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December 12, 2022

The Year in Micro News

You may have forgotten — or wanted to forget — what happened on the internet in 2022. Here are some reminders. Plenty of big news happened […]
December 12, 2022

The Year in Micro News

You may have forgotten — or wanted to forget — what happened on the internet in 2022. Here are some reminders. Plenty of big news happened […]
November 10, 2022

TikTok Has Advice for What to Do if You Win the Lottery

As excitement peaked over a record-breaking Powerball, TikTok creators cashed in by offering financial advice. Unless you are the person (or people) who bought Tuesday’s winning […]
November 9, 2022

How Did TikTok Star Noah Beck Get So Famous?

Noah Beck’s first TikTok post was a flop. In January 2020, while home in Arizona during winter break from the University of Portland, his sister, Tatum, […]
October 28, 2022

The TikTok Emu Was Just Stressed

The week’s second-biggest online bird drama. It appears TikTok’s favorite emu, Emmanuel Todd Lopez, is going to be OK after his farm’s recent brush with avian […]
October 23, 2022

‘House of the Dragon’ Hair Inspires an Icy Blond Renaissance

The icy-white hair from “House of the Dragon” has some fans reaching for the bleach. But it’s not for the faint of heart. Blood, sex, dragons, […]
October 11, 2022

If You Want These Birkenstocks You May Have to Pay Up

The classic “Boston” style has become a rare commodity and nearly impossible to to find in stores. Resellers are having a field day. Birkenstock Boston clogs […]
October 9, 2022

A Minecraft Player Set Out to Build the Known Universe, Block by Block

Christopher Slayton, 18, spent two months intricately designing the planets. He even went skydiving to get a better appreciation for Earth. Christopher Slayton spent two months […]
October 7, 2022

Snorting Crushed Porcelain, Face Reveals and a TikTok Lawsuit

The week in internet things. Nobody is grinding up porcelain dishes into a fine powder and snorting it like cocaine. I repeat, nobody — not the […]
September 30, 2022

Hurricane Ian Brings Wind, Rain and TikTok Followers

Users livestreamed from their homes to document their experiences as they rode out the storm. Despite living in an evacuation zone, Alecsander Haake did not leave […]