The light from your smartphone could be causing you serious health problems
The designers of our smartphones, tablets, and laptop screens have been able to create incredibly powerful lights. These screens glow bright enough to be seen during a sunny day. At night, they’re so strong that they’ve been compared to a “little window” that daylight can peer through….
Drone Footage Shows Just How Huge Tesla’s Gigafactory Really Is
It looks like there is a lot of action going on at Tesla‘s giant Gigafactory. The factory, which is located in Sparks, Nevada, is where Tesla is producing the battery cells for its electric cars and drive trains for its Model 3, the company’s first mass-market…
Posting Selfies Is An Actual Mental Disorder
Selfies are the most commonplace photos on social media. People have made entire careers based on the ‘art’. The front-facing camera phenomenon has had such an impact on society that research has been done into whether it can be considered a disorder. ‘Selfitis’ is considered…
How the end of net neutrality could change the internet
The Federal Communications Commission has voted to repeal the Net Neutrality protections it adopted in 2015. Here’s what that means for the future of the internet.
BREAKING: Deadly 6.5 magnitude earthquake strikes Indonesia
A strong earthquake has struck the Indonesian capital and other cities on the country’s most populous island, Java, killing an unknown number of people. There were reports of collapsed buildings, and authorities issued a tsunami warning for parts of Java’s coastline after the quake struck…
F.C.C. Repeals Net Neutrality Rules
The Federal Communications Commission voted on Thursday to dismantle landmark rules regulating the businesses that connect consumers to the internet, granting broadband companies the power to potentially reshape Americans’ online experiences. The agency scrapped the so-called net neutrality regulations that prohibited broadband providers from blocking…
ALABAMA HAS THE WORST POVERTY IN THE DEVELOPED WORLD, U.N. OFFICIAL SAYS
A United Nations official investigating poverty in the United States was shocked at the level of environmental degradation in some areas of rural Alabama, saying he had never seen anything like it in the developed world. “I think it’s very uncommon in the First World. This…
People Who Drink Gin Are Sexier, According To Study
Are you someone who’s not in any way, shape or form sexy? I mean a real visual humdinger who can put other people off their food, then you should take up drinking gin, because gin drinkers are officially the sexiest. Throw away your glass of…
California is the world’s sixth largest economy.
Every US state and the majority of US cities with more than one million inhabitants conduct foreign affairs, with varying levels of efficacy and resources. Approximately 40 US states have a rough total of 250 representations abroad. Pennsylvania and Missouri operate the most overseas offices…
Wu Yongning Chinese Superman Dies falling from a building
Well-known Chinese rooftop climber Wu Yongning, who had thousands of follows on social media platform Weibo for his dramatic short videos, has died while performing a stunt. The 26-year-old died after falling from a 62-story building in Changsha, the capital city of China’s Hunan province,…
