January 2021 Culture Articles
- Robinhood’s wrecked app rating was rescued by Google and Apple
- GameStop employees on r/WallStreetBets: 'They’re rubbing [it] in our faces.'
- WallStreetBets just saved AMC Theaters from almost certain doom
- California and Washington lawmakers attack 'dark pattern' web tactics
- The WallStreetBets subreddit topped 6 million users last night
- This tool lets you zoom in on Raphael's breathtaking tapestries
- Tim Cook goes after Facebook in data privacy speech
- Brilliant YouTuber streamed Spotify on his 17-year-old iPod
- Tomorrow 225: The stonk market
- Discord lifts r/WallStreetBets ban and is now helping the mods
- Spotify and NYU partner up for podcast course for 2021
- This unhinged Instagram comic perfectly captures the horrors of 2020
- Disney+ has pulled racist movies from Kids profiles on its service
- Study: Turning off your webcam is good for the environment
- EV startup Faraday Future is going public with a bang
- This app turns your crushing debt into a game
- Bumble will now automatically flag your body-shaming
- Robinhood sides with Wall Street and locks down AMC and GameStop trades
- Your r/WallStreetBets heroes are racist so Discord banned the server
- Japan's Super Nintendo World now has a cute train to nowhere
- Activision says it doesn't need help realizing diversity in its workforce
- Ikea bought an entire forest to save it from destruction
- Facebook will now link users to credible Holocaust information
- YouTube has paid creators billions but still struggles with transparency
- Repealing Section 230 would further endanger vulnerable groups, activists warn
- An internet outage left much of the East Coast offline for hours
- Elon Musk gives Etsy free spon after buying a wool dog helmet
- Google cuts off Republicans who are still backing Trump’s lies
- Twitter buys Revue in hot pursuit of Substack's newsletter crown
- Discover the real value of your clothes thanks to a guy who tracked his for years
- These are Elon Musk's most absurd publicity stunts
- A deep dive into the sexy sofa known as the Nugget
- Microsoft's latest ad throws shade at Apple's Touch Bar
- Science tells us why the Bernie meme went mega-viral
- Google employees have formed another union, this one international
- Joe Biden's video chat screens are a work-from-home nightmare
- Google's offices might become COVID-19 vaccination sites
- Tomorrow 224: Solvable problems
- German city introduces sleep pods for people without homes
- Musicians are still getting screwed over by streaming services
- 5 reasons to be super amped for Super Nintendo World
- Smart vaccine passports could become mainstream thanks to COVID-19
- Google might pull its search tools from Australia over new fees
- This AI could prevent hiring biases instead of perpetuating them
- Barilla's Spotify playlists end when your pasta is ready
- Instacart lays off thousands of workers, including all who voted to unionize
- Facebook Oversight Board is being asked to review Trump's suspension
- These are the absolute best Bernie memes from the inauguration
- China’s U.S. embassy is locked out of Twitter for dehumanizing Uighur women
- Tech won't solve the loneliness epidemic, especially now
- Instagram knows its video features can't hold a candle to TikTok
- Jack Ma is back and richer than ever
- Elon Musk's 'Not-a-Flamethrower' gag gift keeps getting seized by police
- Alt-right Oath Keepers militia is raising money through Amazon
- Trump pardons Google trade secret thief, Levandowski, among others
- Companies admit they've spied on remote workers during COVID-19
- Watch this bot turn Reddit arguments into dramatic court cases
- Forbes is launching a Substack rival worth taking seriously
- UK officials gave 'strictly confidential' ambassador info to TikTok
- Tesla is hiring people to defend CEO Elon Musk on Twitter
- Trump uses remaining power to have 'heroes' like Steve Jobs immortalized in stone
- Surprise, surprise: Facebook is breaking promises about political groups
- Parler is (almost) back online again
- All hail MTV's 'Ridiculousness,' the king of thought-free TV!
- Forget Prime Reading, public libraries are still as important as ever
- Before Spotify, Apple owned the podcast market. Now it wants it back.
