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What does it mean to “poke” someone on Facebook? Is it flirty, friendly, or even annoying? The answer is all of the above, and somehow, none at all. The ambiguous feature was largely invisible for many years, but now Facebook is reporting a 13x spike in poking in the last month.Russian Court Says Meta Is "Extremist Organization"“THE POKE IS HAVING A MOMENT,” said Facebook in all caps on Threads. “There’s been a 13x spike in poking on Facebook in the past month. So, be honest: who’s poking who?”Facebook made a few small…

The host and musical guest are set to appear on Saturday Night Live this weekend Ahead of their appearances on Saturday Night Live this weekend, Josh Brolin and Ariana Grande featured in a series of promos for the upcoming episode. Brolin is set to take on hosting duties while Grande will perform as the evening’s musical guest. In one of the clips released Thursday, the pair were joined by cast member Chloe Fineman, who posed to Brolin: “I heard the rumor you were hooking up with your co-star.”…

Robert Downey Jr used his Critics’ Choice Awards acceptance speech on Sunday, 14 January, to poke fun at bad reviews he’s received in the past.The actor, 58, was awarded Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Admiral Lewis Strauss in Oppenheimer.As he took to the stage in Santa Monica, California, Downey Jr shared “poetic” feedback he’s received from critics over the years.“This was from a Brit: ‘A puzzling waste of talent.’... this one lingered, ‘amusing as a bed-locked fart,’” he said.Sunday marked Downey’s first…

A scattering of video game companies and prominent individuals in the industry have taken aim at the new name for Twitter, which is now called ‘X’. Elon Musk, the owner of the social media site, announced that Twitter would be rebranded as ‘X’ on July 23, inviting users to come up with a new logo for the platform. “Soon we shall bid adieu to the twitter brand and, gradually, all the birds. If a good enough X logo is posted tonight, we’ll make go live worldwide tomorrow ,” he said, and some companies have responded to the…

We love what you’re doing, but don’t count on getting the additional billions of dollars you’ve been promised. That was the message this week from Congress to the director of the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) after two key spending panels took up the agency’s request for a 19% budget hike, or an additional $1.4 billion, in 2024. Republicans in the House of Representatives, which they control, lectured NSF’s Sethuraman Panchanathan on the importance of…

Dublin-hailing alt-rap duo Tebi Rex, aka Matt Ó and Max Zanga, are back with their new single, “IMTHEBEST”, a self-effacing prod at the hubris of youth. The pair have been thick as thieves for years, working relentlessly since their first official release in 2017. Then, after the release of last year’s It’s Gonna Be Okay, they hit the pause button for a year so they could recalibrate and experiment with some solo material. Raring to go for the next round, they’re today sharing the video for “IMTHEBEST”, the first single…

Samsung is launching a new line of Pokémon-themed accessories on December 26th for its Galaxy Buds, Z Flip 4, as well as the Galaxy Watch 4 & 5. The collection is mostly what you would expect, with a new strap for the Galaxy Watch and a themed case for the Z Flip 4, but the real star of the show, however, is the case for the Galaxy Buds, which just looks like a poké ball. This case was initially made available in limited quantities for South Korean markets and was priced around $105 USD. This new lineup, though, will…

Image via Amazon Prime Video Everyone is taking shots at Morbius including the social media team behind Amazon’s The Boys who poked fun at the film’s most recent theatrical run. In a post to the show’s in-universe Vought International social media page, it joked that Dawn of the Seven, a film that exists within the world of The Boys, would be headed back to theaters. Fans could get a discounted ticket to this film by using the code “ITS-MAEVIN-TIME” a parody of the viral Morbius meme “It’s Morbin Time”.…

Donald Trump fan Vincent Gallo is out of acting retirement; he’s swapped his slippers for a syringe to play a seedy meth addict in this ropey survival thriller. It’s produced by conservative news website the Daily Wire, which is diversifying into movies in a bid to take on Hollywood’s so-called liberal bias. Shut In is not for the squeamish; this is a Christian values movie with an unusually high quota of nasty bits. Rainey Qualley plays single mum of two Jessica, a recovering addict not long out of rehab. Jessica is…

Images via Marvel Studios As the multiverse continues to open up in the Marvel Cinematic Universe with Doctor Strange 2 and Spider-Man: No Way Home, Marvel fans are excited to see the different variants each superhero will have. But one Marvel fan has decided to compare all the existing variants we have seen so far and it does say something about their personalities. Reddit user u/IdiotoftheEast posted on r/marvelstudios a three-panel drawing featuring the known variants in the MCU, which are Spider-Man, Loki,…