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My daughter is entering high school, and I got her a “dumb phone” with no access to social media.I can’t ignore the studies that say social media is harmful to teens.She can try to change my mind, but I doubt I’ll budge.I spent over a decade working in education. After…
On one of the coldest nights in New York this year, I bundled up and went to a trendy tourist trap to meet up with five people who also felt that the pull to make new friends was stronger than the windchill. I didn’t know anything about my matches aside…
TikTok went dark for 170 million users in the US on Saturday.Other ByteDance apps were also pulled from the app store in the US.Apple has released a list of all the apps that were affected.Apple has released a list of all the apps it has taken down alongside TikTok after…
By Andrew Chung and John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Supreme Court upheld on Friday a law banning TikTok in the United States on national security grounds if its Chinese parent company ByteDance does not sell it, putting the popular short-video app on track to go dark in just two days.…
Americans are rushing to download two Chinese social apps, days before a possible TikTok ban.Xiaohongshu and Lemon8 rose to the top spots on the Apple app store rankings on Monday.Both platforms could be subject to the same divest-or-ban law that’s imperiling TikTok.TikTok users are lamenting that the app could “go…
TikTok could be pulled from US app stores as early as January 19.Without a last-minute sale or presidential or Supreme Court intervention, TikTok’s US future is dim.Business Insider is tracking TikTok’s battle for survival as its US divestment deadline nears.TikTok could soon be gone from the US.Congress passed a law…
Would you trust your friends to curate your dating-app matches?Several new “matchmaking” dating apps have launched in the past year, addressing dating-app fatigue.Startups like Sitch and Cheers are using AI and social connections to match users.Matching and matches are everyday phrases in the online dating app lexicon. But matchmaking? Less…
At 50, Jennie Young started using several dating apps and felt that they were all toxic.The Burned Haystack Dating Method began as an academic project and now has a Facebook group with over 128,000 members.Young, a college professor, has advice for the companies behind dating apps. Jennie Young is a…
Australia plans to ban social media for users under 16, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said.The ban comes amid a global effort to curb kids’ use of social media.Some say Australia’s ban is too broad, potentially limiting access to mental health services. With young people using social media more than ever,…
Nicola Prentis sees a green flag when a guy’s online dating profile lists him as non-monogamous.She finds these men to be honest and great at communication.Prentis has found that dating non-monogamous men raises the bar for what good relationships should be like. The first time I dated a non-monogamous man…
