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In an attempt to catch up with social media trends and bounce back from a dip in popularity, Snapchat introduced a new feature called Spotlight back in November that would allow users to upload short videos like TikTok or Instagram Reels. As an incentive to draw in creators, Snapchat announced its plan to award users […]
Tesla is being asked to recall about 158,000 cars over a touchscreen display issue that could cause an increased risk of crashes, BBC News reports. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) sent a letter to Tesla requesting that the company issue a recall on Model S cars made from 2012 through 2018, and Model X SUVs built between 2016 and 2018 over a defect with […]
Donald Trump‘s Snapchat account will be gone for good. On Wednesday, the social media platform announced it will permanently ban the president beginning on Jan. 20, the day President-elect Joe Biden will officially take office. The news comes one week after Snapchat locked Trump’s account “indefinitely,” citing concerns over his rhetoric that could potentially incite another riot. […]
WhatsApp is addressing user concerns after rumors about its updated privacy policy prompted people to flock to alternative messaging platforms like Signal and Telegraph. The company published an FAQ page clarifying the details of the new privacy policy that rolls out on Feb. 8, letting users know that the messenger app does not share private […]
Square, the American financial services company that operates Cash App and Square Seller, is interested in acquiring Tidal from Jay-Z, Bloomberg News reports a source as saying. Though there aren’t many details about the potential deal, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, who is also the CEO of Square, is reportedly looking to diversify and has held talks about […]
A museum of memes—a memeseum, if you will—marks a unique collaboration featuring the creative input of Complex, Instagram, and Ka5sh. In a team-up with a variety of emerging artists, as well as with augmented reality designer Dude.sg, this assembly of creative voices will bring a reinterpretation of the memes that helped capture the ridiculousness of […]
A newly published study suggests the Milky Way galaxy could contain alien civilizations, though there’s a strong possibility most of them are already dead. Researchers from the California Institute of Technology, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and Santiago High School used an expanded version of the famous Drake Equation, which determined the odds of extraterrestrial intelligence existing in our galaxy. The […]
This week news broke that Apple is aiming to manufacture its own passenger vehicle by 2024. But instead of taking 10 years to design an electric vehicle from scratch, the company apparently had the opportunity to scoop Tesla during its “darkest days,” according to a tweet from CEO Elon Musk. “During the darkest days of […]
Apple is looking to produce a passenger vehicle by 2024, Reuters reports. However, issues pertaining to the pandemic could push that target year back to 2025 or later. Apple first launched efforts to build a car from scratch under the Project Titan initiative in 2014. Their lofty car production goals were eventually put on the back burner as the […]
As it did for Thanksgiving, Zoom is lifting its 40-minute meeting limits for free accounts over the holidays so that you can talk to (insert whoever you want to talk to during the holidays here) uninterrupted. In a blog post the company announced the dates/times that this change will be active. Note that the first set […]
