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Juxtaposed next to dance videos and trends fuelled by narcissism that saturate the short-form video platform, thousands of TikTok users came across Linda Dong, better known as @yoleendadong, on their For You page for the first time in August 2020. Commencing her videos with a simple (and now iconic) greeting—“Hello, my friend!”—followed by a facetiously blunt criticism […]
After more than 25 years, Microsoft announced this week that it will retire the Internet Explorer web browser on June 15, 2022. Launched in 1995, Internet Explorer was the dominant browser on Windows PCs for years until options such as Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox browsers came along. “We are announcing that the future of Internet Explorer […]
The winners for the 25th Annual Webby Awards were announced on Tuesday. The 2021 ceremony, hosted by Jameela Jamil, was dedicated to those who found innovative ways to use the internet to help people stay connected amid a grueling pandemic year. In that spirit, it’s no surprise the Webby Person of the Year distinction went […]
Yahoo Answers is coming to an end. Nearly 16 years after its inception, the amusing and often frustrating Q&A platform will permanently shut down on May 4. Yahoo announced the move in a note to users this week, laying out a timeline for the upcoming changes. “While we could not have been prouder of what we accomplished […]
On Monday, Parler, the social media site preferred by conservatives, came back online. The site, which is now redesigned, had effectively been taken off the internet a month ago when Amazon Web Services suspended it. It was also suspended from the app stores of Apple and Google. “Speak freely and express yourself openly, without fear of […]
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the repeated lockdowns are playing havoc with all our lives to varying degrees, but it’s been particularly hard for parents. As we return once more to lockdown—the harshest iteration yet—not only do parents have to contend with adjusting their own work life, but they now have to make sure their […]
As the headlines focused on Bella Thorne‘s $2 million OnlyFans record continue to pile up, sex workers are speaking out about how Thorne’s approach has the potential to damage the platform and the industry at large by erasing the years of oft-ignored bravery and resilience endured by those who actually deserve the credit. One source of contention […]
The continued onslaught of Trump era legal attacks can quickly and easily lead to exhaustion, which—unfortunately—can also inspire people to just block out news of the sadistic shenanigans altogether. And with the looming Earn It Act, which makes good on its ominous name by being stacked with manipulative faux security tactics, blocking out such news […]
To add even more fuel to the blazing trash fire that is 2020, we now have to worry about the Senate fucking us all over by failing to prohibit warrantless surveillance of internet search and browsing records in connection with the Patriot Act. Earlier this month, Senators Ron Wyden (a Democrat repping Oregon) and Steve Daines (a Republican repping […]
Anyone with a bird-feeder knows that squirrels love to steal treats that aren’t meant for them. This moved one former NASA and Apple engineer to come up with a clever way to combat these menaces. YouTuber Mark Rober is famous for answering science questions, building intricate structures, and conducting engineering experiments on his channel. He’s recently been entangled […]
