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 Apple is testing a secret iPhone feature for emergency calls
Apple is working on a new way to make emergency phone calls. An upcoming iOS update, which Apple previewed to developers Tuesday, adds a new "SOS" feature that will let you make an emergency call when you press the power button five times. When the feature is enabled, all you have to do is is quickly press the power button five times to trigger a call to emergency services. (Macrumors reports the new feature will be available in the US, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Hong Kong, India, Italy, Japan, Russia, Spain and the UK.) Read more... More about Iphone, Apple, Ios, Ios 10, and Apps And Software Read More »If you also speak 'Lolihan,' Lindsay Lohan made a shirt for you
It's not every day a new accent is birthed instantly and thrust upon the world, but hey, last week was special thanks to Lindsay Lohan. In October, the actress debuted a peculiar accent at the opening of her nightclub in Greece, and last Tuesday officially dubbed it "Lilohan." Now with a statement shirt that will complete any outfit, you can let the world know that you've adopted it, too.
Brands and their Facebook bots can now start conversations through ads
Facebook is making it easier than ever for brands to lure you into chatting with them. The social network rolled out a new type of ad on Tuesday that lets advertisers with or without Messenger bots solicit messages through sponsored News Feed posts. The posts look like any other ad on the site, but have a "send message" button in place of a link to an outside site. Another iteration of the format lets brands run ads within a particular open conversation on the Messenger platform in an attempt to reconnect with users with whom they've talked before. Read more... More about Facebook, Business, and Advertising Read More »Brands need to stop telling people to go vote
Who doesn't look to their favorite brand of sweatshirt for election day reminders? That's what the gaggle of brands preaching to you online to get out and vote seem to think their relationship to your life is like. Brands work hard to pretend to be your friends on social media. They'll respond to your tweets. They'll like your Instagram post. They've also made it their place to latch onto whatever timely news or memes you and the rest of the world are talking about, now. But it's gone peak during this election, as so, so many brands have perfected the art of appearing to say something important without actually saying anything at all, as they all tell you to go vote. Don't buy the message. Read more... More about Election Day 2016, Election 2016, Business, Advertising, and Politics Read More »Watch Hillary and Bill Clinton cast their ballots
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton cast her ballot in Chappaqua, New York on election day alongside her husband, former President Bill Clinton. She was welcomed with hugs and handshakes from other voters waiting in line. After casting their votes, the Clintons stopped outside the polling station and answered а question from the press. Hillary said she's "humbled" as she awaits the results and that, "I'll do the very best I can if I'm fortunate enough to win today." The Clintons voted after more than 46 million early voters had cast their ballots, a record number. The election, as of this story's publication, remains too close to call. Read more... More about Election Day 2016, Real Time Video, Presidential Election, Bill Clinton, and Hillary Clinton Read More »Black market ceviche could mean jail for single mom
Share your favorite recipes on Facebook. But please don't sell the food without a permit. Even one bowl of your specialty could land you in jail. That's the reality California resident and single mom of six Mariza Reulas is learning as she faces jail time for selling homemade ceviche through a Facebook group, reports Fox40. Reulas was part of the 209 Food Spot Facebook group, where she says people in the Stockton, CA area traded recipes, planned potluck meals, and sold food to other members. On Dec. 3, 2015, Reulas and "about a dozen others" in the Facebook group were cited with two misdemeanors (operating a food facility and engaging in business without a permit). They were part of a sting operation, according to court documents. Reulas' crime was selling the private investigator a $12 dish of ceviche. Read more... More about Food and Watercooler Read More »Trump just filed his first election lawsuit, ahead of schedule
UPDATE: Nov. 8, 2016, 2:05 p.m. EST Added Clark County statement. Before the polls even opened Tuesday, Donald Trump filed his first election lawsuit. Lawyers for the Republican presidential candidate on Monday night filed a lawsuit alleging Clark County, Nevada kept polling places open "two hours beyond the designated closing time" during early voting. The polling places named in the suit are outside of Las Vegas and have a higher proportion of minority voters than the city, CNN reported. A lawsuit like this could delay some votes from being counted. Trump lawyers asked for the ballots in question not to be "co-mingled or interspersed" with other ballots, CNN said. Read more... More about Election Day 2016, Nevada, Voter Intimidation, Voter Fraud, and Trump Read More »We got our hands on one of the first Xiaomi Mi Mix phones, and asked people what they thought Read more...More about Mashable Video, Reactions, Xiaomi Mi Mix, Xiaomi, and Tech Read More » Woman goes into labor and still takes time to vote before giving birth
