Hours after former Chicago Blackhawks winger Kyle Beach came forward as the John Doe in the team’s sexual assault scandal, former Blackhawks head coach Joel Quenneville resigned from his current position as the head coach of the Florida Panthers. The Panthers announced Quenneville’s resignation Thursday night. “I want to express my sorrow for the pain…

Update (Jan. 7, 2022): A few days after the Albany County district attorney announced he was dropping the misdemeanor groping charge that came out of a criminal complaint against former Governor Andrew Cuomo (D-NY), the charge was officially dismissed in court Friday. The video above shows the hearing where it happened. Assistant district attorney Jennifer McCanney…

The Wall Street Journal first reported that Facebook was aware of internal research detailing the harm Instagram and other products were causing to children and teenagers. Whistleblowers and executives have since testified before Congress, and many parents have been left wondering how to handle their kids’ use of the platforms. “So my children are nine…

Merck, the maker of a pill designed to treat COVID-19, announced its third-quarter financial results Thursday. According to the company, sales in Q3 were 20% higher than they were in Q3 of 2020. Net income jumped 55% to $4.57 billion. “Merck delivered another strong quarter with positive momentum across our business and meaningful progress across…

Internal research first publicized by The Wall Street Journal revealed Instagram and parent company Facebook knew how damaging its platforms were to the mental health of children and teenagers. One in three teenagers said Instagram usage caused body image issues. Six percent of American teens who reported suicidal thoughts traced the desire to kill themselves…

The month of social media scrutiny continued Tuesday, as executives from YouTube, TikTok and Snapchat testified in front of the Senate Commerce subcommittee on consumer protection. The month began with the same committee hearing from Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen. She also spoke with the British parliament Monday. The executives testifying Tuesday are: Michael Beckerman, a…

President Trump’s legal team has claimed executive privilege as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection seeks to obtain communications and other records related to that day’s events. But executive privilege isn’t a blanket term. It must be used narrowly and precisely, according to legal experts. “In modern days, executive privilege means…

A day after President Joe Biden went after China with his comments on Taiwan, Beijing fired back Friday. A spokesperson for the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs called the situation in Taiwan “purely an internal affair of China that allows no foreign intervention”. “When it comes to issues related to China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity…

The recent outage that temporarily disabled Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp underscored how addicted our society has become to these social media apps. The “Big Unplugging” happened just as a whistleblower told Congress that the social media’s company executives had extensive research showing the negative impact Facebook and Instagram have on teenage girls but chose to…

On the same day Greek officials handed over the Olympic flame to 2022 Beijing Winter Games organizers, human rights groups called for a boycott of the Games. The video above showed both the handing over of the flame Tuesday, as well as the flame arriving in Beijing Wednesday. “In accordance with the requirement to hold…