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 Yes, Patriots coach Bill Belichick did write that letter of support to Donald Trump
Many an eyebrow was raised when Donald Trump read aloud a letter of support from New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick at a campaign rally in New Hampshire on Monday night. Wednesday morning — hours after Trump was elected president of the United States in an upset that shocked pundits — Belichick told reporters that he's "not a political person." The letter, he said, was about "friendship." After Trump read the letter he said was from Belichick, many expressed skepticism the popular Patriots coach had in fact endorsed the Republican candidate. Here's a transcript; there's video embedded below that. Read more... More about Politics, Nfl, Sports, and Entertainment Read More »Chicago anthem 'Go Cubs Go' cracks the Billboard charts
As if the "first time since" narrative surrounding the Chicago Cubs hadn't been beaten to death, they just did it again. A week after the Cubs won the World Series for the first time since 1908, the team's anthem, "Go, Cubs, Go," claimed a spot on Billboard's charts. But this wasn't a "first time since" scenario. This was the first time ever. Steve Goodman's 1948 tune — which plays after Cubs victories at home — took the No. 21 spot on the Pop Digital Song Sales chart and No. 49 on the Hot Digital Song Sales chart, according to Billboard. The song also debuted at No. 3 on the Hot 100's Bubbling Under chart and climbed to No. 3 on Spotify's Viral 50 list. Read more... More about World Series, Baseball, Mlb, Chicago Cubs, and Entertainment Read More »Instagram's non-chronological timeline makes this election even more painful
This is not the week for the non-chronological. After watching Hillary Clinton concede the U.S. presidential race to Donald Trump, Instagram users are scrolling through their feeds to find hopeful photos of women voting in pantsuits 24 hours earlier. Instagram's non-chronological timeline, introduced in June, is putting "I Voted!" selfies and other photos taken before election results rolled in next to more somber photos posted after Trump won the White House. The out-of-order Instagram timeline has attracted complaints since it debuted, but this time around it's causing many users heartache rather than just annoyance. Read more... More about Election Day 2016, Facebook, Instagram, and Business Read More »Why we keep fighting: A salute to the women who got us this far
It’s official: Donald Trump is set to become the president of the United States, dashing the hopes of feminists poised to usher in the first woman president in the country's history. Nearly 100 years since women won the right to vote in the United States, the nation had a chance to elect a woman as its commander-in-chief. Hillary Clinton had already made history by clinching the Democratic nomination, but voters rejected her historic bid for the presidency on Tuesday. That "highest, hardest glass ceiling" remains in place, awaiting the woman who'll shatter it. Clinton was hopeful in her concession speech: "Someday, someone will." Read more... More about Women S Rights, Election 2016, Election Day 2016, Vote, and President Read More »Facebook made a new Snapchat clone for Brazil because why not
If you were wondering if Facebook is finally growing weary with trying to copy Snapchat, the answer, it seems, is: not even close. The social network launched a new app in Brazil on Tuesday that looks like yet another near-perfect Snapchat clone. Called Flash, the app allows Brazilian users to send disappearing messages — complete with filters masks emoji and doodles — to friends or add them to their in-app stories. Facebook has previously tested some Snapchat-like camera features in its main app during the Olympics in Brazil. Apparently those tests were successful as Facebook is now launching a similar experience in Flash. Read more... More about Social Meda, Facebook, Apps And Software, Tech, and Apps Software Read More »14 blankets to crawl under and just kinda wait
Hey, everyone. It was a long, rough night. A lot of people are feeling hopeless, sad, angry, afraid. Remember that it's okay to grieve if you want to. Here's a list of blankets you could crawl under. It's not going to change anything, but maybe it'll make you feel warm and cozy while we hope for a more unified America. 1Fuzzy ThrowImage: target Price: $10.49 2Elegant Comfort Ultra Soft BlanketImage: Overstock Price: $30 3Faux Fur ThrowImage: lands end Price: $119 4SnuggieImage: amazon Price: $20 Read more... 5Heated Plush ThrowMore about Watercooler, Election Night 2016, and Blankets Read More »The voices of 'Overwatch' had a blast at BlizzCon, and filmed it
Heroes never die, but they do have IRL alter-egos. Jonny Cruz — the voice of Lúcio in Overwatch — met up with several of his fellow voice actors at BlizzCon 2016 over the weekend. The fun-loving group spent some time hamming it up for the camera, playing with a variety of their memorable one-liners from the game. Cruz cut the whole thing together and shared it on Tuesday, giving Overwatch fans a brief respite from the day's tense vote counting process. Enjoy it now for yourself. It's really strange to hear these oh-so-familiar voices coming out of actual human mouths, but also great to actually see the talented individuals we've spent so much time with as fans. Read more... More about Blizzcon, Blizzcon 2016, Blizzard Entertainment, Overwatch, and Esports Read More »Snoop Dogg can't handle this election, asks Drake to help him move to Canada
Snoop wants to roll on out of America, and he's asking his buddy Drake for help. Upon hearing that Donald Trump won the 2016 presidential election, a troubled Snoop Dogg decided it might be time for a change of scenery. He shared a beautiful photo of his "new home," Canada, on Instagram and promptly called upon his pal Drake to hook him up with some prime real estate.
