All posts tagged "social media"
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4.8KMiscSocial Media Influencer Jailed 14 Years for Violent Plot to Steal Domain Name
Rossi Lorathio Adams II aka “Polo” is a 27-year-old Instagram influencer who was sentenced to 14 years in prison for putting together...
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7.1KGamingSnapchat Cameo Feature Lets You Basically Try Deepfake Tech
Snapchat is back with a new feature that’s surely going to go viral once it launches worldwide. The Snapchat Cameos are a...
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3.0KMiscFacebook Sued By Former Content Moderators For Getting PTSD
The Wall Street Journal described it as “the worst job in technology” back in 2017. As you can imagine, being a content...
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3.4KMiscFBI Warns Popular FaceApp Is A “Significant Counterintelligence Threat” From Russia
Well, it seems some conspiracy theories might have some truth to them! Earlier this year, jokes (and warnings!) made the rounds that...
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4.8KMiscTim Berners-Lee, Inventor of the Web, Just Released A Set of Rules to Avert a “Digital Dystopia”
We’re sliding in a “digital dystopia”, thinks Tim Berners-Lee, the man credited with inventing the World Wide Web in 1989 and now...
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4.9KMiscWikipedia’s Founder Takes On the Giants with Growing Social Media Platform WT:Social
In a move no one saw coming, earlier this month Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales announced a social media platform called WT:Social. That...
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6.3KMiscThe League Dating App Now Matches You Based on Livestreams
In the world of dating apps, some go the extra mile when it comes to the way they match you with potential...
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1.9KMiscFacebook Quietly Introduces Whale App for Making Memes
News outlet The Information spotted Whale, a meme-making app signed by no other than social media giant Facebook. The app was quietly...
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5.1KMiscGrowing Buddhist Online Cult “UFO Kaokala” Says Aliens Will Save Us From the Apocalypse
The fact that some weird things can grow in echo chambers isn’t a secret, especially after the rise of incels, but some...
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1.4KMiscFacebook Will Also Begin Testing Hiding ‘Likes’
A while ago, Instagram began a trial period of hiding the number of ‘likes’ under the images across the platform. In the...
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3.4KPhonesThe Witcher Game Co-Creator Launches Mudita Pure, A 140 Grams Phone Free of Social Media
Update: The Mudita Pure campaign on Kickstarter was funded 100% in an hour. The Witcher, a gripping RPG that needs no introduction,...
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2.1KMiscInstagram Will Restrict Posts That Promote Plastic Surgery and Weight Loss Products
Seems like Instagram has had just about enough of the diet tea culture and the heightened interest of teenagers in cosmetic surgeries...
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2.6KMiscYou Can Now Schedule Instagram Posts and IGTV Videos Through Facebook
Facebook has officially released a new update for its Creator Studio which lets business account holders schedule their Instagram posts and IGTV...
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2.9KMiscThe Chinese Government Silenced Hong-Kong Protests On Tik Tok
Videos of hundreds of thousands of marchers filling through the streets of Hong Kong, as well as images of protesters, filled the...
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1.6KMiscSnapchat Now Lets You Take More Three-dimensional Selfies
Selfie lovers will now have something to be excited for, as the company released a new camera mode. The “3D Camera Mode”...
