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Twitter’s Birdwatch fights misinformation with community notes 2021-01-25 13:35:22Twitter is launching what it calls “a community-based approach to misinformation.” The Birdwatch project first came to light last fall tha

Virtual social network IMVU raises $35M from China’s 2021-01-25 05:00:55The line between social networking and gaming is increasingly blurring, and internet incumbents are taking notice. NetEase, the second-largest gaming

‘Slow dating’ app Once is acquired by Dating 2021-01-22 09:13:46Five-year-old “slow dating” app Once has been acquired by the Dating Group, one of the largest companies in the dating world, for $18 mill

Facebook’s Oversight Board will review the decision to 2021-01-21 12:57:34Facebook announced Thursday that its newly established external policy review group will take on one of the company’s most consequential acts: T

YouTube launches hashtag landing pages to all users 2021-01-21 10:47:38YouTube is embracing the hashtag. The company has been quietly working on a new feature that allows users to better discover content using hashtags &m

TikTok’s new Q&A feature lets creators respond to 2021-01-20 14:31:47TikTok is testing a new video Q&A feature that allows creators to more directly respond to their audience’s questions with either text or vi

Facebook and Instagram’s AI-generated image captions now offer 2021-01-19 17:29:44Every picture posted to Facebook and Instagram gets evaluated by an image analysis AI in order to create a caption, and that AI just got a lot smarter

India asks WhatsApp to withdraw new privacy policy 2021-01-19 06:28:09India has asked WhatsApp to withdraw the planned change to its privacy policy, posing a new headache to the Facebook-owned service that identifies the

Cryptocat author gets insanely fast backing to build 2021-01-18 15:06:11The idea for Capsule started with a tweet about reinventing social media. A day later cryptography researcher, Nadim Kobeissi — best known for a

Bustle CEO Bryan Goldberg explains his plans for 2021-01-18 10:31:55"Now, you know, we did six acquisitions in 2019. I don't know if we'll do six acquisitions in 2021. But I want to do a lot more than one acquisitio

Tencent-backed Hike, once India’s answer to WhatsApp, has 2021-01-18 06:35:41India’s answer to WhatsApp has completely moved on from messaging. Hike Messenger, backed by Tencent, Tiger Global and SoftBank and valued at $1

Twitter is bringing Moments to Indian social app 2021-01-18 02:29:04Five years after its launch, Twitter Moments is growing beyond the American social networking platform. On Monday, Twitter said it had partnered with

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The fastest VPNs for browsing, streaming, and shopping 2021-01-27 00:15:00There is a fairly long list of things that you should care about when it comes to VPNs. These services are primarily designed to provide data and iden

Where to find the best deals on refurbished 2021-01-27 00:10:00TL;DR: Mobiles.co.uk has launched a range of deals on refurbished iPhone 12 handsets, with prices starting at £35 upfront. Are you desperate to

Gain new professional skills with this lifetime subscription 2021-01-27 00:05:00TL;DR: A lifetime subscription to Whizlabs Online Certifications is on sale for £95.20 as of Jan. 27, saving you 97% on list price. If you're i

Remove or replace your video call background with 2021-01-27 00:00:00TL;DR: A lifetime subscription to XSplit VCam is on sale for £14.64 as of Jan. 27, saving you 59% on list price. If you're navigating the trans

What you need to know about Telegram, the 2021-01-26 20:00:00Are you looking to leave the Facebook-owned private messaging app WhatsApp? You’re not alone. Following a terms of service update that now allow

Sony's new Xperia Pro is a $2,500 phone 2021-01-26 17:32:01Sony has officially taken the wraps off its latest smartphone: the Sony Xperia Pro. But at a whopping $2,500 this isn't just any regular smartphone &

Apple just released a security update for your 2021-01-26 16:46:21Keeping all your gadgets up to date is a never-ending pain, but a Tuesday announcement from Apple reminds us exactly why it's so important.  Acc

Freakish ice cube shows the scale of Earth's 2021-01-26 15:58:36On Earth, the amount of ice lost each year is equal to a monstrous, over six-mile-high ice cube looming over New York City. And this ice loss is accel

The McElroy Brothers on the secrets to podcasting 2021-01-26 13:51:14Mashable's Chris Taylor talks to the McElroy Brothers, the "My Brother, My Brother and Me" creators, about what makes them such successful podcaste

Samsung Galaxy S21 and S21 Ultra hands-on review 2021-01-26 12:54:56We've got the scoop on Samsung. Mashable's Brenda Stolyar gives her in-depth analysis of the latest S21 phones. Read the full story here. Read more.

