DC Comics’ 2023 Pride Plans Are, Once Again, Incredibly Impressive
Image: DC Comics This is cool—a hardcover guide to DC’s LGBTQIA+ characters, arriving May 16. “The DC Book of Pride is an inspiring illustrated hardcover that profiles more than 50…
TikTok Overrode Its Algorithm to Boost the World Cup and Taylor Swift
Image: Mario Tama (Getty Images) A TikTok executive admits the company sometimes overrides the app’s algorithm at a South by Southwest Conference (SXSW) on Saturday. Major content included the World…
A 5,000-Mile-Wide Blob of Stinky Seaweed Is Headed Straight for Florida
A floating blob of seaweed 5,000 miles across, spanning nearly the whole width of the Atlantic Ocean, is headed for Florida’s Atlantic Coast. The sargassum algae, a brown, branching, stringy…
In Yet Another Crypto Attack, Hackers Pillage $197 Million From Euler Finance
Photo: Volodymyr_Shtun (Shutterstock) Unidentified cybercriminals managed to boost nearly $200 million from the decentralized finance lender Euler Finance on Monday. The attack, which stole millions in crypto assets like DAI…
You Don’t Say: Lawsuit Alleges Employees at Facebook, Snap, and TikTok Knew Social Media Was Addictive
The lawsuit claims that Instagram, for example, can create a “downward spiral” in teen users due to its ability to create a high level of social comparison.Image: Rohane Hamilton (Shutterstock)…
SVB’s Collapse Is Causing Chaos in India’s Tech Sector
“In case of India, the number of Indian startups is definitely very high compared to other nations, except for US, but the capital would not be as much,” says Smriti…
The Wall Street Journal Thinks Silicon Valley Bank Woked Itself Into Bankruptcy
Silicon Valley Bank was the second-largest failure in U.S. history, but one WSJ columnist seems to think that having a minority of board members made up of minorities somehow played…
A Bad Night’s Sleep Could Weaken Your Response to Vaccines
Image: Rawpixel.com (Shutterstock) Getting enough sleep is refreshing for both you and your immune system, a new review of research out Monday suggests. A team found that sleeping fewer hours…
How To Clear Cookies Every Time You Close Your Browser
Photo: Rutmer Visser (Shutterstock) You might be familiar with the practice of regularly clearing out the local data stored by your browser, including cookies—those little files that can store your…
Volkswagen’s first North American gigafactory will be in Canada
Volkswagen announced that its first gigafactory in North America will be located in the city of St. Thomas in the Canadian province of Ontario. By establishing a battery plant in…