Monthly Archives: October 2022

Snap’s share price slumps 27% after the company reported its slowest quarterly revenue growth ever

Snap said macroeconomic headwinds hit advertising revenue. Richard Drew/AP Snap’s reported revenues only rose 6% from a year to $1.13 billion in the third quarter of 2022. It was Snap’s slowest quarterly growth ever and its sales missed market expectations. Shares slumped 27% in after-hours trade. Snap Inc. shares slumped by almost 30% in after-hours…

TikTok says it has never been used to target specific people after Forbes reported the app would be used to monitor some individuals’ locations

A person walks past a sign for TikTok. Jens Kalaene/picture alliance via Getty Images TikTok says the app has never been used to target specific individuals in the US government.Its parent ByteDance planned to use the app to monitor the locations of some Americans, Forbes reported.TikTok has been caught in debates about privacy and security…

TikTok denies that ByteDance planned to use the app to track individuals in the US

TikTok said it does not collect precise GPS location information from users in the US, which means it cannot be used to monitor people “in the way [Forbes] suggested.” The app’s communications team has tweeted that in response to a Forbes article claiming that a China-based team from its parent company, ByteDance, had planned to…

A man tried to give Herschel Walker a pack of condoms on stage amid the ultra-conservative Senate candidate’s abortion scandal

Prankster Jason Selvig tries to hand Herschel Walker several packs of condoms. Jessica McGowan/Getty Images) A man tried to give Georgia senatorial candidate Herschel Walker several packs of condoms on stage. Walker is running on an ultra-conservative platform and supports banning abortion with no exceptions. Walker has come under the spotlight for his history with…

No, Musk probably won’t fire 75% of Twitter. We should still be worried.

News about Elon Musk’s potential $44 billion purchase of Twitter is moving at the speed of…well, Twitter. Case in point: The Washington Post dropped a bombshell Thursday night, and it was immediately supplanted in magnitude by Bloomberg. Musk has been telling investors he plans to fire 5,000 workers at the social media company, the Post…

eBay has reportedly banned Jeffrey Dahmer costumes

Bad news for anyone planning to dress up as Jeffrey Dahmer this Halloween: you’re morally bankrupt. Also, eBay is banning Dahmer costumes. As first reported by Buzzfeed, eBay is removing listings of costumes inspired by notorious serial killer, pedophile, necrophiliac, and cannibal Jeffrey Dahmer. Though he committed his murders from the late ’70s to the…

George Conway predicts Trump will run for president in 2024 for ‘protection’ against his many legal troubles

Former President Donald Trump speaks at a Save America rally Friday, July 22, 2022, in Prescott, Ariz. Ross D. Franklin/AP George Conway thinks Trump will run in 2024 as protection against his legal cases.Conway said there will be “too many” cases for Trump to handle.He said there will inevitably be a “meltdown to end all meltdowns” from…

Twitter is bowing down to Larry the Cat, Downing Street’s Chief Mouser, for outlasting 4 prime ministers

Larry the Cat yawns as he’s photographed in Downing Street, after Liz Truss made a statement, where she announced her resignation as Prime Minister. Yui Mok/PA Images via Getty Images Larry the cat is Downing Street’s Chief Mouser, and has worked there since February 15, 2011.UK Prime Minister Liz Truss resigned on Thursday after six…