Controversy swirled around Chris Brown this week, with reports of violence at his 34th birthday bash. It's claimed that the R&B artist and his entourage attacked Usher, despite their close ties. No confirmation or video evidence has yet been made available as to what happened, though many stories exist. Most are left wondering what truly transpired, but rumors claim the altercation may have been sparked by a defense of another person reportedly wronged by Brown: Teyana Taylor.

Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen is a 'non-conformist' who lives in one of San Francisco's hippest neighborhoods and regularly volunteers at Nevada arts festival Burning Man. Haugen, 37, stunned the tech giant by leaking a cache of insider documents that showed it covered up research showing it harms children and, on Tuesday, told a Senate subcommittee that it refuses to add safeguards so it can maximize profit. During the damning testimony, she added: 'The result has been more division, more harm, more lies, more threats and more combat.

Instagram has let people direct message each other for quite some time. But did you know that the app may be hiding messages from you? In the same way that Facebook automatically filters out messages it thinks you don't want to see, Instagram hides certain types of messages from showing up in your inbox. The good news is that these hidden messages are easy to find. To see if you have any hidden Instagram messages, tap the inbox icon at the top right of the app.

Earlier this week, the Back On Figg podcast hosts took to social media to share a clip updating fans on the status of ScHoolboy Q's next album. The hosts went on to share that the album is currently in the works, and will be arriving "very very soon." ScHoolboy Q seemingly confirmed the news, when he retweeted the clip and referred to the hosts as "my guys." He also responded to a fan who suggested he was "

After attending a preview of Robert Askins’s new play Permission the other night, I can report that the cast’s padded undergarments, which got their own feature in the Times last week, are indeed worthy of notice. Or at least they are more worthy of notice than the rest of the play, which in trying to bridge incompatible genres — you’ll forgive my saying — falls between the cracks. Nominally, it is a comedy about Christian Domestic Discipline.