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OTTAWA—Canada is days away from passing a law to force digital platforms such as YouTube and TikTok to showcase more Canadian content.While that might sound like good news for Canadian…

Instead of typing on a keyboard, Michele Nieves writes social-media posts with her mouth—for better or worse.Ms. Nieves, a retired federal correctional officer…

Colin Mortimer knew there was trouble when his dog Sassy started beeping.He’d been trying to locate a lost AirTag, the $29 Bluetooth device designed by Apple Inc.…

Kris Kashtanova says doing the art for the graphic novel “Zarya of the Dawn” was like conjuring it up with a spell.“New York Skyline forest punk,” the author typed into an artificial…

Martin Ringlein never shared his Netflix password with anyone. So he was shocked to find out that strangers had been using his account to watch movies and TV shows. One of them was the…

Dustin Bingham loves to play music when he cooks. Recently, he asked one of his eight Amazon Echo smart speakers to play…

In a time of hybrid work, employers are extra-focused on making sure their staffers are being productive. Now come employees with work hacks to keep the bosses off their tails.…

Dolores Paolino dances, tells salty jokes and dresses up like Marilyn Monroe for her 2.4 million TikTok followers. She’s 89.Her only phone is a landline,…

I heard the MC call my name and felt my legs carry me toward the stage. It was time to enter the Punderdome.I’d never competed in a pun contest, much less in front of hundreds of people at…

Twitter users whiplashed by all the changes there since Elon Musk bought it have been experimenting with other sites in recent days. Mastodon is a popular choice. Some prefer Discord or…