How to Mute Everyone
[photo1]Simon HillOnce upon a time, a terrible take on social media might have sucked me into an argument. Nowadays, it simply speeds my curmudgeonly decline. My attempt to break out of the echo chamb...
[photo1]Simon HillOnce upon a time, a terrible take on social media might have sucked me into an argument. Nowadays, it simply speeds my curmudgeonly decline. My attempt to break out of the echo chamb...
[photo1]Defense attorneys play an important role in our legal system. No matter how presumed innocent you are, going pro se is generally not the best decision. The need for counsel is even more import...
[photo1]All dogs go to Heaven. Can't say the same for their toys though -- one in particular is caught in legal limbo with Jack Daniel's at the Supreme Court. And while this is not a joke, it is a sil...
[photo1]Long considered a boys' club, there have been an increasing number of women who are joining the legal community. There are clear strides -- female law students students outnumber their male co...
[photo1]As you likely know by now, Silicon Valley Bank found itself in a pot of trouble after suffering a massive bank run. If you are like me, you've recently found out that bank runs can happen when...
(Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)If you are not aware of Elon Musk's major HR blunder from yesterday, allow me to give you a quick recap. After discovering that a guy was simply asking if he was...
Facebook head Tom Alison announced today that the company is testing the ability for users to access their Messenger inbox within the Facebook app. Back in 2016, Facebook removed messaging capabilitie...
[photo1]After the NRA's wildly successful lobbying to turn the Second Amendment into an absolute individual right was emboldened by the Bruen decision, several states have been toeing the line to dete...
After a jury unanimously decided last September that Meta owed $175 million to walkie-talkie app-maker Voxer for patent infringement, Meta tried to avoid paying up by requesting a judge either reject ...
[photo1]You ever come across the thumbnail of a recommended video and ask yourself why and how something like that could even be on the platform? Well, the internet's liability ward -- Section 230 of ...
Facebook-parent Meta has launched a subscription service, called Meta Verified, that will allow users to add the coveted blue check mark to their Instagram and Facebook accounts for up to $15 a month ...
[photo1]You can find some wild stuff on YouTube. And you don't even have to go out of your way to find it half of the time -- the algorithm does things like recommend conspiracy theory content to peop...
[photo1]Some people grow up in families where the college, traveling abroad, an advanced degree, and lifelong financial stability are givens. For the rest of us, it can be a slog just to finish high s...
[photo1]You can't blame teens for being super attached to their phones. We gave them technology that provides limitless access to their friends and the entire world, of course they are going to want ...
[photo1]We've all done it. Playing dumb is a vital part of any petty person's repertoire. Diplomatic strategies like saying, "Sorry, I didn't catch that," to something you definitely caught to force t...
[photo1]Clients and in-house counsel often conduct substantial research on lawyers when deciding if they want to use particular counsel to handle a given matter. Often, clients and in-house counsel sp...
[photo1]College in the US costs a lot. Too much, even. But I never thought to sue over it. That said, I'm also not a member of the Young Conservatives of Texas Foundation (YCT). They've been taking UN...
Spotify's success with Wrapped, its year-end review, designed for social sharing, may be pushing the company toward building more social experiences directly into its mobile app. The company for many ...
Two years after the company formerly known as Facebook suspended then-president Donald Trump's account, it's bringing him back. Meta announced its decision to restore former president Trump's Facebook...
It's fair to say that, once the pandemic started, sharing misinformation on social media took on an added, potentially fatal edge. Inaccurate information about the risks posed by the virus...