When Evan Lo walked onto an in-progress livestream by Kai Cenat, the Twitch juggernaut with some 15.8 million followers, and his influencer pal Fanum on Nov. 16, 2024, they received the ...

Garbage pollutes the internet like a New York curbside nowadays. Social media is devolving into a wasteland of conspiracy theories, ragebait, disinformation, and sponcon. Celebrities are rug-pulling ...

HOPECORE is the TikTok trend that shows no signs of waning. TikTok’s latest trend might just be what we all need right now. But what’s the new hashtag all about and how can you get involved? Please ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Twitch streamer WhoisChelsea strums what appears to be a ukulele during her September 30 livestream. As the first generation to ...

Zaid Khan has spent most of his life on the internet, and though he considers himself optimistic by nature, doom-scrolling through news stories and being bombarded with fatalistic content online can ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

The social media landscape has become a toxic wasteland full of conspiracy theories, alt-right pipelines, ragebait, and meaningless consumerism. The real world is already a dark and overwhelming place ...

Turn your phone into a ray of sunshine (Picture: Tim Robberts) A man in military uniform returns from deployment to hug his awestruck child for the first time in months. An elderly couple share chips ...

Wanting was enough. For me, it was enough to live for the hope of it all. If there are any TikToks I am hoping to see at least once on my “For You” page every day, it’s the “Hopecore” videos that have ...

Ariel Messman-Rucker is an Oakland-born journalist who now calls the Pacific Northwest her home. When she’s not writing about politics and queer pop culture, she can be found reading, hiking, or ...