Channing Tatum is setting the record straight. Amid speculation that he’s the secret owner of an Instagram responsible for leaving shady comments on his ex Zoë Kravitz's account, the Step Up star...
E! Online•Leah Degrazia22 Sept
Christina Applegate has shared a first look at her life outside the hospital following a months-long stay amid her ongoing battle with multiple sclerosis. In the video, shared on Applegate’s Instagram account, the “Married… with Children” star is seen showing off her blonde hair while wearing a black zip-up hoodie. “Fresh hair color, new weird […]
Variety•Payton Turkeltaub21 Sept
Taylor Frankie Paul is apparently moving on from the show that made her famous ... claiming she's stepping away from "The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives." TFP jumped on Instagram on Monday to share a few selfies and the 'SLOMW' announcement in a long…
TMZ•TMZ Staff21 Sept
Though Taylor Frankie Paul had just set her return to “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives,” she says she has decided to step away from the Hulu reality show after the latest development in her months-long legal scandal with the fathers of her children. In a post on Instagram on Monday, Paul wrote that her […]
Variety•Selome Hailu21 Sept
Presley Gerber's penultimate Instagram post now reads like a gut punch ... with Cindy Crawford's son saying he hoped a frightening treatment experience would be the last one he'd ever need. Presley's famous mom, dad, and sister were right there…
TMZ•TMZ Staff21 Sept
Sneaker company removes social media ad after backlash from critics who said it resembled KKK imagery The sneaker company Converse has removed a social media ad that sparked outrage among critics who viewed it as evoking the Ku Klux Klan and lynching. The Instagram ad photo showed K-pop singer Karina wearing a skirt and holding a pair of Chuck 70 X sneakers. Critics lashed out online, saying that a white triangular image created by lighting on the skirt resembled a KKK hood – and that the way she held the sneakers made them look like the dangling feet of a lynching victim. Continue reading...
The Guardian•Associated Press21 Sept
For his trek across New York City, the singer wore a pair of Prada slip-ons. I tried to do the same in my penny loafers – and soon found out why experts advise against it Last month, just before his 30-night residency at Madison Square Garden, Harry Styles was spotted walking the streets of New York. According to the paparazzi who trailed him throughout his journey, he walked eight miles – all the way from Brooklyn into Manhattan – in loafers. If, like me, you own a pair of loafers, your first thought is probably: that doesn’t sound like a good idea. On Instagram, Grazia called Styles’ shoes “perhaps the least sensible footwear for such an undertaking”. Continue reading...
The Guardian•Tim Dowling21 Sept
The European Commission is set to announce new measures to protect children online. The EU Kids Act will establish a “digital majority age” of 15, regulating spaces like TikTok, Instagram, and certain video games.
Euronews21 Sept
New York: Meta's social networking platforms, Facebook and Instagram, experienced outages affecting thousands of users across the United States on Sunday, according to outage-tracking website Downdetector. As of 9:11 p.m. ET, more than 17,000 users had reported issues with Facebook, while more than 5,000 users reported problems accessing Instagram. Downdetector tracks service disruptions by collecting status reports from a range of sources, including user-submitted reports. Meta did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment. The actual number of affected users may vary, as the figures reported by Downdetector are based on user submissions rather than direct data from the company. The cause of the outage was not immediately known.
Following the news that “Sweet Magnolias” has been canceled at Netflix, stars Jamie Lynn Spears, JoAnna Garcia Swisher and creator and showrunner Sheryl J. Anderson are looking back on the romantic drama’s 5 Season run. Under an Instagram post featuring behind-the-scenes and on-set snaps of the show, Swisher wrote a lengthy caption about her feelings […]
Variety•Payton Turkeltaub20 Sept
ScrollEd turns textbooks into a scrollable, Instagram-like feed with video, audio, and quizzes. The Palo Alto startup, founded by student co-founders (and spouses) Utsav Gupta and Rebecca Neff, pitches at TechCrunch Disrupt.
TechCrunch•Rebecca Bellan20 Sept
“Serendipity” actor Kate Beckinsale posted cryptic messages to her personal social media account early Sunday morning, leaving fans concerned. Beckinsale posted a black screen with “bye” written across it on her Instagram story, followed by a second post of a rainbow with the text “congratulations you won i give up.” These posts have since been […]
Variety•Isabelle Farina20 Sept
The posts came weeks after the actress opened up about her experience with post-traumatic stress disorder.
