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Facebook activates Safety Check for Nice after truck rams into parade
Facebook has activated its Safety Check feature for Nice, France, after a truck rammed into a crowd in the city during a Bastille Day parade, killing and injuring dozens. The Safety Check feature lets users notify others on Facebook that … Continue reading
ELLE’s Melissa Harris-Perry on magazine’s FKA Twigs cover: ‘Face. Palm.’
A week after ELLE released the cover for the magazine’s August 2016 cover, editor-at-large Melissa Harris-Perry penned a letter asking readers for their thoughts. “What do you see when you look at our August cover?” she wrote. At first glance, … Continue reading
You can already use the new emoji on Twitter
Twitter just gave its users an emoji-filled present. The company updated its site Thursday with support for the 72 new emoji characters part of the Unicode 9.0 update that rolled out in June. SEE ALSO: Bacon, avocado and selfie … Continue reading
World’s No. 1 doubles tennis player explains why questions on her ‘settling down’ are sexist
Indian tennis star and the world’s number one doubles player, Sania Mirza, has just released her autobiography Ace Against Odds. During a TV interview to publicise the book, she was asked about her plans for motherhood and ‘settling down’. SEE … Continue reading
From Raqqa to Norway: One Syrian refugee’s search for a new home
When the bus of 105 refugees first arrived in Ål, Norway, no one would eat. The meat wasn’t halal, and the volunteers who staffed the emergency asylum housing didn’t seem to understand Islamic dietary restrictions. For four days, everyone subsisted … Continue reading
#TBT: The ’90s Nintendo Game Boy was the O.G. ‘Pokémon Go’
Thought you caught ‘em all in the ’90s? Well, guess who’s back? Back again. (Actually don’t guess, unless you’ve been living under a rock.) With the rise of Pokémon Go, this week we take you back to the classic version … Continue reading
Facebook needs to come to grips with being in the news business
Facebook’s role as a distributor of the news is well established. Now, it’s becoming the place where news happens. Margaret Sullivan, media columnist for the Washington Post, doesn’t think the company is ready to take on that role. “I think … Continue reading
Japan’s dying tradition of women who freedive in the sea for a living
It may not be long before we cease to see Japan’s traditional female free divers, known as Ama, in the flesh. In Toba city, Ama forage for seafood like abalone, sea urchin and lobster, but their numbers are threatened by … Continue reading
From amateur to legend: The career of ‘Counter-Strike’ pro Markeloff
His infectious smile is gone as he walks out of the ELeague studio, carrying his keyboard, mouse and rolled-up mousepad across the hallway into FlipSid3 Tactics’ practice room. A black, zipped-up sweatshirt covers his dark-gray jersey with the name MARKELOFF … Continue reading
T-mobile will give customers unlimited data for playing ‘Pokémon Go’
If you’re a T-Mobile customer you will soon be able to play all the Pokémon Go you want and not a single megabyte used to do so will count towards your monthly data plan. Starting on July 19, T-Mobile is … Continue reading
