Browsing Category: Tech News

  • Bold squirrel steals a huge pastry, but quickly loses it to a bully

    In what may be the sweetest heist of the century, a squirrel in Aurora, Colorado, was just spotted lugging around a stolen frosted Danish.  The pastry was almost half of the size of its captor, but the squirrel carried it through a parking lot, determined to get away.  “He was looking for a cup of …

    January 26, 2018 | by Raheel
  • Enormous bottle of rosé meets tragic fate at the club

    I’ve got a gift for all you schadenfreude junkies out there: a man fumbling with, then dropping, an extremely expensive bottle of alcohol. Originally posted on a Facebook page called Ibiza Club News (party on!), several outlets have referred to the bottle as Champagne worth $42,000. That, unfortunately, is probably not true — the general …

    January 26, 2018 | by Raheel
  • Someone remade the 'Lady Bird' trailer with their own screams

    Lady Bird, the coming-of-age movie that won the Golden Globe for Best Musical or Comedy and for a few perfect weeks had a 100 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes, is pretty much this decade’s magnum opus. It’s hard to believe that the Oscar contender could get any better, but Twitter user @laterchalemet did just that. …

    January 26, 2018 | by Raheel
  • Cryptocurrency exchange loses $400 million worth of coins in massive NEM hack

    The Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck was hit hard Friday. A hacker managed to funnel out 500 million NEM coins, a value of more than $424 million USD, one of the exchange’s co-founders said at a news conference in Tokyo Friday, according to Bloomberg. Japan’s Financial Services Agency is also investigating the theft. SEE ALSO: Bye-bye, …

    January 26, 2018 | by Raheel
  • As billionaires call for regulation, Facebook throws money at journalism scholarships

    Facebook is an addictive platform that should be regulated like the cigarette industry, suggested Salesforce CEO and billionaire Marc Benioff earlier this week. But Facebook actually does care about the news industry and well-being of journalists. At least, that’s what its latest philanthropic decision might suggest. On Friday, Facebook announced it’s donating $1 million toward …

    January 26, 2018 | by Raheel
  • One year after Trump's first Muslim ban, #SendASign campaign continues fight for refugees

    It was one of the first and most striking examples of resistance against the Trump administration. On Jan. 27, 2017, President Donald Trump signed an executive order blocking refugees and citizens of seven predominantly Muslim countries from entering the U.S. It furthered Trump’s campaign promise of a “a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering …

    January 26, 2018 | by Raheel
  • I got my eyebrows microbladed

    Microblading is becoming a huge trend. It’s a way to achieve fuller brows by getting semi-permanent tattoo strokes over your eyebrows. With this huge trend permeating throughout social media, I set out to see what the big fuss was all about and the science behind semi-permanent and permanent tattoos.  Special thanks to: Dr. Lian Mack, …

    January 26, 2018 | by Raheel
  • This gadget will make taping wires so much easier

    The GaffGun can bundle and tape your cables together in one smooth roll. No more bending and crouching. It could even save you a lot of time. It’s perfect to use for stage performances, caution zones, and marking boundaries for games.  Read more… More about Basketball, Roll, Floor, Rolling, and Gym Source: Mashable | This …

    January 26, 2018 | by Raheel
  • This device could help those with limited vision

    OrCam’s technology is changing how partially sighted and physical disabled people interact with the world with their nifty attachable device. Read more… More about Tech, Mashable Video, Sightseeing, Science And Technology, and Glasses Source: Mashable | This device could help those with limited vision

    January 26, 2018 | by Raheel