Apple’s iPhone 15 Pro May Ditch Physical Volume and Mute Buttons
Photo: Florence Ion / Gizmodo We won’t know anything for sure about the iPhone 15 until it’s launched later this year, but we’re expecting big changes. We’ve already mentioned it…
Doctor Who’s Next Anniversary Project Turns Sooz Kempner Into Doom
Image: BBC Doctor Who’s 60th anniversary in November 2023 is giving the series a chance to go seemingly as bonkers as it wants. Shove David Tennant in as a new…
How Many Countries Have Banned TikTok?
Image: Sergei Elagin (Shutterstock) Although it might seem like the U.S. is the only country worried over Chinese ownership of TikTok, concerns about the ByteDance-owned app have quickly spread across…
‘Don’t Be Evil’: Google Employees Petition CEO Sundar Pichai Over Job Cuts
1,367 employees have signed the letter, which calls for priority in rehiring severed Google employees and waiting until employees on leave return to the office before terminating them.Image: Sean Gallup…
#PantryGoals on TikTok and Instagram Makes Obsessive Organization a New Status Symbol
Neatly aligned glass spice jars tagged with printed white labels. Wicker baskets filled with packages of pasta, crackers and snacks. Rows of flavored seltzer water stacked in double-decker plastic bins.…
Parents Group Demands Meeting With Meta and TikTok Over Child Suicide
A family advocacy group called Parents Together published an open letter Thursday demanding a meeting with the heads of Meta and ByteDance, arguing that the companies knowingly expose children to…
TikTok Is An Awful Source of Monkeypox Info, Study Finds
Anyone hoping to stay ahead of the next viral outbreak might want to avoid TikTok, new research suggests. The study, published Tuesday in BMJ Global Health, found that TikTok videos discussing…
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…
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)…
We Found 28,000 Apps Sending TikTok Data. Banning the App Won’t Help.
Photo: Sean Gallup / Staff (Getty Images) Joe Biden gave federal agencies 30 days to remove TikTok from government devices earlier this week. Until now, most politicians intent on punishing…