Browsing Category: Tech News

  • Matt Damon has more to say about sexual harassment and, oh boy …

    Matt Damon needs to stop talking about sexual harassment until he actually gets it. After a whole week of being lambasted by folks like Alyssa Milano following his unfathomably misinformed ABC News interview, the Hollywood star has more to add. More! SEE ALSO: Matt Damon attempts to speak about sexual harassment and shows he STILL …

    December 19, 2017 | by Raheel
  • This bird sings the iPhone ringtone when it gets upset

    A sweet cockatiel knows exactly how to get its owner’s attention: imitate an iPhone. Vimeo user Ben Pluimer posted a video to his page on Monday featuring his friend’s pet bird perfectly recreating that classic iPhone default ringtone.  “When my friend’s cockatiel gets upset, it sings an Apple ringtone,” he wrote in the clip.  According …

    December 19, 2017 | by Raheel
  • Woman expertly trolls text scammer who claimed she won a free laptop

    There’s no better feeling than trolling someone that tried to scam you out of money. Shaina Gimao received an obviously scammy text message recently, probably similar to one you may have received before. Surprise! She won a new laptop, chosen randomly through her phone number.   Smelling an obvious scam, Gimao decided to troll the …

    December 19, 2017 | by Raheel
  • This genius scale doesn't actually tell you how much you weigh

    A startup just released the least judgmental scale you’ve ever seen — and it’s powered by AI.  The scale, called Shapa, looks like any normal scale, with one key difference: It doesn’t tell you how much you weigh.  Hear me out on this.  SEE ALSO: Stop measuring things while baking and let this smart scale …

    December 19, 2017 | by Raheel
  • China reminds Google and Facebook to play by the rules if they want access

    China has more than 700 hundred million internet users, but if tech companies want a slice of the action, they’ll have to abide by the country’s tight censorship laws. The reminder comes from Qi Xiaoxia, director general of the Bureau of International Cooperation at the Cyberspace Administration of China, who spoke at the UN’s Internet …

    December 19, 2017 | by Raheel
  • Alamo Drafthouse wants you to rent VHS tapes like it's the 1990s

    Alamo Drafthouse is about to put your ’90s nostalgia into overdrive. The movie theater chain is bringing back an authentic video store. Yes, we’re talking about VHS.  SEE ALSO: These 10 movies turning 10 in 2018 will make you feel old The store, Video Vortex, will be part of an 11-theater cineplex expected to open …

    December 19, 2017 | by Raheel
  • Alternative Christmas ornaments to discourage your cat from climbing the tree

    Decorating the Christmas tree is one of the most fun parts of the holiday season, unless you have a cat.  Then, it can be a hazardous event putting all of your favorite ornaments when your cat may climb it and knock the whole thing down at any second. SEE ALSO: Upside down Christmas trees are …

    December 18, 2017 | by Raheel
  • 'Last Jedi' seriously had THE MOST WTF moment of any Star Wars movie

    Yes, yes, there are spoilers here. Don’t be a dummy and read below this if you don’t want a mild spoiler on Star Wars: The Last Jedi.  While everyone’s fighting over whether or not Star Wars: The Last Jedi is good, no one’s talking about how it contained the most bizarre moment in the franchise’s …

    December 18, 2017 | by Raheel
  • The 'Wrinkle in Time' cast is already restoring people's faith in humanity

    Will 2018 save us all from doom? If not, it’s making a hell of a promise, with movie fare in store like Black Panther, Infinity War, and Ava DuVernay’s A Wrinkle In Time.  A Wrinkle in Time graced the cover of Time (haha, get it) in honor of its 2018 preview, and the dramatic portrait …

    December 18, 2017 | by Raheel