Month: March 2022
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You’ll Want To Put On Sunglasses After Looking At These Ads
Image via Ace & Tate These striking photos are a sight for sore eyes that challenge you to glare, no pun intended. What’s most apparent about the new sunglasses posters by Amsterdam eyewear label Ace & Tate is that there are no sunglasses to be seen. Forgoing the concept of making its shades recognizable, […]
March 31, 2022
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Heineken Debuts IRL Metaverse Bar Where Everything Is Pixelated, Even Pints
Image courtesy of Heineken Ever since the metaverse gripped the mainstream, virtual worlds have been trying hard—sometimes too hard—to mimic the real world. But has the real world tried to be the metaverse? Heineken says hold my beer. Following the launch of its completely pointless brewery in the metaverse, the company is returning to the […]
March 31, 2022
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WTF: ‘Shrek’ The Burlesque Show Heads To Australia For A Fairytale Down Under
[Click here to view the video in this article] Image via Shreklesque There’s Mean Girls the musical, a Harry Potter play, and even High School Musical: The Musical: The Series, but nothing can quite prepare you for the Far Far Away fever dream that is Shreklesque. As you might have guessed, the show […]
March 31, 2022
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Billboards That ‘Say Gay’ Spring Up Around Florida In Objection Of Bill
Image via Southern Progress PAC “Don’t say gay,” Florida warns. “Gay,” advocates for self-acceptance and human equality retaliate. To protest the colloquially-termed ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill recently passed by Republican Governor Ron DeSantis, billboards reading “Say Gay” have made their way around cities in Florida, including Orlando, Tallahassee, and Jacksonville, with Miami […]
March 31, 2022
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Europe Will Introduce New Laws To Combat Fast Fashion Waste
Image ID 48318597 © via Photomall | Dreamstime.com A new set of regulations—the Sustainable Textiles Strategy—scheduled to be unveiled this week, will allow Europe to combat fast fashion wastage, with proposals to make clothing sold more durable, reusable, repairable, and recyclable. According to Zero Waste Europe, the fashion industry is one of the least […]
March 31, 2022
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Dyson Unveils Over-Ear, Over-Face Headphones That Double As An Air Purifier
Image courtesy of Dyson Dyson’s first-ever wearable, the Dyson Zone, is a pair of noise-canceling headphones. But that’s a smokescreen for what it truly is: a silent, wearable purifier that gives you clean air wherever you go. As per the World Health Organization’s estimates, a startling nine out of 10 people around the […]
March 31, 2022
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Apple Will No Longer Repair iPhones Suspected To Be Stolen
Image ID 69884169 © via Vlad Teodor | Dreamstime.com Apple will now reportedly no longer repair an iPhone if it’s been reported as missing in the GSMA Device Registry, as per an internal memo seen by MacRumors. Starting now, should a nifty thief bring in a stolen phone to be fixed, the technician on […]
March 31, 2022
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Helvetica: Overused Cliché or Modernist Classic?
Few fonts in the world have become a part of the cultural landscape that they have an entire documentary film and a MOMA exhibition made about them. Helvetica, however, is different. It has been the go-to font for everyone from government agencies to hip pop-up shops whenever clean and modern text is called for. It […]
March 31, 2022
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Hundreds Of Sheep Are Maintaining A Solar Farm That Can Power 12,000 Homes
Photo 182168285 © Jose Manuel Muñoz | Dreamstime.com Whenever the seasons permit, a herd of sheep will spend their time at the 41-megawatt Strathmore Solar farm in Alberta, Canada, blissfully unaware of the abundance they’ll bring to the facility. The sheep come from the nearby Whispering Cedars Ranch of farmers Janna and Ryan Greir, […]
March 30, 2022
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‘Spot’ The Robot Dog Has Been Employed To Explore The Ruins Of Pompeii
Image via Pompeii Archaeological Park ‘Spot’ the robot dog and its fleet of four-legged mechanical friends of the same name have been hard at work recently. Although the robot by Boston Dynamics is designed to fulfill industrial tasks, man’s best friend has proven to be one of culture’s best friends, most recently creating art […]
March 30, 2022
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Apple Wins Best Picture At Oscars, The First Streaming Service To Do So
Image via Apple Though it’s only been three years since its debut, Apple TV+ has become the first streaming service to win an Oscar for Best Picture with CODA (Child of Deaf Adults). Not only was it ranked as the best film of the year, CODA propelled Troy Kotsur to win the Oscar for […]
March 30, 2022
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McDonald’s Captures Unsightly Packaging Left On Streets In Anti-Litter Visuals
Image taken by Jói Kjartans for NORD DDB, via McDonald’s Norway McDonald’s branding might be recognizable in most corners of the world, but the flip side of it is that its packaging is also the face of litter—everyone has seen a French fry box tossed on a roadside and traced it to its origin. […]
March 30, 2022
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Apple Scales Back Production Of New iPhone SE Just Weeks After Launch
Image 123069620 © via Andreistanescu | Dreamstime.com In an interesting development, Apple has decided to cut its production of the new iPhone SE, though the US$429 entry-level model was just launched weeks ago. According to a report by Nikkei Asia, the brand has told suppliers to scale back production by 20%, or two to […]
March 30, 2022
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Medical Students Trial ‘Smart’ Surgical Gloves That Record Hand Movements
Image via Western Sydney University Imagine if your boss could see a report of every move you made at work? Though, in this case, it’s more useful than authoritarian. Researchers at the Western Sydney University in Australia have developed new smart surgical training gloves that can provide feedback on medical students’ dexterity during […]
March 30, 2022
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YouTube Introduces Video Reactions Similar To Those On Facebook Posts
Image via Google Now that it’s gotten rid of dislike counts on its platform, YouTube has come up with another way to show how you feel about a video: reaction emojis. Similar to those on Facebook posts, the video-streaming site has begun testing time-specific emoji reactions for a small group of users on its […]
March 30, 2022