We're sure Sosha Adelstein would love to hear your excuse for not voting. The Boulder, Colorado, woman was due to give birth to her first child, Bella Rose, on Election Day. Bella, however, decided to drop by four days early — and Adelstein went into labor on Friday. But Adelstein was determined to cast her vote. So, on her way to the hospital, she casually stopped by the county clerk's office to drop off her ballot so she wouldn't miss the opportunity to vote. According to the Boulder Daily Camera, she and her partner, Max Brandel, both voted for Hillary Clinton. Read more... More about Election Day 2016, Pregnant, Election 2016, and Watercooler Read More »This was the year's most memorable campaign ad
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Jason Kander appealed to the historically Republican Missouri electorate with an ad that called out his opponent and expressed his support for the Second Amendment. Read more... More about Mashable Video, Jason Kander, Campaign Ad, Policy, and Gun Control Read More »The smog smothering India is so thick you can actually see it from space
The smog smothering millions in the Indian capital of New Delhi is so thick, it's plainly visible from space, showing up as a milky blanked covering northern India. Visible satellite imagery posted by NASA's Worldview tool shows persistent smog across northern India since late October. This coincides with the advent of winter weather patterns that often bring more stagnant air masses to the region. Pollution levels are so high, Indian authorities have shut schools and construction sites this week. The smog poses serious public health threats, including causing or aggravating heart disease, heightening cancer risks and elevating mortality among more vulnerable populations. Read more... More about Satellite Imagery, Nasa, India, New Delhi, and Air Pollution Read More »Meet the women who've waited 96 years or more to vote for a female president
It wasn't even 100 years ago that American women didn't have the right to vote. Today, tens of millions of Americans will vote for the first female nominee from a major political party, Hillary Clinton. Amongst those proudly casting their ballots for Hillary are many women born before the Aug. 18, 1920 ratification of the 19th Amendment guaranteeing their right to vote. The website iwaited96years.com profiles many of these joyful women from across the country. It features their photos, stories, and hopeful words about Clinton becoming America's first female president. Read more... More about Election Day 2016, Feminism, Powerful, Voting, and Hillary Clinton Read More »Prisma brings its trippy video filters to Facebook Live
Photo app Prisma continues to expand its artsy, AI-generated photo and video filters into as many platforms as it can before the competition catches up. Now, users can slap eight different Prisma filters onto Facebook Live videos, and switch styles mid-broadcast. Prisma says only owners of iPhone 7 and iPhone 6S will be able to use the feature as all the video processing is done locally, on the device and it requires "particular power." You can see a recent demonstration of the feature by Prisma CEO Alexey Moiseenkov in the video below. Read more... More about Filters, Video, Facebook Live, Prisma, and Tech Read More »Enthusiastic women are wearing pantsuits to go vote for Hillary Clinton
Election Day is a momentous occasion for women this year, and also pantsuits. Women across the country are hitting the polls wearing their sharpest pantsuits in honor of democratic nominee, Hillary Clinton. With the hashtag #pantsuitnation, the enthusiastic women are documenting their outfits across social media as they their vote for the first female nominee of a major party, and wear her signature outfit.
Meet the woman who can win Democrats control of the Senate
Representative Tammy Duckworth could help Democrats regain control of the Senate if she wins the race in Illinois against incumbent GOP Senator Mark Kirk. Here's four things you need to know about her. Read more... More about Mashable Video, Election 2016, Obama, Senate, and Tammy Duckworth Read More »9 times British Twitter narrated the U.S. election in glorious fashion
LONDON — The outcome of the U.S. presidential election will affect not only Americans, but the entire global community. So yes, they have been paying attention — in particular to the controversial campaigning by Republican candidate Donald Trump. Perhaps in part because of the longstanding "special relationship" between the U.S. and UK, Britons have been especially vocal about their thoughts throughout the election. And in 2016 where do you go to vocalize your political musings? Twitter of course: Read more... 1. After Trump said he would ban Muslims from entering the U.S., Brits started an online petition to ban Trump from entering the UK:More about Election Day 2016, Twitter Reactions, Election 2016, Donald Trump Election 2016, and Uk Read More »Watch a retired NFL receiver catch a gigantic fish with one hand
Former wide receiver Randy Moss played 14 years in the NFL, during which he set the single-season touchdown reception record and was named to six Pro Bowls. He's widely considered one of the best to ever play the game. And he's still got it. On Monday night, Moss — who retired four years ago and now serves as an ESPN analyst —proved that he's yet to lose a step from his gridiron playing days. Before the Seahawks-Bills game in Seattle, the famed Pike Place Market fish throwers tossed a few toward ESPN's on-air crew in a pre-game gag. Read more... More about Football, Nfl, Entertainment, and Sports Read More »Taylor Swift went to the polls and quietly revealed who she's voting for
