Catie Keck
It’s tough to remember a time before true wireless earbuds were everywhere, but just five years ago, they were barely on anyone’s radar. They were often oversized, suffered from pitiful battery life and frequent connectivity issues, and were expensive to boot. But now wireless earbuds have become one of the…
Every night, without fail, a woman must fight off the same mysterious maniac who comes to her house and tries to kill her. That’s the premise for time-loop chiller Lucky — presumably the title is ironic — a mind-bending new horror movie from director Natasha Kermani (Imitation Girl) that’s coming…
And if anyone would know, it’s Frodo, right?
An international team of scientists has sequenced DNA from mammoth teeth that is at least a million years old, if not older. This research, published today in Nature, not only provides exciting new insight into mammoth evolutionary history, it reveals an entirely unknown lineage of ancient mammoth.
The Game Boy Camera might have been my first foray into digital photography, but my first real digital camera — the one that taught me the basics of photography and digital post-processing — was also one of the first true prosumer digital cameras to hit the market in 2000: the…
We know the Glickenhaus Boot as a gnarly off-roader, and now Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus says it will follow up that desert-buster with a fuel-cell version called the Zero Emission Boot. It’s such a terrible idea that it actually ends up being kind of awesome.
iOS 15 is due to be released on iPhone and iPad later this year. Here’s everything we know about the new operating system so far.
If you know anything about headphones, you’ll know that Bose’s QuietComfort 35 II over ear cans are one of the most well regarded noise cancelling headphones on the market. Their usual RRP of $499.95 might seem a bit rich for some, so being able to pick them up for a…
An Android app used by a significant chunk of the global population also has glaring security flaws that would allow a savvy hacker to steal a user’s data or even hijack the app’s operations using arbitrary code.
The Realme 7 5G is a great phone that packs in a bunch of useful features with minimal sacrifices.
Mercedes and BMW have an annual contest in the U.S. in which they try to best each other in sales, because Cadillac is a sadness and the Germans — including Audi — have been on top for years now, in addition to Lexus. But it’s true also that Tesla is…
The deadly viral disease Ebola has once again surfaced in Africa, and health officials are rushing out vaccines and other measures to stop its spread. As of Tuesday, there have been at least 11 cases and seven deaths in two countries, including Guinea, which had a massive outbreak in 2013…
In 1897, Cambridge students lined the streets to protest a vote that would grant women the right to earn a degree at their prestigious all-male university. The budding shitheads of the turn of the century launched rockets, threw eggs and hanged an effigy of the powerful “New Woman” from a…
Spider-Man 3 recruits a Succession alum. John Carpenter ponders a sequel to The Fog. Kong goes bananas in more Godzilla vs. Kong footage. Truth Seekers is no more. Plus, what’s next on Resident Alien and Snowpiercer. Spoilers, away!
On Tuesday, Biotech company Bluebird suspended its trials of gene therapy as a treatment for blood-related disorders over concerns of a possible increased risk of cancer. The company cited the recent discovery of two patients given the experimental treatment who developed a form of blood cancer, along with a similar case…
Scientists have captured the highest-resolution images ever taken of DNA, revealing previously unseen twisting and squirming behaviours.
In The Nightmare Before Christmas, Sally’s story is one of defying the restrictions placed on her, rebelling against Dr. Finkelstein to gain some semblance of freedom as she navigates her growing feelings for Jack. But what came after that kiss on Spiral Hill? Disney Publishing’s first foray into Halloween Town…
Texas is really going through it right now. More than four million people are still without power in Texas Tuesday morning after a serious winter storm jacked up energy prices across the U.S. and froze key infrastructure in the state. Like clockwork, reports of frozen wind turbines in Texas have…
If you like using the iPad to work on the go, there’s good news. Microsoft’s updated its mobile Office app and it’s finally optimised for the iPad.
When we reviewed the PocketBook Colour last year, we loved the device and the fact that true e-readers could finally display colour, but its six-inch screen made it hard to use for reading comic books and magazines which work much better on tablets. The new PocketBook InkPad Colour tries to…
The European consumer advocacy group BEUC filed a complaint against TikTok on Tuesday, including allegations the Chinese-based social media platform isn’t been transparent about why it needs to collect some data on users. The complaint also claims TikTok is deploying “hidden advertising” aimed at children, according to the group’s press…
A hand-written job application filled out by Steve Jobs is up for auction again, if that’s what floats your boat.
Apple Fitness+ streams a range of affordable workouts right to your home and it makes for a compelling alternative to the gym.
I am a retired United States Air Force pilot and flight instructor, and a few years ago I was sitting in the cockpit of a Boeing 747 aeroplane. I was 29,000 feet in the sky, flying from New Jersey to Sacramento, California, and then to Hawaii. It took six hours…
Owners of electric vehicles don’t drive as much as other car owners, a new study from the University of Chicago, University of California, Davis, and UC Berkeley posits. In fact, the average EV owner hasn’t quite met the expected metrics anywhere along the road, both in terms of mileage and…
Need a quick brain break? We’ve got five short films that’ll transport you out of whatever winter funk you’re currently stewing in, and show you the very human perils of outer space and social media — as well as some more-than-human tales involving superpowers and the supernatural.
Look at the swell little wagon in the photo above. Wood grain, a four-speed manual transmission, an efficient-ish four-cylinder engine sending power to the rear wheels — it’s a nice car that you probably don’t know about: The Pontiac Astre. Here’s what you need to know about it. And yes,…
Let’s face it. We’re all old. Even if that’s not technically true, there’s always something a person can say or do to make you feel that way. For us, one of those things is when we realise a movie we feel an affinity for is way older than we remember…
WandaVision is inherently a show about tension. As we barrel towards its conclusion, we’re watching Wanda Maximoff’s grip on the reality she’s created for herself and her synthezoid husband in Westview, New Jersey. As mysteries spool out on top of mysteries and secrets unravel, there’s a dread inevitability to it…
France is reportedly lobbying hard in favour of granting individual European Union member states more power to punish Big Tech when it starts acting a fool.
I’m writing this on a Tuesday, at 2:26 p.m. Minutes ago, it was 9 a.m., or so it feels; back then, I was enjoying the delusion, refreshed each morning, that I’d accomplish what I needed to do today. I still might — there are hours left in the workday —…
In 1631 a typo in a bible caused the majority of copies to be destroyed. It’s often referred to as the Wicked Bible and this is why.
There are signs the waiting could be over. It seems like Google has finally decided to start updating its major iOS apps. The company released an update for YouTube this weekend, more than two months after its last update.
