Taylor Lorenz, technology reporter at The Daily Beast, discusses Snapchat's new app redesign sparking fierce criticism from teens.
Avid users of the platform are so thrown off by the update that a change.org petition began circulating. Now, the petition has received over 600,000 signatures. The backlash is being compared to what happened with Facebook in 2008 when the company changed the layout of its platform.
Hollywood closed out an up and down 2023 with “Wonka” regaining No. 1 at the box office, strong sales for “The Color Purple” and an overall $9 billion in ticket sales that improved on 2022’s grosses but fell about $2 billion shy of pre-pandemic norms.
2024 is the Year of the Dragon for the Lunar New Year, which kicks off February 10. To commemorate the occasion, the U.S. Post Office unveiled a new dragon stamp.