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Technology Mar 29, 2023

Financial Companies Are Encouraging Gen Z To Pay Rent With Their Credit Cards

Though many Gen Z adults still prefer other forms of payment over credit cards, companies are launching new credit card programs that incentivize young people to use credit cards for their rent and ot...

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Technology Mar 31, 2023

Opinion: Dangers Lurk Aboard Cruise Ships. The Cruise Passenger Protection Act Can Help.

Sen. Richard Blumenthal, who authored a cruise safety bill, argues that cruise passengers deserve better protection and support.View Entire Post ›

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Technology Feb 28, 2023

Voice Deepfakes Of Everyone From Joe Rogan To Joe Biden Are Taking Over Social Media

The clips are hilarious, though the implications of the tech “are pretty scary,” one creator said.View Entire Post ›

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Technology Mar 17, 2023

Popular Finance YouTubers Who Hyped Crypto Company FTX Are Being Sued

Those named in the $1 billion class action suit included Meet Kevin channel operator Kevin Paffrath and Graham Stephan, a former real estate agent from Selling Sunset’s Oppenheim Group.View Entire P...

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Technology Apr 15, 2023

This Fearless Video Journalist Is Livestreaming The French Street Protests To Millions Worldwide

Rémy Buisine, a 32-year-old from the Paris-based online media outlet Brut, has attracted fans from all over the globe.View Entire Post ›

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Technology Feb 18, 2023

Drama Between A Chimney Sweep And House Flippers Is Burning Up TikTok

“Nobody likes house flippers, and nobody likes it when you argue with a professional.”View Entire Post ›

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Technology Mar 29, 2023

We Spoke To The Guy Who Created The Viral AI Image Of The Pope That Fooled The World

“I just thought it was funny to see the Pope in a funny jacket,” he told BuzzFeed News.View Entire Post ›

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Technology Mar 20, 2023

The Battle For AI Supremacy Got Super Intense This Week, Risks Be Damned

“‘Move fast and break things’ seems to suddenly be in vogue again.”View Entire Post ›

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Technology Mar 29, 2023

Eli Lilly Reduced The Price Of Insulin To $35 Per Month, And This Guy Who Trolled The Company Can Take Some Credit

Writer Sean Morrow, pretending to be pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly, tweeted “insulin is free now” in November. Now it almost is.View Entire Post ›

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Technology Mar 20, 2023

I Had AI Write My Instagram Captions, And My Friends Did A Wellness Check On Me

AI was perfectly decent at writing captions, but it made me question my own humanity.View Entire Post ›

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Technology Mar 22, 2023

This Therapist Accidentally Gave Himself An Unfortunate Username On TikTok

“In that moment, my blood went hot.”View Entire Post ›

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Technology Apr 3, 2023

Hundreds Of Passengers Have Said They Were Sexually Assaulted On Cruise Ships. Their Stories Highlight Years Of Lax Security, Critics Say.

Numerous passengers traveling on major cruise lines such as Carnival and Disney say in court documents that they were raped and assaulted — oftentimes by crew members.View Entire Post ›

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Technology Mar 7, 2023

People Are Thirsty For TikTok’s Hottest Ceramicists

“Sometimes my question is, Is the audience really there for your work? Or are they there for the video?”View Entire Post ›

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Technology Apr 1, 2023

Get Ready For A Twitter Feed Of Assholes Only

Starting April 15, only Twitter Blue subscribers will appear in the For You feed.View Entire Post ›

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Technology Apr 2, 2023

Being A Professional Athlete’s Wife Isn’t As Amazing As You Might Think

“Some girls romanticize the NFL WAG life, but are y’all also romanticizing the emotional roller coaster, randomly having to move… spending holidays alone?”View Entire Post ›

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Technology Mar 24, 2023

TikTok’s CEO Got Blasted By Both Sides During An Intense Congressional Hearing

Shou Zi Chew was forced to defend the Chinese-owned app, which some US lawmakers want to ban.View Entire Post ›

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Technology Apr 11, 2023

Twitter Circles Is Broken, Revealing Nudes Not Meant For The General Public

An apparent glitch is leaking some extremely "spicy" content.View Entire Post ›

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Technology Mar 11, 2023

Murderous Mexican Drug Cartels Are Thriving On Elon Musk’s Twitter

“Twitter shouldn’t provide a platform for Mexican cartel members to spread their hate and incite violence," an official for the organization behind a new report said.View Entire Post ›

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Technology Apr 4, 2023

Don’t Be Fooled By AI-Generated Donald Trump Fakes

“It has become increasingly challenging for the average human eye to distinguish between AI-generated and real photos."View Entire Post ›

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Technology Apr 1, 2023

This Uncensored Chatbot Shows What Happens When AI Is Programmed To Disregard Human Decency

FreedomGPT spews out responses sure to offend both the left and the right. Its makers say that is the point.View Entire Post ›

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Technology Mar 16, 2023

The Untold Story Of Andrew Tate, The Internet’s Most Notorious Influencer

Tate, who stands accused of human trafficking, comes from a family of violent, competitive men and high-achieving women. Those who knew him in his younger years are asking, “What happened to Andrew?...

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Technology Apr 3, 2023

These Are The AI Trends That Keep Us Up At Night

Each month, BuzzFeed News will round up the biggest, weirdest developments in the rapidly expanding field of artificial intelligence.View Entire Post ›

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Technology Mar 22, 2023

Congress Wanted Me To Turn Over A Document About TikTok’s Links To China. Here’s Why I Refused.

