Twitter has been slowly opening themselves up to the idea of introducing an edit feature, and more recently Twitter’s CEO floated an idea of how such a feature could work. However the feature has yet to officially debut and we’re not sure if there are plans to ever do so, but in the meantime Twitter […]
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Adidas/Uproxx In yet another facepalm by a big brand during Black History Month, Adidas is having to pull their Black History Month shoe from shelves because, well, everything that could go wrong with a Black History Month tribute is wrong with this shoe. First and foremost, the shoe is the colorway “clean ultra white”…and made […]
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Journalist Randy Essex of the Detroit Free Press took to those same digital pages last week to discuss how great his new car-free life is, even during the life-threatening cold of the polar vortex. To which I say, good for him. If he’s happy living a car-free life in Detroit, more power to him. But […]
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The relationship between brands and their audiences has drastically changed in recent years, and 2019 will force gaming companies to adapt and grow in new ways. However, the ultimate goal of directly reaching consumers has not shifted, which demands the question: in the digital age, how can your company foster a direct relationship with consumers? […]
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FBI Director Andrew McCabe testifies before a House Appropriations subcommittee meeting on the FBI’s budget requests for FY2018 on June 21, 2017 in Washington, D.C.Photo: Pete Marovich (Getty Images) On Thursday, the president of the United States mocked former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe because the president of the United States was the kid in […]
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NEW DELHI — India’s government has proposed giving itself vast new powers to suppress internet content, igniting a heated battle with global technology giants and prompting comparisons to censorship in China. Under the proposed rules, Indian officials could demand that Facebook, Google, Twitter, TikTok and others remove posts or videos that they deem libelous, invasive […]
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Composite by Peter Slattery. Screenshot via SunnyD Tweet. Little Debbie logo via Wikipedia At 9:24 PM, in the middle of Super Bowl LIII, SunnyD tweeted, “I can’t do this anymore.” The cry appeared to be in reference to how insufferably boring the big game was, but responses of faux alarm, many from other major companies, […]
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Photo: Mark Wilson (Getty Images) Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) had time Wednesday morning when she clapped back at President Trump’s call for her to resign, noting that the president has trafficked in hate his whole life. In a tweet, the president’s preferred mode of communication because he’s basically a 13-year-old 7th grader, Omar tweeted: Advertisement […]
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Yesterday, Recode cofounder Kara Swisher conducted a 90-minute interview with Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey — on Twitter. Dorsey was the one who suggested the format, saying that a live conversation tool “might be a feature we want to build” and that he wanted to see how it worked with Twitter’s current format. If he learned […]
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Kara Swisher’s long-anticipated interview with Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey felt momentous, as though it was the Frost/Nixon interview of the tech world. In one corner stood the fiercest interviewer in technology journalism. Swisher is equal parts Walt Mossberg and Jeremy Paxman. In another corner stood the reclusive and controversial CEO of the most important social […]
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French media circles are reeling from the revelation that a group of 30 male journalists had created a secret group on Facebook dubbed the “Ligue du LOL” which they used for years to harass female journalists. The group was exposed late last week, and a handful have already been fired. According to reports, the group […]
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Last September, when Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey appeared in front of US Congress, several Republican representatives asked him about the company’s bias against conservatives on the platform. While Dorsey denied this claim, the accusations continued to roll in over the following months. In October, President Donald Trump complained about it too. Later, in an interview […]
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WASHINGTON — President Trump’s confrontations with potential Democratic challengers in 2020 have mostly been limited to sniping on Twitter. But Monday night in El Paso, he will engage in his most direct conflict with a possible rival — former Representative Beto O’Rourke, a native of the city that shares a border with Mexico. Mr. Trump’s […]
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Photo: Carolyn Kaster (Associated Press) In the CVS receipt-long list of people who should never speak up for black folks, Donald Trump and Uncle Ruckus are engaged in a bloody duel for last place. But lo and behold, Melania’s Baby Daddy took to Twitter to come to our alleged rescue Sunday morning and speak on […]
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Getty Image In a story that is peak 2019, richest person in the world and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos claimed on Thursday that the National Enquirer’s parent company, American Media Inc. (AMI), had threatened to release his private texts and photos, including a “d-ck pic,” if he continued investigating how the tabloid had obtained private […]
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Getty Image Virginia Governor Ralph Northam has been lying low for this past week, “using tunnels to shuttle between the mansion and the nearby building where he has an office,” according to the Washington Post. He also granted the Washington Post his first interview since photos from his 1984 medical school yearbook seemed to show […]
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Photo: Chris Kleponis (Getty Images) I was worried that the lid on President Trump’s sleeping coffin might have been too tight after his State of the Union speech because the president of people who support Liam Neeson took a break from bashing folks on Twitter, which has become his way since taking office. Well it […]
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A branded tweet about Super Bowl malaise sparked a meme and a backlash. It started at 8:24 PM on Sunday, when the official Twitter account for Sunny D (because even Sunny D has a popular social media presence these days) posted the cryptic tweet above. A tweet preceding it was about watching the Super Bowl, […]
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If you’re a U.S.-based Facebook user with somewhat politically active friends, your NewsFeed likely became a breeding ground with conspiracy theories and hyperpartisan memes in the months leading up to the 2016 elections. Among the users who became concerned about what he saw on his Facebook feed at this time was early Facebook investor Roger […]
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Twitter users have long campaigned for an editing feature, but Twitter has also long resisted the idea claiming that this would ruin the real-time natural of Twitter’s tweets. However in recent times, the company has begun to soften on their stance regarding editing tweets, and more recently Twitter’s CEO Jack Dorsey shared an idea of […]
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