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The only thing that mattered in the boxing match between YouTubers Logan Paul and KSI was your attention
Logan Paul and KSI promoted their first professional boxing match as if the fate of the earth depended on the outcome - as if the fight between the two YouTube...
Parents are now using tracking apps to watch their kids at college
The post on the Reddit board r/insaneparents was titled 鈥�18m in college.鈥� It purported to be a screenshot of a text exchange between a mother and her adult son.
Congratulations everybody, “dumpster fire” is now a dictionary entry, and here’s why
In 2008, a user at Urban Dictionary defined the "dumpster fire." The figurative one, that is: 1. A complete disaster. 2. Something very difficult that nobody wants to deal with.
A Trump judicial nominee starred in a “must watch” viral video. In 2017, does that matter?
As of this writing, a video of one of President Trump's judicial nominees failing to answer basic legal questions from a Republican senator is viral. The clip has 4.7 million...
The woman behind “Me Too” knew the power of the phrase when she created it – 10 years ago
Tarana Burke was watching as #MeToo became an internet phenomenon Sunday. Soon, she started to panic. By the time celebrities were tweeting #MeToo, encouraging every woman who had survived sexual...
Rose McGowan blocked from Twitter after tweeting about Harvey Weinstein and Ben Affleck
As a growing number of women accuse Harvey Weinstein of predatory behavior, actress Rose McGowan has used Twitter account to rally support for the women like her who are now...
How far-right trolls named the wrong man as the Las Vegas shooter
Geary Danley was not the gunman in Las Vegas who killed at least 50 people late Sunday. But for hours on the far-right Internet, would-be sleuths scoured Danley's Facebook likes,...
Irma is not a “Category 6” hurricane, and other viral hoaxes about the storm
The viral hoaxes targeting those looking for information about Irma online began early, with a viral map last week that showed the hurricane following Hurricane Harvey's path, headed straight toward...
How did FaceApp think people would react to their new change-your-race filters?
FaceApp, an app that uses neural networks to transform your selfies in some rather eerie ways, has now introduced filters that promise to change your racial appearance.
Commentary: What’s wrong with FaceApp, the latest creepy photo app for your face
FaceApp is an app for ruining your face. It morphs you into an old (or in my case, an even older) person. It can change your appearance to make you...