May 2020 Culture Articles
- This is the surveillance tech Minneapolis law enforcement is using
- My attempt at baking Sonic cookies created an unholy monstrosity
- COVID-19 comes for Google as the company cancels thousands of job offers
- Elon Musk could be nearly a billion dollars richer today, if he wanted
- Apple is challenging Tile's antitrust complaint because of course it is
- Former Twitter CEO says Facebook is destroying users: 'They won't get vaccinated, they won't logout.'
- Twitter hid Trump's tweet for glorifying violence. It's still not enough.
- Inside Club Quarantine / Underground rap’s YouTube influencers
- Yamaha's 'Remote Cheerer' app is the most depressing way to fill empty stadiums with sound
- Shocking TSA numbers show how coronavirus has destroyed the travel industry
- Facebook: Actually, it's fine to be the arbiter of truth but only to verify people, not dispel lies
- Hulu just launched a Watch Party feature to let you stream with friends
- Zipline drones are delivering medical supplies to frontline workers
- Arizona sues Google, alleging illegal location-tracking of Android users
- Here's Trump's executive order meant as payback to Twitter. It's doomed to fail.
- Zuckerberg thinks Twitter should allow disinformation like Facebook does
- U.S. Court of Appeals finds Facebook and Twitter don't stifle conservatives
- Instagram will now give IGTV creators a 55 percent cut of its ad revenue
- Amazon is talking about buying robo-taxi startup Zoox
- Facebook launches CatchUp, another voice-calling app you don't need
- Trump whines that he will ‘close down’ social media in pathetic Twitter tantrum
- ‘Betty’ star Rachelle Vinberg’s quarantine diary / Fran Drescher’s 5G conspiracy theories
- Almost half of Apple Stores in the U.S. will be open by the end of the week
- Trump finally gets slapped with one of Twitter's misinformation labels, threatens revenge
- Scientists created an AI that knows who will get the sickest from COVID-19
- Twitter won't delete Trump's baseless tweets about widower's spouse
- Amazon is selling a pre-edited news script to control coverage of its COVID-19 response
- Texas Instruments removes support for popular side-loaded apps and games
- Deep State lashes out at QAnon, removes apps from Play Store
- I joined IMVU during quarantine and found the fever dream of the 2000s still alive
- People said a lot of dumb stuff this week (but not Grimes' mom)
- Step into the gorgeous world of Studio Ghibli meals
- Google, Apple, and Facebook are mad as hell at the U.S. government over new spying laws
- Living next door to Elon Musk's SpaceX is hellish. Musk's fans disagree.
- Virtual reality’s revival / Tinder is a nightmare
- Dating apps like Tinder and Bumble are exploding during COVID-19
- A YouTube channel for kids just hit a record-setting 1 billion views in a single week
- Facebook's shift to remote work will mean pay cuts for some employees
- Facebook's new 'safety notices' for Messenger will alert users to scams and predators
- Google debuts accessibility icons for Maps to help wheelchair users plan ahead
- StockX's latest move to rival eBay is reselling the Nintendo Switch
- Netflix will cancel your subscription if you don't watch anything for a year
- An influencer-run phone case company is sponsoring an iOS 13.5 jailbreak
- Chuck E. Cheese and Applebee’s changed their names on Grubhub to stem losses
- The Kardashians get new iPhones delivered weekly so they can film themselves
- Researchers are trying to teach AI to make ethical decisions
- Elon Musk's totally normal and not insane quotes: Volume I
- ‘The Simpsons’ will finally stream in the right aspect ratio on Disney+
- Twitter's new conversation controls will kill your reply guys
- Google will no longer make custom software for oil and gas companies
- New Volvos will have their speed electronically locked by the company
- Facial recognition firms are scraping photos from Instagram to train AI to see through face masks
- Shopping feels bad / Boat shoes are good
- Hundreds of complaints about the FCC’s COVID-19 connectivity pledge expose its limitations
- Walmart is killing Jet.com, its $3 billion acquisition that sought to rival Amazon
- Apple is buying older shows and movies for TV+ to lure in more viewers
- IFA organizers announce COVID-19 super-spreader event for September
- WeWork is now worth what it should've been all along
- ChopFit is a fitness ax for people who want to look like a complete psycho while working out
- An experimental COVID-19 vaccine shows promise but its maker is sketchy
- A Texas court is testing Zoom trials to help clear the backlog from COVID-19
- TikTok weirdly tries to suggest it's not a Chinese company as it brings on new CEO
- Connected sex toys are COVID-19-proof, so everyone is getting nasty online
- FBI breaks into Pensacola shooter’s iPhone after six months, revealing al Qaeda links
- Apple is releasing two new Pride Watch bands this year
- Anti-quarantine protests may be spreading the virus further, data shows
- New U.S. restrictions cut off a major chip supplier for Huawei in latest blow to the Chinese company
- Edison Mail bug exposed personal emails to thousands of random users
- Elon Musk's issues / Hyundai’s concept cars are becoming real
- Facebook wants to more than double African internet capacity
- Lady Gaga's legal files have been leaked in this week's celebrity law firm hack
- Quarantine sex toys/Porn stars turn to camming
- This company will let you sell your own deepfake, or buy a Trump and Joe Exotic one
- Facebook just bought Giphy and says it will run it with Instagram
- Amazon is unsurprisingly against Portland's effort to ban facial recognition software
- The Sprint brand dies this summer. Long live T-Mobile.
