Browsing Category: Tech News

  • The first photo from NASA's planet-hunting TESS satellite is full of so many stars

    A new NASA telescope, sailing toward its assigned orbit, took a moment to look around before it starts its ultimate mission: searching the galaxy for alien planets.  NASA’s TESS spacecraft — short for Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite — beamed home one of its first photos taken from space, and it’s a doozy.  SEE ALSO: Here’s …

    May 18, 2018 | by Raheel

  • We put the weirdest Disney Channel movies in a bracket

    This post is part of Mashable’s You’re Old Week. Break through the haze of nostalgia with us and see what holds up, what disappoints, and what got better with time. If you had a cable plan in the ’90s or early 2000s, then there was a point at which you stumbled upon your first Disney …

    May 18, 2018 | by Raheel

  • The 15 best and most bizarre Disney Channel Original Movies

    This post is part of Mashable’s You’re Old Week. Break through the haze of nostalgia with us and see what holds up, what disappoints, and what got better with time. If you want to watch a young millennial get real nostalgic real fast, simply say the following four words: Disney Channel Original Movie. Since the …

    May 18, 2018 | by Raheel

  • Apple may open a campus in North Carolina, home of harsh anti-LGBTQ laws

    As far as corporate allyship goes, Apple has been one of the most consistent friends to the LGBTQ community.  Some advocates fear that may be shifting since Apple is reportedly now considering opening a campus in North Carolina, home to some of the region’s toughest anti-LGBTQ laws. While some believe that Apple’s move could bring …

    May 18, 2018 | by Raheel

  • Android users receive creepy ‘Superuser’ Facebook request for full access to their devices

    Facebook wants all your data, and, when it comes to Android users, it’s not afraid to ask for it.  Several users of the social media service posted on Twitter early Friday morning to report that their Android Facebook apps were requesting “superuser access” to their devices. That’s right, Facebook apparently wants “full access” to the …

    May 18, 2018 | by Raheel

  • T'Challa takes on Killmonger in LEGO 'Black Panther' short (exclusive)

    T’Challa and Killmonger had a memorable face off in Black Panther, but they get another chance in this LEGO and Disney’s Trouble in Wakanda. A fight in a parking lot leads them to Doctor Strange’s Sanctum Sanctorum, giving us a fun Avengers team up that Infinity War couldn’t. SEE ALSO: The ‘Avengers’ films might go …

    May 18, 2018 | by Raheel

  • How a bunch of high school students are using VR to help kids with autism

    Virtual reality may finally be having a moment, at least for one community. A group of students from Kent Career Technical Center in Grand Rapids, Michigan, has created a VR experience that aims to help students with autism practice social interaction.  It’s far from a finished product, but was polished enough to make it to …

    May 18, 2018 | by Raheel

  • Florida student scores 124 free pairs of Crocs for a very comfy graduation ceremony

    There is perhaps no shoe as contentious as the Croc. Say what you want about the way they look (and yes, the company that makes Crocs is aware they’re not exactly beautiful), but there’s no denying that the shoe is comfortable and functional. SEE ALSO: At long last, we know the 4 words every girl …

    May 18, 2018 | by Raheel

  • Review: Vivo X21 is the future, but it came too soon

    Vivo X21 $567 View Product The Good First widely available phone with an under-the-display fingerprint sensor • Good camera performance The Bad Fingerprint sensor takes getting used to • Pricier than direct competitors The Bottom Line The Vivo X21 is the first of its kind, and most of the time its bleeding edge tech works …

    May 18, 2018 | by Raheel