The lack of women nominees for Best Director category at this year’s Academy Awards in February made waves, with Greta Gerwig’s (Little Women) perceived snub causing quite a bit of heartburn all around. It is true that only five women have ever been nominated and only one – Katheryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker) – has…
TSmart vending machines are common sights across Japan, a country where jidohanbaiki dispense everything from beer to sake and from batteries to magazines. Some of these machines are able to develop relationships with shoppers, and this is something that is clearly lacking in the United States, a market that is ripe for revolution in automated…
A week before Super Tuesday, presidential candidate Bernie Sanders may have thought he would be taking a victory lap in Vermont as a precursor to taking front-runner control of the Democratic Party. Instead, Joe Biden earned the moniker “the comeback kid” once so aptly applied to Bill Clinton way back in 1992. In a superior…
The use of artificial intelligence and facial recognition technology has sprung numerous debates related to privacy. In some countries, face recognition is used for mass surveillance purposes. Such is the case in China, where you cannot get a new SIM card for your smartphone unless your face is scanned. In the case of technology startup Clearview AI,…
If you’ve ever watched the 1995 Michael Crichton movie “Outbreak” it may have given you the shivers, but think how glad you must have been, safely tucked away on the couch as you watched people succumb to a viral attack on screen. Or perhaps you remember a more recent “viral” movie based on the 2003…
Apple has been developing a new version of its popular AirPods. The new version, called AirPod Pro Lite, will perhaps be cheaper and presumably “lighter” if not in weight, then in extra features perhaps such as noise cancelling and adaptive equalization. Reports on the new product are a curiosity and still quite scarce. Rumors only…
You might call it Harry Potter’s invisibility cloak, but it’s not. A “magical” shield that can make objects ‘vanish’ behind an innovative light-bending material has been created for the military. The developers, HyperStealth Biotechnology Corp, claim its new application is based on Quantum Stealth Technology – also known as the “Invisibility Cloak.” Yes. Potter is…
For the first time ever, all four major pageant titles are held by black women. On December 8th 2019,, Miss South Africa, Zozibini Tunzi was crowned Miss Universe. An accomplishment incredibly meaningful on its own for a host of reasons, it’s all the more remarkable as she joins Miss Teen USA Kaliegh Garris, Miss USA…
Lizzo looked “Good As Hell” as she ruled the runaway at the 2020 Grammys. Though the mood was rendered somber by the sudden death of NBA star Kobe Bryant earlier that day, the star oozed old school glamour in shimmering gold while dripping in $2 million worth of Lorraine Schwartz diamonds. Lizzo kept her makeup…
“No hyperbole here: Simone Biles is the greatest.” ESPN’s headline says it all. After an incredible performance this week at the FIG Gymnastics World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany, Biles became the most decorated competitor in world gymnastics championships history. After picking up gold medals for balance beam and floor exercise, her total of world championship…
