Browsing Category: Tech News

  • WhatsApp has unveiled its own emoji, so things might look a little strange

    If you’re a heavy WhatsApp user, get ready for its emoji to look a little different. Emojipedia says the latest Android beta of the popular messaging app shows a tweaked set of emoji for the first time. Until now, WhatsApp was always using Apple’s set of emoji. SEE ALSO: How dancing emoji hijacked your job …

    October 3, 2017 | by Raheel
  • Pesky koala gets itself stuck up drilling rig

    Koalas aren’t usually the most active of animals. But they are good climbers, as South Australian firefighters discovered when they found one perched on top of a drilling rig on a construction site in Adelaide early Tuesday morning. SEE ALSO: We pray that you enjoy, and are not instead disgusted by, this collection of cute …

    October 3, 2017 | by Raheel
  • Tesla built just 260 Model 3s in the last quarter

    The production of Tesla’s Model 3 isn’t going as planned.  The company sent out a press release Monday, detailing vehicle deliveries and production for the third quarter of 2017. And in that period — from July to September — the company built just 260 Model 3 cars.  SEE ALSO: Even Elon Musk’s mom needs to …

    October 3, 2017 | by Raheel
  • Watch Tom Petty's classic 'Free Fallin' tribute by Coldplay and R.E.M.'s Peter Buck

    Tributes are flowing for American rock ‘n’ roll everyman Tom Petty, who passed away at 66 on Monday night after suffering a cardiac arrest. One notable live tribute came from Coldplay, performing to thousands at The Moda Center in Portland, Oregon on Monday. After opening the show with a minute’s silence for Petty, Coldplay was …

    October 3, 2017 | by Raheel
  • Stephen Colbert on gun control after Las Vegas: 'Doing nothing is cowardice'

    On Monday night, Stephen Colbert opened The Late Show as much of his television compatriots did by addressing the shooting massacre in Las Vegas. And like his fellow talk show hosts, Colbert also called for something, anything to be done on gun control. SEE ALSO: Daily Show’s Trevor Noah gets real about gun control after …

    October 3, 2017 | by Raheel
  • NPR accidentally posts about a cat on its Facebook, now people want more of the cat

    Accidentally posting personal stuff onto a work page is every social media manager’s worst nightmare. This time, after the last few days, it came as a moment of relief. On Monday, an NPR staffer’s accidental Facebook post went viral, amassing more than 20,000 reactions at the time of writing. It concerned none other than a …

    October 3, 2017 | by Raheel
  • Here are the 10 Tom Petty songs you should listen to right now

    Tom Petty, who died Monday after being rushed to the hospital due to cardiac arrest, was an indisputable music legend. He had what is possibly the weirdest voice in rock n’ roll and that, combined with his musical prowess and lyrical skill, made him great.  Whether with Mudcrutch, Traveling Wilburys, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, …

    October 3, 2017 | by Raheel
  • Facebook's data-saving Messenger Lite finally rolls out to the rest of the world

    Exactly a year since it was first released, Facebook’s “lite” version of its Messenger app is now available for users in countries such as the U.S. and UK. Before this, the Android app was mainly available in about 100 developing markets, but now appears to be more broadly downloadable in countries including Singapore, where it …

    October 3, 2017 | by Raheel
  • Anti-homophobia ad shows why people should stop using the word "gay" as an expletive

    “If it’s not gay, it’s not gay.” The colloquially negative use of the word “gay” is getting a roasting in the first national ad campaign. “We chose to address something small that contributes to much larger issues — homophobia, biphobia and transphobia,” the group posted on Facebook on Monday. SEE ALSO: Australians continue tradition of …

    October 3, 2017 | by Raheel