Elena Cavender
Elena is a tech reporter and the resident Gen Z expert at Mashable. She covers TikTok and digital trends. She recently graduated from UC Berkeley with a BA in American History. Email her at [email protected] or follow her @ecaviar_.
By Elena Cavender
TikTok is launching an 'Elections Center' to combat midterm misinformation
The countdown starts now.
#RushTok is TikTok's very own reality show
The real PNMs of University of Alabama.
Breathtaking James Webb video zooms through the cosmos to the Cartwheel Galaxy
To a galaxy 500 million light-years away...
YouTube is more popular than TikTok among teens
YouTube continues to be That Girl.
Your Spotify home page is getting a makeover
Spotify's recommendation machine expands.
Ticketmaster and TikTok team up to sell tickets on your FYP
Putting the ticket in TikTok.
For Gen Z, TikTok is more than entertainment. It's a search engine.
Young people explain why they're searching social media instead of Google.
TikTok's 'what are you listening to' videos enter their villain era
Should creators be mining strangers for content?
Instagram boss responds to latest criticisms: 'It's not yet good'
The pivot to video is ongoing.
Meme page creators want Instagram to be more transparent
Meme admins take to the streets to protest IG's content moderation policies
'She-Hulk: Attorney at Law' trailer gives glimpse of Daredevil ahead of 'Born Again'
She's not a superhero, she's a girlboss.
Charles Gross asked, 'What makes these two Birkins different?' TikTok answered.
What small feature about them divides the Hermès collector community?
TikTok auto-captions are rolling out for 'select videos' on your FYP
You don't have to wait for your fave creator to turn them on anymore.
From Facebook moms to TikTok teens, how Minions became cool again
The real story of #Gentleminions.
TikTok continues its love affair with drag queen Trixie Mattel
She's big with TikTok!
TikTok announces content maturity ranking system
'Content Levels' is similar to movie and video game rating systems.
Spotify acquires Heardle, the music version of Wordle
Yes, you heardled that right.
Twitter users get creative with emoji thanks to the 'If I text you' meme
If I text you 👩🏻💻 it means read this article.
BeReal promised authenticity online. That doesn't exist.
A BeReal is the latest trendy addition to your photo dump.