Christianna Silva is a Senior Culture Reporter at Mashable. They write about tech and digital culture, with a focus on Facebook and Instagram. Before joining Mashable, they worked as an editor at NPR and MTV News, a reporter at Teen Vogue and VICE News, and as a stablehand at a mini-horse farm. You can follow them on Twitter @christianna_j.
Latest From Christianna Silva
Spotify Wrapped 2024 introduces My Wrapped AI Podcast
Your Spotify Wrapped is now available in podcast form, thanks to Google NotebookLM.
Spotify Wrapped crowns its first global top author and reveals the most popular audiobooks
I'll give you a hint: faeries.
Threads is upgrading its search tools as Bluesky competition heats up
Threads: Search "Bluesky features"
The 15 best fiction books of 2024, according to BookTok
From "Happy Place" to "Housemates," here's what you need to add to your TBR lists.
By Christianna Silva and Elena Cavender
World’s strictest social media law targets users under 16 in Australia
It's one of the world's strictest laws regarding social media and young people.
Microsoft displays full-screen Copilot+ PC ads to Windows 10 users
Some users are getting full-screen pop-up ads encouraging them to upgrade.
People are importing their lame tweets to Bluesky
You can use a chrome extension — but should you?
As the 2025 TikTok ban deadline looms, here's what we know
The clock is ticking
Your Instagram Story Highlights might be moving to the grid
Mosseri admits that "this one is contentious."
Mark Zuckerberg just released an acoustic version of 'Get Low' with T-Pain
You can listen to the billionaire's new single now.
Meta cuts EU ad-free subscription price by 40% for Facebook and Instagram
Plus, the company announced a new, less personalized ad-tier option.
Can we keep politics out of literature? BookTok is divided.
A divided BookTok community asks: Can we ever separate books from politics?
Android users spot a TikTok-style swipe on YouTube’s horizontal videos
Pivot to vertical video?
An influencer was disqualified from the NYC Marathon for bringing a filming crew onto the course
Some might say he... ran into controversy
I asked ChatGPT Search election-based questions — and I have concerns
Save yourself the time — go to CanIVote.org.
Google Maps is using Gemini to help you make plans
It's never been easier to plan date night.
How to take control of someone else's screen during a FaceTime
It could be very useful... or horrifying.
Cable companies sue to block click-to-cancel rule
Click-to-cancel is getting tied up in the courts.
