Browsing Category: Tech News

  • Michelle Obama raves about 'Black Panther' on Twitter

    Michelle Obama is constantly reminding us how lucky we were when she was first lady. Recently, she helped unveil a stunning, groundbreaking portrait, then she won Valentine’s Day. Now she’s showing love to our latest obsession, Black Panther.  Congrats to the entire #blackpanther team! Because of you, young people will finally see superheroes that look …

    February 19, 2018 | by Raheel
  • Forget yoga pants. Criticising other women's sartorial choices is bad for women.

    You might have spotted that the New York Times has waged war on women’s workout gear. Yoga pants, to be precise. An op-ed published on the NYT Opinion page on Sunday added yoga pants to the ever-burgeoning catalogue of Things That Are Bad For Women™.  SEE ALSO: Women from tiny village pose nude to teach …

    February 19, 2018 | by Raheel
  • Why wraps are the lowest form of human lunch

    Deli counters of the world — listen up.  For as long as I can remember (about two years, since I no longer remember anything before Trump), wraps have been positioned near the apex of the lunch hierarchy. I cannot tell you the number of corporate seminars I’ve attended where low sodium, corn-heavy, semi-frozen veggie wraps …

    February 19, 2018 | by Raheel
  • Lone soccer supporter singing for his team deserves some kind of award

    It may have been Shakespeare who once said that it’s the empty vessel that makes the loudest sound. He was wrong about that, though. SEE ALSO: Soccer match gets upstaged by hilarious snowball fight between opposing fans The source of the loudest sound is quite clearly this guy: For all you football fans you have …

    February 19, 2018 | by Raheel
  • There are too many ways to DM, and it's stifling the way we communicate

    At any given moment, I have, on average, five unread text messages, a couple unread Instagram messages, dozens of unseen Twitter DMs, and close to 1,000 unread emails along with a smattering of other messages on services like Facebook, Snapchat, and Slack.  It’s too much, and it’s becoming too hard to keep up with all …

    February 19, 2018 | by Raheel
  • The best VPNs for iOS if you're looking for more privacy

    Every product here is independently selected by Mashable journalists. If you buy something featured, we may earn an affiliate commission which helps support our work. VPNs, or Virtual Private Networks, are relevant tools to anyone concerned about fast-diminishing privacy on the internet.  These days, it’s difficult to surf the web without leaving a trail of …

    February 19, 2018 | by Raheel
  • Woman finds beautiful kebab shop photoshoot on her phone after night out

    Sometimes beauty can be found in the most unlikely places. SEE ALSO: Video of people dancing in the street to Vengaboys has gone gloriously viral On Saturday, Twitter user @moya_Im shared some photos from a big night out. They were taken in her local kebab place. Rather than the blurry collection of drunken snaps you …

    February 19, 2018 | by Raheel
  • This Chrome extension brings 'View Image' back to Google Search

    A few days ago, Google removed a feature that many people find quite usable: the ability to easily view — and download — an image found through Google’s search engine.  While the removal of this tool does make it a bit harder to download and potentially abuse copyrighted images, it also makes life a little …

    February 19, 2018 | by Raheel
  • 'Black Panther' has the best Marvel supervillain ever. Yes, even better than Loki.

    Excited for Black Panther? So are we. Which is why we’re rolling out obsessive coverage with Black Panther Week. Spoilers ahead for Black Panther.   Black Panther just pulled off a Marvel Cinematic Universe first: A supervillain worth rooting for.  SEE ALSO: ‘Black Panther’ builds a world you’ll want to return to again and again …

    February 19, 2018 | by Raheel
  • Is someone hijacking your Spotify? Here's what I did when it happened to me.

    For years, I’ve had a bit of a digital pen pal. His name is Kevin. He loves music, “Coffee Table Jazz” in particular. He owns an Amazon Echo, through which he listens to his lovely, soothing John Coltrane trumpet croons. He doesn’t often listen during the day, but at night the tunes come alive — …

    February 19, 2018 | by Raheel