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TikTok users in the US are migrating to a Chinese app called RedNote with the threat of a ban just days away. The move by users who call themselves “TikTok refugees” has made RedNote the most downloaded app on Apple’s US App Store on Monday. RedNote is a TikTok competitor popular with young people in China, Taiwan and other Mandarin-speaking …

It’s not a new tradition and the only goal is whimsy. Here’s everything you need to know about the Official No Trousers Tube Ride event. ADVERTISEMENT Hundreds of Londoners headed down to the Underground on Sunday afternoon, stripped down to their underwear. As you do. This tradition is not new. Yesterday was the Official No Trousers Tube Ride, an annual …

Relationship therapist, Blessing ‘CEO’ Okoro is tensioning social media users with a loved-up video of herself and her boo, car dealer, Ikechukwu Ogbonna popularly known as IVD.    She shared a video of them dancing on Instagram today, January 9. Recall that Blessing and IVD came public with their relationship on January 1, 2025. read here and here.   Watch …

Getty Images Meta is abandoning the use of independent fact-checkers on Facebook and Instagram, replacing them with X-style “community notes” where commenting on the accuracy of posts is left to users. In a video posted alongside a blog post by the company on Tuesday, chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said third-party moderators were “too politically biased” and it was “time to …

TikTok’s rise from a niche video-sharing app to a global social media giant has sparked controversies worldwide, with concerns over its links to China and its influence on users and politics.   In Albania, Prime Minister Edi Rama announced Saturday that TikTok would be banned for at least a year starting in 2025. The decision follows a tragic incident in …

          This holiday season just got a whole lot more exciting! PalmPay, one of Africa’s leading fintech platforms, operates Nigeria’s most used mobile wallet and has teamed up with Jumia, the continent’s e-commerce giant, to launch a festive campaign that’s all about convenience, rewards, and enhancing your shopping experience. Running from December 11th to 28th, 2024, this holiday campaign …

A customer on X has shared his chat with a vendor he tried to patronise.  He chose to share in reaction to a chat shared by a different vendor who shared her chat with an impatient customer.  In the screenshot shared by the man, he is seen telling the vendor that he wants to place an order for food.  And …

US weapons scanning company Evolv Technology will be banned from making unsupported claims about its products in a proposed settlement with the US government. The company had claimed its AI scanner, used in the entrances of thousands of US schools, hospitals and stadiums, could detect all weapons. However BBC investigations showed these claims to be false. Evolv said it has …

Wikipedia/Makeworldpedia Jay Graber, the chief executive of Bluesky, said there were no plans to introduce advertising The chief executive of the social media network Bluesky – which has exploded in popularity in recent weeks – was unable to give the correct age limit for users on the platform in an interview with the BBC. While speaking to BBC Radio 5 Live’s Breakfast …

Getty Images You may have seen the word “Bluesky” popping up on your social media pages recently and wondered what people are talking about. It is an alternative platform to Elon Musk’s X and in terms of its colour and logo, it looks quite similar. Bluesky is growing rapidly and is currently picking up around one million new sign-ups a …