Alexa to play your favorite songs. Amazon has already seeped into every facet of your digital life. But… are you watching your favorite streamers on Twitch? If you’re unfamiliar with Twitch, you may have at least heard…
The must-have accessory for fall? According to Gen Z, it’s a $30 pair of wired headphones. So why are “It” girls like Lily Rose Depp and the Olsen twins ditching wireless earbuds and opting instead to plug into their devices? “Wired is an attitude,” Shelby Hull, the 24-year-old creator of the Instagram account @wireditgirls, told…
It’s TikTok and Snapchat’s turn in the hot seat on Capitol Hill. On Tuesday, executives from TikTok and Snapchat as well as a representative from YouTube answered questions from members of the Senate Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Data Security surrounding the current hot-button topic: Kids’ safety on social media platforms. The issue…
In 2014, I was 16 and my Tumblr was four years old. There were thousands of posts: reblogged vintage photographs of Paris in the ’70s, of window sills littered with poetry books, of black boots against grunge city landscapes. The occasional indie song lyric (think The 1975’s brooding poetry) made a guest appearance every now…
Mark Zuckerberg is sick and tired of all the harm caused to Facebook. Yes, you read that correctly. At the top of his company’s third quarter earnings call, the Facebook CEO broadly railed against the 17 news organizations working together to report on a massive trove of leaked internal documents dubbed the Facebook Papers. The…
No matter how bad conditions appear on the surface, it’s even more treacherous below. That’s the disturbing takeaway from the Facebook Papers, a collection of internal Facebook documents leaked by whistleblower Frances Haugen and reviewed by 17 news organizations. Their stories paint a picture of a company broken beyond repair, that, despite scandal after scandal,…