These Were the Flying Hospitals of the Future in 1960
Do you need urgent medical care but are far away from a hospital? We’ll bring the hospital to you! At least, that was the futuristic idea...
How to Spot a Fake Trend
Ankle scarves! What a ridiculous trend! Twitter users are asking each other how something as dumb as “ankle scarves’ could be real. ” Well—and I’m afraid...
Once Upon a Book Club Is the Adorable Subscription Box Every Book-Lover Needs
I am seriously obsessed with reading. Nerdy as it sounds, I definitely have a mild addiction to books. And while reading gives me a new and exciting way...
A Year in Reading: Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Often it seems everything is terrible, but it is essential, I think, to remember the magic all around us. I recently did a talk in which...
How to Gift Music, Movies, and More from the iTunes Store
You’ve undoubtedly bought music, movies, TV shows, and audiobooks off of iTunes before, but it was likely for yourself. If you’re wanting to buy something from...
An inside look at Rivian’s EV ambitions from AI batteries to electric jet skis
For a CEO who insists his electric vehicle startup doesn’t want to be Tesla, Rivian founder RJ Scaringe can sound a lot like Elon Musk. Just...
WhatsApp has an encrypted child porn problem
WhatsApp chat groups are being used to spread illegal child pornography, cloaked by the app’s end-to-end encryption. Without the necessary number of human moderators, the disturbing...
App downloads across iOS & Google Play up 10% to 113B in 2018, consumer spend tops $76B
The app economy is continuing to grow, both in terms of app downloads and consumer spending. According to preliminary year-end data shared by App Annie, it’s...
FBI kicks some of the worst ‘DDoS for hire’ sites off the internet
The FBI has seized the domains of 15 high-profile distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) websites after a coordinated effort by law enforcement and several tech companies. Several seizure...
Australian Court Orders ISPs to Block 181 ‘Pirate’ Domains, Including Subtitle Sites
Copyright holders are increasingly demanding that ISPs should block access to pirate sites in order to protect their business. This is also the case in Australia,...
