Snapchat Recap 2023: how to find your year in review
It’s that time of year. The weather is getting colder, peppermint mochas are readily available, and every other app on your phone has a “wrapped” or “recap” feature to commemorate…
US Judge Blocks Montana’s ‘Anti-Chinese’ TikTok Ban
A US Federal Judge blocked a Montana law Thursday that would have banned TikTok in the state starting on January 1st, arguing the bill is unconstitutional on the basis that…
It’s Time to Say Goodbye to Clyde, Discord’s AI Chatbot
Illustration: Discord Discord is shutting down its AI chatbot, Clyde, in December. Considering it was introduced just earlier this year, why it’s being shut down so soon is unclear. No…
Elon ‘Back to the Office’ Musk Called in Remotely to First X All-Hands
There is very little surprising about Elon Musk’s methods of running X, the social media platform known as Twitter, seemingly into the ground. A year after Musk officially took over…
How to Share Your Location With Friends and Family in iOS 17
iOS 17 is now with us, and it comes with a range of upgrades, tweaks, and improvements—including new ways to share your whereabouts with other people. Whether you’re meeting friends…
Snapchat Finally Adds Embeds, Along With Some Lackluster AI
Snapchat introduced two new features Tuesday for users to embed content on their profiles or stories into a website. The social media platform added web embeds for its Lenses, Spotlight…
Twitch Stories Will Allow Streamers to Share Quick Instagram-like Posts With Followers
Twitch Stories will let creators share short, 48-hour posts for their followers and subscribers.Photo: Stanislav Kogiku/SOPA Images/LightRocket (Getty Images) Twitch users may start receiving some potentially annoying push notifications from…
Kids These Days Get 4,500 Notifications a Day and Hate Facebook, New Study Says
Image: Ground Picture (Shutterstock) The kids are not all right and are being subject to a firehouse of pinging in the thick of the Information Age. A new report reveals…
Snap Is Doing What Twitter Can’t
Image: ThomasDeco (Shutterstock) As Elon Musk threatens to charge all users with a monthly subscription to access Twitter, Snap is seeing a userbase more willing to pay to use the…
Court Finds That Teenage Hackers Were Central to Data Breaches of Uber, Nvidia, and Rockstar Games
It’s official: a band of British teenagers managed to hack some of the biggest companies on the planet last year, and they did it all using fairly basic hacking techniques.…