Twitter Changes Default Profile Pictures to ‘Inclusive’ and ‘Gender-Balanced’ Head
Twitter has changed the default “egg” profile picture for new users to a new “inclusive” and “gender-balanced” head.
Twitter has changed the default “egg” profile picture for new users to a new “inclusive” and “gender-balanced” head.
“PizzaPartyBen,” a popular pro-Trump comedy account and friend of former Breitbart Senior Editor Milo Yiannopoulos, was suspended without warning on Twitter early Friday.

Instagram was rated the most narcissistic social media platform in a survey of 3,701 college students.

Oculus Rift creator Palmer Luckey has left Facebook and Oculus six months after his support for an anti-Hillary Clinton organization during the 2016 presidential election was revealed.

The Verge explained in an article on Wednesday how despite Congress’ decision to reverse the FCC’s internet privacy rules, no one will be able to purchase the browsing data of individuals any time soon.

YouTube has demonetized videos by some the platform’s top content creators, leading many users with millions of fans to reconsider their future with the site.

Twitter’s muting feature doesn’t have to just be used for “anti-harassment” purposes, according to a new report from Vanity Fair, which points out that it can be used to shut out the latest television spoilers.

Chinese authorities are adding facial recognition technology to toilet paper dispensers in order to deter people from stealing entire rolls, according to Vocativ.

A new viral trend is leading many female Tinder users to scam desperate men out of $5 to “see what happens.”

Facebook are encouraging users to engage with their respective elected officials as part of the platform’s new “Town Hall” feature.

The facial recognition database used by the FBI is “out of control,” according to a new report by The Guardian.

Just two hours of social media use a day can double the risk of young adults feeling “socially isolated,” according to a recent study.

In a Thursday blog post titled “Fostering a Safer, Kinder Community,” Instagram announced their plans to blurring “sensitive” posts on the platform.

Twitter erupted with memes of President Trump sitting in a stationary truck following a photo-op on Thursday.

Less than five percent of users on the popular dating app Tinder are looking for a relationship, while nearly 45% use the app solely as a confidence booster, according to a new report.

A new home test kit that incorporates a smartphone attachment and app allows men to test their fertility, measuring sperm count, concentration, and movement.

A group of major U.S. advertisers, including AT&T, Verizon, and Johnson & Johnson have withdrawn their advertising from Google, despite the company’s pledge to crackdown on “offensive” and “extremist” content.

Browsing Facebook while driving is the “most likely mobile phone activity to result in an accident,” while three percent of accidents were caused by people streaming movies behind the wheel, according to a recent UK report.

Zacks Investment Research claims Twitter will struggle to convince advertisers to return to the platform, following a revelation that “up to 15%” of the platform’s users were bots.

Facebook has started to roll out its “fake news” fact-checking feature, which relies on partisan fact-checkers such as Snopes.

Google has pledged to crack down on “offensive” and “hateful” content, after numerous companies withdrew advertisements from YouTube, citing their appearance next to “extremist” videos.

A new sex robot under the name of “Samantha” has a working artificial G-spot that allows you to make her orgasm, according to its creator.

A woman’s lawyer claims Tumblr “has chosen to ignore” revenge porn posted to the platform after it allegedly took three weeks to get a video of her when she was a 17-year-old girl removed from the site.

In an article for the Washington Examiner this week, writer Mark Grabowski pondered the idea of whether Twitter’s routine censorship could be unconstitutional, while technology entrepreneur Josh Lekach claimed that everyone should be afraid of the site’s censorship which is also destroying livelihoods.

Terrified that MILO might succeed in his bid to become Rector of Glasgow University, the student government is trying to stack the deck against him.

Kyle S. Reyes, CEO of The Silent Partner Marketing, claimed he makes potential employees take a “snowflake test” before hiring them, in a new article for the New Boston Post.

Netflix are removing the ability for users to review titles out of five stars, replacing the system with a “thumbs up, thumbs down” format instead.

Twitter refuses to verify the official account of WikiLeaks’ founder and editor Julian Assange, despite his accumulation of over 100,000 followers.

A tweet from McDonald’s official corporate Twitter account called President Trump “disgusting” before it was deleted and the incident was blamed on a “compromised” account early Thursday.

Losing your smartphone is often nearly as stressful as the threat of a terrorist attack, according to a recent report.

82% of children in “Netflix-only” homes don’t know what television commercials are, while 38% of those in houses with a television are also unaware of the word, according to a survey.

Gizmodo Media, formerly known as Gawker Media, is reportedly planning a screening for employees only of a documentary about Hulk Hogan’s lawsuit against the company after parent company Univision blocked a public screening.

Google has discontinued its use of the traditional CAPTCHA verification feature.

Former Gawker CEO Nick Denton claimed that the left-wing establishment will have to adopt a nicer “Zen Buddhism response” to beat Breitbart News during a SXSW interview last week.

Sex toy company We-Vibe has been ordered to pay out nearly $3 million after it was revealed that a “smart vibrator” was secretly collecting intimate data.

This year’s SXSW festival is taking on President Trump, according to The Hill, which reported that the proceedings largely focused on negative rhetoric against the president.

Internet sleuths tracked down Shia LaBeouf’s anti-Trump “He Will Not Divide Us” protest exhibit on Thursday and disrupted it for the third time, replacing the white flag featured on the online live stream with a pro-Trump t-shirt and MAGA hat.

Walmart are currently testing Amazon-style screens that let you order out-of-stock items from an online service in-store.

Advertisers are favoring Facebook over Twitter at an “increasing rate,” as the latter continues to fall in value, according to Investopedia.

A Chinese chatbot has been told “I love you” nearly twenty million times, according to a report.
