February 2021 Culture Articles
- This prototype camera lens focuses using heat, not movement
- TikTok's paid tens of millions to settle a lawsuit over privacy breaches
- Grumpy Cat is apparently very litigious from beyond the grave
- Beyond Meat bags a contract with McDonald's, secures fast-food dominion
- WTF is an NFT? Allow Linkin Park’s Mike Shinoda to explain
- Rickrolling in 4K is equally as amazing as it sounds
- PSA: here’s how to actually protect yourself around robot police dogs
- Twitter announces Super Follow, charging $5/month for exclusive bad takes
- Tesla pauses Model 3 production, won't pay workers for forced time off
- McDonald's has been surveilling workers involved in the 'Fight for $15' movement
- Amazon issues 'Vote No' pamphlets to workers ahead of union drive
- TikTok’s proactive misinformation efforts are actually working
- Drake, Lil Uzi Vert have some of the most dedicated trolls on Twitter
- Great. NYPD's robot dog is now trotting around in the Bronx.
- Facebook un-bans news in Australia after government amends legislation
- Here's your chance to control a paint-shooting robot dog
- TikTok censored a pole-dancing PhD who studies how social media silences women
- Mourn Daft Punk with behind-the-scenes photos of its iconic helmets
- Ikea releases disassembly 'How To' guides as part of sustainability push
- TikTok raises the wellness bar again with body inclusivity resources
- Twitch dubs Metallica's BlizzCon stream to avoid DMCA issues, glorious mess ensues
- RIP Daft Punk. Let's celebrate the iconic duo's legacy with some bangers.
- Meet Toasty Digital, the DJ bringing classic Kanye tracks into the future
- Nielsen resorts to shaming networks with new diversity data tool
- Google replaces critical Black women with a new, supportive one
- Tomorrow 227: The disgraceful Jake Brennan
- Christie's now accepts auction bids made with cryptocurrency
- Unlike California, the UK thinks Uber drivers are workers
- Twitter's Birdwatch fact-checking system already has some major flaws
- Panasonic's Nicobo is a chonky robotic pet that can't stop farting
- Facebook will debunk climate change denialism with a new info hub
- Facebook misreported ad metrics to protect its profits
- A bookshelf in your job screening video makes you more hirable to AI
- YouTube TV's adding offline downloads and 4K... for a fee
- Leading Uber critic hired to teach the company that drivers are people
- Minneapolis is the latest major U.S. city to ban facial recognition tech
- Facebook bans Australians from sharing news articles and links
- This AI turns poetry into creepy video art
- New York is suing Amazon for blatantly ignoring COVID-19 safety laws
- iOS 14.5's three new smileys: Shoutout to the cloud kings
- Influencers, please don’t give gorillas COVID-19
- Parler is back online, but its future is anything but certain
- Tomorrow 226: Welcome to Natalia Petrzela's fantasty
- Clearview AI's plan for invasive facial recognition is worse than you think
- Canon's new app will help you bulk-delete bad photos and find the gems
- Twitter has pulled more weeds and suspended ring-wing group Project Veritas
- Job postings hint at a secret Amazon cryptocurrency project
- Federal agencies are investigating the GameStop stock saga. Good luck with that!
- A finance app is offering users a chance to play beer pong with Post Malone
- Disney+ already has more subscribers than it hoped to reach by 2024
- Is Google not updating its iOS apps to try to dodge Apple's privacy policies?
- Warrantless phone searches at the U.S. border are totally cool now, judge rules
- Twitter might start paying users for viral tweets
- Microsoft's Satya Nadella says Big Tech needs laws to govern free speech
- The Biden administration is halting TikTok's Trump-mandated takeover
- Are cops playing copyrighted music while being recorded to trigger takedowns?
- Facebook is finally, maybe, kind of toning down political content
- Here's how much you'd reduce your carbon footprint by ditching the car for a day
- Tired of your typos, Bing expands spelling corrections to over 100 languages
- DoorDash's Chowbotics deal will let you enjoy a salad made by a robot
- Facebook's decided to be the 'arbiter of truth' when it comes to vaccines
- Ookla's Speedtest adds video resolution for the true masochists among us
- Tesla finally made its first huge bitcoin investment
- Elon Musk really is giving away $100 million for CO2 removal tech
- This security camera protects your home and your data
- Peloton is spending millions to tackle its massive problem with delivery delays
- The adult content filter on iPhone bars the search term 'Asian' no matter the context
- Hershey invested in ads near COVID-19 outbreaks to boost s'more sales
- Klobuchar is cooking up a bill to prevent Big Tech from buying out the competition
- Hackers keep stealing highly coveted Instagram usernames
- This guy used some of his GameStonk money to bring fun to a children's hospital
- This deepfake music video shows how likable Zuck would look with long hair
- Pact is trying to turn social justice into a subscription service
- Despite a growing subscriber base, Spotify still isn't making money
- TikTok will now warn users when videos are a little fishy
- Autonomous drones are getting their own tiny airport in the U.K.
- Meet the guy who writes the internet’s catchiest songs about ‘Gremlins’ and MAGA chuds
- Rico Nasty will headline SoundCloud’s first-ever gaming tournament
- Jerks on YouTube are manipulating a TikTok filter to digitally undress women
- Tim Cook tried to get out of the Epic court deposition. The judge said no.
- Uber has bought Drizly so it can sell you drinks not drives
- Google has finally settled its Labor Department discrimination suit
- Government demands for data on Amazon users exploded in 2020
- Fact check: Right-wing news isn't being suppressed by Facebook
- “A bullet would do her some good.” How Facebook let MAGA hate run rampant.
- Facial recognition AI probably used your selfies for training
- MGM and Netflix already making plans for r/WallStreetBets movies, obviously
- Facebook wants to make it easier for brands to control where ads appear
- Apple TV+ is producing a show on the WeWork debacle
- Sega is restructuring and separating its amusement and video segments
