Montreal Student Says Her High School Dress Code Is 'Shaming Girls For Their...
A female high school student in Montreal is fighting back against a set of dress code rules that she says is "shaming girls for their bodies."Beaconsfield High School junior Lindsay Stocker told Global...
View ArticleBox And Dropbox Plan To Open Offices Across The Street From Each Other In Austin
Two players on the cloud-storage scene are about to be in very close company. Box just announced plans to open an office in Austin, where it hopes to eventually employ 200 people. According to the...
View ArticleHere's The First US Ambassador To Take The Oath Of Office On An E-Reader
Suzi LeVine, the new U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein, became the first ambassador to take the oath of office on an E-reader last week.The State Department released on Monday a photo of...
View ArticleThe Iran Nuclear Talks Are Pretty Much Totally Stalled
Both Iranian and U.S. officials are saying that it will take at least six more months to resolve the standoff between Iran and the international community over the Iranian nuclear program. There's...
View Article23 Glamorous Photos From The Star-Studded Veuve Clicquot Polo Classic
The 7th Annual Veuve Clicquot Polo Classic returned to Liberty State Park this Saturday.Hollywood stars such as Lupita Nyongo'o and Olivia Munn, designers, socialites, and polo stars were among the...
View ArticleA Brooklyn Artist Trademarked The 'Pi' Symbol, And People Are Furious
Turns out you can't have your "pi," and eat it too.In January 2014, a Brooklyn artist named Paul Ingrisano trademarked the 3,000-year old mathematical symbol "π" followed by a period, and is actively...
View Article9 New iPhone Features Apple Copied From Android And Others Today (AAPL)
Apple's upcoming operating system for iPhones and iPads, iOS 8, is full of new features. But many of those features, if not most, are copied from Android and other popular apps and services like...
View ArticleVolvo's New SUV Has A Truly Excellent Interior
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View ArticleA Rare Look At The Ornate Interior Of The Woolworth Building
The nine-story penthouse at the iconic Woolworth Building in Lower Manhattan is expected to hit the market for a record $110 million.The new unit is one of 34 apartments being developed by Alchemy...
View ArticleQuiksilver Shares Are Crashing (ZQK)
Surfing apparel company Quiksilver just reported results for its fiscal second quarter and the company's stock is down about 30% after hours.The company reported a quarterly net loss, excluding certain...
View ArticleThis Study Revealed The Staggering Potential Of Self-Driving Cars
New York City commuters spend an average of 59 hours a year stuck in traffic, costing them an extra $1,281 annually. In a study that came out in January 2013, researchers at The Earth Institute at...
View ArticleMicrosoft Could Release A Touch-Friendly Version Of Office For Android Before...
Microsoft may release a touch version of Office for Android later this year, reports ZDNet's Mary Jo Foley.Office for Android could be available before the end of 2014 with a similar touch-friendly...
View ArticleAward-Winning Journalist Perfectly Captures The Reason Soldiers Often Miss...
It seems to make little sense. Combat, being shot at, losing best friends — all encompassed in what we know of as war — is not an experience one would think soldiers could miss.But often, they do go...
View Article25 Photos From The Tiananmen Square Protests That China Has Tried To Erase...
June 4 marks the 25th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square pro-Democracy protests that ended in bloodshed, and China has done its best to scrub the event from collective memory.Ahead of Wednesday's...
View ArticleRidiculous Neymar Backheel Pass Sets Up A Brazil Goal In A Dominant Pre-World...
Brazil showed everyone why they're the favorites to win the World Cup on Tuesday, beating Panama 4-0 in a pre-tournament friendly.The best goal came after a brilliant backheel pass from Neymar in the...
View ArticleMobile Disruption Isn't Killing Off The Market For Traditional Checkout...
The market for traditional countertop payment terminals — from legacy companies like VeriFone and Ingencio — has supposedly been under serious threat from mobile card reader businesses like Square.But...
View ArticleDoctors Remove 13-Pound Tumor From Man's Face
Warning — Graphic pictures belowFor ten years, Stefan Zoleik lived with a disfiguring 13-pound facial tumor, an alarming growth caused by a rare disorder called Madelung disease. While the tumor isn't...
View ArticleIs Apple Going To Have Too Many Products In The Second Half Of The Year? (AAPL)
Yesterday's WWDC keynote from Apple was pretty breathtaking. The company announced a new programming language, a total overhaul of the Mac operating system, new features for the iPhone's software, a...
View ArticleA 'Game Of Thrones' Actress May Be Giving Away Huge Spoilers On Her Instagram
WARNING: There are major spoilers if you haven't seen Sunday's episode"Game of Thrones" is one TV's hottest shows right now, so fans are doing whatever they can to avoid spoilers.If that's the case,...
View ArticleMathematician Explains How To Figure Out What Time To Get To The Airport...
What's the best time to get to the airport? It depends on how much you hate waiting around an airport, and how willing you are to risk missing your flight. However, if you've never missed a flight,...
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