- Tomorrow 223: CESedition
- Artificial intelligence machine was able to dupe Medicaid.gov
- Asus unveils a wireless projector the size of a small coffee
- Trump adds Xiaomi and Comac to blacklisted Chinese companies
- Amazon warehouse workers are gearing up to vote on unionization
- Bumble pulls political filters after vigilantes use it to bait insurrectionists
- AirPods Pro's spatial audio could soon work with Netflix
- Super Nintendo World's opening delayed one more time
- Signal scores millions of downloads amid WhatsApp privacy worries
- Post Malone gifts 10K pairs of his hyped Crocs to healthcare workers
- Research: your smartphone encryption isn't so hard to work around
- Google officially acquires Fitbit amid antitrust investigations
- South Korean chatbot 'Lee Luda' killed off for spewing hate
- Jack Dorsey issues bizarre defense of decision to ban Trump from Twitter
- Snapchat has permanently pulled the plug on Trump, too
- Forever Tag pet IDs finally find a good use for QR codes
- Samsung Unpacked will stream live on TikTok, Twitch, and Reddit
- Airbnb to cancel all D.C. reservations for Inauguration week
- Ninu might be the world's first ‘smart perfume’ device
- TikTok cuts youngest users off from the public in privacy clampdown
- E-scooter startup Lime blacklists all Trump-related businesses
- Samsung wants to help you upcycle its old phones
- Not just for the 'gram: Influencers defend living large in Dubai amid COVID-19
- Apple announces tech education campus in Atlanta for HBCU students
- YouTube channels peddled election lies even after Trump's defeat
- Could COVID-19 change our tolerance for expensive home fitness tech?
- Facebook had a hard time stamping out ‘Stop the Steal’ groups
- Even Peloton's had to shut down 'Stop the Steal' hashtags
- Signal downloads jump in anticipation of WhatsApp data-sharing
- Google is using AI to create weird hybrid baking recipes
- Google wants staffers to stop emailing about unionization efforts
- The NFL got the Nickelodeon treatment via virtual slime and live animations
- Every way Big Tech cracked down on extremists who sieged the Capitol
- Apple dunks on CES (again) with new privacy ads
- Parler is suing Amazon
- Parler’s user data is leaking but no one’s really sure how
- Hacker exploits smart chastity belt bug to hold penises hostage
- Parler avengers think scamming Amazon's refund policy for pennies will hurt it
- After 'every vendor' ditches Parler, CEO suddenly cares about violence
- Copstagram: Inside law enforcement's terrifying social media bubble
- Amazon Web Services will stop hosting Parler after this weekend
- Apple is pulling Parler from the App Store
- Should an employer have to tell you when it uses a hiring algorithm?
- Mobile-first bank Simple is shuttering ahead of a merger
- COVID-19 made booze and sugar top priorities for consumers
- Twitter has banned Trump at last
- Apple tells Parler it has 24 hours to clean house or be removed
- Reddit finally gets around to permabanning r/donaldtrump
- TikTok releases first AR filter for iPhone 12 Pro's LIDAR sensor
- Tomorrow 222: Trump goes coup coup
- TikTok censoring Trump videos is the laugh we needed this week
- Roku just bought Quibi's content for a bargain-basement price
- Instagram reportedly let some influencers in on user engagement tips
- Nintendo once laughed itself silly at a Microsoft acquisition offer
- Why is Parler still available on the App Store and Google Play?
- Mark Zuckerberg's all-hands meeting demonstrated Facebook's failings
- This Instagram account is working to identify the Capitol terrorists
- A fake facial recognition company is spreading the false 'antifa' narrative
- Facebook is suspending Trump's account 'indefinitely'
- Use these privacy tools against Google's invasive ad profiling
- Trump administration takes final swipe at gig workers with new rule
- Trump has been locked out of his Twitter account for 12 hours
- Twitter, it's time to delete Donald Trump's account
- Great, now even WhatsApp requires data-sharing with Facebook
- Russia, not China, is behind SolarWinds hack, security council says
- The Hoff, apparently strapped for cash, auctions 14-foot model from SpongeBob movie
- GTA's 'Lamar Roasts Franklin' meme is unstoppable
- Union-busting companies used by the likes of Google secretly profile workers
- Parler doesn’t understand censorship, supports Section 230 repeal
- This 5G vaccine conspiracy is actually a guitar pedal schematic
- Uber wasted $100 million on useless digital ad campaigns
- Quibi shows might have a future at Roku
- Google employees announce historic unionization
- This DIY cupcake machine's creations aren't cute but they're perfectly edible
- Artistic ingenuity never stood a chance against The Algorithm
- Gazelle is ending trade-ins next year. Here's what you should know.
