Won Villainy of the Year wired
Kevin Winter, a professor of media studies at Pomona College, says irrational self-confidence is one of the reasons villains resonate so deeply throughout culture. “In a repressive society like ours,…
This was the year Elon Musk took over politics
“I think they realized that big tech companies have worried for decades about how to regulate or organize speech on this crazy scale, isn't it a problem,” Magalhaes says. “This…
Threads Now Lets Users Reshare Photos, Videos from Others Without Quote Posting
Threads — Meta Platforms' microblogging app and a competitor to Users will be able to add their own text and express their creative takes alongside the media while crediting them…
WhatsApp Rolls Out New Calling Effects, Animations and Stickers Ahead of New Year
WhatsApp is introducing fun new features to enhance the texting and calling experience ahead of the new year, the company announced on Thursday. For a limited time, WhatsApp users will…
Supreme Court has agreed to hear the TikTok ban case
Supreme Court agrees to hear TikTok ban case - CBS News Watch CBS News The Supreme Court said Wednesday it will hear an appeal from TikTok over a federal law…
Drug dealers have gone to social media
Recently an Instagram account messaged me, "We were wondering if you would be interested in traveling with our products." Meanwhile, on X, posts related to psychedelics are regularly infiltrated by…
UK's Ofcom to Tweak Social Media Rules in Response to Summer Riots
The UK plans to extend its rules against illegal material online to cover how social media companies respond to crises like the recent riots in the country, according to a…
Luigi Mangione conspiracy theories are growing stronger
In one particularly tasty exchange on the conspiracy theory subreddit, two hair stylists clashed over Mangione's eyebrows.One user wrote, "I was a hair stylist 20 years ago, no one's eyebrows…
Blacksky There's Nothing Like Black Twitter—And It Doesn't Need To Be
if you live For a long time now, in some Internet neighborhoods, governing rules, no matter how absurd or toxic, have become second nature.On X, the site formerly known as…
Mozi Social Networking App Launched to Help Create More Personal Connections
Mozi, an alternate social media platform, was recently launched on iOS. The founder of the platform claims that it is not really a media platform, as users cannot post photos…