Coc porn Do you remember Clash-mania? Those days back in the 1980s when the video game Clash of Clans became the biggest pop-cultural phenomenon the world had ever seen, and its main character, the Barbarian, was gracing magazine covers, cereal boxes, and made into an action figure? A new short documentary tells the...

Note taking electronics Computer designers have long understood that handwriting and drawing with a pen offer a fluidity and expressiveness that shames stodgy—though efficient—typing and mousing. In the early years of tablets and handheld computers, digital pens or styli were seen as a democratizing way to minimize the need to type. They also helped...

Data buying It’s no secret that your personal data is routinely bought and sold by dozens, possibly hundreds, of companies. What’s less known is who those companies are, and what exactly they do. Thanks to a new Vermont law requiring companies that buy and sell third-party personal data to register with the Secretary of...

Facebook stock Branded is a weekly column devoted to the intersection of marketing, business, design, and culture. What is social media worth? Not to investors—we know the market valuations of the most familiar social media companies can reach hundreds of billions, even despite recent weakness among tech stocks—but to you? How much...

Trump letter memes It seemed as though the last meme of the Trump presidency had already come and gone, but on the morning of Biden’s inauguration, a final entry made it in just under the wire. Trump’s daily public schedule throughout January, consisting of “many calls and many meetings,” can no longer hold claim to that...

People use quotes When things get tough, many people turn to a motivational quote for a bit of inspiration. Some of these pithy sayings have become celebrated parts of society’s lexicon. Some include: “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” —Thomas Edison “No one can make you...

What happened to yahoo Everyone knows how the story ends. In July 2016, 22 years after it began as a hobby for Stanford graduate students Jerry Yang and David Filo, Yahoo agreed to sell its core operating business to Verizon in what Forbes writer Brian Solomon called “the saddest $5 billion deal in tech...

Constant complainers solution It may be a dismal coworker or complaining boss, but into most professional lives a few negative people will fall. Those who veer from negative to toxic could actually be costing an organization money and productivity. Businesses also run the risk of complaints becoming contagious. “People see it and they’re brought down by it...

Russian warship On February 25, 2022, a menacing message echoed from a loudspeaker aboard a missile cruiser ship: “I am a Russian warship,” the voice announced in Russian. It was a warning of imminent attack to a group of Ukrainian guards stationed at a military base on Snake Island, an island 186...

2022 ad It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Let’s wrap up 2022—and depending on how you feel about it, either put it in the bin or in a keepsake box—with the heroic effort of whittling down all the advertising that came out in the last 12 months (a lot) down to...