WARGASM on creating their spiky brand of electro-rock in AltPress issue #402 cover story
WARGASM are taking a break from recording one of 2022’s most eagerly anticipated debut albums. When Alternative Press checks in with them, they’re at Chapel Studios in Lincoln, in the east of their native England — or, more specifically, sat on the sofa, where Sam Matlock is eating toast, and Milkie Way, fittingly given her […]
Instagram really doesn’t want you to need any other social media platform
Facebook is unveiling some massive changes to Instagram this week. The tech giant’s new cross-platform messaging feature lets Instagram users message friends on Facebook without even having a Facebook account. As well, new chat modes and themes let users customize their DMs like never before. Read more: This is the first song Linkin Park heard Chester […]
Instagram, WhatsApp get Facebook-supported name change
Facebook has decided to change the names of Instagram and WhatsApp to let people know who is in charge of two of the most popular apps. Facebook is the parent company of both apps, and the name change is to reflect that. Read more: Slipknot on Tortilla Face: “The audience has to figure out who […]
Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp users report outages worldwide—UPDATED
UPDATE: JULY 3, 2019, 6:06 P.M. EST A Facebook spokeperson shared an official statement with CNN regarding the cause of the issues with its apps including Instagram and WhatsApp. You can read it below. “During one of our routine maintenance operations, we triggered an issue that is making it difficult for some people to upload […]
Twitter DMs go down amid several social media outages
Today has been highlighted by outages on the world’s largest social media platforms, and now Twitter has been added to that list. Earlier today, Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp users reported problems connecting, and now Twitter’s direct messaging feature seems to be acting up as well. Read more: Frank Iero addresses My Chemical Romance rehearsal claim by Joe Jonas Twitter notified […]
Facebook, Instagram experience second outage in a month
For the second time in a month, Facebook experienced a worldwide outage where users were unable to access the social networking sites. According to DownDetector.com, both Instagram and WhatsApp were also down for roughly two hours Sunday morning. The website, used to track online service outages, listed tens of thousands of reports from social media […]
People are boycotting Facebook because of that sketchy "data breach"
[Photo by: Facebook] After a two-day slide in Facebook stocks due to reports of a massive “data leak” at the hands of analytics company Cambridge Analytica, WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton is calling for a Facebook boycott with the hashtag #DeleteFacebook. See Acton's tweet down below. Read more: Facebook makes massive News Feed overhaul As noted […]
WhatsApp's new "delete message" function could be a texting game changer
[Photo by: WhatsApp] WhatsApp might be making a pretty massive shift in regards to “unsending” messages—and we wish every platform would let us do the same. Read more: Apple finally reveals what all the weather symbols on your iPhone mean As WABetaInfo reports, users may now have 4096 seconds—or 68 minutes and 16 seconds—to delete a message. The […]
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