TOPLINE Instagram’s direct message feature seemed to be temporarily inactive until the early hours of Thursday, hours after rival Twitter was hacked into an apparent Bitcoin scam, and marked Facebook’s third outage in a week. Some users complained that their direct messages had dropped early on Thursday SOPA Images / …

One of the conspiracy theories that has plagued attempts to keep people informed during the pandemic is the idea that the coronavirus was created in a laboratory. But the vast majority of scientists who have studied the virus agree that it evolved naturally and crossed humans from an animal species, …

Epic Games has released Aquaman’s fifth and final core challenge in Fortnite, and an incredible item can catch you. The latter asks him to claim his Trident at Coral Cove to win his own Trident, but he also ties in with the larger challenge to unlock Aquaman skins. If you …

TOPLINE Governor Larry Hogan (Republican by Md.) Broke into President Trump and his administration’s response to the pandemic in an opinion piece published Thursday in the Washington Post, describing how “hopeless” he was waiting for an effective response from the White House and saying that the late response forced him …

Can air conditioners cause the spread of COVID-19? A recent University of Maryland study showed that some air conditioning units could spread the new coronavirus. THE ANGELS – Amid record temperatures across the country, people are starting up their air conditioners to beat the heat. But some researchers say air …