Taylor Swift completed her civic duty by voting and she wants you to do the same. While remaining silent about who she's voting for, unlike fellow-extremely-famous-people Beyoncé and Lady Gaga who publicly support Hillary Clinton, Swift simply encouraged her followers to "go out and VOTE." However, as reported on Racked, Taylor Swift's outfit is not merely the clothes she threw on haphazardly this morning after the 20th birthday party she threw for Lorde last night. Rather, the off the shoulder look is a subtle nod toward Hillary Clinton, for whom she is presumably voting. Read more... More about Election Day 2016, Taylor Swift, and Watercooler Read More »Donald Trump says he's proud of child Tiffany 'to a lesser extent' than the others
It's Election Day, so Donald Trump only has a few more chances to let the nation know which of his children he likes the least. Calling in to Fox & Friends, the Republican nominee spoke about how proud he is of his adult children. Most of them, at least. "I'm very proud of my children. I mean, I'm just looking at them right now as an example... but I'm very proud 'cause Don and Eric and Ivanka and, you know, to a lesser extent 'cause she just got out of school, out of college, but, uh, Tiffany, who's also been so terrific. I mean, they work so hard." Did Trump have to say he's less proud of Tiffany? Of course not. Would it be Election Day if he didn't? No. No it would not. Read more... More about Election Day 2016, Politics, Videos, Tiffany Trump, and Donald Trump Read More »5 people we think should play young Dumbledore in 'Fantastic Beasts'
LONDON — The first installment in the Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them franchise hasn't even hit the screens, and yet already there's chatter about the films to come. Director David Yates fueled the fire (and made all our dreams come true) when he recently revealed at a press conference that casting is underway to find a young Dumbledore: "In the second movie Dumbledore comes back. He’s got a couple of scenes with Newt Scamander," he said. "We’re discussing who would play Dumbledore, any suggestions would be good. [Laughs]" More about Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them, Fantastic Beasts, Casting, Harry Potter, and Dumbledore Read More »Election fatigue? Check out this new UN climate report and feel even worse.
Climate change may have been the sleeper issue of the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign, but it's been a top issue on the global scene. That's why a new climate report, released on election day of all days, is so important. The report from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) is designed to inform negotiators at the latest round of UN climate talks in Marrakech, Morocco. It depicts a world that is warming at an accelerating rate, with the window for action closing fast before so much warming becomes locked into the climate system that irreversible impacts, such as runaway melting of continental ice sheets, become all but assured. Read more... More about Science, Climate Change, Global Warming, Marrakech, and Cop 22 Read More »Polka dot omelettes are apparently a thing in Japan
Japan may be the master of cute food (and cute everything) but we're not sure this one's a sure hit. According to Japanese blogs, polka dot omelettes have started to trend on social media such as Line and Twitter. The spotty eggs are commonly made by separating the yolk and white before cooking, then frying up a thin layer of the yolk first. As the yolk cooks, cut out circles with a cookie cutter, before pouring the egg white over it. The transparent egg white cooks into an opaque white layer filling up the holes, making the polka dots. Read more... More about Eggs, Japan, Food, and Watercooler Read More »Donald Trump gets booed on his way to vote
Election Day ballot casting can be a big event for the candidates. Or it can turn in to a super awkward occasion. SEE ALSO: Eric Trump may have just broken the law That's the lesson we learned on Election Day when big crowds gathered to shower GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump with lusty boos as he went to cast his vote on Tuesday morning. Trump and his wife, Melania, cast their ballots at PS 59 on the east side of Manhattan shortly after 10 a.m. local time. There were no other incidents reported while the Trumps cast their ballots. Now they get to wait, like the rest of us, for the results to roll in. Read more... More about Election Day 2016, Donald Trump, Election 2016, Watercooler, and Politics Read More »Here's what might happen if Marty McFly visited Westworld
It's the wild, wild Westworld, y'all. Writer and comedian Todd Spence has dreamed up a mashup that we weren't asking for but are thrilled with nonetheless — HBO's Westworld and the science fiction/Western extravaganza Back to the Future III. (Remember that one?) What a relief to know that Biff will be a bully in any reality. Scottish goat with 'psychic' powers boldly predicts U.S. election result
Don't even worry about watching the U.S. election results roll in tonight; we already know the outcome, and it comes courtesy of a psychic Scottish goat named Boots. OK, so the main basis for the goat being "psychic" seems to be that he's previously predicted the correct result for Brexit (which, if you want to be pedantic, was only a 50/50 decision) — but at the same time, that means his prediction record is 100% correct, so are we to argue? In the clip above, Boots doesn't even hesitate; with a determination most pollsters would be awed by, he plods straight over to Hillary. Read more... More about Election Day 2016, Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, Presidential Election, and Us Election Read More »Taylor Swift threw a birthday party for Lorde, herself
Ditching your teenage years is a big deal. Lorde kicked off her 20th year around the sun with a New York City birthday blowout that included some familiar faces like Karlie Kloss and Aziz Ansari—and of course, Taylor Swift. The Kiwi singer shared some pictures from her celebrations on Instagram and took some time to shoutout Swift for planning the festivities.