George R.R. Martin on Donald Trump win: 'Winter is coming'
LOS ANGELES — Winter is coming. This time, Game of Thrones creator George R.R. Martin says it's coming for America, not Westeros. The writer of the famous book franchise turned hit HBO series posted a reaction to Donald Trump winning the presidential election. In his LiveJournal blog post, titled "President Pussygrabber," Martin expressed his disappointment in the results. He ended with an ominous reference to GOT: "Winter is coming. I told you so." Read more... More about Hbo, Game Of Thrones, George R. R Martin, Election 2016, and Donald Trump Read More »'GTA Online: Deadline' is the 'Tron' crossover you didn't know you wanted
Why are Tron-inspired light cycles now a thing in GTA Online? You know what? It's best not to ask. The new, free GTA Online: Deadline update adds extremely familiar-looking Shotaro Light Bikes to the game, along with a competitive race mode that makes each bike's light trail a dangerous physical hazard. Yeah, it's Tron comes to GTA Online. Kind of dated at this point — not only was Tron: Legacy a failure, it also came out six years ago — but this looks super cool. Go check it out. Watch Conor McGregor meet an Irish NYPD officer and feel all of the feels
For a guy who makes millions to kick, punch and wrestle other people, Conor McGregor sure seems like a nice guy. The Irish mixed martial arts fighter, who will fight in UFC's main event on Saturday at Madison Square Garden, met one of his biggest fans — an Irish NYPD officer — in New York City this week. All of the feels ensued. "Besides my kids being born this has been one of the best days of my life," she said. McGregor isn't this kind to everyone. UFC fined McGregor $150,000 last month after a heated argument with one of his opponents turned into a barrage of thrown water bottles and energy drink cans. Earlier this year, he called WWE wrestlers "messed up pussies." Read more... More about Conor Mcgregor, Ufc, New York City, Entertainment, and Sports Read More »10 supporting roles that totally stole the show
Sometimes small roles can leave a big impression. And sometimes they're the only thing we're talking about when the credits roll. CineFix takes a look at actors and actresses who completely owned these movies they weren't even starring in, sometimes in under 10 minutes of screen time (as in the case of Alec Baldwin in Glengarry Glen Ross). Subscribe to CineFix for more videos: https://www.youtube.com/c/cinefix Read more... More about Mashable Video, Alec Baldwin, Angelina Jolie, Jack Black, and Movies Read More »The Necromancer is the most satisfyingly fun class in 'Diablo 3'
The Necromancer player class is being resurrected in Diablo 3: Reaper of Souls, and after a hands-on at BlizzCon, it's one of the most enjoyable classes the game has to offer. Mashable was able to test the Necromancer at BlizzCon after sitting down to talk with Diablo senior game designer Wyatt Cheng and lead game producer Rob Foote, who were able to offer some insight into the revamped class last seen in Diablo 2. Although we had a limited time to test the Necromancer, it was one of the most satisfying classes to play in Diablo 3, primarily due to its dark and unique abilities (some of which are making a return from Diablo 2). Read more... More about Gaming, Diablo, Blizzard, Blizzcon, and Diablo 3 Read More »Lady Gaga wants little monsters everywhere to stand up for 'kindness'
Gaga campaigned hard for Hillary Clinton, but after a Trump victory, she's asking fans to respond with kindness. Read more... More about Mashable Video, President, Election 2016, Hillary Clinton, and Lady Gaga Read More »The side of President Obama's Trump speech that you didn't see
President Barack Obama made his first public remarks on Donald Trump's presidential win during a brief speech held Wednesday in the White House Rose Garden. And while viewers around the world tuned in to watch the president speak, a photo courtesy of Washington Post staff writer David Nakamura shows a side of Obama's speech that viewers didn't see. The image shows the crowd of White House staffers looking hopelessly defeated in the aftermath of Tuesday's election.
