A Pokemon GO player has taken to social media to express frustration after losing a hundo Zamazenta found in a raid. Pokemon GO is one of the most popular mobile…
Welcome back to Week in Review. This week, we’re taking a closer look at Tesla’s Cybercab and Robovan reveals, the “complete disarray” at Fisker HQ, and a horrifying side effect…
TikTok made me try Lemme Sleep. Here's what you should know about the Kardashian brand before getting your hands on it. Source
Court documents suggest that TikTok executives are aware of the app’s potential harm to teenagers, according to reporting by NPR and Kentucky Public Radio. Fourteen U.S. attorneys general sued TikTok…
TikTok's executives and employees were well aware that its features foster compulsive use of the app, as well as of its corresponding negative mental health effects, according to NPR. The…
Consuming cinnamon may have a very small effect on weight, but it’s unlikely to deliver meaningful weight loss without other lifestyle adjustments. Source
From PlantTok to BookTok to ADHD-tok, influencers are touting hundreds of products, but it’s hard to know which ones are legitimate. So we sifted through them so you don’t have…
Learn how to use ChatGPT to roast and analyze your Instagram feed with these simple prompts and steps. Source
TikTok is laying off hundreds of employees globally, which includes 500 in Malaysia alone. The company is shifting its focus to AI-driven content moderation amid regulatory pressure and efforts to…
Renowned actor Peter Stormare (Fargo, Armageddon, Constantine) has seemingly teased the existence of Until Dawn 2 on his Instagram profile. The latest story is a repost of the fan page…
TikTok developer ByteDance laid off hundreds of human moderators in favor of AI, while Threads blamed its human moderators on a recent string of account lockouts. Source
The first thing to know about Community Notes on Elon Musk's tweets: there ought to be a lot more of them.Community Notes, the Twitter/X fact-checks formerly known as Birdwatch, are…
Ouch That's cold. Apple's latest iOS software update for its iPhones includes a series of generative AI-enabled "Apple Intelligence" upgrades. Among the many upgrades is the option to receive message…
The National Labor Relations Board has accused Apple of infringing on its employees’ rights to advocate for better working conditions. In a complaint spotted by Reuters, the agency alleges Apple…
AI-generated images and videos about Hurricane Milton might not just be annoying clickbait. They could also be connected to scams and disinformation campaigns. In the aftermath of the category 3…
Former Twitter executives, including former CEO Parag Agrawal, are urging a court to open discovery in a dispute over severance and other benefits they allege they were wrongfully denied after…
Newly un-redacted internal documents show TikTok fostered an environment that chose its public image over effective policies to address teen mental health, struggling to prioritize safety over engagement. The documents,…
Illustration: The Verge Head of Instagram Adam Mosseri is acknowledging recent mistakes in Meta’s moderation processes on Threads and Instagram. For example, Meta unexpectedly deleted my account this week because…
Instagram head Adam Mosseri on Friday addressed the moderation issues that saw Instagram and Threads users losing access to their accounts, having posts disappear, and more, saying that the company…
Reddit is enhancing its advertising platform with new keyword targeting capabilities, aiming to improve ad relevance and performance for advertisers. The big picture. Reddit is leveraging its community-driven structure to…