on the day the site goes into archive mode, former staffers reflect on their 10+ years of reporting # | Continue reading
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More than 100 signs, including ones for John Fetterman, were swiped from lawns in an affluent Philadelphia suburb. | Continue reading
The North American Water and Power Alliance was an audacious proposal to divert water to parched western states that would have cost hundreds of billions of dollars and pissed off Canada. But what if it had worked? | Continue reading
“That's not to say that everything a random person on TikTok without credentials is saying is a lie, but you just have to know the difference between knowing that this is true, and thinking, Oh, I should look that up." | Continue reading
After Amazon workers in Germany began striking, the company expanded eastward, where looser labor laws brought record productivity. | Continue reading
“I feel like with these tools, there’s some backdoor to access user data in almost all of them,” said an external auditor hired to help TikTok close off Chinese access to sensitive information, like Americans’ birthdays and phone numbers. | Continue reading
The actor has been pleading on Twitter with “DarkWing84,” who bought his ape from a scammer, to return it. | Continue reading
Originally designed to correct mismatched length in legs, limb-lengthening surgery has become increasingly popular for men looking to permanently increase their height. | Continue reading
BrightSpring Health Services, which KKR bought in 2019, says it helps thousands of people with disabilities “live their best lives.” But a BuzzFeed News investigation found conditions that were often dire, and in some cases fatal. | Continue reading
MetaDocs’ NFTs were designed to "revolutionize medicine." But its social media–famous doctors can’t prescribe for or diagnose NFT holders. | Continue reading
The announcement marks a new phase for the world’s most frustrating social media company. | Continue reading
The Sam Altman–founded crypto startup has said it aims to alleviate global poverty, but so far it has angered the very people it claims to be helping. | Continue reading
The China-based company scraped public accounts and then duplicated them on Flipagram, a predecessor to TikTok, according to four former employees and documents viewed by BuzzFeed News. | Continue reading
Teachers all over the country describe problems that touch every aspect of our culture and society, from technology dependence to stats-obsessed bureaucracy to a post-COVID behavior crisis. | Continue reading
“I had mucus running from my nose to the ground and was coughing uncontrollably to the point that I nearly threw up.” | Continue reading
I was born during the longest period of global stability. Now, it appears all of that is fleeting. | Continue reading
An inspiring story about how presumptuous Senate staffers can accidentally make history. | Continue reading
Music can be a helpful tool to improve your sleep. Here’s why it works and what to know about music therapists who can help you get better sleep. | Continue reading
Propaganda that was supposed to target foreigners could now be aimed at Americans, reversing a longstanding policy. "Disconcerting and dangerous," says Shank. | Continue reading
Russia’s communications regulator said it blocked Facebook because of “discrimination against Russian media and information resources." | Continue reading
Humorless millennials. Addled boomers. Tiresome liberals. Trevor Bazile wanted to shock them all — and use Silicon Valley money to do it. | Continue reading
Thousands of Russians, including celebrities, protested the deadly invasion of Ukraine on Thursday despite government warnings of "severe punishment." | Continue reading
Was organizing our society around the nuclear family actually a terrible idea? From Euphoria to Succession to The Real Housewives, TV might be suggesting as much. | Continue reading
In the aftermath of the DOJ’s announcement of a $4.5 billion crypto laundering scheme, NFT owners want OpenSea to stop treating their goods like evidence of a crime. | Continue reading
Facebook’s parent company declined to answer our questions about how it moderates content in VR, so we created a test Horizon World filled with content banned from Facebook and Instagram. Content moderators said the world was fine — until we told Meta’s PR team about it. | Continue reading
The DOJ has charged Heather Morgan, who uses the stage name Razzlekhan, with attempting to launder thousands of bitcoins alongside her husband, startup founder Ilya Lichtenstein. | Continue reading
The buzzy NFT collection has raked in millions and the eager support of dozens of celebrities. But its founders’ anonymity raises questions about accountability in the age of crypto. | Continue reading
After dealing with burnout and frustrations over Instagram’s policies, these influencers are rebuilding their businesses on their own terms. | Continue reading
Republicans in state legislatures across the country are pushing, and in some cases passing, bills that limit medical boards’ authority over COVID treatments. | Continue reading
In a wild twist, Facebook demanded that its data center be designated a project of “national importance.” | Continue reading
The case seemed like a lock — until an informant and one FBI agent were charged with crimes, another was accused of perjury, and a third was found promoting a private security firm. And that wasn’t all. | Continue reading
“Almost no police radio traffic will be heard," an SFPD spokesperson told BuzzFeed News. | Continue reading
Clients said the company locked them into contracts that threatened six-figure penalties if they left, and account managers said they felt pressured to clock as many as 100 hours a week. | Continue reading
The New Hampshire Voter Integrity Group is one of many volunteer efforts searching for Donald Trump’s claims of voter fraud in states across the country. | Continue reading
Federal investigation records obtained by BuzzFeed News show how one of the most pivotal mistakes of the pandemic fell on an overburdened CDC lab with only three full-time employees. | Continue reading
Get ready for a world run by warring online communities completely lost in their own misinformation. Warning: This post contains spoilers for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. | Continue reading
Twitter's board has unanimously appointed Parag Agrawal as CEO. | Continue reading
Back in MY day, our tokens were fungible. | Continue reading
Improved sound and battery life are nice, but the shorter stems are what make AirPods 3 great. | Continue reading
Investigators say a couple, their infant daughter, and family dog died of hyperthermia and possible dehydration while hiking in California this summer. | Continue reading
Elisabeth Bik calls out bad science for a living. A feud with one of the world’s loudest hydroxychloroquine crusaders shows that it can carry a high price. | Continue reading
Edgenuity offers to help schools pivot from “brick to click” during the pandemic, but to many parents, teachers, and students, the cost-saving program comes at the expense of a quality education. | Continue reading
A year ago, Matt Swider was a journeyman consumer tech reporter. Now he’s a celebrity. | Continue reading
Trying to stem the tsunami of fake news was like battling the Hydra — every time we cut off a virtual head, two more would grow in its place. | Continue reading
Adam Stiles recalls "the first tab" and how he came to create the atomic unit of internet navigation. | Continue reading
A declassified State Department report obtained by BuzzFeed News dismissed the theory that microwave weapons are behind the mysterious neurological injuries in diplomats worldwide. | Continue reading
Ghosthoney, aka Tyler Gaca, makes charmingly offbeat TikToks. Can he turn his brand of “gentle chaos” into a lifelong career? | Continue reading