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Survey: This is the most distracting app for teens
Teens using TikTok, Instagram, and Snapchat say one of them affects their sleep and focus more.
By Rebecca Ruiz
Milk, tears, and Digimon: BTS' 'Hot Ones' episode was pure chaos
The group sang the 'Digimon Adventure' theme song while trying to survive the wing challenge.
By Crystal Bell
Do you know ball? Inside the internet's most obsessive basketball debate.
Three basketball content creators are trying to define the internet's favorite sports flex and keep the market from oversaturating.
KitKat heist tracker lets candy lovers check if their KitKat is from the heist
For the record: They insist this is not an April Fool's joke.
By Alex Perry
Bluesky's new AI is being rejected by users, blocked more than White House account
App users are blocking "Attie" in droves.
We didn't grow up on social media. We grew up on digital nicotine.
A landmark ruling may finally be Silicon Valley's wake-up call, activist Lennon Torres writes.
By Lennon Torres
The next social media ban? Austria looks to block kids under 14 from social media
The proposal would also introduce media literacy education in schools.
By Matt Binder
'Mini Kindle Pods' are trending on TikTok, but these devices aren't what they seem
Our e-reader expert looks into a sketchy BookTok trend.
J.K. Rowling controversy explained
The author uses her mammoth social media following to target trans people. How did we get here?
Reddit addresses bot problems, ID verification
Redditors may need to prove they're human. They won't need ID.
By Matt Binder
The internet made BTS. 'Arirang' asks what comes next.
On 'Arirang,' BTS confront the internet that shaped their rise and what connection looks like in a fragmented digital world.
By Crystal Bell
Desperate times: Reddit considers adding ID verification to fight flood of AI bots
Will this anger Reddit's user base?
By Matt Binder
The incel glossary decoded: Alpha males, body counts and the manosphere’s key terms
From betabux to the Wall, the internet's most toxic dating vocabulary, decoded.
Pinterest CEO says ban kids under 16 from social media
Bill Ready added that removing social media features for Pinterest's own users under 16 didn't hurt the platform.
By Matt Binder
TIL creators need a prenup for their TikTok
For creators, dividing joint assets is a little more complicated.
Is X down? Thousands of users report outage.
X appears to be having issues on Wednesday morning.
Elon Musk's X teases new dislike button on replies
A feature that the old Twitter previously tested out appears poised to return to X.
By Matt Binder
Timothée Chalamet loses Best Actor at the Oscars. Social media celebrates.
Better luck next year.
Steven Spielberg praises ballet and opera at SXSW amid Timothée Chalamet backlash
The director's comments about the communal power of art drew cheers from the crowd.
By Crystal Bell
'Pokémon Pokopia' is the cozy escape the internet needed
The cozy new Pokémon game is going viral for its colorful world, gentle gameplay, and refreshingly hopeful vision of community.
By Crystal Bell
Bluesky's CEO is stepping down. Here's why.
Jay Graber will remain with the top X alternative, just in a different role.
By Matt Binder
Indonesia to ban social media for children under 16
It's because of perceived threats like porn and social media addiction.
By Anna Iovine
The Looksmaxxing Glossary: Every term you need to understand the internet's most unhinged subculture
Looksmaxxing is rotting your For Your Page. Here's your decoder ring.
