Experiment finds TikTok, Facebook approve ads pushing election misinformation

Facebook and TikTok failed to block paid advertisements spreading misinformation about voting in the 2022 midterm elections, according to a new report from the human rights non-profit Global Witness and the Cybersecurity for Democracy (C4D) Team at New York University. For its test, Global Witness created dummy accounts on Facebook, TikTok, and YouTube and attempted […]

Stunnin' Google easter egg celebrates the Negroni Sbagliato

Actor Emma D’Arcy’s love for Negroni Sbagliato has taken the internet by storm, and now Google has gotten in on it. Social media has been abuzz about the drink ever since D’Arcy said it’s their drink of choice in a video with fellow House of the Dragon star Olivia Cooke. (They added “with Prosecco in […]

Grab this refurbished iPad Mini 4 for under $250

TL;DR: Through Oct. 21, you can get a Refurbished iPad Mini 4 (WiFi-only) for just $225.99 instead of $599 — that’s a 62% discount. A refurbished laptop may not be able to run 3D modeling software as well as a brand-new one, but depending on what you plan on using it for, it could be […]

No, Musk probably won't fire 75% of Twitter. We should still be worried.

News about Elon Musk’s potential $44 billion purchase of Twitter is moving at the speed of…well, Twitter. Case in point: The Washington Post dropped a bombshell Thursday night, and it was immediately supplanted in magnitude by Bloomberg. Musk has been telling investors he plans to fire 5,000 workers at the social media company, the Post […]