Self Help
The Influencer Silo: The Limits of Personality-Driven Social Change
[ad_1] Influencers can make ideas visible, but they can also trap them inside social bubbles. Real change happens when an idea leaves the bubble…
Tag: Internet culture
New York, New York Local News
The Spookiest and Silliest Celebrity Halloween Costumes This Year
[ad_1] Paris Hilton as Tinkerbell on Halloween night. Photo: Rachpoot/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images Halloween is the Met Gala if the theme was “You can go full…
New York, New York Local News
See How We’re Breaking This Down? Very Demure.
[ad_1] Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos: The Emoji Company, Jools Lebron via TikTok Oh, word? TikTok is expanding its vocabulary again. On August 2, TikToker Jools…
New York, New York Local News
J. Crew’s Collab With The Bear Is Not for the Bears
[ad_1] Is this a comedy or a drama? Photo: Courtesy J. Crew Good news, foodie bros, How Long Gone listeners, and Brooklyn dads: J.Crew…
New York, New York Local News
Aye, T, It’s Called ‘Socialist Sopranos Memes’
[ad_1] Every day you decide to log on to social media is another day you decide to return to the front lines of online…
New York, New York Local News
The Trump Verdict Memes Are for the History Books
[ad_1] Photo: Seth Wenig-Pool/Getty Images If you turned on cable news at 5:07 p.m. on Thursday, May 30, you watched the birth of a…
Gadgets
We Stood on Both Sides of the New York–Dublin Portal and It Was Glorious
[ad_1] Amanda: I got to the Portal in Manhattan’s Flatiron District a little before 11 am New York time, and found that there’s now…
New York, New York Local News
A ScarJo-Sounding AI Voice Is No Longer Her(e)
[ad_1] Just want her back. Photo: Warner Bros./Everett Collection ChatGPT better keep Colin Jost’s wife’s voice out of its mouth. The OpenAI voice “Sky,”…
Gadgets
TikTok Divest-or-Ban Bill Passes in the Senate
[ad_1] The U.S. Senate passed the TikTok bill on Tuesday evening in a vote of 79-18. The bill, which bans TikTok unless Bytedance sells…
New York, New York Local News
The Yesterday Lawsuit Was Not Here to Stay
[ad_1] Leak the Ana de Armas cut. Photo: Daniel Pockett/Getty Images Over two years and thousands in legal fees later, we can all forget…
Gadgets
Elon Musk Punishing Popular X Users With Blue Checkmarks
[ad_1] Elon Musk reinvented the blue checkmark Wednesday night, regressing to an old Twitter policy where anyone with a certain amount of status gets…
Health
Woman Discovers Fleetwood Mac in Wholesome Viral Tweet
[ad_1] April 3, 2024 5:02 PM EDT One woman’s recent journey through Fleetwood Mac’s 1977 opus Rumors led to a truly wholesome moment online.…
Pop Culture
Meet the Internet’s Award Season Boyfriends
[ad_1] What is a white boy of the month? The term originated on the social media app formerly known as Twitter, as most ubiquitous…
New York, New York Local News
It’s Kurt’s Turn (to Get Memed)
[ad_1] When God closes a door (takes Taylor and Lana’s music off TikTok), he opens a window (gives us another Glee meme). And finally…
Breaking News
Marc Sebastian Talks About the Ultimate World Cruise
[ad_1] Marc Sebastian is noticeably frazzled. The TikTok star—who recently disembarked Royal Caribbean’s Ultimate World Cruise after an 18-day stint on its nine-month global…
Breaking News
MrBeast X Video Experiment Raised Concerns
[ad_1] Earlier this month, YouTube star MrBeast decided to take up an offer from Elon Musk to try out a monetization opportunity through revenue…
Technology
Selkie founder defends use of AI in new dress collection amid backlash | TechCrunch
[ad_1] When Selkie, the fashion brand viral on Instagram and TikTok for its frothy, extravagant dresses, announces new collections, reception is generally positive. Known…
Technology
Logan Paul promises CryptoZoo refunds, as long as you don't sue him | TechCrunch
[ad_1] Logan Paul is offering refunds for CryptoZoo, the failed and allegedly fraudulent Pokémon-inspired NFT game that he launched in 2021. The catch? You…
Breaking News
A Nine-Month World Cruise is TikTok's Latest Obsession
[ad_1] TikTok is the perfect place to develop niche obsessions and find communities of like-minded content creators and consumers. And sometimes, those obsessions find…
Video Gaming
Remembering the weirder news that happened in 2023
[ad_1] Remember 2023? The answer can be no. It was a lot. Between a deluge of major games — Tears of the Kingdom, Diablo…