Browsing Category: Tech News

  • Tech vlogger mixes up tampons and pads in his Amazon Go shopping trip video

    A tech video blogger may know his routers from his modems, but when it comes to feminine hygiene products he’s woefully confused.  Linus Sebastian from the Vancouver-based Linus Tech Tips YouTube channel and online forum made his way to the newly opened Amazon Go store in Seattle to check out the cashier-less grocery store. His …

    January 28, 2018 | by Raheel
  • Excuse us but we can't stop wondering how Jack Pearson dies on 'This Is Us'

    Warning: Spoilers for the first and second seasons of This Is Us ahead. After nearly two full seasons, This Is Us finally revealed how the life-changing fire at the Pearson family home started, and ever since we’ve been hardcore Randall-ing out. In Tuesday’s episode, titled “That’ll Be the Day,” fans learned that a finicky old …

    January 28, 2018 | by Raheel
  • What the hell is the 'super blue blood moon' anyway?

    So, by now you’ve probably heard that a special and rare full moon will rise on Wednesday.  This so-called “super blue blood moon” sounds like a big deal. But when you break it all down, what exactly makes this moon so unusual? The answer lies in its ridiculous name.  SEE ALSO: How to see the …

    January 28, 2018 | by Raheel
  • Evil genius Elon Musk confirms we can all buy his super dangerous flamethrower now

    Elon Musk has a cool new weapon for sale and TBH we should all be deeply, deeply concerned. On Saturday the tech genius (who may or may not be evil) posted photographs and video of The Boring Company’s brand new flamethrower, which is apparently now for sale to the general public, and can already be …

    January 28, 2018 | by Raheel
  • IKEA founder Ingvar Kamprad dead at age 91

    Ingvar Kamprad, founder of the world’s largest furniture retailer, IKEA, died at his home in Smaland, Sweden, on Saturday. He was 91 years old. The company shared news of Kamprad’s death on Sunday morning via an online statement, calling him “one of the greatest entrepreneurs of the 20th century.” The founder of IKEA and one …

    January 28, 2018 | by Raheel
  • Will Ferrell revived one of his classic 'SNL' characters for Weekend Update

    Another week, another Weekend Update. Saturday Night Live‘s regular news segment had a lot of material to work with this week, including the end of the U.S. government shutdown (for now) and Donald Trump’s eventually-abandoned decision to fire Robert Mueller last summer. There’s also a great bit on Stephen Miller, laughable Trump stan and a …

    January 28, 2018 | by Raheel
  • Someone please inform Donald Trump that it's a bad idea to come for Jay-Z on Twitter

    Good morning and welcome to another agonizing edition of “Who will Donald Trump scold on Twitter today?” Rise and shine, Jay-Z! Yes, on the morning of the Grammy awards, one of the greatest rappers alive — also Beyoncé’s husband — is Trump’s next Twitter target. Somebody please inform Jay-Z that because of my policies, Black …

    January 28, 2018 | by Raheel
  • Perfect 'Saturday Night Live' sketch tackles the awkward Aziz Ansari convo we're all having

    There’s no getting around it: Aziz Ansari made things complicated. That’s the premise of this Saturday Night Live sketch. Babe.net’s lurid account of Ansari behaving horribly during a recent date turned what has seemed to many like a black-and-white situation — root out all sexual predators, wherever they may hide — into a much more …

    January 28, 2018 | by Raheel
  • Why this artist taught herself how to build augmented reality creations

    Cyrene Quiamco loves Snapchat. It’s easy to tell by the Ghostface Chillah plush in her bedroom, the pair of Spectacles in her bag, and the fact that her current Twitter profile picture is a Snapcode.  There’s good reason for her to love it. The app, which was once popularized for sexting and passing notes in …

    January 28, 2018 | by Raheel