Tax season is back — get a head 2021-01-26 12:46:36Save $22.49: H&R Block Deluxe + State tax software for your 2020 taxes is now $22.50 at Amazon as of Jan. 26. You also get an exclusive 3.5% bonus

Here's how to get an Echo Dot for 2021-01-26 12:10:24SAVE $39.99: Now through Feb. 7 at 8:55 p.m. PST, you can enter the code FTV2021 during checkout to get a 4th-gen Echo Dot for just $10 (normally $49.

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Pet Products and Services Market Takes a Fancy 2021-01-11 08:00:00As pet owners increasingly opt to shop from home, pet-related companies are stepping up their game to grab a share of industry expenditures forecasted

Acquiring and Retaining Customers in an Era Without 2021-01-07 09:00:00E-commerce is now at an all-time high, with global sales figures projected to reach $4.1 trillion in 2020, almost doubling since 2015. While the spect

Package Theft Jumps 7 Percent in 2020 2021-01-06 08:00:00Porch pirates were busier than ever in 2020, according to an annual survey by market research firm C+R Research. Forty-three percent of Americans said

Winning on eBay the Perfect Part for These 2021-01-05 10:00:00An intense knack for technology throughout middle school and high school where he repaired classmates' phones and gaming devices set the stage for en

FTC's Zoom Deal Signals Commitment to Security Enforcement 2020-12-29 08:00:00The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is making good on a resolution to strengthen its enforcement of security deficiencies occurring in e-commerce transa

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First transgender woman selected as health secretary by 2021-01-20 16:32:12President Biden has tapped Rachel Levine to be his assistant secretary of health, making her the first publicly transgender federal official. In 2017,

Americans Turn the Minimum Wage Hike into Funny 2021-01-20 11:00:10The minimum wage hike has always been an issue in the US for the past decades. With only a few hours before Biden gets inaugurated as the President of

Joe Exotic has limo on standby near prison 2021-01-19 15:48:40Joe Exotic has arranged for a limo to be on standby near his prison in anticipation of a last-minute pardon from President Trump on Tuesday. 57-year-o

Woman left with chemical burns after confusing fireworks 2021-01-18 14:41:07A woman thought a box of Fun Snaps contained sweets, yet discovered it was fireworks after a series of explosions occurred in her mouth. Have you ever

Social Media Explains who MyPillow Guy is and 2021-01-18 11:00:59For anyone wondering who this MyPillow guy is, this article will tell you all about him and his role in Trump’s last struggle for power. It is a

23 People Die In Norway After Receiving COVID 2021-01-15 18:28:41In Norway, roughly two dozen residents at a nursing home perished within days of getting their first stick with the SARS-CoV-2 vaccine. The deaths hav

Funny Twitter Reactions to Trump’s Second Impeachment 2021-01-15 11:00:06Trump is the First American President who gets impeached for the second time. Trump’s second impeachment became a trending topic on Twitter afte

Jon Bernthal Wears The Punisher Logo While Addressing 2021-01-14 19:02:48Jon Bernthal, star of Netflix’s The Punisher, addressed Capitol rioters who used the Punisher logo for their own selfish means. Most recently, t

Lady Fined For Putting Leash on Her Mate, 2021-01-13 15:45:46A couple got a $3,000 fine after the woman put a leash on her lover and walked him during the weekend to sidestep a COVID-19 curfew. This past weekend

8 and More Political Figures on Hot Seats 2021-01-13 11:00:07Many political figures are on hot seats because of their direct, and indirect, hand in the riots that happened in Capitol Hill last January 6. People

Chuck Norris was NOT photographed at the U.S. 2021-01-12 16:41:11In case you were confused – Chuck Norris was not in attendance at the violent Capitol riots in Washington, D.C., his representative told news ou

How to Grow Your Site Traffic and Brand 2021-01-12 12:46:29You’re one of its lucky profiles that can include quick links to stories if you just have over 15K followers on Instagram! This aspect can be an