Browsing Category: Tech News

  • Find peace in the skies with airline's in-flight meditation program

    Unless you’re lucky enough to be flying in first or business class, plane travel can be a stressful experience. To combat this, Australian airline Qantas has introduced a series of meditation videos in its in-flight entertainment systems so you can zone out mid-flight. SEE ALSO: 7 mind-soothing apps that will help you sleep better You …

    May 17, 2018 | by Raheel
  • Here's why the Senate's vote for net neutrality is a really big deal

    There’s a glimmer of hope for net neutrality yet. That’s the takeaway from today’s victory in the Senate, where 52 Senators, including three Republicans, voted in support of a resolution that would reverse last year’s FCC ruling to end net neutrality. Though only one step toward bringing back President Obama’s 2015 net neutrality regulations, the …

    May 17, 2018 | by Raheel
  • What Yanny vs. Laurel taught us: We yearn to be divided

    Remember the optical illusion known simply as the dress? Sure you do. Black and blue or white and gold? This was the question that divided the internet back in the more innocent time of February 2015. The fault lines ran through marriages and  friendships: We simply could not believe that someone so close to us …

    May 16, 2018 | by Raheel
  • How ZTE became the focal point of US/China relations

    Here in the States, ZTE has been content with a kind of quiet success. The Chinese smartphone maker has landed in the top five quarter after quarter (sometimes breaking the top three, according to some analysts), behind household names like Apple, Samsung and LG. Suddenly, however, the company is on everyone’s lips, from cable news …

    May 16, 2018 | by Raheel
  • Teen masterfully pranks live TV report on illegal marijuana grow

    Local news reporters are pros at dealing with the unexpected while on duty. And, as displayed in this clip, sometimes they’re too good. KMTV journalist Cameron Tucker was reporting on an illegal cannabis grow in a quiet neighborhood in Kent, UK, when a brilliant teen decided to brilliant troll the live news report. SEE ALSO: …

    May 16, 2018 | by Raheel
  • Yanny or Laurel? We asked around the office and fights almost broke out.

    The internet is divided over this auditory illusion. We went around the office to find out what our colleagues thought… and things got a bit heated.  Read more… More about Facebook, Twitter, Science, Memes, and Viral Source: Mashable | Yanny or Laurel? We asked around the office and fights almost broke out.

    May 16, 2018 | by Raheel
  • Google Wifi to show which devices have bad connection

    Google has announced that it’s adding a new feature to Google Wifi that will allow you to measure how well each device on your network is performing.  SEE ALSO: Apple officially kills its AirPort router In the next few weeks, you’ll be able to use the Google Wifi app to check the connection of any …

    May 16, 2018 | by Raheel
  • Emilia Clarke says she was always paid equally on 'Game of Thrones'

    It shouldn’t be that hard to pay women the same amount as men for equal work, but Hollywood – and, you know, every other industry – continues to struggle with itMashable first noted the lack of pay gap on Game of Thrones in 2017, and Emilia Clarke confirmed at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival that …

    May 16, 2018 | by Raheel
  • Snoop Dogg surprises guests at multiple blockchain parties

    The Dogg is in the house, and you better believe he’s hodling.  With NYC’s Blockchain Week in high gear, the rapper best known (these days, anyway) for smoking weed and kicking it with Martha Stewart took a little detour into the heart of cryptocounty. And boy did he get around.  SEE ALSO: Let the blockchain …

    May 16, 2018 | by Raheel
  • Facebook's adding new features to Stories to complete its Snapchat domination

    For Facebook, the future is all about Stories. At F8, the company shared the surprising revelation that the Stories format is growing faster than feeds. But if the company wants to maintain that pace, it needs to juice Stories’ growth in the main Facebook app, not just Instagram and WhatsApp. Now, it looks like the …

    May 16, 2018 | by Raheel