Sport

Chicago doesn’t need your tired whataboutism, Kaycee Sogard

I don’t know Kaycee Sogard, the wife of Chicago Cubs infielder Eric Sogard. What little I do know about her, I garnered her epic, self-imposed Twitter meltdown last night, which happened, conveniently, just as the Cubs were losing to the Pirates 6-3. Read more…

Tech

FTC urges courts not to dismiss Facebook antitrust case

Enlarge / Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. (credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) The Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday urged a federal judge in DC to reject Facebook’s request to dismiss the FTC’s high-stakes antitrust lawsuit. In a 56-page legal brief, the FTC reiterated its arguments that Facebook’s profits have come from years of anticompetitive conduct. “Facebook is […]

Entertainment

Viral Sensation April The Giraffe Dead At 20

It’s the circle of life… April the Giraffe, whose pregnancy was documented on a live camera inside her habitat and went viral on YouTube in 2017, has sadly died at 20. On Friday, the Animal Adventure Park announced the animal had to be euthanized due to her worsening arthritis, per ABC News. The zoo released […]

Tech

Supreme Court helps robocallers by narrowing definition of “autodialer”

Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) A Supreme Court ruling today in favor of Facebook limits the reach of a 1991 US law that bans certain kinds of robocalls and texts. The court found that the anti-robocall law only applies to systems that have the ability to generate random or sequential phone numbers. Systems […]

Entertainment

Jada Pinkett Smith & Willow Smith Talk Being Attracted To Women As Niecy Nash Shares Her ‘Coming Out’ Story

Red Table Talk is back, and it’s just as open and revealing as ever! In a few short seasons, the Facebook Watch series has become notorious for dropping bombshells — from Jordyn Woods to Olivia Jade to Jada Pinkett Smith herself discussing her “entanglement” alongside husband Will Smith. But it’s also been a place to explore […]

Tech

Bias, subtweets, and kids: Key takeaways from Big Tech’s latest outing on the Hill

Enlarge / There was no fancy Hill hearing room for this all-virtual event, so Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey dialed in from… a kitchen. (credit: Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images) A trio of major tech CEOs—Alphabet’s Sundar Pichai, Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, and Twitter’s Jack Dorsey—once again went before Congress this week to explain their […]

Tech

Facebook is autogenerating pages for white supremacists

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifying before Congress in April 2018. It wasn’t his only appearance in DC this decade. (credit: Bloomberg | Getty Images) Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is testifying before Congress today, and he may have a few more uncomfortable questions to answer. Among them, why is Facebook autogenerating pages for white supremacist groups? […]