Imagine you’re Edward Snowden with a Facebook profile. You text an ace reporter at the Guardian and have a new bit of information to share: you totally found a great new coffee place in the heart of Moscow where the CIA can’t poison you with thallium. How do you send that news securely
Chrome has a new compression algorithm that should soon add some pep to your browsing, Apple caters to musicians with some new apps today, Yik Yak launches on the web, and more.Read more...
If your family's renditions of "Happy Birthday" are getting a little tired, you may want to invite this dog to your next birthday gathering. Nothing says, "You're another year older!" like droning experimental harmony. And since this pup doesn't abide by the traditional laws of music, he gets to finish
Following smartphone teasers from LG, and Samsung, Lenovo decided it doesn't want to be left behind. On Friday, a company Twitter account posted a teaser image of an upcoming smartphone, scheduled to be launched at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, which kicks off Monday, Feb. 22. The
Book award season is upon us! On Tuesday, PEN America announced the books shortlisted for the 2016 PEN Literary Awards. The ceremony honors the best in new literature, highlighting fiction, non-fiction, poetry and translation. See also: Roxane Gay's PEN USA Freedom to Write speech is empowering and
Need a last minute gift for your one and only that shows how much you care? Give them the gift of relaxation. These DIY fizzy bath bombs are easy to make and beat a box of candy hearts from the drug store any day.Read more...
If you have a hard time shutting down at the end of the day, you’re not alone. Most of us have a habit of letting the workday linger. To keep this from happening, assign a specific place and time for your unfinished business.Read more...
A speech by a veteran Australian journalist has gone viral after being hailed as a powerful moment of reckoning for Australia's treatment of its Indigenous people. Stan Grant, a Wiradjuri man, gave the address at an IQ2 debate series held by the Ethics Centre in Sydney that questioned whether racism
A drone came within 5 meters (16 feet) of a potentially catastrophic collision with an Air France jet landing at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport in the closest encounter yet between one of the remotely operated devices and a civil airliner. The Airbus Group SE A320, which can carry 150 people, was arriving
