A student at the New School started a group to get herself, and her peers, off their phones.
Category: Social Media
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What Can Hollywood Learn From New Media?
A new production company wants to make as many video podcasts and newsletters as films and television shows.
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Character.AI to Ban Children Under 18 From Using Its Chatbots
The start-up, which creates A.I. companions, faces lawsuits from families who have accused Character.AI’s chatbots of leading teenagers to kill themselves.
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Lily Allen Confronts the Tabloids by Becoming One on ‘West End Girl’
The British singer and songwriter’s new album, “West End Girl,” is a salacious autobiography. For pop fans hungry for real-life details, it’s proving irresistible.
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How Pinterest Is Courting Gen Z With ‘Safer’ Social Media
Bill Ready, the company’s chief executive, is shifting the virtual pinboard platform toward shopping and things that “make you feel better.”
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Did Cheating Accusations Have Anything to Do With the Death of a Daniel Naroditsky?
Daniel Naroditsky, a top American player with an online following, was found dead in Charlotte, N.C., after talking about being accused of cheating by a former world champion.
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Starring in Videos Is No Longer a Job Just for the Social Media Team
Companies from Delta Air Lines to Portillo’s are asking all sorts of employees, sometimes through formal programs, to help build the brand.
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Debate Shows Are Having a Moment. Here Come the Democrats.
As millions tune in to hyperpartisan face-offs on YouTube or TikTok, can the left find its own Charlie Kirk?
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Why You’re Seeing More Candy Makers Like BonBon on Your TikTok Feed
Melting in your mouth, they’ve got covered. For today’s candy makers, whether chic or kitschy, high-end or “outrageous,” the new challenge is how to pop on your screen.
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Y2K Kids Were the Last to Really Rage With No One Watching
The angst of nu metal is being discovered by Gen Z, but with digital eyes always looming, the ephemeral catharsis of collectively going mad is a thing of the past.
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AWS Cloud-Computing Outage Left Smart Bed Customers Without Sleep
The widespread outage involving the cloud-computing provider Amazon Web Services was particularly disruptive ensnared unexpected consumers earlier this week: People who just wanted to sleep well.
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Who Is the Dapper Louvre Heist ‘Detective’? And Is He Even Real?
Is he even real? The internet had many questions after a photo began to circulate.