Snapchat Use Is Down 34% Among Top Influencers
Logan Paul, one of the social media influencers who has been posting more to Instagram Stories than to Snapchat. @loganpaul / Instagram / Via Instagram: @loganpaul Since Instagram launched Stories in...
View ArticleIf You Had A Yahoo Account In 2013, You Were Hacked
Dado Ruvic / Reuters All 3 billion Yahoo user accounts were compromised during a 2013 data breach, the company announced today. Previously, the company had said that only 1 billion accounts were...
View ArticleStop Everything And Watch This Cat Who Loves The Ocean
I feel like I don’t understand anything anymore. Hello, friends. This is a "cat." (I drew this myself from memory after years of seeing cats. Because I know about cats, ok?) Katie Notopoulos Well,...
View ArticleWould You Actually Buy These New Expensive Tech Doodads?
A bunch of new cool toys that are all, well, more than you’d expect to pay. Sure, smartphones and laptops cost way way more, but you need those things. These aren't things you need, they're fun toys —...
View ArticleGoogle Maps Stopped Showing Distance As Calories And Cupcakes Because People...
Google Maps has a new feature for walking directions. Now, it shows you how many calories you would burn if you walked: The calorie count shows up on the map if the driving directions you've requested...
View ArticleHow To Use The New Instagram "Superzoom"
*dramatic sounds* Dun dun DUN. Hello, citizen of the internet. Surely you are familiar with the "Dramatic Chipmunk" meme, the peak of online humor of 2007: giphy.com It's a chipmunk (actually, a...
View ArticleHere's How To Report Someone For Harassing DMs On Instagram
At a recent press event, Instagram cofounder and president Kevin Systrom talked about how his impending fatherhood has informed his commitment to curbing abuse on the platform. "We want to build a...
View ArticleWhere Should The Cheese On The Burger Emoji Go?
So, emojis on iOS vs. Android look ever so slightly different. You knew that, right? Take, for example, the dog emoji: emojipedia.org Social media and messaging apps also do their own versions. Here's...
View ArticleSquare Launched A New Cashless Register
Square Square just introduced a full-on cash register (without cash) that’s a more robust version of the little white reader you’ve probably seen at coffee shops and farmer’s markets. The register has...
View ArticlePeople Are Freaking Out That iPhones Categorize "Brassiere" Pics
When I tested this, it did find photos of me wearing a bra (don’t @ me, they were mostly all photos of my stomach when I was pregnant). It also found some photos of people wearing tank tops and a...
View ArticleThe Trolls Among The Toadstools In Facebook Mushroom Groups
Getty Nowhere on the net is safe. The long fingers of trolling touch everything online — even an online forum that should be a sacred place for people who would rather spend their time strolling...
View ArticleiPhones Have A Weird Bug That Messes Up The Letter "I"
You may have noticed a strange bug on your iPhone in the new iOS11 update. When you type an uppercase "I", it looks like this: Or it might look like this: Even the Queen Kim K. has fallen victim to...
View ArticlePlease, I Beg You, Do Not Fuck Up My Timeline With 280 Characters Of Bullshit
My feed. Dave Rowland / Getty Images I’m a simple man. Father. Husband. Designer. Coffee enthusiast. Twitter user. And I beg you: Please. Do not ruin Twitter with 280 characters of bullshit. Please....
View Article18 Things That Anyone Who Has Lost HQ Trivia Will Understand
SCOTTTTTTTTTTTTTT….. Here's how it works: Twice a day, there's a live game — you have to log in on time or else you can't play. The host (usually a guy named Scott) asks 12 questions that get harder...
View ArticleWe Tested The Baby Food Of The Future
Kate Bubacz / BuzzFeed News The thing about babies is that once you think the hardest part is over, you have to start feeding them food. Which is a cute adventure at first when they flash you a smile...
View ArticleI Tried Emailing Like A CEO And Quite Frankly, It Made My Life Better
Mark Cuban, a man unburdened by guilt over unanswered emails. Ethan Miller / Getty Images Like any good member of the proletariat who wants nothing more than to serve capitalism, I am always looking...
View ArticleHow Trolls Locked My Twitter Account For 10 Days, And Welp
The Monday before Thanksgiving, I awoke to my personal nightmare: I had been reported for abuse on Twitter (my favorite thing to look at while I crap), and my account was frozen.I wasn’t totally...
View Article12ish Questions With HQ Trivia's Scott Rogowsky
Taylor Miller / BuzzFeed News Scott Rogowsky is a comedian and the main host of the new hit app HQ Trivia, where he reads trivia questions live and users can win cash prizes. The game has taken off in...
View Article35 Times Privacy Was A Lie In 2017
The hacks, data breaches, uncanny smart devices, panoptical social media, and government surveillance that happened in a single year. Yay!! This happens in a lot of little ways: feeling more...
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