Killer gets 180-day sentence for YouTube stunt gone wrong
Last year, she and her boyfriend, Pedro Ruiz III, parted ways, permanently, after a YouTube video they were filming went horribly, predictably wrong. This wasn't the pair's first doing-dumb-things-on-camera rodeo. They'd posted questionable stunts to YouTube before. This time around, they planned on … Read More
Woman gets 180 days in jail for killing boyfriend in YouTube stunt gone wrong
A 20-year-old woman who fatally shot her boyfriend in the chest in a video stunt meant to go viral on YouTube has been sentenced to 180 days in jail. Judge Jeffrey Remick ordered Monalisa Perez to serve the first 90 days of her sentence in ten-day increments over three years. …
Duolingo launches Klingon courses for those with absolutely nothing better to do
Do you like the idea of Duolingo's app-based way of learning a foreign language on the go, but object to absorbing something that might actually prove useful one day? Well, good news: the app has announced that its 200 million users can now learn Klingon, should their CV be lacking …
LinkedIn Takes Data Scraping Fight to Ninth Circuit
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) – Weighing privacy rights against access to public data, a Ninth Circuit panel on Thursday wrestled with whether a 1984 law permits LinkedIn to keep its website off limits to a company that mines its data to tell employers which workers are “flight risks.” In August last …
LinkedIn Tells 9th Circ. Startup’s Bots Hurt Competition
Law360, San Francisco (March 15, 2018, 10:51 PM EDT) — LinkedIn asked a Ninth Circuit panel to nix a judge's order allowing a startup company to keep using bots to scrape data from public profiles on its website, saying at oral arguments Thursday that the decision undermined the “very values …
This Woman Faked a Trip to Disney to Prove How Deceptive Social Media Can Be
Carolyn Stritch, a U.K.-based influencer with 187,000 followers on her Instagram account @TheSlowTraveler decided to find out once and for all. Known for posting dreamy photos while sipping coffee and reading books in front of the tall windows in her apartment, Stritch has perfected a light, airy, … Read More
Selena Gomez Just Unfollowed A BUNCH of People On Instagram — Here’s Who Made the Cut
Selena Gomez Just Unfollowed A BUNCH of People On Instagram — Here's Who Made the Cut … I'm being honest, I have no clue what any of this means for Selena's relationship or her friendships, for that matter, but what I do know is that she's being crazy selective about …
Davina’s latest Instagram post is making headlines; reveals what REALLY happened
Usually, when we share the latest bit of MAFS goss, we add a brief summary of what's gone down in the past. But HOLY MOLEY there is so much for Davina. Like the fact she's coming back to MAFS. And she might be getting her own reality series. Or maybe …
WhatsApp dodges data sharing penalty from UK Information Commissioner
The Information Commissioner's Office has claimed a victory for UK consumers after getting a public commitment from WhatsApp not to share personal data with Facebook. The messaging service has been under investigation by the ICO since August 2016, when it updated its privacy policy to enable it … Read More
Facebook stops using WhatsApp’s data over upcoming GDPR
In reference to the upcoming GDPR, Facebook has been prevented from making use of UK citizen's WhatsApp data. The firm planned to access subsidiary's records to give better friend suggestions and show more relevant ads. However, the UK's information commissioner said this would be a breach of … Read More