CNET: Antiwordle Turns Wordle Around, Rewards You for Guessing Wrong. “Antiwordle sounds mind-boggling until you actually play it. It looks a lot like classic Wordle, the daily word-guessing game that’s swept the internet. But the idea is to not guess the right word so you make as many attempts as possible while avoiding the correct answer. There are rules in place that make the goal challenging.”
CNET: YouTube yanks videos showing dangerous ‘Tide Pod challenge’. “YouTube is taking steps to shut down a viral video trend in which people post recordings of themselves purposely ingesting laundry detergent. The so-called Tide Pod challenge, which involves people eating the brightly colored laundry detergent packs known as pods, reportedly began last year as a joke on the internet. But like viral video predecessors the ‘cinnamon challenge’ and the ‘bath-salt challenge,’ this fad represents a dangerous health threat, officials warn.” Tide put out a warning against eating pods on January 12. It’s January 18. YouTube is just now getting around to pulling videos?
Google Blog: Year in Search: The most fantastic fads of 2017. “Here today, gone tomorrow. Our annual Year in Search is always a fun look back at the fads that captured our fancy and then fizzled out fast. See what this year’s biggest crazes were, through the lens of Google Search…”
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