Oops, Eric Trump just broke the law
Did Eric Trump learn nothing from Justin Timberlake? In a since deleted tweet, the son of GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump posted what appeared to be a photo of his own presidential ballot on Twitter. Thankfully, the internet never forgets and you can see his photo below. Here's the thing: As we noted earlier today, New York is one of many states which has a law against such photosPolitico notes that such a transgression is punishable with a fine of up to $1,000 and a year in prison. The issue of these ballot photos has been a hot one this year, with social media platform Snapchat jumping on board in support of the practice. Read more... More about Election Day 2016, Election 2016, Donald Trump, Eric Trump, and Ballot Selfie Read More »9 relaxing live streams to soothe your Election Day anxiety
The best way to counter election nerves? A cascading waterfall or two. Several noble organizations, including a few national parks and the Weather Channel, are live streaming calming footage today to help you escape one of the most stressful days in recent memory. SEE ALSO: 6 tweets that dominated this election So grab a cup of tea, kick back with your fresh new "I Voted" sticker and let the puppies and pandas take you away. And, of course, watch Mashable's own puppy and kitten live stream as the votes roll in Tuesday night. 1California Academy of Sciences Live Penguin CamWatch penguins swim around, chat and hang out in nests — an idyllic, election-free lifestyle. Read more... More about Election Day 2016, Election 2016, and Watercooler Read More »On Election Day 2016, the whole world is Winston Churchill
Contrary to what you might have seen many times on Facebook in recent days, Winston Churchill never actually said that America "always does the right thing, but only when it has exhausted all other options." This misattributed quote seems to have originated in the US in the 1980s. It's a myth America has enjoyed telling about itself ever since. Hey, we've done some bad stuff, but things turn out for the best in the end, right? Just like in every TV show ever. Even the great British lion of democracy said so! But he didn't. Churchill spent nearly two years fending off the Nazi menace alone, watching Britain's cities burn in the Blitz, hoping against hope that his American cousins would come to their senses. He was too frazzled for quips. Read more... More about Election Day 2016, Election 2016, World, Politics, and History Read More »There's a line to visit Susan B. Anthony's grave on Election Day
The lines today aren't just to vote. People are waiting in line to visit Susan B. Anthony's grave in Rochester, New York on the day the United States could elect its first female president.
Anthony was one of the leaders of the suffrage movement, which earned women the right to vote in 1920. She died in 1906, 14 years before women cast their first ballots. Anthony's grave in Mt. Hope Cemetery will be open until voting ends Tuesday. Rochester's mayor announced the cemetery would stay open past its usual 5:30 p.m. closing time in honor of the historic day. Read more... More about Election Day 2016, Hillary Clinton, Election 2016, Election Day, and Susan B Anthony Read More »Presidential hopeful Donald Trump got booed on his way to the voting booth
As he arrived to vote at P.S. 59 in Manhattan on election day, presidential candidate Donald Trump was booed by crowds. Read more... More about Mashable Video, Election 2016, Donald Trump, Presidential Candidate, and Presidential Elections Read More »Hyperloop One's Dubai transport video is the sexiest thing you'll see all day
Shrugging off internecine battles and public lawsuits, Hyperloop One on Tuesday announced an official agreement with greater Dubai and the United Arab Emirates to launch a feasibility study for building one of the first hyperloop transportation systems in the Arab desert. And Hyperloop One is selling that feasibility with sizzle. The two-and-a-half-minute video the company launched as part of this announcement (and which it teased on Monday) reveals exactly how its proposed sub-supersonic, ground-based transportation system will work in Dubai and connecting locations. Hyperloop One claims that such a system could cut the travel time between Abu Dhabi and Dubai from a 90-minute to 12-minute drive. Read more... More about Dubai, Hyperloop One, Tech, and Transportation Read More »Assange says he isn't dropping emails to swing the U.S. election
Despite what a lot people believe, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said he didn't intend to influence the U.S. election when he leaked troves of private emails. Assange has been publishing copies of thousands of emails from Hillary Clinton's camp during the final months of the election campaign, but claims he did it all for the good of the public. "This is not due to a personal desire to influence the outcome of the election," Assange, who is hiding out in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, said in a statement. He said the organization publishes any information it receives that is in the public interest and that if he had information on Clinton's rival, Donald Trump, it would also be published. Read more... More about Election Day 2016, Assange, Wikileaks, and Tech Read More » | ||||
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