Monthly Archives: November 2020
Here’s the deal with those Instagram DM updates you might have gotten
Instagram made some big changes recently. It replaced the “new post” button on the home screen with a link to its TikTok clone Reels. And, in an affront to everyone’s muscle memory, it swapped out the notifications tab for a link to…shopping. There’s another change that you might have overlooked. The paper airplane icon for […]
Space Karen is the burn Elon Musk deserves after his COVID-19 tweets
Elon Musk would like to speak with the coronavirus test manager. The SpaceX CEO delivered another problematic Twitter thread this weekend, this time with a series of uninformed statements about the accuracy of COVID-19 diagnostic tests. The billionaire questioned how it was possible that he had gotten two negative and two positive results from four […]
The real story behind the Queen's intruder on Netflix's 'The Crown'
Season 4 of The Crown takes place over most of the 1980s, one of the royal’s family’s more eventful decades. Marriages, assassinations, wars, and the Thatcher years are crammed into just ten episodes, but the midpoint of the season takes a moment to reflect on one of the stranger incidents of the era — Michael […]
Save up to 90% on an electric toothbrush in this early Black Friday sale
An electric toothbrush may have once been quite the investment, but that’s no longer the case. These gadgets can do wonders for your oral health and are more affordable than ever — especially during this early Black Friday sale. Using the coupon code SAVE15NOV, you can knock an extra 15% off the sale price of […]
The Elvie breast pump is a good product that you might not need right now
To review the list of places I’ve used the Elvie pump is to catalog the activities I used to do in the Before Times: Go to the office and stay there all day, meet friends at bars, see movies in theaters, travel to visit family for holidays. The pump made those things easier and more […]
Miles Morales' apartment in the new PS5 'Spider-Man' game is weird as hell
Seriously, what is going on with Miles Morales’ apartment? The star of the latest Spider-Man adventure from Insomniac Games lives with his mother Rio in the Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan. You visit their shared home a few times over the course of the story, and it looks like a totally normal living space at first […]
Google's virtual reality Expeditions app is going away, but it's not bad news
There’s a long history of Google pulling the plug on products that aren’t working. But that’s not what’s happening with Expeditions. The virtual reality project that was announced in 2015 had only good intentions. It was conceived as a way to let educators take students on virtual field trips to places that would otherwise, for […]
How to change your Google Meet background, and why you should
The pandemic is coming for your privacy, but there are small ways to fight back. If you’re fortunate enough to have a work-from-home gig, then there’s a decent chance you’re stuck in a never-ending bootloop of video calls for the foreseeable future. For many people, this directly translates into giving bosses, coworkers, clients, or complete […]
Keegan-Michael Key, Phylicia Rashad, and Anika Noni Rose on representation in holiday films
The Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey stars discuss what sets their Netflix film apart from other holiday films, and why holiday film representation is so necessary and overdue. Read more… More about Netflix, Christmas, Mashable Video, Jingle, and Keegan Michael Key
Instantly turn this camera strap into a tripod…and vice versa — Future Blink
Ever needed a tripod and a camera strap? Look no further than the “Conda strap.” With flexible arms that can tighten or loosen, the strap turns into either photography tool at a moment’s notice. Read more… More about Mashable Video, Tripod, Camera, Camera Accessory, and Camera Equipment