Social media filters can be fun—who doesn’t love a pair of digital bunny ears? But what happens when a filter stops being harmless and starts reinforcing toxic beauty standards? TikTok found itself in hot water after rolling out an AI-powered “chubby filter” that made users appear significantly heavier. The problem? Many saw it as body
For 20 years, an ancient mystery sat unnoticed in a Queensland school’s foyer. It wasn’t a forgotten trophy or an old science fair project—it was a rock covered in 200-million-year-old dinosaur footprints. The fossil slab, gifted by coal miners in 2002, was thought to be a cool display piece. Some teachers even assumed it was
Imagine pulling off a $1.5 billion crypto heist and then playing an endless game of digital hide-and-seek with the world’s top security experts. That’s exactly what North Korea’s infamous Lazarus Group is doing—and they’ve already cashed out at least $300 million. These hackers aren’t amateurs—they’re operating like a 24/7 cyber crime factory. “I imagine they
Turns out, sperm might be more than just tiny swimmers—they could be an early warning system for men’s health. A massive Danish study suggests that higher-quality sperm is linked to a longer life, with men who produce more than 120 million motile sperm per sample living two to three years longer than those with fewer
Measles, that old-school plague we thought we’d left in the history books, is making an unwelcome comeback. Texas and New Mexico are seeing outbreaks, with nearly 100 reported cases—mostly in kids. And the reason? A growing number of parents are skipping the measles vaccine. Health experts are frustrated. “This was completely preventable,” says Dr. Amesh
If there was ever a sign that Beijing wants to make nice with the private sector, it was Jack Ma shaking hands with the Chinese leader. Ma’s photo is raising eyebrows as he meets Xi Jinping at a high-profile meeting along with China’s top tech moguls. The Alibaba co-founder, once the poster boy for China’s
When French border agents cracked open a few random packages along a busy highway near the Italian border. They were probably expecting the usual suspects—drugs, counterfeit goods, maybe some sketchy cigars. What they got instead? Teeth. Massive, prehistoric teeth.“We thought we’d find weed. We found plesiosaurs,” joked customs official Samantha Verduron. On January 27, officers
Experts are urging smokers to ditch the habit once and for all. Most of us know smoking is harmful, but new research lays bare just how much life is lost to those small, rolled sticks of tobacco. A new report published in the Journal of Addiction reveals the exact amount of time a smoker loses
President-elect Donald Trump stirred the pot on Tuesday with a cheeky jab at Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The President-elect referred to Trudeau as the “governor” of the “Great State of Canada” in a social media post. The comment came after the pair dined together in late November at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate, where they discussed
A chilling revelation has emerged from Canada as a convicted killer admitted he once placed a $71,400 hit on a crime reporter. Frédérick Silva, serving life in prison for multiple murders, confessed to offering the contract to kill Daniel Renaud, a journalist at La Presse who had been covering Silva’s 2021 trial. Serial Killers Didn’t
Republican Donald Trump won the U.S. presidential elections in a historic comeback by defeating Kamala Harris. His victory in key battleground states, including Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, with a combined 29 electoral votes, pushed him over the key threshold. Trump declared that this was the start of America’s golden age as he became the oldest person
Humanity has disrupted the global water cycle for the first time in history that could lead to disastrous consequences for the future, a new report mentioned. The report by the Global Commission on the Economics of Water highlights how decades of poor land use and water mismanagement have threatened billions of lives across the planet.
