Monthly Archives: February 2017
After anti-Trump protests, the president's fans organize their own rallies
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump are holding rallies in towns and cities across the country on Monday, partly as a rebuttal to waves of anti-Trump protests that have taken place since the Republican’s election last November.
India's financial capital is also its richest city and home to its wealthiest man
Mumbai, India’s financial capital and also home to its richest man, is the country’s wealthiest city ahead of national capital Delhi and the IT city of Bangalore — also known as India’s Silicon Valley. SEE ALSO: Mumbai gets India’s largest free public Wi-Fi network According to the New World Wealth report, Mumbai is home to […]
Meryl Streep's hilarious reaction to that Oscars mix-up is the perfect meme for 2017
There have been many reactions to what will go down in history as the biggest screw-up in Oscars history — but nothing can even remotely beat Meryl Streep’s face in the audience. SEE ALSO: Oscars 2017: Full winners list Just look at her: Meryl Streep: still acting the most, even in a real life crisis […]
Sony's Xperia XZ Premium is the world's first phone with a 4K HDR screen
The word overkill doesn’t seem to be in Sony’s vocabulary. A year and a half after introducing the Xperia Z5 Premium, the world’s first and only smartphone with a 4K display, Sony’s now one-upped itself with the Xperia XZ Premium, the world’s first phone with a 4K HDR screen. The display’s not the only thing […]
I can't believe how much I love this Samsung stylus that looks like a Staedtler pencil
I never thought I’d say this in a million years, but Samsung made a stylus I actually want. Alongside announcements for its new Galaxy Tab S3 and Galaxy Book tablets that come with the most advanced S Pen Samsung’s ever made, the company surprised everyone with a special edition Staedtler-branded S Pen that resembles the […]
Fujifilm under fire for sexist camera demo featuring topless female model
Fujifilm UK is facing criticism for featuring a topless female model in a demonstration of its new camera, the medium format GFX 50s. SEE ALSO: Fujifilm unveils trio of powerful, retro cameras with built-in Wi-Fi Photographer Danny North — who attended the demo of the £6,000 ($7,445) camera — took to Twitter to express his […]
This may hurt, says Hamilton as F1 gets back on track
BARCELONA (Reuters) – Triple world champion Lewis Hamilton is expecting to feel the pain, no matter how much he has worked out over the winter break, when Formula One’s first pre-season test starts on Monday.
Aggressive cuts to Obama-era green rules to start soon: EPA head
(Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration will begin rolling back Obama-era environmental regulations in an “aggressive way” as soon as next week, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency said on Saturday – adding he understood why some Americans want to see his agency eliminated completely.
Everyone is having a field day with news that Trump is skipping the Correspondents' Dinner
President Donald Trump tweeted on Saturday that he won’t attend this year’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner for, uh, no reason. Maybe the White House foresaw that Trump’s skills might not lie in his comedy routines? Maybe Trump remembered how the last few dinners that mentioned him went? Or maybe he wanted to be the one […]
Perfect 6-for-6 sweep: 'Moonlight' walks through the Indie Spirits
In the beginning, there was Moonlight. At the end, there was also Moonlight. Writer/director Barry Jenkins’ deeply resonant cinematic tryptich of a young Miami man’s life won all six Independent Spirit Awards for which it was nominated Saturday — including the first award given away, and the last — a triumphant result for the film […]