As if this week’s college admissions scandal wasn’t enough, the social media realm gave people more reason to be upset, as Facebook and Instagram experienced historically bad outages on Wednesday. For nearly an entire day (which is the longest such time period in Facebook’s history), users worldwide were having difficulty not READ MORE >
All scholarships may as well be gold, given the high costs of college tuition. But when a scholarship makes history and inspires people around the world, it’s even more valuable. That’s what Toni Harris is learning now, as she just became the first female to earn a football scholarship at READ MORE >
Is dancing a sport? If you ask dancers themselves, they’ll likely say yes – and with a new proposal to make breakdancing an Olympic sport in 2024, they now have a stronger argument. Organizers of the 2024 Summer Olympic games in Paris have submitted a proposal to implement the sport READ MORE >
Another year of film is officially in the books, now that the 91st Academy Awards have come and gone. And this year, it was “Green Book” that won the night’s biggest honor. The film, directed by Peter Farrelly and starring Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali, is based on a true READ MORE >
The watchability of an event like the Super Bowl is always going to be subjective. But this year, statistics indicate it wasn’t particularly watchable, as it scored the lowest Nielsen ratings since 2008. Only 98.2 million people watched the Big Game between the Los Angeles Rams and the New England READ MORE >
While Valentine’s Day is lovely for many, it’s also a day on which a lot of people feel lonely and left out. But this year, three middle school boys in Kansas tried to counter that sad truth. Tristan Valentine (yes, that’s his real name), Kyan Rice, and Lincoln Holmes didn’t READ MORE >
Move over, Alexa – iPhones and iPads are the latest devices causing people to fear for their privacy, as a teen discovered a unique FaceTime bug this week. The fourteen-year-old boy was trying to set up a group call with his friends when he realized he could hear through his READ MORE >
Some say print is dead, and some say it isn’t – but at least as a source of news, new studies from the Pew Research Center suggest that social media has begun to take over. According to the data, which released last month, one in every five adults in America READ MORE >
It’s been three decades since the Academy Awards have gone host-less, but it looks like this year’s edition will do just that. Near the end of 2017, social media users dug up offensive past tweets from comedian and actor Kevin Hart, who had been chosen as the host for this READ MORE >
Gillette has been using the slogan “The Best a Man Can Get” as its tagline for years – and with a new campaign, the brand is taking it a bold step further. The 1:49-long video brings toxic masculinity to the forefront via video and audio clips that feature sexual harassment READ MORE >