Getty Image R.E.M. broke up almost a decade ago, but in a way they’re still rockin’. It’s not every band that can silence the president of the United States of America, especially if that president is Donald J. Trump. But silence President Trump is just what they did — again. […]
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When you delete your private direct messages on Twitter, it is safe to assume that many would probably assume that they are deleted for good. As it turns out it might not be the case. In a report from TechCrunch, it has been discovered that Twitter actually holds onto old […]
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Twitter has been slowly opening themselves up to the idea of introducing an edit feature, and more recently Twitter’s CEO floated an idea of how such a feature could work. However the feature has yet to officially debut and we’re not sure if there are plans to ever do so, […]
Read MorePresident Donald Trump shared a video meme Friday mocking Democrats reactions to his State of the Union address. The video features reactions from prominent Democrats such as Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Kirsten Gillibrand, Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, Kamela Harris, and Adam Schiff to the president’s speech as the song “Everybody Hurts” by R.E.M. plays in […]
Read MoreLegendary cryptographer and security researcher Matt Blaze (previously) somehow acquired a key engraver and now he’s “using it to engrave entirely serious labels on my keys that are not in any way ironic or confusing.” I just got a key engraving machine. Because I am a very responsible adult […]
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Photo: Mark Wilson (Getty Images) Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) had time Wednesday morning when she clapped back at President Trump’s call for her to resign, noting that the president has trafficked in hate his whole life. In a tweet, the president’s preferred mode of communication because he’s basically a 13-year-old […]
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French media circles are reeling from the revelation that a group of 30 male journalists had created a secret group on Facebook dubbed the “Ligue du LOL” which they used for years to harass female journalists. The group was exposed late last week, and a handful have already been fired. […]
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Last September, when Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey appeared in front of US Congress, several Republican representatives asked him about the company’s bias against conservatives on the platform. While Dorsey denied this claim, the accusations continued to roll in over the following months. In October, President Donald Trump complained about it […]
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Photo: Carolyn Kaster (Associated Press) In the CVS receipt-long list of people who should never speak up for black folks, Donald Trump and Uncle Ruckus are engaged in a bloody duel for last place. But lo and behold, Melania’s Baby Daddy took to Twitter to come to our alleged rescue […]
Read MorePresident Donald Trump has mocked Democrats’ new radical policy, the “Green New Deal,” which calls for the elimination of fossil fuels in a decade, plus guaranteed income for all Americans “unwilling” to work. The plan, introduced by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Thursday, quickly gained the endorsement and co-sponsorship of several major presidential candidates, as well as […]
Read MoreTwitter, for the first time, revealed the number of its monetizable daily active users: 126 million. This number is much smaller than the combined properties of Facebook and that of Snapchat. It’s likely that Twitter is revealing this new metric now to give investors a better idea of the company’s growth. For the first time, […]
Read MoreTwitter is a publicly-traded company, and as such, its quarterly earnings reports always include data about the platform — including the amount of active users. The company has historically never revealed how many active daily users Twitter has, only the amount of users who log in (at least) once a month. In its Q4 earnings […]
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Photo: Chris Kleponis (Getty Images) I was worried that the lid on President Trump’s sleeping coffin might have been too tight after his State of the Union speech because the president of people who support Liam Neeson took a break from bashing folks on Twitter, which has become his way […]
Read MoreThe Atlantic’s Jemele Hill referenced a public assassination during President Trump’s State of the Union address Tuesday night. Hill, a far-leftist who despises Trump and has falsely labeled the president a “white supremacist,” alluded to the assassination of Malcolm X, who was gunned down in front of his supporters and family while preparing to give […]
Read MoreVerified pundits on Twitter got upset when they discovered that an 11-year-old boy who had been bullied for having the same last name as President Donald Trump was invited to attend the president’s State of the Union address on Tuesday. Joshua Trump — who is not related to the president — has been invited to […]
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Read MoreAn edit button is high on the list of many a Twitter user’s wishlist, but the company has held out for the longest time. Now, co-founder and CEO Jack Dorsey has revealed how the feature could work — if it’s actually implemented. In an interview on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast (h/t: 9to5Mac), the Twitter co-founder […]
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If you’re a U.S.-based Facebook user with somewhat politically active friends, your NewsFeed likely became a breeding ground with conspiracy theories and hyperpartisan memes in the months leading up to the 2016 elections. Among the users who became concerned about what he saw on his Facebook feed at this time […]
Read MoreIn case you’ve forgotten about it, Periscope is Twitter’s somewhat-unpopular streaming platform designed for use on iOS and Android devices. There haven’t been any major feature additions in well over a year, but that changes today. Periscope users can now invite guests onto their streams, similar to what Instagram added in 2017. Starting today, broadcasters […]
Read MoreThe Internet once seemed poised to utterly destroy the establishment media. In an era where everyone with a phone and a social media account could reach an audience of millions, the need for professional journalists gatekeeping information seemed pointless. Yet journalists have savagely fought back against the social media companies that once threatened to displace […]
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Warner Did you read about wizards wizarding their feces away in the Harry Potter universe when Pottermore saw fit to overshare that information last month? It isn’t only the official Harry Potter Twitter account revealing things nobody asked about. Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling is also known to share things […]
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Twitter can be a soul-crushing place where people leave inhibition behind as they launch invective in 280-character volleys, usually aimed at someone they don’t know and assume they will never have to face. Then there’s the Twitter account of Martin Dempsey, the four-star Army general who was chairman of the […]
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