The public perception of Facebook as a company has never been great, but a series of scandals over the past few months, culminating with the Cambridge Analytica data breach, have permanently tainted the brand. Facebook went into damage control mode, with CEO Mark Zuckerberg agreeing to testify in front of Congress and the social media …
At the end of Sunday’s Last Week Tonight, John Oliver revealed that the episode everyone was watching was actually the series finale. You see, a few weeks ago, Oliver and his team discovered that Anchorage, Alaska is home to one of the last operational Blockbuster retail stores in the United States. In order to help the …
Stephen Hawking was a world-renowned physicist and one of the greatest minds of our time. His death overnight at the age of 76 is a huge loss for the scientific community, but his many incredible insights will live on thanks to the many papers and interviews he’s given over the years. He was also a …
You don’t have to be an actual Bitcoin enthusiast or trader to be aware of the concept. In fact, unless you’ve been living under a rock for the better part of the last 12 months, then you’re also familiar with other tech terms that go along with Bitcoin, including cryptocurrency and blockchain. That’s because Bitcoin …
In the wake of the Parkland high school shooting, John Oliver has been a particularly vocal critic of the NRA, “a group that feels about guns the way the rest of us feel about Nutella.” On this week’s episode of Last Week Tonight, he took some time out from actually discussing gun violence to take a look …
The debate over whether or not we should continue to glorify Confederate soldiers by leaving up the hundreds of statues across the United States has taken on new life following the protests in Charlottesville, North Carolina earlier this summer. There are those who believe that the statues represent part of our history, and taking them …
There’s a new net neutrality battle looming, and this time around the FCC might kill the kind of internet users actually want. Trump’s new FCC Chairman Ajit Pai made it clear that he opposes the Obama-era net neutrality rules, which prompted Last Week Tonight host John Oliver to launch a second defense of net neutrality …
Trump’s FCC wants to kill net neutrality, and we knew that ever since the new chairman, Ajit Pai, took office. But with an initial vote scheduled for May 18, John Oliver rallied the troops once again, urging every person who’s interested in strong net neutrality rules to voice their concerns on the FCC’s website, no …
Nearly three years ago, John Oliver dedicated an episode of HBO’s Last Week Tonight to the topic of net neutrality. The open internet was under attack by cable companies, but as Oliver pointed out at the time, the subject was too bland for most major news networks to spend any time covering. Rather than accept defeat, …
Seeing Jon Stewart on The Late Show isn’t really a surprise anymore. And Trevor Noah does a great job replacing him over at The Daily Show. But if you miss the old Daily Show gang then you should be happy to hear that Stephen Colbert will host former Daily Show stars on May 9th.
