Tag: social media
Tommy Fleetwood finally snapped his historic winless streak—163 consecutive PGA Tour losses—and got $10 million richer in the process
Before winning his first title this week, Tommy Fleetwood had a historic winless streak for PGA Tour participants. But after finally winning a title...
A Dark Money Group Is Secretly Funding High-Profile Democratic Influencers
“I’ve spent most of my career researching right-wing media and sounding the alarms about the collapse of our old information environment,” Ellie Langford, the...
A Radiohead song from 1997 is on the Hot 100 charts, thanks to TikTok | TechCrunch
Thanks to an unexpected surge in popularity on TikTok, Radiohead now has its fourth-ever song on the Billboard Hot 100: the morosely gorgeous track...
Trump Media’s latest crypto venture borrows a page from the MicroStrategy playbook: hoard a specific cryptocurrency and dress it up as a business
President Donald Trump’s personal crypto ventures are expanding again, this time with plans for a digital asset treasury company that holds an alternative cryptocurrency.
Trump Media and...
YouTube’s ‘Hype’ feature that boosts smaller creators launches globally | TechCrunch
YouTube’s “Hype” feature, which allows fans to help their favorite creators get discovered, is rolling out globally, the company announced Tuesday. First introduced at...
Boomer NYU professor says Gen Z’s lazy label comes from zero faith in the payoff of hard work—and a fear that the world will end in 20 years anyway
“Gen Z no reason to believe that they’re ever going to have economic security,” Suzy Welch, professor of management practice at New York...
New Rival App TeaOnHer Stirs Backlash—And Now Both Dating Platforms Are Facing Data Breaches
Tea and TeaonHer were hit by major data breaches.
Both Tea and TeaOnHer are facing serious legal troubles, as issues have escalated over the past...
Alexis Ohanian’s Next Social Platform Has One Rule: Don’t Act Like an Asshole
We're going to talk a little bit about that later. Now I hate to do this, but you did work at Pizza Hut in...
Bounce launches a service for moving accounts between Bluesky and Mastodon | TechCrunch
Bounce, a new technology that adds a critical component to the open social web, launches to the public on Monday. The cross-protocol migration tool...
Bluesky blocks service in Mississippi over age assurance law | TechCrunch
Social networking startup Bluesky has made the decision to block access to its service in the state of Mississippi, rather than comply with a...
