Threads Is Finally Available on the Web
Instagram’s Threads social network is finally available on the web—for some people, at least. Threads is the company’s rival to X, formerly known as Twitter. When Instagram launched Threads, it…
Some Apps Are Hiding Your Sharing Options
Even if you never think much about it, you’re likely keenly familiar with your iPhone or Android’s built-in share sheet. This is the menu that appears when you want to…
Now You Can Add Music to Your Instagram Carousels
If you want to add music to an Instagram post, the app is happy to oblige. If you want to add music to a carousel, tough luck—no tunes for you.…
The Out-of-Touch Adults’ Guide to Kid Culture: What Is Skibidi Toilet?
This week’s Out-of-Touch guide covers a kidnapping that might not have happened, singing heads coming out of toilets, and people eating borax for their health. So make yourself a girl…
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…
All the Reasons You Might Not Want to Join Threads
There are over 100 million users and counting. But if you’re not on Threads yet, you probably have your reasons—or are waiting to really consider if joining Threads is right…
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…
Deleting Threads Is the Least of Your Meta Privacy Concerns
In less than two days, over 30 million users joined Meta’s new Twitter-like social media app, Threads. But the nascent platform is already facing scrutiny from users and critics. One…
How to Delete Threads Without Losing Your Instagram
If you’ve started using Threads and found it wanting, you’re in for a rude awakening: As it stands, you can’t delete your Threads account without also deleting your Instagram account…
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…