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Megan McCluskey
Recent Articles
For Teens, Saving Each Other From Social Media Is a Team Effort
TIME spoke with three teens who are working to help keep their peers safe online
By Megan McCluskey
May 25, 2022
How Former 'Real Housewife' Bethenny Frankel Turned Business Savvy into a $100 Million Disaster Relief Initiative
Frankel rose to fame as one of the original cast members of 'The Real Housewives of New York City'
By Megan McCluskey
May 22, 2022
How Young Investors Are Riding Out the Crypto Crash
Young investors have been taking big swings on high-risk, high-return trades. What's next?
By Megan McCluskey
May 19, 2022
Google Is Making It Easier to Remove Personal Info From Search
The company is rolling out a new tool to enable users to scrub personal details from search results
By Megan McCluskey
May 11, 2022
Almost Half of Elon Musk's Twitter Followers Are Fake
Spam bots on Twitter are automated accounts that mimic the activity of real people on the site, but are programmed to engage in malicious activity
By Megan McCluskey
April 28, 2022
What Elon Musk's Twitter Takeover Means for Trump's TRUTH Social
Musk’s deal has left a cloud of uncertainty hanging over the fate of Trump's TRUTH Social platform
By Megan McCluskey
April 28, 2022
Elon Musk Reaches $44 Billion Deal to Buy Twitter
The world's richest man is set to take Twitter private
By Megan McCluskey
April 25, 2022
What It’s Like to Use BeReal, an Instagram Rival That Lets You Post Only Once a Day
BeReal seeks to give users a more unfiltered look at each other's lives
By Megan McCluskey
April 21, 2022
What
The Girl From Plainville
Means for Texting and Teen Suicide
How Michelle Carter's "texting suicide" case has impacted both our legal system and society at large.
By Megan McCluskey
April 15, 2022
3D-Printed Homes Could Help Solve Affordable Housing Crisis
Videos of 3D-homebuilding are racking up tens of millions of views and helping people envision a world in which affordable 3D-printed houses are the new norm
By Megan McCluskey
April 4, 2022
Netflix Is Cracking Down on Password Sharing. Here’s What You Need to Know
The streaming giant announced it was going to begin testing ways to make subscribers pay an additional fee for sharing their account
By Megan McCluskey
March 29, 2022
States Could Let Parents Sue Big Tech for Addicting Kids. Here’s What That Really Means.
Lawmakers across the country are increasingly looking for ways to crack down on the likes of Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube
By Megan McCluskey
March 22, 2022
How Dr. Seuss Enterprises CEO Susan Brandt Leads the Iconic Brand
Brandt was promoted to president and CEO of Dr. Seuss Enterprises in the wake of a record-high revenue year for the company
By Megan McCluskey
March 20, 2022
Why Most Crypto Backers Are Excited That the Biden Administration Is Wading Into Digital Currency
“I am pretty darn optimistic about it,” says Alexis Ohanian, the co-founder of Reddit who is now a major investor in crypto technology
By Megan McCluskey and Andrew R. Chow
March 10, 2022
Fashion Nova FTC Settlement: Lawyer Talks Review Suppression
FTC lawyer Amber Lee says she hopes the agency's review suppression complaint against Fashion Nova sends a message
By Megan McCluskey
February 23, 2022
Can Trump's TRUTH Social Compete With Mainstream Platforms?
Experts say the nature of the site could prevent it from reaching the same heights as major platforms like Facebook and Twitter
By Megan McCluskey
February 15, 2022
Rumble Offers Joe Rogan $100 Million to Switch Platforms
The offer came amid ongoing controversy surrounding Rogan's relationship with Spotify
By Megan McCluskey
February 7, 2022
How Crypto Investors Are Handling Plunging Prices
Some investors say they're taking a long-term view of the market to weather the storm
By Megan McCluskey
February 1, 2022
How Augmented Reality Shopping Could Go Mainstream
With social commerce sales predicted to soar in coming years, augmented reality experiences have the potential to change the shopping game
By Megan McCluskey
January 28, 2022
Will 2022 Be the Year of Reckoning for Addictive Algorithms?
