"Euphoria" is just a meme now
The messy second season of HBO's Euphoria has been fodder for many a meme. People have been taking to Twitter and TikTok every Sunday night to react to the latest episode of the intense teen drama, which in turn has led to a lot of meme creation. But.....»»
Zoë Roth sells "Disaster Girl" meme as NFT for $500,000
Zoë Roth, 21, will use the money from the sale of a 2005 image of her to pay her student loan......»»
"Disaster Girl" Makes $500,000 in NFT Sale of Her Viral Meme
Zoe Roth, the centerpiece of the "Disaster Girl" meme, has made nearly half a million dollars after selling the original copy as a non-fungible token (NFT), the New York Times reports. From a report: The market for ownership rights to digital art and.....»»
How Often Do People Actually Copy and Paste From Stack Overflow?
Stack Overflow blog: They say there's a kernel of truth behind every joke. In the case of our recent April Fools gag, it might be more like an entire cob, perhaps a bushel of truth. We wanted to embrace a classic Stack Overflow meme and tweak one of.....»»
Dogecoin Traders Push To Make April 20 "Doge Day"
April 20th or 4/20 is the unofficial marijuana holiday where thousands of cannabis smokers celebrate the smoking of marijuana with marijuana. But this year, it could also be the day the meme-based cryptocurrency Dogecoin shatters new record highs. Ac.....»»
Dogecoin has risen 400 percent in the last week because why not
Dogecoin rallied after Elon Musk tweeted a photo of "Doge Barking at the Moon." Enlarge (credit: peng song / Getty) Dogecoin, a blockchain-based digital currency named for a meme about an excitable canine, has seen its price rise by a factor o.....»»
Dogecoin Price Surpasses 10 Cents To Reach An All-Time High
Dogecoin, the virtual currency that originally started as an internet meme more than seven years ago, has surged more than 85% in the last 24 hours and is trading at $0.13. Its market cap is now over $17 billion. CNN reports: The currency has soared.....»»
Apple will reveal the next versions of iOS, macOS at WWDC21, starting June 7
It will be entirely online again, as expected. Enlarge / Apple's splash image for WWDC 2021, which references a meme from last year. (credit: Apple) Apple will host its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) on schedule this year, with.....»»
Female Founder Starts a Meme - By Just Calling Herself a Founder
It all began when a CEO and founder "was thinking about identity and the peppy phrases that female professionals use to describe themselves online: 'girl bosses' and the like," reports the New York Times: "I worry about the negative impact of that,".....»»
Nvidia DLSS added to Crysis Remastered, System Shock remake demo
The first game in the Crysis series debuted in 2007 and was a visual masterpiece. It was also very taxing on PC hardware of the era, resulting in the popular, “But can it run Crysis?” meme. The remastered version launched on September 18, 2020, o.....»»
The NFT market is just getting started, but where is it headed?
Every once in a meme-ified blue moon, the wildly irrational cryptocurrency ecosystem gives birth to something that might outlive the hype. Every once in a meme-ified blue moon, the wildly irrational cryptocurrency ecosystem gives birth to s.....»»
How does a crustacean become a crab?
Crabs are living the meme life on social media lately. The memes joke that everything will eventually look like a crab. But it's actually based in some truth......»»
Did "Tens of Thousands" of Bot Accounts Hype GameStop"s Stock and Dogecoin?
Reuters reports: Bots on major social media platforms have been hyping up GameStop Corp and other "meme" stocks, according to an analysis by Massachusetts-based cyber security company PiiQ Media, suggesting organized economic or foreign actors may.....»»
Why an Animated Flying Cat With a Pop-Tart Body Sold for Almost $600,000
In the 10 years since Chris Torres created Nyan Cat, an animated flying cat with a Pop-Tart body leaving a rainbow trail, the meme has been viewed and shared across the web hundreds of millions of times. On Thursday, he put a one-of-a-kind version of.....»»
For students of color, online racism leads to real-world mental health challenges
Whether it's a "Zoombomb" filled with racial slurs, a racist meme that pops up in a Facebook timeline, or a hate-filled comment on an Instagram post, social media has the power to bring out the worst of the worst......»»
Wall Street Fund Wants To Hire r/WallStreetBets Users To Help Pick Meme Stocks
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Gizmodo: Cindicator Capital is the kind of investment fund that relies on software and algorithms to model investment strategies based on any number of disparate factors. In the wake of the WallStreetBets subr.....»»
YouTube’s lo-fi music streams are all about the euphoria of less
Lo-fi hip-hop channels have created a community for minimalist escape. Enlarge (credit: NurPhoto | Getty Images) Dion Lewis was trying to make the best out of a difficult situation. Last August, when a storm left his Chicago neighborhood witho.....»»
Institutional trust is the real meme
Hello friends, this is Week in Review. Last week, I dove into the AR maneuverings of Apple and Facebook and what that means for the future of the web. This week, I’m aiming to touch the meme stock phenomenon that dominated American news cycles.....»»
Redditors rally as Dogecoin halves in value following a sevenfold surge last week
Dogecoin, the cryptocurrency featuring the famed “doge” shiba-inu meme, famously started as a bit of a meme itself. Never terribly successful, but consistently in the crypto zeitgeist, the coin has made headlines this week as the ever-growing com.....»»
"Meme Stock" Rally Rescues AMC Theaters From $600 Million Debt
This week's bizarre "meme stock" rally, which has delivered lottery-like windfalls for holders of GameStop stock, also wiped out $600 million in debt owed by the AMC theater chain. Polygon reports: That's because, on Wednesday, a private equity firm.....»»
Robinhood Restricts Crypto Trading "Due To Extraordinary Market Conditions"
Robinhood restricted trading in cryptocurrencies on Friday, as the price of bitcoin and a meme-inspired token rose sharply. From a report: Users began reporting that the trading app had halted instant deposits for crypto purchases earlier in the day,.....»»