On top of everything, Snapchat went down
You couldn't even Snapchat away your stress Wednesday after a shocking presidential election. Snapchat was down for about an hour Wednesday afternoon. The company initially reported they were looking into problems with the messaging app and then sent out an update that the "issues" had been resolved.
Rise up: America’s students stage school walkouts following Trump victory
This week's shock election result has spun millions into a cycle of disbelief and grief but many of the country's youth have defiantly sprung into action. Across the U.S., college and even high school students are walking out of classrooms, marching through the streets and chanting in the name of social justice and opposition to the Donald Trump presidency. High schools students from Berkeley, Calif. to Des Moines, Iowa have staged walk-outs sometimes involving thousands of students, advocating the rights of immigrants, women, the LGBTQ community, people of color, and basically all Americans. Read more... More about Election Day 2016, Election, Trump, Protests, and Walkout Read More »America's top Google searches reveal just how confused the country is right now
If our parents or president can't provide the answers, Americans turn to Google. After last night's historic upset, many people searched online for help understanding what just happened. Some, it appeared, were looking for facts. Others wanted emotional reassurance that the electoral map that they were looking was somehow, magically, wrong. First and foremost, Americans wanted to know basic facts about their often confusing electoral system:
NBA vet David West obliterates 'fairytale' of post-racial America
NBA veteran David West articulated the thoughts of many on Wednesday. The Golden State Warriors forward — who has made subtle social statements longer than most fans realize — blasted the "fairytale" of a post-racial America following Donald Trump's election win. SEE ALSO: MLB star Sean Doolittle perfectly summarizes why white Americans should listen to black activists There's a transcript below, but first here's video, via the San Francisco Chronicle's Connor Letourneau: And for those without audio: "Not moved a thread" may be a hyperbolic, but what's undeniable is Trump's campaign leveraged white nationalism and hate toward racial minorities during his campaign for the White House vote. Then he won. Read more... More about Nba, Sports, and Entertainment Read More »The world's first hyperloop is officially coming to Dubai
Transportation company Hyperloop One has made a deal with the United Arab Emirates to launch a hyperloop line between Dubai and Abu Dhabi. Read more... More about Mashable Video, Future, Future Tech, Abu Dhabi, and Dubai Read More »Twitter's revenue guru and chief nice guy is out
Twitter's Chief Operating Officer Adam Bain is leaving the company after six years, he announced via a tweetstorm Wednesday. Bain is credited with helping grow Twitter's entire revenue strategy, a.k.a its advertising business. He arrived at Twitter, coming from Fox Interactive Media, back in September 2012 as the president of global revenue and partnerships. Back then, Twitter was generating $0 in sales. By the end of the following year, he brought in $106 million in revenue and nearly tripled that amount in 2012.
Abe Lincoln as a vampire kung fu warrior is the hero we need
Let's all unite together in laughter! Let's face it. Abe Lincoln could kick some serious butt, eh? Trailer Mix is a biweekly series that re-imagines your favorite film trailers as entirely different genres! Subscribe to CineFix for more videos. After last year's drama, Starbucks unveils holiday cups designed by 13 women
On this bleary, post-election afternoon, I trudged through Brookfield Place, a fancy mall in Manhattan's Financial District, with the promise of being one of the first to see Starbucks' 2016 holiday cup. I entered the mall's Starbucks thinking: Can we please just let this cup thing be drama-free? Last year, some people were upset that the plain red cups weren't Christmas-y enough. This year's holiday cups are red and white, and feature 13 different designs from 13 women from six countries. “We hope that this year’s red holiday cup designs express the shared spirit of the holidays as told by our customers,” Sharon Rothstein, Starbucks' global chief marketing officer, said in a press release. Read more... More about Election 2016, Election Day 2016, Coffee, Starbucks Cups, and Christmas Read More »Rolling Stones' new video has a dog playing basketball to brighten your day
If, perhaps, you need something to take your mind off things for awhile, try the Rolling Stones' music video for "Hate To See You Go" off their new studio album Blue and Lonesome. The video is mostly studio footage of the band recording the song, written by blues legend Little Walter, interspersed with slice-of-life scenes from various cities. Most importantly, there's a dog flirting with a career in basketball and Mick Jagger's gleeful dance moves. The imagery that could not come at a better time following Donald Trump's perplexing decision to play "You Can't Always Get What You Want" just after his victory speech — even though the Rolling Stones have publicly distanced themselves from him. Read more... More about Mick Jagger, Rock Music, Rolling Stones, Music Video, and Music Read More »Abraham Lincoln vows to fight for our country in this recut kung fu trailer
