Opinion
Don’t consume the guilt: You don’t need to ‘earn’ your food
I’ve seen so many people on social media talk about how they’re running a few extra kilometres or doing extra workouts at the gym to “earn” their afternoon snack, and it’s concerning.
- by Alice Clarke
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Subscription reading app Scribd undercuts Amazon but is still pricey
The $14-per-month all-you-can-eat library offers an impressive range of e-books, audiobooks and more, if you’re not already getting them free from your actual library.
- by Alice Clarke
Opinion
Joy of representation on screen cannot be underestimated
Sure, there’s more accurate queer representation in TV and movies than ever before, but most of the lesbians on TV still die to further a male character’s arc.
- by Alice Clarke
Lego takes on TikTok with kid-friendly social network
Vidiyo is a social media app aimed at 7–10 year olds, letting kids make and share music videos using scanned Lego minifigures.
- by Alice Clarke
Get a new look at the world outside your window with time-lapse videos
Once purely the domain of professional photographers, time-lapse is now open to anyone with a relatively recent smartphone.
- by Alice Clarke
Opinion
New inclusive emoji give us even more reasons to smiley
The range of available emoji is expanding to include more and more people, from exhausted home-schooling parents to transgender and gender non-conforming people.
- by Alice Clarke
Opinion
Victoria, it’s OK to feel sad in lockdown
There is no handbook for living through all of this.
- by Alice Clarke
Back up your irreplaceable data before it’s too late
How a lapse in my backup regime and a dodgy hard drive cost me my entire painstakingly curated iTunes library.
- by Alice Clarke
Galaxy S21 promises more for less, but expensive Ultra is true upgrade
Samsung jumped in early with its 2021 flagship phones, and we've spent some time with the biggest and most powerful of the trio.
- by Alice Clarke
Apple's AirPods Max are great headphones at an out-of-control price
Headphones approaching $1000 is not a new thing, but it's an extreme ask for a mainstream product.
- by Alice Clarke
Opinion
Not all face masks are created equal
A year into the pandemic, there still isn’t any clear labelling or regulations around the selling of masks.
- by Alice Clarke