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Watch Emma Watson’s Second Excellent Speech About Gender Equality By Meg Watson 24/1/15 end article header At this point, I think it’s safe to say Emma Watson is absolutely killing it in her new role as UN Women Goodwill Ambassador. Her speech in September last year was watched more than 11 million times and inspired…
NEW YORK—As a major winter storm continued its advance toward New York City, Mayor Bill de Blasio advised residents Monday to make peace with whatever higher power they call God, for all shall meet their death in the coming tempest. “The furious hoarfrost bearing down upon us knows neither mercy nor reason, and all within…
Why We Give Our Favourite TV Shows A Free Pass Even When We Probably Shouldn’t By Sinead Stubbins 16/1/15 end article header Like learning that your significant other secretly watches The Big Bang Theory while you secretly listen to Taylor Swift*, confronting the flaws in your favourite things is a tough business. That’s probably why…
The UK is becoming a nation of grafters. With living standards at their lowest in a decade and real-term wages falling 8 per cent since the financial crisis, more people are cramming extra work into evenings, weekends and even their lunch hours to supplement their main incomes. Officially, the average number of hours Britons work each week…
1 No one on TV ever does paperwork. As everyone knows, for every second a real policeman spends on the beat, he or she wastes about a day and a half filling in endless, pointless, politically correct forms. Likewise, TV teachers are never seen marking homework or filling in the 38 risk assessment documents required…
Wikileaks sent a letter to Google on Jan. 26 asking details on what materials Google handed over to the the FBI after a warrant was issued in March 2012. Wikileaks also wants to know why Google did not inform Wikileaks employees of the request until Dec. 23, 2014. Google released emails of three Wikileaks members to…
This post originally appeared at LinkedIn. More from Kathy here. This year, my work on Forbes, Huffington Post, and LinkedIn has allowed me to connect with millions of people I never would have had the chance to without these avenues. It’s been a deeply rewarding experience on many fronts, and surprising and eye-opening on other…
Just over a year ago, Twitter launched a new analytics tool that allowed website owners to track links tweeted to their websites and how many users clicked on them. That tool was recently retired from the site without much fanfare. The website analytics tool originally appeared under the analytics option in Twitter’s ad product, but is no…
For the next two years, the chances are good that the U.S. government will be almost completely paralyzed. After the midterm elections, power is more perfectly divided between a president and Congress that detest each other. Each sees its main job as blocking the other’s ambitions. The Republican majorities on Capitol Hill will pass bills…
Consider the humble video game cartridge. It’s a small, durable plastic box that imparts the most immediate, user-friendly software experience ever created. Just plug it in, and you’re playing a game in seconds. If you’ve ever used one, you have two men to thank: Wallace Kirschner and Lawrence Haskel, who invented the game cartridge 40…