Hey folks, are you having problems signing in with your Gmail account? You are not the only one! On Thursday, at around 2 pm in the Philippines, some users have reported experiencing problems in attaching files, logging in, and receiving messages on their Gmail account. The world’s top email service, Gmail, and all other services are down globally as Google confirmed on its Status Dashboard page that it was facing unknown errors. Screenshot from https://www.google.com/appsstatus   Screenshot from https://www.google.com/appsstatus     The said outage seems to be worldwide at this point, though there are still some who have said the...

Photo courtesy of Psychology Foundation of Australia It looks like our social media feeds are beginning to fill with psychology test-like results these days. A survey-like link which currently rounding up on screens is a test to measure the level of our mental health focusing on the three traits of depression, anxiety, and stress known as ‘Depression Anxiety Stress Scales’ or DASS.   Screenshot from openpsychometrics.org   DASS is a self-report instrument developed by psychologists and professors Syd Lovibond and Peter Lovibond at the University of New South Wales in 1995. The questionnaire is in the public domain and may...

On Wednesday morning, online users and fans were horrified and freaked out after Hollywood rapper Marshal “Eminem” Mathers trended across the internet with a hashtag #RIPEminem. The hashtag started to amplify online after one Twitter user @LEVICUMSOCK—whose account has already been suspended, tweeted "I have killed Eminem". But fear no more, as the 47-year-old rapper is reported safe and well, and the trend was just a simple online hoax. Despite that, Twitter has turned into chaos as the hashtag exploded, prompting the concerned fans to worry that the musician’s demise has actually happened. The iconic rapper has just celebrated 12...

Zara Alvarez, 39, a leader of campaigns against human rights violations including the group Karapatan, was gunned down by unidentified perpetrators at around 8:00 in the evening on Monday, August 17, along Sta. Maria Street in Eroreco, Barangay Mandalagan, Bacolod City, just a week after peace consultant and farmer activist Randall Echanis was murdered. “What is beginning to look like killing spree of human rights defenders, peace advocates, and vocal critics in an attempt to sow terror and cower us into silence, especially now with the Anti-Terrorism Act in place,” Karapatan said. According to the group, Alvarez was imprisoned for...

The social media community is mourning after the passing of one of today’s YouTube sensations, Emman Nimedez, battling acute myeloid leukemia.     Peachy Santos, Nimedez’s girlfriend, shared the bad news on the social media star’s official Facebook page. She wrote: “Our beloved Emman Nimedez joined our Creator at 1:00 am today, August 16, 2020, Sunday. He was with his family during the time of his passing at St. Luke’s Medical Center – Quezon City.   “Our family is thankful to everyone who offered prayers and showed support,” she said. Funeral details will be announced in the next days. We...