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TikTok confirmed Wednesday that the platform has begun testing out a Stories-like feature that is called, you guessed it, “TikTok Stories,” The Verge reports. “We’re always thinking about new ways to bring value to our community and enrich the TikTok experience,” a spokesperson for TikTok told Variety in a statement. “Currently we’re experimenting with ways to give creators additional formats […]
Will Smith and Jay-Z are helping to make homeownership more accessible. According to Forbes, Smith’s Dreamers VC and Arrive, the investment arm of Jay’s Roc Nation, are among the companies that participated in a Series A capital raise for Landis Technologies—a startup that aims to guide renters on their path to owning a home. The $165 million funding round was led by Signia […]
Earlier this week, meteorological officials for the United Arab Emirates shared video of considerable downpour in Ras al Khaimah, the northernmost part of the country. The rainfall was the result of a method deployed by the UAE where rainstorms are created by using drones to zap clouds with electricity, The Washington Post reports. With temperatures reaching upwards of 115 degrees […]
Lil Uzi Vert says he’s “working on” securing ownership of WASP-127 b, a gas giant exoplanet. The planetary claim arrived Wednesday night thanks in large part to Grimes, who pointed fans to an artistic rendering of WASP-127 b and said “apparently [Uzi] owns this planet.” Uzi was quick to respond, saying he’s “still working on it” and was […]
Clubhouse has opened its doors to everyone. More than a year after launching on iOS (and later on Android), the audio-streaming app officially exited the beta phase and is no longer using its signature invite-only system. The team behind Clubhouse announced the news in a blog post Tuesday, explaining what users can expect in the platform’s next chapter. […]
Venmo just got a whole lot better. The Pay-Pal owned company announced Tuesday it was ditching its “global feed”—a controversial feature that allowed payments to be viewed by complete strangers. Although Venmo provided the option to make transactions private, friends lists and payment activity were visible to the public by default, which of course came […]
A Dutch teenager who secured a seat on Jeff Bezos’ upcoming spaceflight is set to become the youngest person to travel to space. According to Blue Origins, 18-year-old physics student Oliver Daemen will be the first “paying customer” to fly on board the company’s New Shepard rocket. The aerospace manufacturer, founded by Bezos in 2000, said Daemen had landed a […]
A TikTok creator is bringing attention to what many have argued is merely the latest example of the wildly popular app’s unfair treatment of people of color. In recent days, TikTok user @ziggityler has shared a number of videos focused on what he says he experienced when trying to update his bio in the app’s […]
A 19-year-old TikTok star known for his dancing videos died from an apparent gunshot wound in Delaware on Monday, police have confirmed. Swavy, whose real name is Matima Miller, was identified as the victim of “a fatal shooting incident” by the Wilmington Police Department, according to a Tuesday statement. He died after being transferred to a hospital […]
Someone shelled out millions of dollars to “own” a piece of internet history. According to CNBC, the original source code for the world wide web was sold as a non-fungible token (NFT)—a crypto asset that attributes ownership of a digital property, such as images, audio, and video. Tim Berners-Lee, the computer scientist who wrote the code, […]
