If you’re one of the troves of people who — for some bizarre reason — wants to be among the blue-checked elite on Twitter, then good news: everyone’s favourite app for posting bad takes will be bringing back its verification process early next year.
Since March, the longest I’ve gone without running is six days. As temperatures rose this summer, my pace slowed from an average of about 10 minutes per 1.6 kilometre to 11-12 minutes. It’s not because I became a worse runner overnight. You can actually calculate by how much heat and…
There’s a cave in California, roughly an hour’s drive from Santa Barbara, whose ceiling features a prominent pinwheel-like drawing. Fascinating new research suggests this painting is not some drug-induced abstraction, but a literal representation of the very thing that makes psychedelic trips possible.
What if Dial M for Murder, but an eldritch horror shows up and beheads you?
Earlier this fall, Honda introduced the second generation of its N-One kei car. The new N-One went on sale in Japan this past weekend, and while it looks a whole lot like its predecessor, and most of the changes have been reserved for the interior, the sportiest RS version does…
Is someone working at the Northern Territory (NT) government responsible for editing the Wikipedia page for Hungry Jack’s to add “Pee pee poo poo yee haw im very cock a doodle do”? Maybe, but not likely. On Tuesday at 1.38PM AEDT, a Twitter account called Aussie Parl&Gov WikiEdits tweeted that…
Normally, I wouldn’t say that scraping your windshield is a life-endangering activity. In fact, I’d usually argue the opposite, since seeing where you are going while driving is often considered useful. But I don’t live in Vladivostok, where a recent ice storm has caused all kinds of problems, including concrete…
Expanding upon an existing feature that warns users who attempt to retweet content that has already been flagged as “misleading information,” Twitter will now issue the same warning when users attempt to like content that has been similarly designated.
In the early days of John Boyega’s post-Star Wars career, he almost immediately pivoted to using his platform and the extraordinary amount of focus on him to draw attention to the difficult, and often frustrating realities of being an actor of colour associated with the massively popular franchise. Beyond troll-y…
I’m sorry. Friendship with Giant Swords is over. Now, Meowscular Chef is my new best friend.
A rare copy of Super Mario Bros 3. just sold at auction for $US156,000, or $215,000 in Aussie dollars. This makes it the most expensive copy of a game ever sold worldwide. Super Mario Bros 3. breaks records The game was sold by Heritage Auctions last week, with the bidding…
A newly released indictment charges Apple’s Head of Global Security, Thomas Moyer, with for his alleged participation in a scheme to acquire concealed-carry gun permits for Apple’s security team in exchange for providing cops with iPads.
Flying sick was a bad choice. Your congested ears refuse to pop and now you’re stuck on a cross-country flight, cruising at 9000m of ear-splitting agony. Here’s how to fix it.
Since Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge only exists in two places on our planet, one might expect a VR experience based on it would just copy them, and give fans who can’t get to Disneyland or Walt Disney World a chance to visit Batuu right from the comfort of home. Star…
The China National Space Administration’s mission to bring chunks of the Moon back to Earth for the first time in decades will kick off this week, with the Chang’e-5 spacecraft slated to launch on today from Wenchang Space Launch Centre on Hainan Island.
Another Uber Eats delivery worker in Sydney died on Monday evening, local time, after his bike was hit by a truck, according to the Sydney Morning Herald. The unnamed man is the fifth death of an app-based delivery worker in Australia over the past two months, prompting questions about the…
This is some Injustice-arse gear, and we’re here for it.
Smart lights are the easiest, most affordable entryway into the smart home. In terms of convenience, scheduling your lights is one of the biggest perks, especially if you’ve got a set routine, your hands are tied, or you are going away for a few days. This is why it was…
On Monday, researchers in the UK became the latest to announce promising results from their experimental vaccine candidate against covid-19. In the data seen so far, the vaccine appeared to be at least 70% effective at preventing infection from the coronavirus, though it may be up to 90% effective with…
Netflix’s campaign to make you watch all the European sci-fi seems to be on another winner with our first, intense look at Equinox. Turns out, parallel universes: not great!
Scott Cawthon has high hopes for the film adaptation of Five Nights at Freddy’s. Margot Robbie confirms her Tank Girl movie is on hold. Thor: Love and Thunder could feel like the next Avengers movie thanks to its cast. China-Anne McClain discusses the end of Black Lightning. Plus, what’s to…
What’s more appealing: a $US110 ($151 AUD) fine for expired plates or spending $US120 ($164 AUD) per year on renewing your plates when you’ve been getting by just fine without it? One Toronto driver has opted for the former, making it by for 30 years without renewing his plates.
If you’ve ever travelled through Katoomba’s Scenic World, you might have come across a skeletal behemoth long since rusted away.
The Go SMS Pro texting app has over 100 million installations from the Google Play Store, but popularity doesn’t matter: You need to stop using it and delete it from your phone now. Cybersecurity firm Trustwave recently discovered a major security loophole in the app that makes all photos, videos,…
Outgoing U.S. President Donald Trump is set to receive a rude awakening on Jan. 20, 2021 on his favourite social media platform: Twitter. That day, Trump will no longer see a picture of himself on the popular @POTUS account — the official presidential Twitter account, although Trump prefers to use…
It’s been the week for digital telco launches here in Australia. After TPG officially unveiled its carbon-neutral Felix brand on Tuesday, Optus has followed suit with Gomo. Gomo mobile plan Just like Felix, Gomo has just one plan. But that’s where the similarities stop. Not only is Optus’ offering cheaper,…
Rumour alert! According to a new report Apple might be dropping support for a few older iPhone models next year when iOS 15 releases. According to The Verifier, iOS 15 will drop support for the iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus and the original iPhone SE. We’re still a fair way…
Imagine an alternate universe where the Star Wars movies were released in chronological order – where Episodes I to III were the original, beloved trilogy. How would the internet have reacted to the film that followed?
Yesterday brought the tragic news that the famous 304.80 m radio dish at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico will have to be demolished after the failure of two support cables. It’s the end of an era, but a good excuse to revisit some of the most important scientific contributions…
So far, we don’t know too much about Stranger Things season four, other than the fact that Hopper is really, really far away from Hawkins thanks to the events of season three. But some exciting casting news announced today sheds a little more light on what to expect — and…
Hot off the news that Black Lightning’s reformed assassin Painkiller may star in his own spinoff series, the CW’s just announced that Black Lightning itself is coming to an abrupt end.
Star Wars is definitely not hard sci-fi. It’s, as generally understood, very soft. But according to this video, it’s a bit less soft than you might think.
Workers that make Teslas during the coronavirus pandemic are now apparently considered “essential” in the state of California, which has reported an average of 10,981 new covid-19 infections per day in the last week. This means that Tesla’s workers will not be affected by the state’s new limited stay-at-home order,…
