Новости за 05.08.2021

A new reaction trend is taking over TikTok to create a fitting encapsulation of our attempt to be sympathetic toward the things we might not actually care much about.

Love Island USA season 3 star Leslie Golden stirred the pot by leaving the show early, leaving fans speculating on what happened. But she also recently called out the show for its traditional views on sexuality.

A Burlington Coat Factory employee had had enough of the “toxic environment” and wanted to let everyone know.

A TikTok video of a Black family traveling in Texas shows them being refused service at a restaurant over one male member wearing a tank top. 

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) suggested in a private speech late last month that volunteers going door-to-door to ask whether residents have received a COVID-19 vaccine could be shot.

Apple will soon include software on iPhones in the U.S. that will scan the devices for child abuse imagery, according to a new report.

H. Scott Apley, a GOP official from Texas who frequently advocated anti-vaccine and anti-mask views on social media, has died from COVID-19 in Galveston. His death came five days after posting a meme on Facebook mocking COVID-19 and doubting the utility of the vaccine. He was 45.

A viral TikTok video shows a white police officer in Washington, D.C., telling a Black man he doesn't "have the right to be silent."

For centuries tarot cards have helped people guide their lives, but when it comes to finding the best tarot deck, you’re on your own. At least, until now.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and a group of lawmakers pushed back against recent requests by Amazon and Facebook to have Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairwoman Lina Khan recuse herself from antitrust matters involving the big tech companies.

A TikToker's bad date with a guy who flirted with their waitress has gained her 290,000 views on the platform and unsolicited dating advice.

A TikToker filmed a car full of men mocking her job as a McDonald's worker.

Alex Trebek was synonymous with the Jeopardy! brand as a TV icon who hosted the show for 36 years. The search for his replacement is proving very divisive, with viewers holding strong opinions about who should take the job. Some of the strongest opinions revolve around LeVar Burton (Star Trek: The Next Generation; Reading Rainbow), a popular choice who inspired a headline-grabbing fan campaign to become the next Jeopardy! host. But it looks like that campaign didn't pan out.

If you have several thousand dollars to burn, then Disney has a new suggestion for how to spend it: A luxury Star Wars hotel where you're immersed in a galaxy far, far away. Not the grim parts with terrorist attacks and Sith Lords, obviously. A more upbeat kind of Star Wars experience, described as "part live immersive theater, part themed environment, part culinary extravaganza."

As concerts and other ticketed events are making a slow return after being shuttered during the coronavirus pandemic, so are the ever-frustrating bots that gobble the tickets up before anyone can buy them.

We reached out to some popular creators to get their best tips and tricks for success and better understand the ups and downs of life as a trailblazer on the internet.

Over the past few years, spurred by the growth of a creator-driven economy, a number of startups emerged to offer monetization services for influencers. Companies like Ko-fi and Buy Me a Coffee, for example, stepped up to offer third-party tipping platforms.

A conspiracy theory that accuses an online casino of being involved in human trafficking is going viral all across TikTok.

After finding a newborn baby left alone in a locked car, a woman on TikTok received sharp backlash for not rescuing it. 

Numerous people online have posted screen captures of a bizarre video that purports to be an ad for Amazon that ran on TikTok. However, Amazon says the the video isn't an official ad.

A TikToker captured a persistent salesman who came to her home and proceeded to do his sales pitch—even when she told him she wasn't going to open her door because her husband had COVID.

The TikToker known as Aunt Karen last week exposed a top-level finance executive for her alleged refusal to hire Black people. The video claims that after some of Cure’s employees resigned in light of the allegations, she refused to give them recommendations.