Platforms like Facebook and Instagram are under mounting pressure to reform the ways in which they're built to be addictive for users
By Megan McCluskey
January 4, 2022
Exclusive: Comedian Lewis Black Wants Spotify to Remove His Grammy-Nominated Album Amid Comedy Royalties Battle
Black's request comes in the wake of Spotify pulling down hundreds of comedy albums in November
By Megan McCluskey
December 10, 2021
'Instagram Sees a Dollar Sign When It Sees Kids.' Instagram Head Adam Mosseri Grilled by Lawmakers Over Platform's Harms to Young People
The CEO faced a barrage of questions from senators about Instagram's ill-effects on children and teens
By Megan McCluskey
December 8, 2021
What to Know About Digital World, the Company Funding Trump's New Social Media Platform 'TRUTH Social'
Trump's new media company said it has secured $1 billion in funding ahead of going public via a SPAC merger
By Megan McCluskey
December 7, 2021
What to Know About Programs Like Klarna, Afterpay and Affirm
"Buy now, pay later" programs give shoppers the option of splitting the cost of purchases into equal installment payments
By Megan McCluskey
November 22, 2021
Britney Spears' Conservatorship Ends After 13 Years
On Friday, Nov. 12, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Brenda Penny ruled in favor of terminating the conservatorship, less than five months after Spears testified that it was abusive
By Megan McCluskey
November 12, 2021
Facebook Papers on Why Some Users See More Disturbing Content
Ranging from graphic violence to nudity to hate speech
By Megan McCluskey
November 3, 2021
What to Know About Donald Trump's 'TRUTH' Social Media Platform
Including a clause prohibiting users from "excessive use of capital letters"
By Megan McCluskey
October 22, 2021
How Ending Drug Tests Can Create Greater Workplace Equity
Experts say it's a trend that could level the employment playing field by removing a job requirement that's a poor indicator of work performance
By Megan McCluskey
October 20, 2021
Facebook Whistleblower Hearing: What We Learned
Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen testified before the Senate that “Facebook is prioritizing profit over people"
By Megan McCluskey
October 5, 2021
Jamie Spears Suspended From Britney Spears' Conservatorship Amid New Allegations of Abuse
John Zabel, an accountant, will temporarily replace Jamie in the role of conservator of Britney's estate
By Megan McCluskey
September 29, 2021
What We Learned from the New Britney Spears Documentaries
From secret surveillance to infiltrators of the #FreeBritney movement
By Megan McCluskey
September 29, 2021
How the Shipping Crisis Is Crippling the Board Game Industry
"It's so problematic that we're probably going to close by the end of the year"
By Megan McCluskey
September 28, 2021
Demi Adejuyigbe on His Final 'September' Dance Video
Hours after Adejuyigbe released this year's video, his efforts had already raised almost $500,000 for charities
By Megan McCluskey
September 21, 2021
Wall Street 'Journal's Facebook Files: Here's What to Know
Reportedly, Facebook is aware of, and has failed to fix, numerous issues around moderation, mental health impact and toxicity
By Megan McCluskey
September 15, 2021
Investors Talk Theranos Scandal in Respect to Elizabeth Holmes Trial
"The Valley is defined by its winners, not its losers"
By Megan McCluskey
September 9, 2021
'YOLO Mentality' Has Ignited a Tattoo Boom
It stands in marked contrast to the pandemic rebound struggles of other consumer-based industries
By Megan McCluskey
August 25, 2021
New
Jeopardy!
Host Mike Richards Steps Down Amid Criticism. But He's Not Leaving the Show Entirely
Jeopardy! executive producer Mike Richards has officially stepped down as incoming host of the long-running game show
By Megan McCluskey
August 20, 2021
How We Chose the 100 Best YA Books of All Time
There’s perhaps no category of literature more impactful than YA. These are the books introduced to us at a pivotal point in our lives: when our grasp on the world is changing just as we...
By Annabel Gutterman and Megan McCluskey
August 11, 2021
Goodreads' Problem With Extortion Scams and Review Bombing
Many authors and publishers now see the social networking site as a "necessary evil"
By Megan McCluskey
August 9, 2021
What is the ROC? Why Russia Can't Compete At the Beijing Olympics
The Russian athletes participating in this year's Summer Games are considered "neutrals"
By Megan McCluskey
July 26, 2021
Bermuda, Philippines Win First-Ever Olympic Gold Medals
Bermuda began participating in the Olympic Games in 1936, while the Philippines first competed nearly 100 years ago in 1924
By Megan McCluskey
July 26, 2021
Your Guide to New and Returning Sports at the Tokyo Olympics
Olympics fans have four new sports—and two returning—to look forward to watching
By Megan McCluskey
July 21, 2021
What to Know About the Tokyo Opening Ceremony
The Tokyo Olympics Opening Ceremony is kicking off at 7 a.m. ET on Friday. Here's what to expect
By Megan McCluskey
July 16, 2021
What's Next for Britney Spears' Case
Here's what to know about the current state of Spears' conservatorship and what could happen next in her case
By Megan McCluskey
July 14, 2021
The Pacific Northwest Heat Wave Has Wineries Worried
"[T]his definitely isn't the best place to grow grapes and it’s just going to become more and more difficult and maybe not even doable"
By Megan McCluskey
July 1, 2021
#FreeBritney Fans Reinvigorated by Britney Spears' Testimony
‘No one can say that we're conspiracy theorists.'
By Megan McCluskey
June 25, 2021
How Finance TikTok Is Navigating 'Meme Stock' Hype
Popular finance TikTok creators say meme stock mania is fueling unrealistic expectations around investing
By Megan McCluskey
June 24, 2021
TikTok Now Collects 'Faceprints.' What Could That Mean?
Potential uses for the data have caused concern among experts who say security and privacy could be at risk
By Megan McCluskey
June 14, 2021
Converse TikTok Controversy Shows Difficulty of Design Protection
In the video, designer Cecilia Monge compares designs she submitted to Converse to the company's National Parks shoes
By Megan McCluskey
June 4, 2021
Nicola Yoon on Her New Book 'Instructions for Dancing'
The bestselling author of "Everything, Everything" and "The Sun Is Also a Star" is back with a new young-adult romance
By Megan McCluskey
May 26, 2021
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