The Hollywood Reporter•Carly Thomas20 Sept
Action against Ofcom comes as social media companies are being accused of using courts to slow down implementation Meta has launched a fresh legal challenge against Britain’s media regulator in the latest of a slew of actions by social media companies who are accused of using the courts to slow down implementation of the Online Safety Act. Lawyers for the parent company of Facebook served notice during the week in an appeal against placing WhatsApp and Instagram, which are also owned by Meta, in a category that subjects them to additional duties. Continue reading...
The Guardian•Ben Quinn Political correspondent20 Sept
Former president of Chile drops out after support collapsed in security council straw poll, leaving seven candidates in contest Michelle Bachelet, a former president of Chile, has withdrawn her candidacy to become the next secretary general of the UN, ending an attempt that had struggled to gain traction among security council members. Bachelet, 74, announced her decision in a video posted on Instagram on Saturday, saying: “I will now continue, with the same determination as always, my international work.” Continue reading...
The Guardian•Reuters in Geneva20 Sept
10:29 AM ... Kate Beckinsale has since deleted the concerning posts ... and her Instagram appears to have been completely scrubbed. Kate just shared a pair of deeply concerning Instagram posts ... and fans are worried. On her main grid, Kate posted…
TMZ•TMZ Staff20 Sept
Social media users say an image from the brand's Instagram account resembled a KKK hood and hanging.
BBC19 Sept
The New York Times, citing US officials and security researchers, revealed that an Iranian state-backed campaign used what are known as ‘artificial intelligence proxies’, programmes capable of running software and accomplishing a series of tasks autonomously, in an operation targeting an audience within the United States. According to security officials, the danger of this new development lies in the fact that artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer used only to produce a fake image or write a misleading post, but has become capable of carrying out multiple parts of the same influence campaign, starting from creating accounts, through producing content, to publishing it and interacting with other users. According to the newspaper, the perpetrators used open-source Chinese artificial intelligence models to create hundreds of ‘agents’ before deploying them to manage accounts on platforms including Facebook, Instagram, X, and TikTok. Officials said that safeguards intended to prevent the AI systems from creating fake accounts or manipulating online discussions were disabled in several cases. The Iranian aspect of these operations was the most worrying for officials and researchers who spoke to the newspaper, along with Chinese and Israeli models. The AI-generated accounts presented themselves as ordinary Americans living in major cities and used those identities to participate in political discussions and comment on posts by journalists and politicians. The accounts posted satirical images and content addressing American political issues, including positions opposing the Republican Party, while the number of followers of the AI-created accounts reached about 80,000 people during the first half of the year, according to the New York Times. Security researchers said that these campaigns are still relatively primitive, but their importance lies in the direction they reveal, as more sophisticated systems in the future could make automated accounts more capable of impersonating the real user and engaging in conversations that are difficult to distinguish from human activity. Kyle Crichton, a researcher at Georgetown University’s Center for Security and Emerging Technologies, said that agents could become so sophisticated that, in addition to running large numbers of accounts, they could “bluntly blend in and appear more like a human user.” Why open models? Part of the concern relates to the use of open artificial intelligence models that can be downloaded and run on private devices and have their protection mechanisms modified. Kyle Chan, a researcher at the Brookings Institution, explained that the difference from the closed models offered by companies like OpenAI and Anthropic is that open systems can be operated independently, reducing the ability of the developing companies to intervene and stop their use when they are exploited in illegal activities. The experiments are not limited to Iran. US officials said China has tested the same techniques, while two other campaigns have been linked to private companies in Israel. In one Israeli case, a company admitted to using the Chinese ‘deepsick’ model to control thousands of accounts, but said the activity was a defensive test to study the risks of misuse of such systems.
Costco is outsourcing same-day delivery to DoorDash, Uber and Instagram and their independent drivers.
FreightWaves•Eric Kulisch18 Sept
Lily Collins has officially bid adieu to Emily Cooper. The actress recently spent her last day on set playing the title role in the Netflix hit “Emily in Paris” and shared an emotional post on Instagram about the experience. “I’m speechless. It’s impossible to find the words for what this journey has meant to me,” […]
Variety•Selome Hailu18 Sept