Why senator's confused 'finsta' rant is a gift to Facebook executives
Sen. Richard Blumenthal doesn’t understand what a finsta is. Facebook should be delighted. The senator from Connecticut displayed his ignorance of the slang term during a Thursday hearing designed to hold Facebook officials to account after the Wall Street Journal published a bombshell series of articles based on leaked internal company documents. Sen. Blumenthal’s misunderstanding […]
12 of the best Squarespace templates for artists, painters, and creative types
There is a point that comes in the career of almost every artist: you’ve made all these works and feel like you are not doing enough to show them off. A strong website is an essential part of marketing yourself as a creator and, with templates that allow you to drag together different website elements […]
Best Squarespace templates for mobile websites
If you ever had to pinch-and-zoom your way around a website, trying to press microscopic buttons just to get to the next page, then you probably know how important it is that your website can adapt to the small screen. Squarespace is a website design and hosting platform that ensures that every one of its […]
Tackle your horror movie list with Sony's bang-for-your-buck OLED TV on sale
Save $500: As of Sept. 30, the 65-inch model of Sony’s A80J 4K OLED TV is 22% off at Amazon, dropping it to a record-low price of $1,798. There are two groups of shoppers with their eye on an OLED TV: OLED veterans and those shopping for baby’s first OLED. Sony’s not-top-tier-but-still-great OLED model, the […]
Get Sennheiser’s PXC 550-II wireless noise-canceling headphones cheaper than AirPods Pro
Save $190: As of Sept. 30, the impressive Sennheiser PXC 550-II wireless headphones are on sale for $159.95, down from $349.95. That’s a 54% savings. Good pairs of wireless noise-canceling headphones typically cost $300 or more, and the Sennheiser PXC 550-II headphones are no exception. But, every once and a while, there comes a deal […]
Congress slams Facebook over Instagram's effects on kids' mental health at hearing
“InstaGREED.” That’s what U.S. Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) claimed the IG in Instagram really stood for at a Congressional hearing on Facebook’s effects on children’s mental health. The Senate Subcommittee on Consumer Protection grilled Facebook’s global head of safety, Antigone Davis, on Thursday over the company’s own research. The documents were leaked to the Wall […]
The tech you need for truly hands-free cleaning
There are enough high-tech robotic cleaners on the market right now that no busy human needs to be vacuuming or mopping in 2021 — especially if your domicile doubles as your office. While they all promise to zoom around and clean your floors without any snags, how many really deliver on their glossy selling points […]
How to create a custom emoji in Slack
Want to spice up your Slack channels with some custom emojis? We’ve got you covered. Adding a custom emoji to Slack is an easy process that makes your virtual workplace that much more fun. If you were to do a cost-benefit analysis of adding a custom emoji to Slack, the benefits would be off the […]
Watch this robot chameleon change color instantly
A team of researchers in South Korea have developed a novel type of artificial skin that changes colors according to temperature shifts. It’s the first device of its kind to change color based on its surroundings, opening new doors to how we design our clothes.
The best cheap web hosting services to help you claim a spot on the web
We’re feeling a little philosophical, so riddle us this: If a tree falls in the woods, does anyone hear it? And if you don’t have your own website in the ever-crowded wilderness of the world wide web, do you really even exist? Well, yeah. The answer is obviously yes to both. But, just like that […]