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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…

TikTok’s trying out another new creator monetization option, with some users seeing a new ‘Tips’ tab in their TikTok settings. As you can see in this example, posted by Jera Bean (and highlighted by Matt Navarra), some creators now have a Tips section in their account options, through which they…

TikTok has announced the expansion of its Video Kit integrations, which will see more third-party platforms able to offer TikTok content creation options within their respective product suites. Via its ‘Share to TikTok’ video API, approved third-party platforms can integrate TikTok video creation directly into their tools, providing expanded creative…

The platform is awash with clips of youngsters stamping on doors, with some smashing clean open. Last week, a police force in Wales issued a warning over it, and another force has followed Police cited "several reports" of "young people banging on or kicking down strangers’ doors in what are…