By Jaylyn Gonzalez A striking competition between two grand social media platforms — Instagram and Snapchat — is causing users to choose a side based on their preferred app and has sparked a rivalry with the two groups. Snapchat is focused on private, person-to-person photo sharing, but you can now use it for a range…
By Gabriella Licona On Tuesday afternoon, Facebook’s engineering team discovered a security breach that has led to the exposure of nearly 50 million active accounts. On Thursday night, the Facebook team had alerted the law enforcement officials. After announcing the news on Friday to the public, Facebook has asked over 90 million other accounts to…
By Robyn Forbes Over the years, the growing omnipresence of social media has tremendously impacted our idea of what it means to be a happy family, or lead a happy life. When Facebook began in 2004, it gave people the space to share the things that mattered to them with other people to whom those…
By Krystal Alverio After a cryptic voicemail was left on various Twitter users’ smartphones, the online community began to form conspiracies. The message, spoken in a robotic female voice, brings about a determined message about the end of times, and a few codes that sent people in a frenzy. “This is not a test, this…
By Devin Dubon With the Academy Awards, which were held on March 4, came its expected share of controversy. This year’s Oscars hit record low ratings, with only 26.5 million people tuning in—a dramatic 20% drop from the previous record low. This was despite the many attempts made by the Academy to increase an already…
By Diana Rodriguez The 90th annual Academy Awards had its moments of laughter, tears, and confusion, with this year’s Oscars being the most racially diverse, and socially outspoken. Victims of Harvey Weinstein stood towards the crowd to call for more “equality, diversity, inclusion, [and] intersectionality.” These women—Salma Hayek, Ashley Judd, and Annabella Sciorra, who got…
By Sabine Joseph Yes, it’s that serious. The premier of Black Panther in my little Town of Miami Lakes was as glamorous as the one for Hollywood’s hottest stars and most acclaimed critics. Excited viewers who arrived early had to be kept outside behind velvet rope to prevent the theater from becoming an overcrowded fire…
By Daylin Delgado What do you get when you mix a 17-year- old self-proclaimed psychopath looking to kill his new girlfriend, and a too-cool- for-school teenage girl who want to run away in a British dark comedy-drama? Internal monologues, blatant depictions of teenage awkwardness, and surprisingly well-done character development—all sans the modern-day romanticizing of mental…
By Dru Barcelo Breitbart, a company that most would consider to be a sexist, racist, homophobic, and anti-Muslim website that enthusiastically promotes fake news and white nationalism, has continued to receive advertising from some of the world’s largest companies like Facebook, Google, and Amazon. With anti-Breitbart organizations on the prowl attempting to get these ads…
By Rozany Guzman Last Thursday, the Federal Communications Commission took a vote on Net Neutrality and repealed its previously established rules. Now, providers are allowed to speed up, slow down, or block certain websites only if they inform the public; all violators will be handled by the Federal Trade Commission, not the FCC. “This decision…