Monthly Archives: October 2020
15 must-watch Netflix titles celebrating feminism and gender equality
Welcome to the quintessential streaming guide for Netflix-subscribed ladies! No, this isn’t a list of movies and TV shows inexplicably painted pink and sold at a higher price point, symbolizing a global prejudice that’s oppressed half of the human population for centuries. Don’t be silly! This is a list comprised solely of the essential building […]
Nokia wins NASA contract to put a 4G network on the moon. Yes, really.
Soon, astronauts on moon missions won’t have any excuse for not answering their texts. NASA has awarded Nokia of America $14.1 million to deploy a cellular network on the moon. The freaking moon. The grant is part of $370 million worth of contracts signed under NASA’s “Tipping Point” selections, meant to advance research and development […]
The scene at every iPhone release to date, in photos
“Every once in a while, a revolutionary product comes along that changes everything.” With those words, Steve Jobs introduced the iPhone to the world in 2007. And in the nearly 14 years since, he’s been proven right. iPhone releases have occurred every year since 2007, though – especially in this year of the coronavirus pandemic […]
13 essential movies about the fight for women's equality
The modern feminist movement isn’t an ambiguous, shapeless mist that has acted of its own volition over decades. It’s made up of people. Women and their allies, whose courage, determination, and will to resist, organise, research, demonstrate, and outright demand the right to equality and justice can’t truly be captured in a couple of hours. […]
Twitter updates policy on sharing hacked data after 'NY Post' mess
The disputed New York Post story about Democratic nominee Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, may be a dud, but that doesn’t mean it didn’t hit Twitter hard. Twitter’s decision Wednesday to prevent users from tweeting and direct messaging the URL to a controversial story about the former vice president’s son forced an apparent reckoning at […]
What Americans asked Google about the election this week
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Netflix's 'The Trial of the Chicago 7' can't resist a glossy Hollywood ending
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Twitter goes down, and it's probably for the best
Twitter finally struck a blow against doomscrolling. Everyone’s favorite time suck went down Thursday afternoon, preventing — at least at the time of this writing — its users both from tweeting and from reading about how the world is crumbling around themAccording to Downdetector, which is owned by Mashable parent company Ziff Davis, reports of […]
Unknown song stuck in your head? Hum it to Google.
If you’ve ever had a song stuck in your head but didn’t know the words or the artist, you know it can be an all-consuming mission to name that tune. You’re hard-pressed to search for it when all you know is the chorus goes something like, “Hmmm, hmm, hmm-hmmm, dunnnn…” Yeah, that’s not searchable. But […]
Aaron Sorkin and Jeremy Strong talk method acting and fart machines
Filmmaker Aaron Sorkin and actor Jeremy Strong share stories of method acting behind the scenes on Netflix’s “The Trial of the Chicago 7.” Read more… More about Netflix, Mashable Video, Sacha Baron Cohen, Aaron Sorkin, and Jeremy Strong