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You can finally send friend requests from the Nintendo Switch Online app

It’s easier than it has ever been to add someone as a friend on your Nintendo Switch account with just your phone now that you can input a friend code into the Switch Online mobile app and send a request. An update in March made it simple for people to copy their code from the app to share it with others. Now you can more easily expand your friends list when you don’t happen to have your Switch handy. The updated version of the mobile app on iPhone / iPad or Android (version 2.2 or higher) also allows you to share your…

Fortnite: How to join the Refer a Friend program

If there's one thing there's no shortage of in Fortnite, it's ways to earn new cosmetics and items. For most dedicated players, gaining all this new dip comes down to completing challenges, working your way up the battle pass, and perhaps spending some V bucks on exclusive shop items. Another thing Fortnite isn't lacking is players. However, Epic has brought back a program used once before called the Refer a Friend program to try and bring some fresh blood into the game. The Refer a Friend program is almost like a…

Anonymous Q&A App NGL Is Posing as Your Friend

NGL and Sendit are potentially sending messages posing as your friend. Screenshot: GizmodoThere once was a time when Internet users occupied what was once “Ask me anything” and “Like for a truth.” These anonymous confession trends have basically become NGL, which is an app where users receive anonymous questions from friends, but a recent lawsuit alleges that might not be the case.NGL’s gimmick was supposed to be simple. Users could sign up for the app and receive anonymous questions through the app’s inbox. NGL’s main

How to create a close friend list on Instagram

Instagram also offers users the option to add specific followers or friends to their close friends list. You can make a list of your close friends and only tell those people about your story. When you add or remove someone from your list, they won't receive a notification. Instagram also offers users the option to add specific followers or friends to their close friends list. You can make a list of your close friends and only tell those people about your story. When you add or remove someone from your list, they won't…

Oscars Host Wanda Sykes Speaks Out About How She Felt For Her Friend Chris Rock During And After The Will Smith Slap Incident

The moment when Will Smith slapped Chris Rock during the 2022 Academy Awards ceremony has got to be the most scrutinized event in Oscars history, as everyone has an opinion. Following the slap, the show had to go on for the three Oscar hosts — Wanda Sykes, Regina Hall and Amy Schumer — but figuring out how to process what went down really only started once the cameras stopped rolling. Even months later Sykes still struggles, and she opened up about how it felt to see her friend Rock get hit on stage.Wanda Sykes and Chris…

The Berserk Manga Returns Thanks to His Friend and Studio

Image: Kentaro Miura/Young animal/Dark HorseYou didn’t have to be a Berserk fan to mourn the untimely passing of Kentaro Miura, the creator/writer/artist responsible for one of the most popular—and bloodiest—fantasy sagas in manga. But those Berserk fans can take some comfort that the hit series will be returning to the Young Animal manga magazine to continue Miura’s story, but it’s only thanks to the creator’s close friend Kouji Mori—the only person to whom Miura told the entire story of Berserk, from start to

Fat Joe Recalls Getting Jumped By His Best Friend as a Kid

Fat Joe opened up about his origin story in a clip from A&E’s forthcoming show, Origins of Hip Hop.In the video, shared by People, the Bronx rapper spoke about being bullied as a kid. “Since 2 years old, he’s fat Joey forever,” Joe said. “When I was in junior high they would bully me every day. You know, I’m not gonna lie, it’s scary looking out the classroom window knowing that there’s 20 guys waiting to beat my ass. They never fought me fair. They would always jump me.”The genuinely life-changing event came when his…

Heard’s Sister Allegedly Confided in Friend That She Hit Depp

Amber Heard & Johnny Depp Getty Images Remix By Keane Eacobellis A self-described “dear friend” of Amber Heard’s sister, Whitney Henriquez, is testifying that Henriquez allegedly told her that Heard was violent to Johnny Depp amid a trial of dueling defamation lawsuits. Jennifer Howell, who described herself as Henriquez’s “chosen sister,” gave testimony reaffirming a previous statement she gave that seemed to contradict Henriquez’s previous testimony. Howell runs the non-profit The Art of Elysium, which…

Dolphins Keep Tabs on Each Other by Tasting Pee, Especially if It’s Pee From a Friend

Think about people you know, and how you could tell they were around even if you couldn't see them: perhaps their voice, or a favored perfume.For bottlenose dolphins, it's the taste of urine and signature whistles that allow them to recognize their friends at a distance, according to a study published Wednesday in Science Advances.  "Dolphins keep their mouths open and sample urine longer from familiar individuals than unfamiliar ones," first author Jason Bruck of the Stephen F. Austin State University in Texas wrote in…

Johnny Depp trial: Actor’s childhood friend says Marilyn Manson isn’t to blame for his drug use

Johnny Depp’s former long-time friend Bruce Witkin testified on Thursday (19 May) that Marilyn Manson isn’t to blame for the Pirates actor’s drug use.While on the stand, Depp – who was briefly married to Witkin’s sister-in-law Lori Anne Allison – claimed he once gave Manson a pill to stop him from talking so much.Depp’s admission was part of his testimony in the $50m defamation lawsuit he filed against ex-wife Amber Heard. The actor claims Heard’s 2018 op-ed in The Washington Post, implying he abused her, has adversely…