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Like many geriatric millennials, I was slow to come around to TikTok. As Joan Didion once wrote about New York, it struck me as a place for the very young. But last summer I began freelance recipe development for a French food media company, a gig that required keeping tabs on…

TikTok has completely changed how we shop for beauty products. One viral video can sell out a product for months. The best example is Charlotte Tilbury’s Pinkgasm Beauty Light Wand, which is finally back in stock after being impossible to track down for half a year—so I suggest you grab…

Snapchat’s newly signed deal with NBCUniversal will bring audio from The Office, Bridesmaids, Parks and Recreation, Saturday Night Live, and more to the platform (via The Hollywood Reporter). Users can add the audio clips to their snaps — just like TikTok — and then send them to their friends. Anyone…

Through the looking glass: The Boston Dynamics four-legged robot known as Spot is a machine with many talents. Seriously. It can do a lot of stuff now. I remember being amazed and somewhat disturbed when it learned how to open doors. Now it can operate a rickshaw, clean house, weed…

STAR GONE 13:30, 30 Oct 2021Updated: 13:30, 30 Oct 2021COMEDIAN Huey Haha has died at the age of 22, his loved ones have announced. The social media star passed away on Monday, his family appeared to confirm in a statement on his Instagram account. Huey was best known for posting comedy…

October 29, 2021 by Kimeko McCoy As the social media advertising space grows more saturated, a startup snack brand is betting big on its organic meme strategy to stand out from the competition and build brand awareness. Like many brands, Muddy Bites is using the strategy to diversify its media…

It Just Gets Worse The More You Dig So, right off the bat – just because someone was arrested for a crime, doesn’t mean they actually did it. That verdict has to wait for a trial. But until then, we have a massive list of crimes to get through, as…

TikTok is experimenting with a new tool that allows TikTok users to tip some creators directly on their profiles. According to a video of the tips feature shared this week by TikTok creator Jera Bean, who noticed the feature in-app and applied for approval, any money tipped to creators will…

New studies show teen girls are developing Tourette Syndrome from watching TikTok. It's not the only epidemic social media has caused. If you had any doubt that man is an imitative creature, look up “TikTok and Tourette Syndrome.” Apparently, teen girls are developing symptoms of the nervous system disorder through…

A screenshot from one of JinnKid’s Skyrim videosScreenshot: YouTube Ali Nassar Abulaban, aka JinnKid, is the actor behind Skyrim In Real Life, a series of incredibly popular TikTok videos. He was arrested last week and charged with murdering two people, including his wife. As NBC San Diego reports, police were…