27 posts tagged ‘social media’
Oxford study says internet use doesn’t harm mental health, but its research has limits
TechCrunch,
In one of the largest studies ever on mental health and internet use, the Oxford Internet Institute has declared that there is no “smoking gun” linking the internet with psychological harm. Professors Andrew Przybylski and Matti Vuorre studied data from two million people aged 15 to 89 in 168 countries, finding that in the last […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
YouTube Rolls Out New Games for Premium Users
Gizmodo,
YouTube ventured into gaming this week by rolling out a test of YouTube Playables to all Premium users. Playables are small, free games for mobile and desktop devices with no downloads, such as Angry Birds Showdown, from YouTube. Read more...
The Israel-Palestine Debate, on TikTok
The New Yorker,
Live-streamers have flooded the social-media platform to prove the righteousness of their side.
Paris Hilton joins brand exodus from Twitter/X, halts advertising
Boing Boing,
Paris Hilton is the latest famous name to join the mass brand exodus from Twitter/X. Following Apple, Disney, Comcast, IBM, Warner Bros., Paramount, and Lionsgate's departure from the platform, Hilton's 11:11 Media announced it was halting advertising on the platform. "11:11 Media made the decision to immediately pull the campaign from the platform," Bruce Gersh, 11:11 Media's president and chief operating officer, told CNN. — Read the rest
Android iMessage-Style Messaging App Sunbird Shuts Down Over Serious Privacy Concerns
This week brought a series of disasters (and quite some embarrassment) to Android messaging apps that were trying hard to break the infamous green-blue bubble barrier between Android and Apple users. It started with the failure of Nothing Chats and recently extended to the shutdown of Sunbird. Read more...
Mastodon tackles the problem of ‘reply guys’ with its latest feature
Mastodon’s latest update is tackling a problem Twitter users know all too well: the scourge of the “reply guys.” A colloquial term for the men who regularly reply to women’s posts in an overly familiar fashion, often to “mansplain,” tone police, offer unsolicited advice or gaslight the original poster, reply guys have been a longtime […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
How to Avoid Sneaky Cyber Monday Scams
It’s nearly Black Friday and Cyber Monday—that beautiful time of the year when Americans forego their normal, sensible fiscal concerns and embrace the spirit of debauched consumerism that our great country is really all about. But before you bust out that credit card to needlessly splurge on a new 4K OLED or a Meta… Read more...
Nothing's Failed iMessages Workaround Was Too Good To Be True
Last week was certainly exciting for the prospect of green and blue bubbles finding peace and harmony in the chat realm, though that excitement was a bit premature in Nothing’s case. Read more...