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Amount of female protagonists decreased in 2017 films

2017mayhavebeentheyearof"WonderWoman,"butanewstudyfindsthatfemaleprotagonistsweredown5percentintheyear’s100top-grossingfilms.TheCenterfortheStudyofWomeninTelevi

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China’s oracle bone scripts inscribed into world’s memory

China’soraclebonescripts,anancienttypeofChinesecharactersinscribedonanimalbonesorturtleshells,havesuccessfullyenteredtheUNESCO’sMemoryoftheWorldRegister,accordi

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Study finds Asian-American characters tokenized on TV

TVshowssetinAmerica'slargestandmostdiversecitiesstillbarelyfeatureanyAsian-Americancharactersaccordingtoanewstudy.Whencompilingthestudy,named"TokensontheSmallSc

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Weibo, beating twitter to the punch, lengthens its 140-character limit

Weibo’s move comes a couple weeks after the revelation that Twitter intends to get rid of its trademark cap as well.

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‘QWERTY’ and ‘123456’ top list of 2015’s (worst) passwords

For the first time last year, “1234567890,” “qwertyuiop” (top row of keys on a standard keyboard) and “welcome” landed spots on the list of the year’s most common passwords