Social media platform Instagram is undergoing serious changes, and its users are not happy. They’re sending a message to the company that it needs to be what it was created to be and not try to emulate surging social video competitor TikTok. Instagram was once a place for people to share photos with friends, family…

Social media companies Facebook and Instagram, as well as other companies like Amazon and CVS, have begun limiting access to abortion pills and emergency contraceptive pills in the days following last week’s overturning of Roe v. Wade. Facebook and Instagram removed posts offering abortion pills to women who may not be able to access them…

Face-scanning technology has become a part of everyday life for millions of people. However, the software that has impacted our lives is also testing privacy limits. From cell phone security to social media, Americans use the revolutionary tech millions of times a day. Phones use facial-recognition software to unlock and authorize transactions on devices. Instagram…

Are those targeted ads in your Facebook feed a little less creepy these days? You can thank Apple for that. It’s been a year since the iPhone maker introduced a pop-up requiring apps to ask its users if they consent to being tracked across the web. With about 75% of users selecting “Ask App Not…

The jury in the Johnny Depp/Amber Heard defamation trial found Depp proved his case that Heard defamed him in a 2018 op-ed. The video above includes the verdict being read out in court Wednesday. Depp was awarded $15 million in damages. Heard also received $2 million in damages for her countersuit against Depp. Both released…

In the hours after an 18-year-old man killed 19 children and two teachers at a Texas elementary school, more details about the shooter have come out. Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) identified the shooter Tuesday as Salvador Ramos, a resident of Uvalde, where the shooting happened. According to Lt. Christopher Olivarez with the Texas Department of…

Federal lawmakers have designed bipartisan legislation called the Kids Online Safety Act to make social media use safer for children. It follows months of Congressional grilling of big tech companies, like Meta, about their safety measures for younger users. The push for this legislation started after a former Facebook employee turned whistleblower released internal documents showing…

Bruce Willis, known over his four-decade acting career as one of Hollywood’s most beloved action heroes, is stepping away from acting according to a Wednesday statement posted on the actor’s Instagram page. The statement is signed by Willis’ wife, Emma Heming Willis, his ex-wife Demi Moore, and his five children, Rumer, Scout, Tallulah, Mabel and…

The Mariupol City Council announced on its Telegram page that Russia bombed a theater “where hundreds of peaceful Mariupol residents were hiding” amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. According to the Telegram post, both the central part of the theater and the entrance to the theater’s bomb shelter were destroyed. “It is still impossible to estimate…

Just over a month after announcing his retirement from professional football, Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady announced on social media he will be returning to the team to play in his 23rd season. The announcement, posted on Twitter and Instagram, came shortly after the NCAA men’s basketball tournament bracket was announced Sunday, forcing sports…