ICON

Do you know what the padlock symbol in your internet browser's address bar means? If not, you're not alone.New research by my colleagues and I shows that only 5% of UK adults understand the padlock's significance. This is a threat to our online safety.The padlock symbol on a web browser simply means that the data being sent between the web server and the user's computer is encrypted and cannot be read by others. But when we asked people what they thought it meant, we received an array of incorrect answers.In our study,…

After months of delay, Deadpool 3 started shooting again this week, just in time for Thanksgiving. So the fact that one MCU star we’re all wishing would return celebrated Turkey Day with a Deadpool-themed post didn’t go over anyone’s head. Netflix Daredevil veteran Deborah Ann Woll isn’t believed to be involved with Disney Plus’ Daredevil: Born Again series in any way, despite Karen Page being an integral part of the life of Charlie Cox’s Matt Murdock. Fans are desperate for any sign that she could come back, then,…

With the Android 14 update, Google has done away with the ability to access notifications using the app icon long press method. This method became popular over the years and was a fun and quick way to see notifications on each app easily. All users needed to do was to long press on the app’s icon from the homepage and a pop-up window will appear showing off a handful of details. Among these details will be the notifications on the app, so users can quickly glance through them. Due to the small size of the pop-up window,…

At 30 tracks, and featuring upwards of 40 guests, this rock album from one of country’s most famous and resonant voices all too often resembles a shaggy behemoth hell-bent on overkill. Bygones – an original composition – finds Parton alongside Rob Halford from Judas Priest and Mötley Crüe’s Nikki Sixx, the latter fighting Parton for the hairspray. An overegged cover of Let It Be ropes in not just Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, but Peter Frampton and Mick Fleetwood too. Lead single World on Fire, on which Parton rails…

Although Colman Domingo’s spent three decades in the entertainment industry, with title roles in the theater, he says he’s been sidelined in film and television. He played a trombonist in Chadwick Boseman’s final film, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom; counselor to Zendaya’s troubled Rue in Euphoria; a violent, turn-on-a-dime pimp in Zola, and the father to a wrongly accused Harlem artist (Stephen James) in If Beale Street Could Talk.  The craft and the composition comes first, he says, and by working in the margins of…

Dolly Parton is arguably the most beloved living American. How many people are alive today because Dolly told them to get the Covid vaccine back in early 2021? Of course, she’a a paragon of country music, but her reach goes far beyond Nashville, from the disco-pop of her working-woman masterpiece “9 to 5” to the soft-rock bliss of her classic Kenny Rogers duet “Islands in the Stream.” And the crossover love has been reflected back; one of the most popular cover songs of all time is Whitney Houston’s version of “I Will…

In its 119-year history, the NYC subway system's straphangers went from tickets, to tokens, to mastering the swipe. In 1997 the MetroCard debuted, and 1999 saw the introduction of the MetroCard vending machine. Together they became a beloved, iconic part of New York’s visual identity. They were also the first public-facing project by Antenna Design, whose founders Masamichi Udagawa and Sigi Moeslinger have since left their , design all over with projects like LinkNYC.It's now 2023, and the MetroCard is being phased out…

Nothing Phone (2) can now install the Nothing Icon Pack on their phones to enhance appearance. The Nothing Icon Pack for Nothing OS is now available on the Google Play Store. The icon pack offers sleek, monochromatic design aimed to reduce distractions and promote intentional phone usage.Phone (1) users can also access the Icon Pack by downloading the upcoming Nothing OS 2.0 software update, set to release in late August.How to use Nothing Icon Pack on Nothing OSLong press on the home screen.Select Customisation.Now, tap…

It is entirely possible that we are witnessing the death of one of the internet’s favorite social media platforms in real-time. After charging for access to its API and attempting to squash subsequent protests via interviews with the hare-brained CEO, Reddit has now made its iOS app icon into a tacky, 8-bit monstrosity.Reddit Knowingly Downvoting Self | Future TechYesterday, iOS developer Benjamin Mayo tweeted out a screenshot revealing to the general public that Reddit had revamped its app icon. While design tweaks are…

For someone who’s 11½ inches tall and weighs under 8 ounces, poor Barbie’s had to carry an awfully heavy load over the years on that slender, plastic back of hers. Welcomed as a trailblazer in 1959 — An adult doll! With actual breasts! — she was nonetheless branded an anti-feminist a decade later when women’s rights marchers chanted “I Am Not a Barbie Doll,” referring to her unrealistic body type (and perhaps ignoring the fact that she was single, a homeowner and a career woman). As years went by, Barbie had her hits…