I don’t have high hopes for Thursday’s congressional hearing about the app.View Entire Post ›

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Technology Mar 14, 2023

This 18-Year-Old College Journalist Could Bring Down Stanford University’s President

Theo Baker recently became the youngest-ever recipient of the prestigious Polk Award.View Entire Post ›

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Technology Mar 27, 2023

The Fantasy Of The Dream Job Is Gone

Layoffs at some of the country’s most prestigious companies are the latest sign that no one’s job is ever really safe.View Entire Post ›

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Technology Mar 31, 2023

News Outlets Struggle To Decide: Do We Pay For Journalists’ Twitter Blue?

BuzzFeed isn’t ponying up, but for other outlets, paying might make sense.View Entire Post ›

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Technology Mar 18, 2023

Help, My Friend Wants To Sleep With A Married Man

The Eve 6 Guy, Max Collins, answers two very different letters about friends and friendship.View Entire Post ›

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Technology Mar 4, 2023

These Men's Rights Activists Literally Worship Elon Musk

Critics on Twitter called an Indian group's ceremony "cringe" and "embarrassing."View Entire Post ›

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Technology Apr 18, 2023

Apple Card Has A Savings Account Now, And The Interest Rate Is Better Than Most Banks'

The new account offers a 4.15% APY, a rate well beyond what you can get at most banks.View Entire Post ›

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Technology Mar 8, 2023

Chuck E. Cheese Still Uses Floppy Disks To Make Its Rodent Mascot Dance — For Now

The retro tech is "quite elegant for what it does," the restaurant chain's floppy disk vendor said.View Entire Post ›

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Technology Feb 27, 2023

“This Is What Your Worlds Are Lacking”: Artists Are Using AI To Create Fat, Black Sci-Fi And Fantasy Characters

“Fat, Black people deserve to be main characters capable of anything.”View Entire Post ›

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Technology Feb 22, 2023

Here’s Why Andrew Tate May Have Chosen To Live In Romania, Where Sex Trafficking Has “Become A National Sport”

A representative for Tate dismissed theories as to why he based himself in the Eastern European country as “press speculation.”View Entire Post ›

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Technology Mar 23, 2023

A Journalist Believes He Was Banned From Midjourney After His AI Images Of Donald Trump Getting Arrested Went Viral

“I suspect it was pushing my luck when I did the [Twitter] thread,” Bellingcat founder Eliot Higgins said.View Entire Post ›

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Technology Mar 29, 2023

AI Chose My Makeup For A Week And The Results Were Actually Pretty Great

AI may struggle with fingers and teeth, but the makeup was on point.View Entire Post ›

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Technology Apr 9, 2023

The “Dude With Sign” Instagram Account Sure Does Sue A Lot Of Brands

Seven lawsuits against brands that used Seth Phillips’s likeness have been filed by Jerry Media, which owns the @dudewithsign Instagram.View Entire Post ›

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Technology Apr 18, 2023

People Are Using ChatGPT For Therapy. Here’s What Mental Health Experts Think About That.

“They can offer some basic support, which is great, but not clinical support.”View Entire Post ›

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Technology Mar 25, 2023

TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew Appeared Before Congress And Now The Fan Edits Are Rolling In

“Congress just turned this man into the main character.”View Entire Post ›

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Technology Feb 16, 2023

Guinness World Records Is Giving The Shaft To The World’s Biggest Dick Pic

It’s a whopping 102,040,171,200,000 pixels, making it the largest digital image ever made, period. So why won’t Guinness recognize it?View Entire Post ›

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Technology Feb 23, 2023

Here’s What Happens When You Train An AI On Pauly Shore Movies

2dumb2destroy is a ChatGPT bot trained to be a doofus — and it’s fantastic.View Entire Post ›

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Technology Feb 25, 2023

A Sci-Fi Magazine Stopped Letting Anyone Submit Stories After Being Flooded With AI-Written Content

“We were being buried,” Clarkesworld editor and publisher Neil Clarke said.View Entire Post ›

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Technology Feb 24, 2023

TikTok’s Boob-Flashing Trend Is A Content Moderation Nightmare

It’s called the Foopah challenge, and it’s testing the limits of TikTok’s moderation system.View Entire Post ›

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Technology Mar 22, 2023

I Tried 5 AirPod Dupes From Amazon, And One Is Pretty Decent

Do not, under any circumstances, get the $8 ones, though.View Entire Post ›

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Technology Apr 19, 2023

Researchers Accused Google And “60 Minutes” Of Spreading AI “Disinformation”

AI is not “some mysterious, magical, autonomous being,” one critic said.View Entire Post ›

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Technology Apr 14, 2023

Police Arrested A Tech Executive Over The Stabbing Death Of Cash App Creator Bob Lee

San Francisco authorities hit back at Elon Musk and others who had used Lee’s killing to criticize law enforcement in the city.View Entire Post ›

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Technology Mar 11, 2023

Grindr Has Been Sued By A Teen Who Was Raped By Four Men He Met On The App

The lawsuit accuses Grindr of actively recruiting children to the gay hookup app. Grindr called the accusations “meritless and obviously homophobic.”View Entire Post ›

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Technology Apr 7, 2023

The Creator Of Cash App Was Stabbed To Death In San Francisco

Fintech pioneer Bob Lee, 43, had also worked at Google, Square, and MobileCoin.View Entire Post ›

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Technology Apr 30, 2023

“An Extremely Dangerous Game”: How Andrew Tate’s Recent Behavior May Be Doing Him More Harm Than Good

The misogynistic influencer and accused sex trafficker, now under house arrest in Romania, has been accused of intimidating witnesses and plotting to flee to Dubai.View Entire Post ›

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