Virgin Mobile will be the first iPhone-only carrier with a bonkers $1 unlimited plan
Virgin Mobile will be the first iPhone-only carrier with a bonkers $1 unlimited plan
Virgin Mobile USA has taken iPhone fever to the next level. Sir Richard Branson broke the news that Virgin Mobile will become the first iPhone-only mobile carrier as part of a new deal with Apple. Virgin’s services will be available for purchase in Apple Stores, and the carrier’s online store will offer new and “pre-loved” […]
One major question remains for Uber: Why is its head of HR still there?
When serious questions first began to emerge about Uber’s culture, Liane Hornsey didn’t see a problem. The chief of human resources for the company, the person who is supposed to be the top representative for Uber employees, just wasn’t worried, and she didn’t see what former Uber engineer Susan Fowler described in her viral blog […]
Ryan O'Callaghan's poignant story of being gay in the NFL
Former NFL lineman Ryan O’Callaghan came out as gay in a wrenching, poignant story posted online Tuesday. The former New England Patriot and Kansas City Chief says he was planning to kill himself when his NFL career ended, after spending years hiding his sexuality from the world while playing a macho, brutal sport. SEE ALSO: […]
Wonder Woman was paid the same as Superman — please don't ruin this moment
Gal Gadot will not be attending this bogus internet pity party. The real-life Wonder Woman is enjoying time with her husband and 3-month-old daughter after wrapping Justice League and a grueling global press tour for the sensationally successful Wonder Woman. No small part of that win: Its worldwide box office, now at $574 million, a […]
56 new emoji are here—but iPhone users will have to wait
Good news, emoji fans: 56 new characters are officially ready to make their debut. But that doesn’t mean the wait is over just yet, as it will take some time before companies will make the update available. Unicode, the organization that oversees the creation of new emoji, released the latest version of its Unicode Standard, […]
Ditch your keyboard in 20 languages with Microsoft's new dictation app
AI assistants like Siri and Cortana are making voice commands the go-to way we interact with our speakers and smartphones, but on our computers, most of us are still chained to the keyboard. Microsoft, which is in the midst of a major push to put AI in just about everything, wants to break PC users […]
Mad about the tampon tax? Try a subscription box
Despite surges of activism around the issue, the tampon tax is alive and well. The sales tax on sanitary products—a tax that isn’t applied to many kinds of condoms or any products that mostly men use—was upheld in Australia this week. In the United States, sales tax is still applied to feminine hygiene products in […]
Pipeline problem? This tech company says 'No excuses' with a transparent diversity report
Silicon Valley is known for being white and male. Square isn’t different. It is, however, different in how it’s talking about addressing that issue. The payments company, led by Twitter cofounder Jack Dorsey, released its first-ever diversity report Tuesday that justified the same-old narrative, with numbers. Overall, 63.3 percent of the company is male and […]
This video of a man polishing a rusty knife honestly deserves to rule the internet
The #1 video on YouTube right now is “Polishing a Rusty Knife,” uploaded by Japanese YouTuber Jun on Monday. I’ll cut right to it — this is a great video, and it deserves this honor. First of all, the narrative arc here is extremely satisfying. As Jun explains, he purchased the rusty knife for $3 […]
Yes, Carrie Fisher would have wanted us to know about the drugs
There’s a wonderful sight gag in Postcards from the Edge, the movie based on the novel based on Carrie Fisher’s life. The Fisher character, just released from drug rehab, is in the kitchen having an argument with her mother. Personifying her cleaner-than-thou attitude, the mother is making herself a smoothie, filling the blender with the […]