Pranking someone on Facebook is easy. All it takes is for a careless friend to leave his or her computer unattended and logged on. That’s bush-league. A good Facebook prank, like a good bank heist, ...

I come from a large family, which means that April Fools' Day was basically the Olympics for pulling "harmless" pranks and practical jokes. No one made it out unscathed. So it should come as no ...

Brian Swichkow was responsible for one of the most viral Facebook pranks of all time—slowly driving his roommate insane with disturbingly accurate personalized Facebook ads. The prank was funny, but ...

A few days ago, I wrote about how much I hate April Fool’s Day, but NPR played a prank I can totally get behind. They posted the above headline to their Facebook page, a story about “Why Doesn’t ...

Most tech savvy individuals are well aware of the vast amounts of data that social networking companies collect on us. Some take steps to avoid this data collection, others consider it a trade-off for ...

Jackson County Sheriff’s Sgt. Cindy O’Barr was monitoring the sheriff’s Facebook page on Tuesday when she received a private message pleading for help. The messenger was from Tennessee and she was ...

Waiting hours for a person to reply to a message can be extremely frustrating, but you can now get your own back on them with this new 'infinite typing' app. Facebook users can lightly troll any ...

Over the weekend, the Facebook page Bees Don’t Exist — devoted to advocating for the novel and scientifically controversial position that bees, the species of insect, do not exist — posted a new “life ...

April Fool’s Day falls on a Saturday this year (Picture: Getty) April Fools’ Day falls on a Saturday this year, meaning that those of us who don’t work weekends may not be able to prank our colleagues ...

Police across the United States are advising against participating in a viral social media trend, known as the "AI homeless man prank." ...