TikTok’s “hopecore” trend manufactured internet cheer. That is, until users turned on it.
Videos labeled #hopecore once symbolized an unrelenting optimism for internet doomscrollers. The clips offered moments of joy in a sea of internet negativity. But, like so many TikTok trends that came before it, hopecore quickly ran into cynicism. These days, people use the ta
The social media platform X has made a change to its AI chatbot after five secretaries of state warned it was spreading election misinformation.
Top election officials from Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, Pennsylvania and Washington sent a letter this month to
Lyft is piloting a new rider verification initiative in a handful of cities in an effort to give drivers more peace of mind over who is getting in their cars.
The pilot, which begins rolling out Tuesday, introduces what Lyft says is a “streamlined process” for verifying identities by automatically cross-checking names and phone numbers through third-party databases.
It starts with riders in Detroit, Jacksonville, Houston, Atlanta, Phoenix, Chicago, Denver, Mi
A body camera captured every word and bark uttered as police Sgt. Matt Gilmore and his K-9 dog, Gunner, searched for a group of suspects for nearly an hour.
Normally, the Oklahoma City police sergeant would grab his laptop and spend another
Since becoming the presumptive Democratic nominee for President—and as of this month, the actual Democratic nominee for president—Vice President Kamala Harris has blasted past fundraising records. Within 24 hours of President Joe Biden’s endorsement in July, her campaign raised $81 million. By the end of that month, that number shot up to $200 million, bringing t
Here’s a confession: Over the past week, I’ve been mostly neglecting the AI features on Google’s Pixel 9 series.
As before, those features range from marginally useful to superfluous to just plain awkward. In day-to-day use, it’s easy to forget that they even exist. Instead, I’ve been marveling at how great the Pixels 9 are in every other way—in particular ho
Drivers around the town of Brownsville, Texas have gotten a bit of a shock over the past few days, as a Cybertruck has been spotted hauling around a nine-foot sculpture of Elon Musk.
Even in the Musk-friendly
The ads swept across Facebook and Instagram feeds last month, mostly in battleground states, just three days after the attempted assassination on Donald Trump. Above a now iconic image of the former president raising his fist, “Never Surrender!” and “Stand with Donald Trump!” they declared. Below Trump, large red banners beckoned people to register to vote.
The nearly $900,000 ad blitz
An apparent cyberattack disrupted internet, phones, email and other systems at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport for a third day on Monday as Port of Seattle officials worked to investigate the outages and restore full service.
“We’re working around the clock to get necessary systems back online and to mitigate impacts to our passengers,” the airport’s av
On a hot summer day in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, dozens of men removed pipes, asbestos, and hazardous waste while working to decontaminate a nuclear facility and prepare it for demolition.
Dressed in head-to-toe coveralls and fitted with respirators, the c