Janus Rose
Senior Editor | Motherboard
senior editor, Motherboard
Grindr Tells Unionizing Workers: Move Across The Country or Be Fired
Two weeks after workers at the company announced a union drive, Grindr management has issued a return-to-office policy that workers say is retaliatory.
Congress Is Pushing An Online Safety Bill Supported By Anti-LGBTQ Groups
Advocates say the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) will be weaponized to censor LGBTQ content.
Elon Musk Doesn't Have a Plan For Twitter, Or Anything Really
Rebranding the blue bird site as ‘X’ is the billionaire’s latest pathetic grab for attention.
Twitter’s Verified ‘Scam Store’ Accounts Thrive as Humans Flee the Site
Users on the dying social media site are tracking the rise of sketchy dropshipping accounts, which have nearly identical bios and avatars.
Threads is All The Worst Parts of Twitter And Instagram in One Very Bad App
The Facebook company’s new social platform is like Twitter, but for celebrities, brands, and annoying people.
A Sketchy Website Advertised Fake Hormone Pills to Trans People. Then, It Disappeared.
Fake sites are using social media to target the LGBTQ community as more states ban gender-affirming healthcare.
Apple’s Vision Pro Is a $3,500 Ticket to Nowhere
A decade after Facebook bought Oculus, VR still has no appeal except as an expensive novelty toy.
Book Bans Are Discriminatory And Bad, U.S. Dept of Education Rules
The ruling against a Georgia school district is a response to book bans across the country, which have targeted titles about race and LGBTQ topics.
Debt Collectors Want To Use AI Chatbots To Hustle People For Money
The collections industry is pushing GPT-4 as a dystopian new way to make borrowers pay up, replicating the debt system’s long history of racial bias.
Keep Bluesky Weird
The nascent social network feels like a small community of unhinged friends and freaks—and that’s maybe its most promising feature.
UFO Hunters Built an Open-Source AI System To Scan The Skies
The Sky360 project is building a worldwide network of automated cameras to keep watch for strange aerial phenomena.
Ron DeSantis is About To Expand Florida’s 'Don’t Say Gay' Law
Students in Florida won't legally be able to learn about gender and sexual orientation until the 9th grade.