Cyberbullying seems to be shamefully rampant in society today. Cyberbullying is when someone sends threatening, mean, or embarrassing messages to or about another person through the use of technology. Cyberbullying happens over the internet via social media or online games or through texts and emails, and according to Statistic Brain, 52% of students have reportedly […]
April Fool’s Day is not what it used to be! It’s gone from putting sugar in the salt shaker to pretty much every company with an online presence of any sort making up some goofy product or service to get attention. Thing is, some of those made-up products would actually be pretty awesome! This year […]
Amazon just made it way easier to give to your favorite charity when they’re most in need. The company announced today that it’s now possible to give to one of 48 charities simply by asking Alexa nicely using a new feature called Alexa Donations. With Alexa Donations, you can simply tell Alexa to donate a […]
Droughts around the world, combined with heavy water consumption, are seriously stressing the fresh water supply of many places around the globe, from South Africa to Morocco to California. It’s sent many of those areas scrambling for solutions, and often that involves girls and women having to travel long distances to collect water and carry […]
Not all that long ago, headphones were just another gadget. But, in the era of wearable technology, they’ve been forced to become fashion statements. Who knew anyone would be spending time thinking about how to accessorize with a pair of headphones? Well it happened, and it happened a lot, so we’re going to celebrate all […]
It looks like Toys ‘R’ Us is about to fade into history, but don’t turn that emergent grief rage at Amazon. Toys ‘R’ Us accounted for a whopping 15 to 20 percent of all toy sales in the United States last year, and online sales only accounted for a little over 9 percent of all […]
The oceans have always been a rewarding place for researchers to explore, but rising temperatures and growing islands of plastic waste have added a sense of urgency. Monitoring the oceans hasn’t gotten all that much easier over the years, either — improvements to robotics and sensor tech doesn’t mean much when we’re still largely blind underwater. […]
Artificial intelligence is real. In the past decade, AI has emerged from the pages of science fiction into reality, and it’s already become a part of your life — we’re not just talking about Siri and the Google Assistant, either! There are already a ton of uses for AI right now, despite the AI industry still […]
We’re not talking iPhone X expensive (well, the iPhone X is on the list, but not in the way you’re used to seeing it). We’re talking gadgets that are way, way up into the thousands of dollars — the ridiculously luxurious things that are occasionally not worth their weight in tech, but always worth their weight […]
Every weekend, we’ll cruise around Amazon to find a few good tech deals! Who knows, from time to time we might even spot some non-tech deals we think you might like! Don’t hold us to it. As Chip Chick editors, we write about products we love and we think you will too! Chip Chick often […]
Girls all around the world have their own stories of struggle and success, and HP wants to make sure they get heard. For International Women’s Day, the company produced a six-minute short film about a young girl in Calcutta who represents a whole lot of girls worldwide — someone bursting with potential that just needs to be […]
It’s been a big year for the Nintendo Switch, Nintendo’s new hybrid and extremely awesome video game console. It outsold its predecessor, the Wii U, in under a year, prepared us for a revolution in cardboard gameplay, and delivered some awesome games like Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Super Mario Odyssey. We know the […]
20 years ago, what happened to Oculus Rift owners today would have been impossible in the world of video games. So, maybe call it the price of progress — today, all Oculus Rift headsets stopped working in a temporary outage that, if nothing else, is staggering in its scale. That’s not an exaggeration — if you own […]
Every weekend, we’ll cruise around Amazon to find a few good tech deals! Who knows, from time to time we might even spot some non-tech deals we think you might like! Don’t hold us to it. As Chip Chick editors, we write about products we love and we think you will too! Chip Chick often […]
Every weekend, we’ll cruise around Amazon to find a few good tech deals! Who knows, from time to time we might even spot some non-tech deals we think you might like! Don’t hold us to it. As Chip Chick editors, we write about products we love and we think you will too! Chip Chick often […]
International Women’s Day is on March 8, a fact that is not lost on Netflix. They’ve got a ton of awesome women on screen and behind the camera this month — you know you’re going to be there for Jessica Jones, but there are plenty of other returning series, documentaries, and specials to check out throughout the […]
The cafe is quiet and lifeless in the late afternoon, aside from one lonely human sweeping the floor. A row of tablets display simple menus of espresso drinks, or warm milk — no food, at least not yet. The main attraction sits in the back, patiently waiting for an order so it can spring to life. […]
Last November, Snap announced an upcoming update to Snapchat that, at the time, sounded great — the plan was for the app to put snaps and stories from friends in a separate place from snaps and stories from media organizations. If all you wanted to do with the app was keep your streaks up, you could […]
We’ve got the Winter Olympics and the Summer Olympics — are the Robot Olympics next? Maybe! The metal and wire crowd might not have any Phelpsian swimmers in its ranks yet, but sports-playing robots are becoming more and more common. They’re not exactly graceful or athletic just yet, but hey, they and their human friends are […]
Every weekend, we’ll cruise around Amazon to find a few good tech deals! Who knows, from time to time we might even spot some non-tech deals we think you might like! Don’t hold us to it. We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a […]
Every weekend, we’ll cruise around Amazon to find a few good tech deals! Who knows, from time to time we might even spot some non-tech deals we think you might like! Don’t hold us to it. We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a […]
