Blog Layout

Set your faces to Stan! ‘Star Trek’ and more hits streaming this March

Kirk or Picard? The eternal question has stumped philosophers for generations. If you only know Patrick Stewart as Professor Xavier from “X-Men” or the charming bromance buddy of Ian McKellan, it’s time to watch “Star Trek” — and thankfully every episode is coming to Stan this month. If that’s not your cup of tea, try bromance of a different kind …

Read More »

ISIS supporters threaten Mark Zuckerberg, Twitter’s Jack Dorsey

ISIS supporters have a new target in their sights: the leaders of two of the world’s most popular social networks. The “Sons Caliphate Army,” a group of hackers associated with the militant Islamic group, posted a video Tuesday that shows photos of Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter’s Jack Dorsey engulfed in flames and as targets for bullets. The 25-minute video, …

Read More »

This freaky YouTube channel invites conspiracy theories

Update 2:15 p.m. PT, February 28: The channel in question has been removed from YouTube “due to multiple or severe violations of YouTube’s policy against spam, gaming, misleading content, or other Terms of Service violations.” The policy reads “It’s not okay to post large amounts of untargeted, unwanted, or repetitive content in videos, comments, private messages, or other places on …

Read More »

IBM engineer designs and hand

Scott Reynolds founded Tavish Design in 2011 to follow his bliss. He holds a Ph.D. in electrical engineering, works for IBM, and authored over 30 patents. He may be a whiz with digital tech, but when it comes to listening to music Reynolds prefers the sound of tube electronics over solid-state and LPs over digital. That’s why he designed a …

Read More »

Facebook emojis arrive. Put on a happy face

Facebook has finally moved past “like.” On Wednesday, the social networking giant gave all users the option of choosing from a collection of emojis called “Reactions” to respond to posts with more nuanced emotions than “like.” The new symbols, which augment rather than replace the iconic “like” button, represent expressions of love, laughter, surprise, sadness and anger. Facebook, which has …

Read More »

Eye tracking in VR headsets is the future, and it’s starting now

Ever wished you had the power to influence the world around you using just your eyes? If so, the latest developments in virtual reality technology may be just what you’re looking for. Two separate companies at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this week showed off modified Oculus and Samsung Gear VR headsets with built-in eye-tracking capabilities. In VR, eye tracking …

Read More »