Browsing Category: Tech News

  • Mother's Day is the perfect excuse for celebs to give moms a shout out

    To celebrate this Mother’s Day, the celebs are taking to Twitter to shout out their moms, moms in their life, and mothers around the world. SEE ALSO: We picked our favorite TV moms to celebrate Mother’s Day weekend The Obamas were sure to tweet, with Barack giving Michelle and his mother-in-law a special mention, and …

    May 13, 2018 | by Raheel
  • Donald Trump now wants to save ZTE and everyone's confused

    Chinese smartphone maker ZTE might have found a savior, and it’s the last person you’d expect. President Donald Trump says he now wants to help save the beleaguered handset maker, tweeting Sunday that he wanted to give the company “a way to get back into business, fast.” SEE ALSO: ZTE might only have a few …

    May 13, 2018 | by Raheel
  • GIF project highlights women and minority filmmakers

    Italian filmmaker Elena Rossini is shedding some much-needed light on women and minority creators with her project This Is What a Film Director Looks Like, which just highlighted its 100th filmmaker: Rossini herself. With This Is What a Film Director Looks Like, Rossini is populating the popular online GIF database Giphy with GIFs of women …

    May 13, 2018 | by Raheel
  • You can't shut down 'This Is America' memes. That's what 'This Is America' is about.

    Something strange has been happening since Childish Gambino’s “This Is America” video dropped. Memes are surfacing, as they inevitably do, and some people are pushing back. “It’s disrespectful” is a common criticism directed at the meme-makers and sharers. Some feel the video’s powerful messages, which together amount to a statement on the black experience in …

    May 13, 2018 | by Raheel
  • One Florida man was behind 96 million of the worst kind of robocalls, FCC says

    Have you ever gotten a phone call from a number that looked very similar to your own, only to pick up and realize it’s a robocall trying to sell you something? If you have, you’re not alone. This week, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) slapped its largest fines ever on a Florida man it says …

    May 13, 2018 | by Raheel
  • Classic Bath & Body Works scents, ranked

    This post is part of Mashable’s You’re Old Week. Break through the haze of nostalgia with us and see what holds up, what disappoints, and what got better with time. Perhaps it was a body spray you kept stashed in your locker. Perhaps it was a shower gel you pulled out for special occasions (homecoming, …

    May 13, 2018 | by Raheel
  • Josh Brolin, a.k.a. Thanos, reacts to Thanos dancing in 'Fortnite'

    Josh Brolin, the actor behind Thanos, the purple destroyer of worlds in Avengers: Infinity War, is a big fan of Thanos in Fortnite. Mostly. During an interview with IGN, Brolin watched some footage of Fortnite: Battle Royale featuring Thanos, who is a playable character in a limited-time game mode. Brolin’s initial reaction to Thanos flying …

    May 13, 2018 | by Raheel
  • 23 GIFs that look just like masturbation, if you know what you're looking for

    This post is part of Mashable’s Masturbation Week. May is National Masturbation Month, so we’re celebrating by exploring the many facets of self-love. We have dozens upon dozens of verbal euphemisms for masturbation: jerking off, shucking the corn, paddling the pink canoe among them. But, as the age-old adage declares, a picture is worth a …

    May 13, 2018 | by Raheel
  • New Han Solo meets original Han Solo when Harrison Ford crashes interview

    The original Han Solo gets to crash whatever interview he wants. Alden Ehrenreich, the titular star of Solo: A Star Wars Story, was in the middle of an interview with Entertainment Tonight when a door opened behind Ehrenreich and in walked the OG Solo himself, Harrison Ford, along with Solo director Ron Howard. SEE ALSO: …

    May 13, 2018 | by Raheel
  • Benedict Cumberbatch takes a strong stand on equal pay

    If you have a role for Benedict Cumberbatch but his female co-stars aren’t receiving equal pay, he’s going to say no. The Doctor Strange and Sherlock star is using his sizable platform to push for positive, necessary change. He said as much in a recent interview with Radio Times, during which he articulated his thoughts …

    May 13, 2018 | by Raheel