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Stay updated with the latest in Tech, Science, Culture, Entertainment, and more by following our Telegram channel here. Get ready to "tip" your favorite people on Twitter. On Thursday, Twitter announced that it has started rolling out Tip Jar, which allows people to send money to their favorite users. It's not available to everyone yet. According to Twitter, it's currently rolling out to a limited group of "creators, journalists, experts, […]

Twitter is apparently extremely serious about its suspension of former President Donald Trump.

One month ago, a report came out detailing how the majority of the anti-vaccination disinformation spreading online originated from just 12 individuals. During a hearing at the time, CEOs of the Big Tech companies vowed to take on the falsehoods running rampant on their platforms and threatening public health. Fast forward to today. While the Big Tech CEOs didn't show up for Tuesday's Congressional hearing, the companies did send representatives. […]

Stay updated with the latest in Tech, Science, Culture, Entertainment, and more by following our Telegram channel here. After months of beta testing in India, YouTube Shorts has arrived in the United States. On Thursday, YouTube announced that it’s begun rolling out its shortform video TikTok competitor in the U.S. While Shorts videos could have been viewed stateside since the beta launch, the creator tools that facilitate YouTube Shorts are […]

Stay updated with the latest in Tech, Science, Culture, Entertainment, and more by following our Telegram channel here. One of the new VIP audio chat platforms won’t be invite-only for long. Twitter is planning to roll out its Twitter Spaces feature to every user in April. The company has been testing out Spaces, its live audio Clubhouse competitor, since late last year. Clubhouse has taken the social media space by […]

Stay updated with the latest in Tech, Science, Culture, Entertainment, and more by following our Telegram channel here. Nearly two months after Donald Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol, the QAnon Shaman is defending his actions that day from his jail cell. The prominent QAnon figure is also patting himself on the back for...saving the Congressional break room muffins. Jacob Chansley, who is also known as Jake Angeli or simply […]

Did you know California has its very own net neutrality law? It does! And, following a recent verdict in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California, this law protecting internet users can finally be enforced, years after it was first signed. Imagine a system where your internet service provider charged you more just to access Netflix (on top of your Netflix subscription!) because they cut a deal […]

CAPTCHAs can be tricky, even for Congressmen. On Tuesday night, Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) was temporarily locked out of his Twitter account for failing to solve an anti-spam puzzle, commonly known as reCAPTCHA. Suspended: Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) office account "RepDevinNunes" — Congress Changes (@CongressChanges) February 10, 2021 reCAPTCHAs require a user to select basic photos that match the word given to them. This often appears when an online platform […]

QAnon’s favorite Congresswoman just gave a little insight into how she came to believe far right conspiracy theories. "I started looking up things on the internet, asking questions like most people do every day, use Google,” said Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) in a speech on the House floor on Thursday. "And I stumbled across something, and this is something at the end of 2017, called QAnon." "If it weren’t […]