Facebook is working on their own Clubhouse clone, already

Facebook, the social media behemoth known for its ability to keep you connected to people you knew in high school and threaten the fabric of democracy simultaneously, is reportedly building its own version of Clubhouse — a new invite-only, audio-only social start-up. The move comes as a surprise to approximately no one, as CEO Mark […]

Joe Biden halts the US TikTok ban proposed by Donald Trump

Since his inauguration last month (January 20), Joe Biden has reversed many of Donald Trump’s key (read: nightmarish) policies established over the last four years. In the first 24 hours alone, he rejoined the Paris Climate Agreement, reinstated protections for LGBTQ+ people, ended a travel ban on majority-Muslim countries, and retracted the country’s withdrawal from the World Health Organisation. Now, the […]

Reddit and Robinhood CEOs Will Testify at Congressional Hearing Over GameStop Stock Fiasco

The U.S. House Financial Services Committee will be holding a virtual hearing over the recent GameStop stock fiasco on February 18, and the committee’s chairwoman Maxine Waters has published the list of witnesses that have been summoned, which include Robinhood‘s CEO Vlad Tenev, Reddit‘s CEO Steve Huffman, and a special Redditor and YouTube personality by the name of Roaring […]

Amazon Sues New York Attorney General in Hopes of Halting COVID-19 Safety Investigations

Amazon has now filed a lawsuit against New York‘s Attorney General Letitia James over an investigation she conducted into COVID-19 workplace safety measures at two of the ecommerce giant’s fulfillment centers. The investigation was launched last spring following a protest from workers at an Amazon warehouse in Staten Island, New York. The tech giant’s filing alleges that James had […]

A Closer Look at Clubhouse, the New and Rising Audio-Chat Social Platform

As the majority of us attempt to limit the amount of time we’re spending scrolling through Instagram each day, a new social networking app is here to make putting our devices down that little harder. Clubhouse — as it’s named — is a social platform based on audio-chat. Think large Zoom calls blended with live podcasts, all on […]

Bumble Dating App Tops $13 Billion USD in Market Debut

After unveiling that it could be preparing for an IPO towards the end of last year, dating app Bumble has rocketed to a market value of over $13 billion USD. While it was initially predicted to reach a value of around $6 billion USD, opening trade on Thursday saw shares rise to more than $76 USD each, making the company […]

Twitter Confirms that Donald Trump Is Permanently Banned from Tweeting

Following Donald Trump‘s Twitter account suspension on January 9, it has just been confirmed that Trump has been banned from the platform permanently. Revealed by Mashable, the ex-president will be barred from tweeting even if he decides to run for president in the year 2024. It should be noted that at his peak, Trump had a massive influence on the […]

SpaceX’s Crew-1 Set New Record for Spending Over 84 Days in Space

  Breaking the previous record from 1974. According to NASA, SpaceX‘s Crew-1 astronauts have set a new record for spending the longest time in space by a crew launched on a U.S. spacecraft. The new milestone surpassed the previous record of 84 days set by the Skylab 4 crew in 1974. Crew-1, including astronauts Michael Hopkins, Shannon […]

Scientists say there’s a portal to the fifth dimension

In the latest chapter in The End of the World As We Know It (2020-present), scientists have proposed the existence of a particle that can act as a portal to a fifth dimension. The sci-fi hypothesis was published in a new study in The European Physical Journal C. It suggests that the particle can provide an explanation for […]