China posts 4.9% growth in the third quarter, stronger than expected

Tourists enjoy the night view along the Jialing River on February 15, 2023 in Chongqing, China. Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images China’s third-quarter economic growth came in stronger than expected, boosting hopes that the world’s second-largest economy will meet Beijing’s annual target this year. China posted 4.9% growth in the July to … Read more

Israel-Gaza war social media posts, comments are costing some people their jobs

Comment on this storyComment Ryna Workman had a job offer lined up when the New York University law student wrote a message to the university’s Student Bar Association saying Israel was solely to blame for the war with Hamas that has killed at least 1,300 people in Israel and more than 1,350 people in Gaza. … Read more

Now X posts can lock replies to only allow comment from verified accounts

The latest turn in the Elon Musk-directed platform X, previously known as Twitter, is that users can now block unverified accounts from replying to their posts. This change arrives about 11 months after Musk launched paid verification for Twitter Blue, apportioning blue checkmark labels to people willing to part with $7.99 per month. It also … Read more

Britney Spears Posts & Deletes Dance Video with Bandaged Finger

Play video content Britney Spears once again appears to have injured herself in the wake of her troubling knife dance videos — this time, it’s one of her extremities that looks to have been cut. The pop star posted and deleted this video over the weekend … which depicts her twirling around in her home … Read more

Kylie Jenner Posts, Then Deletes Support For Israel As Death Toll Tops 600

Kylie Jenner apparently can’t take the heat for supporting Israel, because she posted her support for the country that just endured a 9/11-type terrorist attack, but after some people criticized her she 86’d the post. Jenner shared a post, “Now and always we stand with the people of Israel SHARE if you stand with the … Read more

Before the 90 Days’ Jasmine Pineda’s Instagram Is Cringe (Does She Know Her Posts Are Embarrassing?)

Summary Jasmine Pineda’s behavior on social media has caused second-hand embarrassment for fans, tarnishing her image after a positive start on 90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days. Despite calling herself a “mental health advocate,” Jasmine displayed immaturity, multiple breakdowns, and mood swings on the show, failing to understand her partner and behaving negatively towards … Read more

Twitter/X removes option to report posts for ‘misleading information’

X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, used to provide users with an option to report content for “misleading information.”  Under Elon Musk, that is no longer the case. As The Guardian highlighted in its report, digital advocacy group Reset Australia first noticed the removal of the option in the “Report” tool found on posts … Read more

Artifact takes on X and Threads with new Posts feature

Artifact, a platform built by Instagram’s co-founders, is launching the ability for users to make posts. Up until now, the platform has been an aggregator for news and links, but is now becoming more of a social network by allowing users to create posts. Artifact co-founder and CTO Mike Krieger announced the launch of the … Read more

X Premium subscribers can now cover the posts they’ve appreciated

Paying subscribers to X — previously Twitter — will now be capable of cover their likes tab from public view, the corporate introduced at present. When enabled, the tab disappears fully from an X Premium person’s profile. Non-public likes are the most recent unique function X proprietor Elon Musk has launched for individuals who pay … Read more

Reddit can now translate posts

Reddit can now translate posts into eight completely different languages when viewing them on Reddit’s iOS or Android apps or on the net whereas logged out, in response to a publish from a Reddit admin (worker). To start out, posts might be translated into English, Spanish, German, French, Portuguese, Italian, Dutch, and Swedish. I attempted … Read more