Wednesday, January 7, 2026

Joleen Jernigan, Staff Writer

Joleen Jernigan is an ever-curious writer, grammar nerd, and social media strategist with a background in training, education, and educational publishing. A native Texan, Joleen has traveled extensively, worked in six countries, and holds an MA in Teaching English as a Second Language. She lives in Austin and constantly seeks out the best the city has to offer.

This app looks to change the current mental health crisis

Mental health is part of overall physical health, however, it is not prioritized in our healthcare system. This app looks to change that.

First Look: Will Meta’s new Threads bring on Twitter’s demise?

Meta launched its new Twitter competitor, Threads this week, and it gained more than 10 million followers overnight. Could this be a harbinger of Twitter’s impending doom?

ChatGPT bug bounty pays up to $20k to report security flaws

Discovering security bugs in ChatGPT and reporting them to OpenAI can earn the savvy techie up to $20k with a big “but.”

Humane’s latest AI is a wearable personal assistant

Humane has recently introduced a demonstration of a wearable AI device that acts as a personal assistant—wait, what?

New features amp up Instagram Reels for marketers and creators alike

Instagram has introduced a whole bunch of new features to aid content creators in using the in-app tool and monetize their skills more effectively.

Twitter switches the bird logo to doge on its web UI—what’s up with that?

The Shiba Inu meme is featured on the Twitter web UI, on the heels of Elon Musk facing a $258 million dollar lawsuit for promoting Dogecoin.

Google shows off its new music generating AI, folks are freaking out

Can MusicLM (the new AI song clip generator From Google) crack the code for creating high-fidelity music? They’re working on it...

Instagram Shop tab is going away – how to sell now

Many Instagram users rely on the Shop tab for doing business, but it's being done away with - what is changing and what can be done now.