Comedian Dave Chappelle and his new Netflix special, “The Closer,” is facing backlash from critics. The show premiered Tuesday and included a few jokes about transgender women. “Chappelle, 48, is also being accused of defending comments by rapper DaBaby and ‘Harry Potter’ author J.K. Rowling, as well as deflecting criticism[Read More…]

Amazon-owned streaming giant Twitch has reportedly been hit with a hack and had its source code, internal security tools, and data on how much it pays creators leaked online. An anonymous hacker posted 125 GB of Twitch data posted on the online message board 4chan, Video Games Chronicle reported early Wednesday.  “We[Read More…]

Commissioner of the National Women’s Soccer League, Lisa Baird, resigned hours after the league had called off all of the weekend’s games. The games were canceled due to the National Women’s Soccer League’s struggles with multiple reports of alleged abuse of players and claims that the league failed to address[Read More…]

TikTok star Gabriel Salazar died while involved in a police chase after driving illegal immigrants across the Mexican border, officers have said. The 19-year-old died in a crash at around 1.25am on Sunday, September 26 near La Pryor in Texas, US. Gabriel, who had 1.3 million followers on the social[Read More…]

Amazon’s new Astro device can hear, see and follow you around your home. The $1,000 robot, which moves around on three wheels, will be available later this year. It was one of a batch of gadgets Amazon unveiled on Tuesday as part of its annual event ahead of the US[Read More…]

In court on Wednesday, a Los Angeles judge removed Jamie Spears from the conservatorship that’s been controlling his daughter’s finances and more since 2008. LA Superior Court Judge Brenda Penny appointed accountant John Zabel as a temporary conservator after removing Jamie. Zabel, a Certified Public Accountant, will take over Britney’s[Read More…]

YouTube will block all anti-vaccine content, moving beyond its ban on false information about COVID-19 vaccines to include material that contains misinformation about other approved vaccines, the social media giant has announced. YouTube said on Wednesday the expanded policy will apply to “currently administered vaccines that are approved and confirmed[Read More…]

Jurors have found R&B singer R. Kelly guilty of racketeering, including acts of bribery and sexual exploitation of a child, along with separate charges of sex trafficking. In this federal case in the Eastern District of New York, Kelly faced a total of nine counts, one count of racketeering, with 14 underlying[Read More…]

The popular social media site Instagram, owned by Facebook, is pausing the development of their new “Instagram Kids” over growing concerns of the negative impact social media is having on teens. The bombshell news that Instagram was working on a dedicated social media app for kids was first reported by[Read More…]

Former TV journalist John Stossel is seeking at least $2 million in damages from Facebook in a lawsuit alleging the social media platform defamed him with fact-checking label on two of his videos he posted about climate change.  Stossel’s lawsuit says he posted two videos on Facebook with interviews of[Read More…]