Annoying

Don’t you hate when you keep getting pinged with repetitive notifications? There are times when you can’t get to your phone to silence your notifications, so they’ll just keep ringing and ringing. However, Android 15 could gradually lower your notification volume when this happens. The Android 15 developer preview just dropped, and people are looking into the code to see what Google is working on. However, this is extremely early information we’re talking about. So, there’s a chance that the information we’re talking…

As It Happens6:24Great apes get a kick out of 'playfully teasing' each other, study findsWhat do you call it when a chimpanzee offers his buddy a delicious piece of fruit only to pull his hand away at the last second? Or when a bonobo repeatedly pokes, prods and pulls on the hair of an older relative not hard enough to hurt, but just enough to be annoying?It's not quite play, argues anthropologist Erica Cartmill, but it's not quite aggression either. It's "playful teasing." And, according to a new study, it's a very…

Joe Maring / Digital Trends Samsung’s Galaxy S24 series is a proven hit — with all three phones securing themselves as some of 2024’s best smartphones. However, not everyone has been thrilled with Samsung’s latest. Since the Galaxy S24 hit the scene, numerous reports online show people complaining about the Galaxy S24 handsets having “dull” and “bland” screens. Thankfully, Samsung has just announced a fix for this. On February 14, Samsung said in a blog post, “Based on your feedback, through an upcoming update, we…

Very few of us probably actually enjoy cleaning. I, personally, enjoy having my home clean, but I find forcing myself to actually clean difficult. Interestingly, most Americans feel the same way. One poll of 2,000 people found that 51% view cleaning as incredibly stressful, especially around the holiday season. Almost half of the respondents said they would rather endure an hour-long awkward conversation.Sometimes, this aversion has to do with the design of our homes, rooms, and furniture. The Facebook group dedicates…

Just like the rest of us, celebrities are not perfect, and, just like the rest of us, they share a lot of their lives online. The difference is that no one will probably create new memes to make fun of us. Whew.The good thing is that for every bored celebrity, uploading their heartfelt and/or hilarious home-alone video during the lockdown, there's another star helping the world to fight against the coronavirus.For example, Angelina Jolie has donated $1m to fight child hunger during the outbreak of COVID-19. She has given…

So, you’re shuffling to a busy business meeting, and you get stopped by an annoying spam WhatsApp call. You have to take your phone out, unlock it, open the app, and block the number. That’s inconvenient, but WhatsApp has a solution. According to a new report, WhatsApp will let you block spam numbers from your lock screen. This comes after news of WhatsApp letting people reply to Community Announcement messages. Spam calls are very annoying, and having to unlock your phone and open WhatsApp to block the numbers is SUPER…

Today, Apple is releasing iOS 17.3.1 to iPhone users. This update comes a few weeks after the release of iOS 17.3. With this new version, Apple is specifically fixing an annoying typing bug. According to the release notes of this update, it provides bug fixes for your iPhone, including: Text may unexpectedly duplicate or overlap while typing. That said, if you’re experiencing this issue after downloading iOS 17.3, you can now fix it by updating to iOS 17.3.1. The company is also releasing watchOS 10.3.1, iPadOS…

Music volume in movies being much louder than the dialog.BWPV1105:And commercials blaring louder than the feature show. packerr , JESHOOTS.com Report When a food package says "peel here" or "tear here" and it never f-cking works and you need to get scissors or a knife to open the package. Linux4ever_Leo , nickgiarraputo Report Uploading your resume then having to enter everything on the resume on the next screen.lazarus870:I hope the person who invented that has a life full of…

With Apple Vision Pro having been with real-world users in the wild for a few days now, some interesting quirks and bugs associated with the headset that skipped Apple’s marketing materials are starting to be uncovered. And this might well be the worst of the bunch so far.Unfortunate Vision Pro owners are finding out the hard way that it’s a really bad mistake to forget your headset’s log-in password. According to Bloomberg, there’s no easy way to reset the device at home if you do, necessitating a trip to an Apple Store…

Frequent gym goers have no doubt noticed the plethora of people who seem to believe that their workout is so special, that it needs to be filmed. They will take up space, benches, and equipment to prop up their phones and make everyone else’s life just that much more uncomfortable.A woman and a group of gym goers all collectively sabotaged the efforts of a person who was insistent on taking up space to film themselves. People applauded OP’s bit of petty revenge and shared their thoughts. People filming in the gym is a…