Taylor Swift concluded her Singaporean ‘Eras Tour’ shows on March 9. 2024 Taylor Swift’s fans support Travis Kelce amid recent hate Taylor Swift’s fan base, also known as Swifties, took a stand for her boyfriend Travis Kelce after he received backlash for using his phone during the singer’s Singapore Eras Tour. In a video obtained … Read more
Meghan Markle is opening up about the cruelty directed her way via social media, which she said reached a boiling point during each of her two pregnancies. The Duchess of Sussex was among the keynote speakers Friday at the “Breaking Barriers, Shaping Narratives: How Women Lead On and Off the Screen” discussion to kick off the … Read more
A helpful flight of fancy? Jason Hiner/ZDNET Think of all the things you don’t really like doing. Taking the trash out, perhaps. Or talking to neighbors for whom you have little esteem. I suspect the prospect of flying economy class might even supersede these questionable joys in your level of reluctance to do it. Also: … Read more
X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, just became a slightly safer space for its transgender users – even if Elon Musk would prefer his right-wing fans not pay too much attention to it. On Thursday, tech news outlet Ars Technica noticed that the Musk-owned social media platform quietly added new rules to its “Abuse … Read more
Soon after Elon Musk took control of Twitter, now called X, the platform faced a massive problem: Advertisers were fleeing. But that, the company alleges, was someone else’s fault. On Thursday that argument went before a federal judge, who seemed skeptical of the company’s allegations that a nonprofit’s research tracking hate speech on X had … Read more
Photo: Kevin Winter (Getty Images) Nick Offerman already picked up an Emmy for his guest-starring role on HBO’s The Last of Us—and considering how acclaimed his turn in “Long, Long Time” has been since the episode aired, it’s no surprise he also won an Independent Spirit Award, this time for supporting performance. Andrew Callaghan Talks … Read more
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If you are a certain kind of cynical, Reddit’s S-1 filing sets off alarm bells. There’s the mention of r/WallStreetBets. (Five mentions in total, actually.) There’s the stockpile it’s amassed of Bitcoin and Ethereum. And there’s the program to give certain power users the option of buying stock before it debuts on the public market. … Read more
Hindutva Watch, with its more than 79,000 followers on X, and its near daily documentation of riots, violence, and instances of BJP politicians spouting anti-Muslim rhetoric does little to bolster the party’s image. The instances documented by Hindutva Watch also run counter to the image of a US ally committed to “freedom, democracy, human rights, … Read more
June Wan/ZDNETZDNET’s key takeawaysStarting at $269, the Amazon Echo Frames (3rd Gen) are a natural way for glasses wearers to control their smart home, communicate with friends and family, and listen to audio wherever and whenever.The latest model features a lighter build, longer battery life, improved speakers, and new controls that will take some getting … Read more
To be a Muslim in an increasingly militant Hindu India is to feel alienated and dejected. There may be 200 million of us, but Muslims are being made invisible in India today. It’s not safe to be a Muslim in parts of North India, and certainly not safe to look like one in several others. … Read more