Representative-elect Mike Haridopolos, the incoming Republican lawmaker who will represent Kennedy Space Center, expects space policy to play a big part in the Trump administration—and he’s excited to have a role in shaping it.
Haridopolos, a former Florida state senator, beat Democrat Sandy Kennedy in the race to fill the seat left open when Republican Representative Bill Posey announced he would retire after representing Florida’s 8th District for eight terms.
There are certain social media rules we can all agree on: Ghosting a conversation is impolite, and replying “k” to a text is the equivalent of a backhand slap (violent, wrong, and rude). But what about the rest of the rules? When is it really okay to remind someone of our old Venmo request? What happens when someone tries to flirt with you on LinkedIn?
Fortunately, terminally online writers Delia Cai and
YouTube is among the last bastions of limited, curated content. A new experiment could threaten that.
YouTube is testing out an unlimited swipe-through model, in which certain Android users can slide up one video to receive another. While YouTube Shorts previously offered vertical scroll, this is a new feature for the platform’s central landscape videos. And it’s unlimited: Users can swipe and swipe, budding new videos with each movement of the finger.
If that all
If I know anything, it’s that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is a certified Wife Guy. Like, that man really loves his wife, pediatrician and philanthropist Priscilla Chan.
He commissioned a seven foot statue of her, created the custom minivan she w
On Tuesday evening, President-elect Donald Trump tapped Fox News host Pete Hegseth as his pick for Defense Secretary–the same man who believes germs aren’t real because . . . he can’t see them.
Hegseth is a decorated Army veteran who served in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. He also, in his own words, hasn’t washed his hands in more than 10 years. “I don’t really wash my hands ever,” he
The bromance between Donald Trump and Elon Musk is one of the strangest outcomes of the 2024 presidential election cycle, with Musk stumping for Trump on the latter’s successful presidential campaign, and pushing Trump to voters through X, his social network. Postelection, the bromance has continued,
Amazon is shutting down its free, ad-supported video streaming service Freevee, a spokesperson confirmed on Wednesday.
Freevee’s library of content, including hit show Jury Duty, has migrated to Prime Video, where much is expected to stay in front of its paywall so that non-Prime customers can still access content. The phasing out, which is expected to take place over the next several weeks, is a consolidation of Amazon’s video efforts.
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The vibes on X, the everything app, are in shambles. Rampant bots. Scant content moderation. Election-gloating and taunting from
BookTok, like the rest of America, is divided. “When did BookTok become political?” one creator asks in a video posted last week. “I am so sick of seeing these reader-unfollow parties. You guys, we are here to share books that we all enjoy… we don’t need politics ruining a good thing we have going.”
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Waymo on Tuesday opened its robotaxi service to anyone who wants a ride around Los Angeles, marking another milestone in the evolution of self-driving car technology since the company began as a secret project at Google 15 years ago.
The expansion comes eight months after Waymo began offering rides in Los Angeles to a limited gr