Bluesky Says It Won’t Screw Things Up
Like the conflicted cowboy in Brokeback Mountain, journalists, pundits and people who eschew MAGA merch have looked at the service formerly known as Twitter and lamented, “I don’t know how …
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AI Will Understand Humans Better Than Humans Do
Michal Kosinski is a Stanford research psychologist with a nose for timely subjects. He sees his work as not only advancing knowledge, but alerting the world to potential dangers ignited …
This Is How One Woman Scammed Ride Sharing Apps For $10,000 A Month
We trust gig workers to drive us around, deliver our food and go through the tedium of shopping for our groceries. We trust the profile picture on the app is …
Why the EU’s Vice President Isn’t Worried About Moon-Landing Conspiracies on YouTube
When European Union vice president Věra Jourová met with YouTube CEO Neal Mohan in California last week, they fell to talking about the long-running conspiracy theory that the moon landings …
Online debate has women talking about safety
Women explain why they would feel safer encountering a bear in the forest than a man they didn’t know. The hypothetical has sparked a broader discussion about why women fear …
Sale or No Sale, TikTok Will Never Be the Same
The end of TikTok has begun. As the dust settles from a week of shockingly fast legislative action by the US Congress, it’s clear that TikTok next year will look …
Legging legs mean body shaming for many TikTokers who recall thigh gap
Thigh gaps are back and resurfacing on the popular social media site TikTok under a new name “legging legs.” The new trend is targeting Gen Z and Gen Alpha users …