Evil Week: Things You Can Do on the Dark Web That Aren’t Illegal
Welcome to Evil Week, our annual dive into all the slightly sketchy hacks we’d usually refrain from recommending. Want to weasel your way into free drinks, play elaborate mind games,…
There’s No Reason People Need to Call You on X/Twitter
Screenshot: Jake Peterson I have plenty of ideas for useful features for X (formerly known as Twitter), but audio and video calls aren’t on my list. Unfortunately, they seem to…
How to Make Your Own AI ’90s Yearbook Photo
You’ve seen the trend on TikTok or Instagram: Your friends, family, and favorite influencers sharing yearbook photos from the ‘90s. Only it’s not really photos of them—it’s an AI-generated set…
The Easiest Way to Increase Your Snapchat Score
For an app that regularly pushes new options on its users, Snapchat doesn’t explain a lot of its features. One of these is the Snapchat score, mostly referred to as…
You Can Get Around Twitter’s New DM Changes
silThese days, if I see I have a new Twitter DM, it’s almost guaranteed to be spam. The company clearly knows this is an issue, as they’ve rolled out a…
TikTok ‘Diet’ of the Week: The Ice Hack for Weight Loss Is an Ad for a Dumb Supplement
TikTok is full of weight loss “hacks,” most of them misleading, overblown, just plain wrong, or recycled from misinformation of yore (or all of the above). The latest: something involving…
You Can Finally Auto-Mute TikTok
Photo: XanderSt (Shutterstock) Opening TikTok with the sound blaring can be a bit embarrassing, especially if you’re in an academic or professional setting. And thanks to the auto-paying feed, this…
The Out-of-Touch Adults’ Guide to Kid Culture: Who Threw a Fleshlight at Lil Nas X?
As we limp through what will surely be the hottest summer in human history (until next year), let’s take a moment to consider what the kids are up to: Learning…
There’s Finally a Way to Silence Spam Calls on WhatsApp
Photo: wichayada suwanachun (Shutterstock) WhatsApp’s VoIP calls are fast, free, and often better than old-fashioned cellular calls (given your wifi is strong enough). In some parts of the world, it’s…
What to Do If You Become a Victim of ‘Sextortion’
If you’re reading this, odds are you’ve sent a nude or suggestive photo to someone at some point in your life—and you wouldn’t be alone. A third of Americans have…