Monthly Archives: February 2017
Kim Kardashian would love the BlackBerry KEYone
It’s no secret Kim Kardashian West loves her BlackBerry and nearly lost her goddamn mind last year when her last BlackBerry Bold died and she couldn’t find any more on eBay. Well, Kim, I hope you’re reading this because everything is going to be OK again once the new QWERTY keyboard-equipped BlackBerry KEYone comes out […]
LG claims the battery on its X Power2 phone lasts the whole weekend
Frustrated with smartphone batteries that last only half a day? LG’s new smartphone, the company claims, is a whole-weekend piece of hardware. The LG X Power2 — a new product in the company’s “specialist” line — has a monstrous 4,500 mAh battery, which allows for 15 hours of video playback or 18 hours of web […]
Alpine skiing: Vonn crashes in Crans Montana super-G
(Reuters) – American former Olympic downhill champion Lindsey Vonn suffered a crash in Saturday’s super-G World Cup race in the Swiss resort of Crans Montana but escaped serious injury.
First planned North Korea-U.S. contact in Trump administration canceled: WSJ
SEOUL (Reuters) – Plans for the first contact between North Korea and the United States after President Donald Trump took office were canceled after the U.S. State Department denied a visa for the top envoy from Pyongyang, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday.
Democrats to pick chairman to lead party against Trump, Republicans
ATLANTA (Reuters) – After a brutal election loss in November, Democrats will choose a new leader on Saturday to begin the daunting task of rebuilding the party and heading the political opposition to Republican President Donald Trump.
SoFi raises $500 million to expand beyond student loans
Student loans make for big business, but the rest of finance is even bigger. SoFi, the company that started by refinancing student loans, will raise a whopping $500 million, it announced on Friday. The Series F funding round values SoFi at $4.3 billion and brings the company’s total equity funding to $1.9 billionBloomberg and the […]
Why you need to binge-watch Carrie Fisher's final TV show immediately
Carrie Fisher might be best remembered for her role as Princess — and later General — Leia. But her final, wildly outspoken TV role is a reminder of all the reasons why we love her. Two months after her death, Carrie Fisher will return to screens for her TV swan song in Channel 4’s hit […]
Creepy new browser-tracking technique means there's nowhere left for you to hide
These days, everyone on the internet already knows if you’re a dog. Thanks to a newly developed tracking technique, they may soon know even more. Pennsylvania-based computer science professor Yinzhi Cao just unveiled a method that IEEE Spectrum reports makes “fingerprinting” across multiple web browsers possible — with a striking degree of accuracy. That means […]
Wireless Apple CarPlay will finally come to more cars
Apple’s CarPlay in-vehicle infotainment system has been around since 2014 — and since then, it’s been tethered to car dashboards by a Lightning connection like any another anonymous AUX cord. It’s not for any lack of trying on Apple’s part — the company announced an update for wireless CarPlay almost two years ago at […]
These badass women exercising to Maya Angelou's poetry is all the inspiration you need today
If you’ve been searching in vain for motivation to exercise, stop right now. This video has everything you need: a scorching soundtrack, the legendary poet Maya Angelou and a motley crew of fierce women slaying it in their respective sports. The one-and-a-half minute clip is the latest installment of the UK “This Girl Can” campaign. […]