A YouTuber who posted a video of himself offering to buy a homeless man some food is receiving backlash for eating the meal himself in a since-deleted video. Trevon Sellers’ YouTube channel is called “whatsuptre,” and in his latest video prank, he is standing outside a Wendy’s discussing the topic of homelessness in Los Angeles,…
YouTuber Offers to Buy Homeless Man Food, but Eats It Himself in Prank That Triggers Backlash
Elon Musk Suggests Twitter as New Platform for Tucker Carlson After Fox News Departure
Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk suggested Twitter could be a platform where Tucker Carlson could prosper after the Fox News primetime host departed the network on Monday. Carlson had been a fixture at Fox News since 2009, and had hosted his own primetime “Tucker Carlson Tonight” show from November 2016 until his final installment last Friday….
Social Media Catalyzed Recent Bank Failures, Paper Says
“Social media fueled a bank run on Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), and the effects were felt broadly in the U.S. banking industry,” reads the first line of an academic paper discussing the role of social media in last month’s collapse of tech bank SVB. The study, led by J. Anthony Cookson of the University of…
This is Destroying Your Child’s Mind
April 24, 2023
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Is social media pushing our young towards screen addiction? Why does a former Facebook exec block his children from using social media? Why is Apple’s chief exec the same? Is it due to the chemical changes that happen in the brain when one is using these apps – that unnervingly resemble drug addiction? These days,…
From Facebook to Fortnite: The Risks of Screen Addiction and How to Support Your Child’s Healthy Habits
April 24, 2023
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Is social media pushing our young towards screen addiction? Why does a former Facebook exec block his children from using social media? Why is Apple’s chief exec the same? Is it due to the chemical changes that happen in the brain when one is using these apps – that unnervingly resemble drug addiction? These days,…
Putting ‘Good’ Back Into the Algorithm: A New Tech Platform Hopes to Help Parents
Parents in America know the difficulties of pulling their children away from electronic devices, especially after months of virtual learning due to school lockdowns during the pandemic. About half of America’s middle schoolers spend five hours or more daily on weekends watching videos on an electronic device, and 30 percent spend seven hours or more…
Meta Lays Off Tech Teams, Battering Employee Morale
Meta Platforms Inc. on Wednesday carried out another round of job cuts, this time hitting engineers and adjacent tech teams, as Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg further moved to streamline the business in a bid to make 2023 a “year of efficiency.” Meta in March became the first Big Tech company to announce a second round…
Ban on TikTok Faces Hurdle as Top Officials Still on Platform: Cybersecurity Expert
April 19, 2023
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The ban on the Chinese video sharing app Tiktok might face hurdles as top officials are on the platform, says cybersecurity expert Rex Lee. The Chinese app has been in the headlines recently, especially after the testimony from Singapore-based TikTok CEO Chew Shou Zi before members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee in late…
Encrypted Message Platforms Threaten to Pull Services From UK Over Online Safety Bill
April 18, 2023
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Seven of the world’s leading messaging apps have written a scathing open letter to the UK government over its proposed Online Safety Bill. Bosses from firms including Signal and WhatsApp say the bill would lead to the mass surveillance of personal communications in what would become the “British internet.” Urging ministers to “urgently rethink” the…
Twitter Will Likely Play ‘Significant’ Role in Upcoming Elections: Musk
April 18, 2023
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Twitter will likely play a “significant” part in the 2024 presidential elections and other electoral contests both domestically and internationally, according to CEO Elon Musk. Musk made the comments in an interview with Fox News host Tucker Carlson that aired in two parts on April 17 and 18. Musk also admitted that it remains to be seen…
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