The next U.S. president was a reality TV host. What if Lincoln was an action star? Subscribe to CineFix for more videos. Read more... More about Mashable Video, Benjamin Walker, Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter, and Sally Field Read More »WhatsApp catches up to Facebook's other chat apps with GIF support
WhatsApp is slowly creeping toward a more Snapchat-like future. The messaging app, which rarely adds new features, added GIF support to its app Wednesday. The app now lets you browse and share GIFs from Giphy and Tenor and convert your video clips into GIFs within conversations. The update is out now on iPhone and "coming soon" to Android, according to the company. The new GIF search features appear in the "photo and video library" section of individual and group chats. After you choose a GIF, you can opt to trim it down or add text, doodles or emoji. Alternatively, you can convert video that's six seconds or shorter into a GIF when you share it within a conversation. Read more... More about Giphy, Facebook, Whatsapp, Apps And Software, and Tech Read More »Everything women stand to lose to President Trump
American women woke up in a terrifying new world Wednesday morning. And for progressives, the crushing despair of Hillary Clinton's defeat by Donald J. Trump turned into fresh horror at his proposed agenda. Though women believe abortion rights are theirs to keep, Trump has promised to appoint a Supreme Court justice who would overturn that constitutional guarantee. Women in same-sex relationships who wed their partner, or want to, have a different reason to fear Trump's appointment: he's pledged to nominate someone opposed to marriage equality. More about U.S., Politics, Gender Equality, Gender, and Donald Trump Read More »Eerie photos from the aftermath of the Hillary Clinton party that wasn't
The Jacob Javits Center was quiet and deserted on Wednesday afternoon, but an alternate reality was not hard to imagine. The night before, Hillary Clinton and her most avid supporters had crammed into the center in the middle of Manhattan, under a physical and proverbial glass ceiling, ripe with the sense of history in the making, waiting for their nominee to become the first female president-elect. It's easy to imagine giddy men and women sporting "I'm with her" t-shirts on Wednesday afternoon, snapping selfies and staring in wonder at what they'd witnessed the night before. Many people would surely stop by to take a photo of the building where such monumental history was made. Read more... More about Photos, Eerie, Election 2016, President, and Democrat Read More »NBA coach Stan Van Gundy slams 'brazenly racist and misogynistic' Donald Trump
New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick took one tack after Donald Trump was elected president by professing not to be "a political person" — even after writing Trump a letter of support. NBA coach Stan Van Gundy took another approach entirely Wednesday: Scorched Earth. SEE ALSO: MLB star Sean Doolittle perfectly summarizes why white Americans should listen to black activists Van Gundy ripped Trump as "openly and brazenly racist and misogynistic" on Wednesday, per the Detroit Free Press. "We have just thrown a good part of our population under the bus, and I have problems with thinking this is where we are as a country," the Detroit Pistons headman and veteran NBA coach lamented. Read more... More about Nba, Sports, and Entertainment Read More »Brad Pitt reportedly cleared of child abuse allegations, seeks joint custody
LOS ANGELES — The investigation into child abuse allegations against Brad Pitt has concluded and no charges will be filed, clearing him of wrongdoing and boosting his chances of getting shared custody, TMZ reported Wednesday. The L.A. County Department of Children and Family Services "exhaustively investigated" the incident during a family fight aboard a private plane in September, TMZ reported. An argument between Pitt and his son Maddox, now 15, reportedly grew heated and physical — and was apparently the last straw that motivated Angelina Jolie to file for divorce — but did not constitute abuse. Read more... More about Brangelina, Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, Movies, and Entertainment Read More »Trump's America: What women, immigrants and people of color want you to know
America has voted, and for many marginalized communities, it feels like the nation has failed them. President-elect Donald Trump's campaign rhetoric has been dubbed racist, sexist, ableist and abusive throughout his fight to the presidency. And although his tactics have long been criticized as abrasive and alarming, Trump succeeded in defeating Hillary Clinton for the presidency. Many activists argue his victory came by harnessing privilege, deeply offending and disregarding various communities on his way to the most powerful seat in the country. Now that Trump is the president-elect, many people are fearful of the power he holds due to the threats and opinions on which he's built his platform and persona. Read more... More about Ask The Activists, Women, Muslims, Immigrants, and Latinx Read More »MashReads Podcast: 'The Underground Railroad' is a must-read allegory of American slavery
