Apple’s iPod was a big leap for music portability when it was initially unveiled, the company’s first mp3 player having been capable of holding around 1,000 songs at once. However, the iPod wasn’t always so pocket-sized and easy to carry around. Apparently it was once the size of a grocery […]
James Michael Tyler, beloved Central Perk manager Gunther on ‘Friends’, is dead at 59
I tried the viral TikTok adjustable buttons and they actually work pretty well
Apple’s latest MacBooks Pro will be backordered until at least December
Marine Vet Foils Arizona Robbery by Grabbing Suspect’s Gun
The Shah’s Nuclear Bomb as a Western Asset: How America Supported Iran’s WMD Program
Since the mid 1980s the possibility of Iran developing a nuclear weapons capability has been a significant concern in the Western world, and one which has only grown with time as the country’s economy and defence sector have modernised and as it acquired a growing number of potentially nuclear capable […]
Facebook’s international misinformation problem is even bigger than it is in the U.S.
New information from internal Facebook documents reveals that the social media company’s misinformation reaches much further than the United States. The documents, dubbed The Facebook Papers and gathered by whistleblower Frances Haugen, demonstrate Facebook’s lack of resources and social awareness in countries like India, Myanmar, and Sri Lanka, leading to […]
An interview with Annie Rauwerda, the queen of the Wikipedia rabbit hole
Welcome to Small Talk, a series where we catch up with the internet’s favorite Extremely Online individuals offline. Annie Rauwerda is committed to the quest for useless knowledge. In April 2020, the 21-year-old University of Michigan student created the @depthsofwikipedia Instagram account. For those unfamiliar with the intriguing online space, […]
An Apple Watch Series 7 teardown from iFixit tries to explain the delayed release
Kenan Thompson’s perfect ‘SNL’ game show returns to waste Oscar Isaac’s time
No one wastes the time of famous people better than Kenan Thompson. The occasion of Jason Sudeikis hosting Saturday Night Live created an opportunity to bring back the classic sketch, “What’s Up With That?” The Kenan Thompson-hosted… game show? Celebrity interview show? Honestly, it’s not clear what the purpose is, […]