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Customers flooded a Hawaiian restaurant in Austin, Texas, after a TikTok announcing its permanent closure went viral. Hawaiian BBQ and poke bowl restaurant Poke Bay will permanently close its doors after five years of business following the University of Texas at Austin’s acquisition of land on Guadalupe Street to expand…

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YouTube, Instagram and TikTok are some of the most popular platforms for content creators to express themselves, create a community and – ultimately – generate income. However, as a part of the Web2 ecosystem, these platforms have some shortcomings when it comes to monetization and allowing content creators to engage…

Our canine friends aren't always on their best behavior. From "allegedly" shredding your favorite cushions to getting paint on the cream couch, viral videos of guilty pups being caught in the act have been delighting internet users for years. This week, one pup was caught out after some detective work.…

I know what you're thinking. You're too business-oriented to waste your time on some platform full of kids dancing. I bet you said the same thing about Snapchat, and before that, about Twitter. How did that work out for you?  TikTok is dominating the App Store and I'm not only…

It’s no secret that too much social media can be bad for one’s mental health. Now, research suggests that taking even a brief break from TikTok, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter can ease symptoms of depression and anxiety. Staying off social media for a week meant, for some study participants, gaining…

An Australian bakery has been resoundingly slammed for a video in which its staff claimed to mail Amber Heard a severed finger cake and a bottle of vodka. The prank referenced Johnny Depp's 2015 finger injury, which has become a key subject in his highly publicized trial against ex-wife Amber…

Our phrase of the week is: dog shit luck or very good luck (狗屎运 gǒu shǐ yùn). Context TikTok is the most successful Chinese content-based tech business that has truly broken through into Western markets. A recent article published in Chinese, Inside TikTok: Zhang Yiming’s voyage through the waves (TikTok内幕：张一鸣的巨浪征途),…

The Monitor is a weekly column devoted to everything happening in the WIRED world of culture, from movies to memes, TV to Twitter. The cat is wearing a blond wig. From the bottom corner of the frame, a tiny plastic hand, attached to an index finger, comes and swipes the…

DRINK TO THAT 4:02, 13 May 2022Updated: 7:25, 13 May 2022A TIKTOKER has shared a warning to Panera Bread lovers everywhere about the restaurant’s new Lemonade Chargers. The video posted by @rosetintedgirl shows her holding what appears to be a large Lemonade Charger in her hands. 2 A TikToker has…