Instagram is doubling down on its anti-hate speech efforts with a series of new features that help block abusive DMs. The social media platform announced the changes on its official blog earlier today, explaining that it "[understands] the impact that abusive content -- whether it's racist, sexist, homophobic, or any other kind of abuse -- can have on people."The app will introduce a new tool that, when turned on, will automatically filter DM requests that contain offensive words, phrases and em...

World Book Day (April 23) is almost upon us, and what better way to celebrate than to add a few new novels -- and might we suggest titles that have been adapted for Netflix -- to your home library? The streaming platform has been picking up a number of novels and reimagining them into TV series or film adaptations. Some noteworthy projects include You, The Queen's Gambit and Bridgerton, three popular shows that have earned the steaming giant millions of views and have even increased book sales....

The Manhattan district attorney's office announced it will stop prosecuting prostitution and unlicensed massage. Cy Vance, district attorney of New York County, has also requested that a judge dismiss 914 cases involving sex work and an additional 5,080 cases against people charged with "loitering for the purposes of prostitution," a discriminatory law often referred to as the "walking while trans" statute.The DA will continue prosecuting sex trafficking, as well as those who pay for sex -- this...

The Pentagon has confirmed that recently leaked footage of a UFO-like object is indeed real. The videos and photos were captured by a Navy pilot in 2019 and will be examined by the Defense Department's Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force, which launched in August 2020 to better understand "unidentified aerial phenomena" (UAP).The footage depicts a flashing, triangle-shaped object moving through the air. Pentagon spokesperson Sue Gough declined to comment any further on the possible UFO sigh...