Geekout 2024: every issue

December 2024

20 Dec TikTok's date with destiny at the Supreme Court

13 Dec TikTok’s ban deadline getting scarily close

6 Dec AI lies weren't the nightmare Meta expected

November 2024

29 Nov Australia drops ban hammer on teens’ social fun

22 Nov Bluesky grows, Threads clones

15 Nov The Musk X-odus begins as users flee for Blue Skies

8 Nov 'For You' was bad for us on election day

1 Nov Social media isn’t ready for election chaos

October 2024

25 Oct Zuckerberg makes private jets disappear

18 Oct TikTok knows how crazily addictive it is to kids

11 Oct My two days in Instagram jail

4 Oct Reddit cracks down on mod freedom

September 2024

27 Sep Meta AI brings the WOW, and some WTF

20 Sep Instagram’s teen accounts get down with the kids

13 Sep Australia wants to ban kids from social media

6 Sep Brazil waves goodbye (good riddance) to X

August 2024

23 Aug Trump’s deepfake AI images aren’t fooling anyone

16 Aug The Musk-Trump bromance blossoms amid tech fails

9 Aug X CEO’s hostage vibes video is a hideous misfire

2 Aug Meta unleashes the AI clones

July 2024

26 Jul Zuck wants to show you his new Llama

19 Jul Trump's near miss shows how social politics is evolving

12 Jul Elon Musk has killed X’s growth

5 Jul Threads Celebrates 1st Birthday With 175 Million Friends

June 2024

28 Jun TikTok takes on Amazon Prime Day

21 Jun Does social media *really* need a health warning? ⚠️

14 Jun Elon doesn't want you to know what he likes

7 Jun Facebook thinks it’s cool again

May 2024

31 May ‘All Eyes on Rafah’ gives AI social activism a viral hit

24 May Meta wants to find AI friends in Hollywood...

17 May TikTok turns up the heat on YouTube

10 May TikTok’s U.S. ban battle heads to the courtroom

3 May Instagram cleans up dupe content to help smaller creators

April 2024

26 Apr TikTok ‘ban’ bill gets President Biden’s seal of approval

19 Apr Silicon Valley is trying to make social audio a thing (again)

12 Apr Blue ticks, bots and bans

5 Apr Elon’s blue check U-turn is a verified mess

March 2024

29 Mar Bustin' made Zuck feel good

22 Mar Elon's interview is a total Lemon

15 Mar Sh*t just got serious for TikTok

8 Mar TikTok banned: For real this time?

1 Mar Meta is breaking up with news for good

February 2024

23 Feb Your Reddit posts are going to feed Google’s A.I.

16 Feb Meet Joe Biden: The edgy political memelord

9 Feb Putin helps X score an App Store hit

2 Feb Universal puts TikTok on mute

January 2024

26 Jan Instagram wants you to show your flipside

19 Jan Zuck wants to build a super-intelligent A.I.

12 Jan TikTok Shops ‘til it drops