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Ebay’s new adult item ban makes absolutely zero sense

Long story short: eBay recently announced a new policy restricting the sale of "Adult items" on its online marketplace.  This policy, which was announced via email to...

TikTok has turned against resin artists in the name of sustainability

In Techskylight’s series Wasted, we dig into the myriad ways we’re trashing our planet. Because it’s time to sober up. TikTok is turning...

Mark Zuckerberg has a goat named Bitcoin and we’re a little worried about it

Mark Zuckerberg posted a picture of his two, frankly adorable, goats noting their names are Max and Bitcoin. And to that I say: Please don't eat...

How to download apps for your Fitbit

Your Fitbit fitness tracker might be able to do more than you think.  Personally, I prefer a simple fitness tracker — something to count steps, measure...

How to find a buyer or seller’s Facebook profile on Marketplace

Despite countless reasons to leave Facebook, there's one feature that keeps me on the site: Facebook Marketplace, a section where you can buy and sell items such as furniture, cars, and vintage...

Recording the police is risky, but it’s become the norm for Gen Z

Videos of police encounters have become a crucial tool in holding law enforcement accountable, and for the generation raised with smartphones, recording racial injustice is instinctual. 

Local news is in a crisis. Twitter has a plan to boost it, but...

Twitter is, apparently, trying to do its part to resuscitate local news, a vital institution that seems like it's on its last breath.  The social media...

Here’s how to edit iPhone photos using TikTok’s favorite formula

The viral TikTok iPhone photo editing formula makes life look like a sunkissed wonderland.  TikTok users are finally taking advantage of iOS editing features with this...

People are learning their real bra sizes thanks to a calculator that’s gone viral...

This viral breast size calculator that blew up on TikTok may change the way you think about bra sizes entirely. People began discovering they'd been wearing the wrong...

MI5 joins Instagram: ‘Insert your own joke about whether we will be following you’

MI5 has come in from the cold and joined Instagram.  The UK's intelligence agency has decided to throw off its invisibility cape and go IG official in...

How do I flirt in person again?

Spring is blossoming as the world is opening up — and so is re-entry anxiety. Now that all U.S. adults are eligible for the COVID vaccine, the end of the...

MTV’s ‘The Challenge’ is America’s finest sport

Let me set a scene. The exact details aren't important. So let's call the year 2002.  It's a Sunday afternoon in suburban Delaware. Football season. The Philadelphia Eagles...

Tech retailer Newegg finally scraps 15-year ban on the name ‘Mohammad’

Newegg users can now give their name as "Mohammad" when leaving reviews because apparently, they couldn't do that before.  The online tech retailer is revising...

Ron Watkins seems to admit he’s Q, in the dumbest possible ending to QAnon

QAnon is both the most bonkers and unfounded conspiracy theory in the world. Yet for years it has been perhaps the most powerful.  Q believers have ascended to...

Dammit, Google’s ad about the COVID vaccine got me good

Move over, Dear Sophie. There's a new Google ad tearjerker in town. Google released a video advertisement on March 23 on YouTube, that aired on TV during...

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FDA bans Juul’s most popular pod flavor but leaves a loophole

High schoolers around the country just cried out in unified despair: Their precious mint pods are not long for this world. 

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