One of the most popular communities on TikTok is #BookTok, which is a made up of users who discuss books and share their recommendations with others. TikTok is aware that the community is a big part of its platform and notes that the #BookTok hashtag has more than 77 billion view globally. Now, the company…
Monthly Archives: September 2022
TL;DR: As of September 21, you can get the 15-bottle wine deal from Splash Wines Bundle for just $65 instead of $99 — that’s a 34% discount. Even If you’re ready for pumpkin spice lattes and steaming cups of hot chocolate, having the wine you love ready to drink in your wine rack or fridge…
This didn’t take long. Just a few weeks after Apple launched its iPhone 14 Pro and 14 Pro Max, with a new, interactive selfie camera cutout called the Dynamic Island, some Android smartphone makers are now openly discussing a similar feature with their users. Spotted by tech blog Gadgets360, Xiaomi China President Lu Weibing asked…
Across the United States, efforts to ban books have skyrocketed. In 2021, this push reached an unprecedented level: 729 materials were challenged that year, according to the American Library Association, with most of the targeted books featuring Black or LGBTQ characters. These books vary in content and narration, but share the fact that they are…
We’ve been expecting a new Apple iPad announcement before the end of the year and now one of Apple’s closest accessory partners may have confirmed new Pro models are coming. Our friends at 9to5Mac have noticed Logitech now says that its Crayon Digital Pencil will work with two iPad Pro models that have yet to…
Nvidia has become the latest company to start prepaing for the metaverse with a newly-announced Omniverse Cloud. Announced at the recent Nvidia GTC 2022 event, the company’s first software-as-a-service (SaaS) offering is designed to support developers design, publish, operate, and experience metaverse apps. Omniverse Cloud does away with the need for localised computing power while…
An employee of Arcelor Mittal works at the Dunkirk site in northern France, on February 11,. FRANCOIS LO PRESTI/AFP via Getty Images European companies are shifting operations to the US after the jump in regional energy prices following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, The Wall Street Journal reported. Steelmaker ArcelorMittal and chemical maker OCI are among…
Astronaut Mark Vande Hei trains for a spacewalk at the Johnson Space Center in March 2017. NASA Mark T. Vande Hei, 55, is a NASA astronaut who spent a year in space orbiting Earth. He just returned, and didn’t expect his term to last 355 days, but was prepared for it. He said his days…
Ukrainian military vehicles move on the road in the freed territory in the Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Monday, Sept. 12, 2022. AP Photo/Kostiantyn Liberov A senior Ukrainian official mocked Russia after Putin announced partial military mobilization. “Everything is still according to the plan, right?” Mykhailo Podolyak, a Ukrainian presidential adviser, said. Putin gave a rare televised…
The US has been gaining ground fairly regularly, the researchers said, and exceeded expectations in 2021 by adding $19.5 trillion to its household wealth. It’s thanks to pandemic stimulus. AP Global wealth increased at its fastest rate this century last year. Wealth in the US grew the fastest, likely due to the impact of pandemic…