Browsing Category: Tech News

  • 'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child' will head to Australia after Broadway

    Australian muggles, squibs, witches and wizards alike should ready their galleons and raise a hefty tankard of Madam Rosmerta’s famous mead. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is headed for Australia, opening in early 2019 at Melbourne’s Princess Theatre. Performance dates and ticketing details are yet to be announced, so hold onto your sorting hats, …

    October 24, 2017 | by Raheel
  • John Legend helped students write moving poems about what it means to be a man

    Last week, students at Centennial High School in Columbus, Ohio, attended an hourlong assembly they’ll never forget. The lucky high schoolers got to watch John Legend play his hit songs “Love Me Now” and “All of Me” in their own gym. The unique performance was part of a program called Axe Senior Orientation, which brought …

    October 24, 2017 | by Raheel
  • People are planning to collectively scream at the sky to mark anniversary of Trump's election win

    It’s been almost 365 hard tweetin’, war widow-bashin’, truck-drivin’ days since Russia helped create something called President-elect Trump. Thousands are gathering to mark the occasion, in Boston, New York and possibly Seattle, by bellowing helplessly at the rapidly warming sky.  SEE ALSO: Trumps offends family of another fallen soldier, and this time a $25,000 check …

    October 24, 2017 | by Raheel
  • Simple jack-o'-lantern may be the scariest pumpkin carving we've ever seen

    Forget the ghosts and ghouls, this simple pumpkin carving will terrify all who see it. Breaking away from the standard scary face carving, Redditor fordr015 decided to create a truly terrifying jack-o’-lantern that’s a little different than most.  “I carved the scariest pumpkin I could imagine,” they wrote on Reddit. SEE ALSO: This spray will …

    October 23, 2017 | by Raheel
  • Try not to cry as this couple celebrates their 80th wedding anniversary

    Warning: Get your Kleenex ready because this charming couple will bring you to tears.  Arthur and Marcia Jacobs are a centenarian couple (he’s 105 years old, she’s 100) who recently celebrated their 80th wedding anniversary. In this video from the couple’s grandson Gabe Jacobs, the pair holds hands on the eve of the big day. …

    October 23, 2017 | by Raheel
  • Absolutely no one believes Eric Bledsoe's salon excuse, but it makes for an A+ meme

    When Phoenix Suns’ point guard Eric Bledsoe got in trouble over a tweet, he tried to use a trip to the hair salon as an excuse. The team’s general manager didn’t buy it, but the internet ate it up, Photoshopping Bledsoe’s face into a salon chair and having at it with the hair jokes.  After …

    October 23, 2017 | by Raheel
  • Facebook downplays test banishing all Pages to buried Explore Feed

     Facebook has caused a 60-80 percent drop in referral traffic to news outlets in six countries due to a test that removed Page posts from the News Feed and relocated them to a separate, hard-to-find Explore Feed. But now Facebook’s VP of News Feed writes “We currently have no plans to roll this test out …

    October 23, 2017 | by Raheel
  • The internet is cracking up at George Bush having a middle school moment

    George Bush was seen cracking jokes and whispering with Obama during a fundraising event for hurricane relief Luckily, the middle school moment doesn’t seem to have hurt the former presidents’ efforts. So far, they have raised an estimated $31 million.  Read more… More about Mashable Video, Obama, Real Time, George Bush, and Real Time Video …

    October 23, 2017 | by Raheel
  • These THC-infused rolling papers will get you real high

    No weed? No problem.  Thanks to the recent cannabis legalization in some areas of the United States, we now have a plethora of pot products you couldn’t even dream up during prohibition. From concentrates and vapes, to edibles and lotions, it seems as if there’s weed put into just about everything, including rolling papers. Raw …

    October 23, 2017 | by Raheel
  • Amazon just added a new feature that could mean big things for restaurants

    Amazon is pushing further into restaurant orders. The online shopping giant said it will begin accepting takeout orders from within its flagship app in certain locations starting next month. The feature is made possible through an ongoing partnership with a payments startup called Clover, which will let diners pay for food through their existing Amazon …

    October 23, 2017 | by Raheel