Poking

What does it mean to “poke” someone on Facebook? Is it flirty, friendly, or even annoying? The answer is all of the above, and somehow, none at all. The ambiguous feature was largely invisible for many years, but now Facebook is reporting a 13x spike in poking in the last month.Russian Court Says Meta Is "Extremist Organization"“THE POKE IS HAVING A MOMENT,” said Facebook in all caps on Threads. “There’s been a 13x spike in poking on Facebook in the past month. So, be honest: who’s poking who?”Facebook made a few small…

This holiday season, fans of romantic comedies can cap off 2023 by seeing Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell go from enemies to lovers in the upcoming movie Anyone But You. After the Sony movie previously became the center of some viral dating rumors between its costars, Nathan Fielder and Emma Stone have added some friendly fire to the campaign as they promote their new series, The Curse. On Thursday, a new Anyone But You trailer teased audiences about what to expect from the R-rated comedy, and just a day later, The…

Human fingers don't just sense what a surface feels like. They also tell us a lot about what's underneath it: a really firm handshake, for example, can reveal where some bones are, and, with enough prodding, one can even locate tendons. Inspired by this capability, scientists have developed a fingerlike device that maps an object's internal structures in 3-D by touching its surface. Earlier tactile sensors detected external shape, stiffness and texture but not subsurface details. For a study in Cell Reports Physical…

When Anne Hathaway’s Poking N*pple At Oscars 2013 Gave Birth To A Twitter Page Dedicated To Actress’ Wardrobe Malfunction – Here’s What Happened ( Photo Credit – Instagram ) Anne Hathaway has defied all age-related myths with her timeless beauty and never fails to turn heads with her stunning red-carpet appearances. She is among the actresses who are least found in controversies. However, she could not save herself from an alleged wardrobe malfunction that not only gave birth to a Twitter meme fest but a whole…

A 39,600-year-old leather punch board from Canyars, Gavà, Spain. Credit: Francesco d'Errico and Luc Doyon A team of archaeologists and anthropologists from Université de Bordeaux, Institut Polytechnique de Bordeaux and Universitat de Barcelona, has found evidence of a tool used to make leather clothing dating back to the Upper Paleolithic. In their study, reported in the journal Science Advances, the group analyzed a bone…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeMaking films is like having sex,” Neil Jordan tells me. “You don’t know how other people do it. And you never know if you’re doing it right.” It’s a fitting sentiment, given his films are not like anyone else’s. And they’re also... well, steamy: the sexually charged blood-thirst of Interview with the Vampire; the gothic eroticism of The Company of Wolves; the provocations of The Crying…

The only relationship that challenges the goofiness that is the faux feud between Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman, is the history of the Deadpool star and his wife Blake Lively trolling and poking fun at each other on Instagram. And the two were back at it again after Reynolds posted a video of a man getting a tattoo of the actor’s face on his Instagram. Following Reynolds the tattoo that read “No Ragrets” above his head, and “switching to Mint Mobile” below it, obviously Blake Lively had to get in on the fun. While her…

The tattoo artist who inked a portrait of Drake on Dennis Graham’s arm has spoken out after Drake recently joked about the tattoo on Instagram.Money Mike, a prominent tattoo artist based in California, admitted to TMZ that the portrait on Graham’s arm was far from perfect, and said it was because Drizzy’s father was rushing him to finish. He also said it was done free of charge at Graham’s birthday party.“I’ve been good friends with Bishop Don Magic Juan for close to 15 years and he invited me to Dennis’s birthday party…

Sometimes coincidences happen in Hollywood, when similar projects happen at around the same time. One concept that’s being used a bunch is the multiverse, both within and outside of the comic book genre. And Everything Everywhere All At Once’s Jamie Lee Curtis can’t stop, won’t stop talking smack about Marvel and Doctor Strange 2, igniting a cute “feud” in the process.The MCU recently expanded with Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, but it was preceded by the release of Daniels’ Everything Everywhere All At…