The Greatest App of All Time Day 14: VSCO vs. HQ Trivia
It’s Day 12 of Gizmodo’s March Madness bracket challenge to name the greatest app of all time and the people have spoken. Google Earth dominated in yesterday’s poll with more…
Fear Street’s Next Movie is Going to Prom
Image: Netflix If you were someone who liked Netflix’s Fear Street trilogy of movies in 2021, good news: R.L. Stine says another film is on the way. Xochitl Gomez on…
TikTok Has Canceled Osama bin Laden
Just when you thought his reputation couldn’t get worse, TikTok has officially canceled Osama bin Laden. Somehow, videos promoting Osama bin Laden’s letter explaining his reasoning for orchestrating the 9/11…
No, TikTok (Probably) Isn’t Anti-Israel
Republican lawmakers pounding the well-worn TikTok ban drum are using flaming hot tensions over the conflict in Israel to try, once again, to knock the app offline. The new line…
Dear Paramount: Stop Trying to Make TikTok Movies Happen, They’re Not Going to Happen
Screenshot: Gizmodo On October 3, I asked my editor what day it was. “It’s October 3,” he replied. October 3 has been crowned “Mean Girls Day” in reference to a…
NYC Bans TikTok on City Devices
Photo: Kiichiro Sato (AP) The Big Apple is joining the TikTok ban bandwagon. New York City issued a new directive on Wednesday banning TikTok from city-owned devices and forcing local…
New Law Forces Parents to Share Cash With Their ‘Kidfluencers’
Illinois governor J.B. Pritzker on Friday signed into law a first-of-its-kind bill entitling young social media influencers to a percentage of earnings for monetized videos they appear in. The law,…