Instagram hits pause on full-screen feed, some in-feed recommendations

After mounting criticism online, Instagram plans to walk back on some changes, including a test version of the app that shows full-screen photos and videos. It'll also reduce the recommended posts you see in the main feed. The new redesign test will be phased out over the next few weeks. 

These changes come as users express their frustration over the decisions Instagram makes to better compete with TikTok and navigate what it says is changing user behaviour from posting photos to watching more videos. Instagram head Adam Mosseri said this shift to more video consumption is real and pre-dated the rise of TikTok. But he acknowledged that people didn't like the design changes.

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eBay reveals the most searched Yeezy releases ahead of YEEZY DAY

Since 2019, Yeezy Day re-releases have thrown the sneaker community into a frenzy bringing renewed interest (and hype) to restocks and new releases to the wildly popular Adidas and Kanye West collab. And yes, it's a day!

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THE GRAY MAN expands with sequel and spin off with Netflix

Following the wildly successful release of The Gray Man this past weekend, where it debuted as the #1 movie in 92 countries, Netflix has announced it will be cementing plans for the IP to become a major spy franchise.

The Gray Man is CIA operative Court Gentry (Ryan Gosling), aka, Sierra Six.

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Netflix's 'Running with the Devil' documentary follows John McAfee on the run

A new Netflix documentary dropping on August 24 follows the infamous antivirus founder turned fugitive John McAfee. He reportedly asked a film crew to document his experience as he tried evading authorities and the Mexican cartel (apparently). McAfee became a suspect in 2012 for the murder of his neighbour, Gregory Faull, in Belize.

That documentary is called Running with the Devil: The Wild World of John McAfee. It's produced by the British studio Curious Films, whose co-founder, Dov Freedman, told Deadline that it's been "10 years in the making."

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