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Tech News
TikTok Influencer Apologizes After Promoting Scam ‘Mando’ Cryptocurrency
Matt Lorion, a 17-year-old TikTok influencer known for promoting cryptocurrencies online, has released a new video apologizing for a Star Wars-themed scam he promoted. Last week, Lorion sang the praises of a new cryptocurrency called Mando that turned out to be a pump-and-dump scam. But Lorion says he had no idea it was a fraud. … Continued
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Tech News
TikTok Users Are Burning Snowballs in Viral Videos to ‘Prove’ the Snow is Fake
Have you seen those viral videos on TikTok and Twitter where users are burning snow to “prove” that it’s actually fake? Needless to say, the snow is real. The viral videos actually show a perfectly normal reaction to placing the flame of a lighter or match against a snowball. But that hasn’t stopped these videos … Continued
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ScienceHealth
Viral 5G Conspiracy Diagram Actually Shows How to Build Your Own Guitar Pedal
Does this diagram show the secret plans of Bill Gates and his minions to inject 5G chips into the bloodstreams of unsuspecting people who get the covid-19 vaccine? Not quite. But it can sure scoop the hell out of those mids. The schematic, which has gone viral on Facebook and Twitter, purports to show how … Continued
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Reviews
The Big Viral Moments of 2020 That Were Totally Fake
We’re absolutely inundated with fake images these days. But 2020 really seemed to be filled with more fake viral videos and photos than even we could keep up with. Today, we present the fakes that really stood out, with perhaps too much from the fakes machine himself, President Trump—that guy who’s leaving office in weeks, … Continued
By Matt Novak