For transgender and nonbinary people like me, a society organized into only “male” and “female” makes us feel excluded. And it’s something that happens frequently, especially online. Take Gmail. There are three gender options when you register. If you choose “other,” you can write in any gender identity. But first you must choose how you’d…
Monthly Archives: August 2022
One in ten people, or almost 800 million around the globe, do not have access to clean drinking water. When I learned this statistic, I was shocked. How could that be? Shouldn’t we be alarmed? Why weren’t we talking about it? Water after all is essential for life since we can only survive three-four days…
TL;DR: As of August 22, you can get the CrowPi L Basic Kit with Real Raspberry Pi Laptop for Learning Programming & Hardware for just $270.99 instead of $279 — that’s a 2% discount. Want to help foster a love of technology and guide your child’s natural curiosity? You might be able to do both…
TL;DR: As of August 22, you can get the Samsung Chromebook 4 for just $179.99 instead of $399 — that’s a 54% discount. Fall is on the way, and along with it comes the start of school. If you’re heading back to the classroom, whether online or physical, you need a reliable computer that can…
TL;DR: As of August 22, you can get StackSkills Unlimited: Lifetime Access for just $34.99 instead of $1495 — that’s a 97% discount. There are so many ways to be a lifelong learner. You could pick up new hobbies, skills, and passions, or maybe you just get on a documentary kick and learn everything there…
TL;DR: As of August 22, you can get a refurbished 13.3-inch MacBook Air for just $250 instead of $1,199 — that’s a 79% discount. Having one computer that runs all of your apps, manages all of your streaming, and shoulders all of your gaming might cause a lot of wear, even on a new machine….
After a long wait, House of the Dragon is finally here to fill the Game of Thrones-shaped hole in our lives. And after the series’ first episode filled with the usual recipe of scheming, violence, dragons, and more scheming, HBO has dropped a “weeks ahead” trailer that promises plenty more where that came from. In…
The Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra was in some ways a big upgrade on the S21 Ultra, offering a new design and an S Pen slot, among other changes, but by the sounds of things the Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra could be more just a tiny tweak on the current model. That’s according to reputable leaker…
Kash Patel, a former Trump aide, said he had witnessed the then-president declassify “whole sets of documents” in December 2020 and January 2021. Brandon Bell/Getty Images Former Trump aide Kash Patel said Trump could have easily declassified documents while in office. He argued that Trump put out a “sweeping declassification order” over social media in…
Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Picture Alliance/Getty Images Elon Musk said the cost of Tesla’s Full Self-Driving feature will soon rise to $15,000 in North America. It marks the second hike of 2022, after it went from $10,000 to $12,000 in January. Musk has said previously that the price of FSD will rise as it becomes…