- Dear Fran Drescher, 5G is not causing cancer or 'corona'
- TikTok is still failing to protect children, says advocacy groups
- Renewable energy is predicted to outproduce coal for the first time ever
- Michael Jordan ruled the NBA. Now he rules the internet.
- The U.S. government can legally spy on your web activity
- Google reportedly pulled back on diversity programs to appease conservatives
- Amazon is opening its online grocery to more people
- Tesla is forcing Gigafactory employees back to work
- Harley-Davidson is auctioning off a one-of-a-kind electric bike for COVID relief
- Internet Archive hustles to debunk COVID-19 conspiracy theories it inadvertently documented
- Facebook is teaching AI to make sarcastic and hurtful memes
- Input/Output: How 'Final Fantasy VII' changed my life & E-bikes for the apocalypse
- I wanted to see someone skate Apple's $700 Mac Pro wheels. Braille Skateboarding delivered.
- Facebook forced to acknowledge the extreme toll of content moderation in $52M settlement with workers
- AI models don't know what to make of our behavior during COVID-19
- Instagram will allow users to mass-delete negative comments
- Facebook is working with a dark money-funded ad group to fight D.C.
- Amazon wants to add physical movie theaters to its empire
- Twitter now labels misleading COVID-19 tweets
- Say hello to our new podcast, 'Input/Output'
- Elon Musk dares police to arrest him over Tesla factory reopening
- Elon Musk threatens to take his ball and go home... to Texas
- 'How to Drink' slams YouTube over pulled videos as COVID-19 misinfo runs rampant
- Amazon and Microsoft are now warring over a Pentagon contract in snarky blog posts
- Shanghai Disneyland set to reopen with social distancing guidelines
- Apple will begin reopening select U.S. stores next week
- Twitter is toying with the option of letting you schedule tweets
- Uber's plan to offer health benefits to workers is still not enough
- Tesla’s California factory will partially reopen, county order be damned
- Misinformation 'super-spreaders' peddling COVID-19 lies are thriving on Twitter
- Apple's horrid repair policies are forcing shops to destroy stacks of MacBook Pros
- Zoom promises to step up encryption and get a handle on 'Zoombombing'
- Most people think robots can only handle simple tasks and aren't very funny
- YouTube TV is getting Comedy Central, MTV among other Viacom channels
- SideWalk Labs ditches smart city plan for Toronto citing COVID-19 cost-cutting
- Twitch might finally help its gamers get laid
- Fitbit wants your health data for its heart study
- Spotify is testing whether video podcasts are worth its time and money
- The Facebook Oversight Board won't make Zuckerberg more accountable
- Researchers still foolishly think AI can predict criminality by looking at photos
- ICE is partnering with Amazon to take down counterfeit COVID-19 supplies
- Virtual influencer Lil Miquela has signed with an agency
- An influencer is pushing a fake NASA necklace meant to blast COVID-19 particles
- This site visualizes the terrifying levels of U.S. wealth inequality in the simplest way
- Twitter is testing a new reply layout and everyone hates it
- Subscription mooching is thriving under COVID-19, obviously
- Facebook's latest propaganda sweep takes down QAnon-linked pages
- Alphabet's Verily is under immense pressure to provide COVID-19 tests thanks to Trump
- Elon Musk is qualifying for a ~$700 million payday in spite of himself
- Amazon confirms a Staten Island warehouse worker has died from COVID-19
- Virtual reality is about to have its iPhone moment
- WeWork's Adam Neumann wants the money he doesn't deserve back
- Escape this hellworld with hundreds of hours of MTV from the '80s
- 'Leather Metropolis' is currently the best video on the internet
- Used Tesla car computers on eBay still contain owners' personal details
- Amazon VP slams the 'chickenshit' company and resigns after workers were fired for protesting
- Uber is developing tech to ensure drivers wear face masks under its new policy
- The mind behind 'Can You Pet the Dog?' is keeping Twitter wholesome, dark times be damned
- Honda Canada CEO says EVs are part of a 'political agenda'
- Bill Gates says U.S. testing for COVID-19 is 'bogus'
- Jeff Bezos called to testify about Amazon copying its own resellers
- Please FaceTime our timid eels, Tokyo aquarium pleads
- Elon Musk is tanking Tesla's stock live on Twitter
- Zoom awkwardly walks back its '300 million users' claim
- Workers call for May Day boycotts as Amazon, Walmart, Instacart employees plan mass strike
