Advertisement

We need your help now

Support from readers like you keeps The Journal open.

You are visiting us because we have something you value. Independent, unbiased news that tells the truth. Advertising revenue goes some way to support our mission, but this year it has not been enough.

If you've seen value in our reporting, please contribute what you can, so we can continue to produce accurate and meaningful journalism. For everyone who needs it.

Weird Wide Web: Freezing eggs, Pac-Man stamps and Apple's latest announcement

All of your essential tech and social media news for the week in one byte-sized portion.

WELCOME TO THE Weird Wide Web – where we take a look at the week’s best offerings in tech and social media news.

Strange employee perk of the week

It emerged that Facebook and Apple are paying for female employees to freeze their eggs so they can delay having children and keep slaving away for the tech giants.

Robby Ryke Robby Ryke

Postage stamp nostalgia of the week

An Post has issued these charming retro gaming stamps featuring some of the most iconic stars and games from the 70s, 80s and 90s. And just in time for the Christmas card period…

An Post An Post

Controversial invention of the week

An artist has in the US has built a typewriter that can only type in Comic Sans. It must be destroyed…

Jesse England / YouTube

Apple announcement of the week

This week Apple unveiled its thinnest tablet yet, with new burst mode, timelapse and slow motion video features. Snazzy.

Apple Apple

Hilarious computer animation of the week

We can’t stop laughing at these animations, which teach themselves how to walk. The results, however, are actually quite impressive.

John Goatstream John Goatstream

Peace of mind Facebook feature of the week

The Verge reported this week that Facebook is introducing a new Safety Check feature which will allow friends and family to check you’re safe during a natural disaster. A user just has to hit the ‘I’m safe’ button and a news feed story will be generated automatically.

Catch up with the rest of the tech news from the last week>

Readers like you are keeping these stories free for everyone...
A mix of advertising and supporting contributions helps keep paywalls away from valuable information like this article. Over 5,000 readers like you have already stepped up and support us with a monthly payment or a once-off donation.

Author
Michelle Hennessy
View comments
Close
Comments
    Submit a report
    Please help us understand how this comment violates our community guidelines.
    Thank you for the feedback
    Your feedback has been sent to our team for review.
    JournalTv
    News in 60 seconds