This week on the MashReads Podcast, we are joined by author Colson Whitehead to read and discuss his novel The Underground Railroad. The book paints a portrait of slavery and American history by following Cora, a slave running away from a cruel plantation in Georgia. As she struggles to escape to freedom, Cora travels through the country, seeing how deeply slavery has shaped American life and how passionately citizens will fight to keep or destroy the institution. Join us as we talk with Colson about writing, history, and fact vs. fiction in The Underground Railroad. Read more... More about Podcast, Mashreads Podcast, Mashreads, Books, and Entertainment Read More »Australia's newspapers aren't holding back on hot Trump takes
Due to the fact that Australia is technically in the future, we can confidently tell you — Trump is still the U.S. president tomorrow. Sorry. Newspapers Down Under have celebrated and/or mourned the Republican candidate's victory by dishing out some killer headlines, from the humorously unaffected to the nervous breakdown-inducing. It was Albert Einstein who said, "In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity." For the press people of Australia, that opportunity equates to humour. Take the cheeky editors over at NT News. Read more... More about Nt News, Election, President, Newspapers, and Australia Read More »Facebook failed America this year — now it should kill the News Feed
Every employee at Facebook should be ashamed of what their product became this year: a tangled mess of bizarre falsehoods and outdated information used as ammo to help people scream at one another. It has failed our bitterly divided country through its News Feed, which has weighed legitimate, reported information from good news organizations against propagandistic junk written by trolls and found there is no difference. Posted to your News Feed, a Pulitzer-winning New York Times report looks just the same as a blog post from The Right Stuff, an anti-Semitic content factory of the so-called "alt-right." Read more... More about Mark Zuckerberg, Trump, Election 2016, Facebook, and Tech Read More »Exclusive: Ray Liotta in talks to join Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper in 'A Star Is Born'
LOS ANGELES — Emmy-winning actor Ray Liotta is in talks to join Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga in WB's update of A Star Is Born, Mashable has learned. Cooper will make his directorial debut with the film, which he's also producing with Jon Peters, Bill Gerber and Basil Iwanyk. A Star Is Born follows a washed-up alcoholic musician who helps an up-and-coming performer while his own career faces a downward spiral. Liotta is making a deal to play the two leads' manager in the film, which is focusing on rock stars rather than movie stars. Janet Gaynor and Fredric March starred in the 1937 version, which was updated in 1954 with James Mason and Judy Garland, and again in 1976 with Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson. Read more... More about Bradley Cooper, Lady Gaga, Ray Liotta, Entertainment, and Film Read More »Let this NBA mascot strip-dancing to 'Pony' briefly lighten your mood
There's a lot going on in America right now. You understandably might be feeling pretty down. So let this NBA mascot getting nasty to Ginuwine's 1996 hit "Pony" lighten the mood real quick. Trust us — you won't regret it. That's "Grizz," the mascot of the Memphis Grizzlies, for those scoring from home. OK, now back to reality. Well — on second that, maybe we'll watch that again. Read more... More about Watercooler, Nba, Sports, and Entertainment Read More »How the 'L.A. Times' poll was the only one to predict a Trump win
A Donald Trump presidency has arrived — a possibility almost no major pollster saw coming. Except the Los Angeles Times. The USC Dornsife/L.A. Times Daybreak poll predicted what pretty much everyone else saw as a distant and unlikely reality. Leading into Election Day, the poll was predicting a Trump win. SEE ALSO: Nearly half of Americans didn't vote — not even for Harambe
That made it a lone wolf, as most other pollsters predicted a Hillary Clinton win. A week before the election, Trump's lead was already solid in the L.A. Times poll. Read more... More about Voter, Vote, Voting, America, and United States Read More »'Arrow' star Stephen Amell on facing off with Dolph Lundgren
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Arrow is less than halfway through its fifth season and has already dispatched one major villain, with last week's episode bidding farewell to crime boss Tobias Church (Chad Coleman). Unlucky for titular hero Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell), there are plenty more bad guys to pick up the slack — including Church's killer, Prometheus, who now knows Oliver's secret identity, and probably doesn't intend to use it to send the vigilante-turned-mayor a fruit basket. In episode 6 of Season 5, "So It Begins," airing Wednesday night, "we begin to explore why Prometheus is doing what he's doing," Amell told reporters on the Arrow set last week in Vancouver. Read more... More about Dolph Lundgren, Stephen Amell, Arrow, Entertainment, and Tv Read More »Let the 'Overwatch' voice actors' cuteness just wash over you
Overwatch fans will get a kick out of this heartwarming video taken by Jonny Cruz — better known as the voice of Lucio in the popular Blizzard game. The voice cast of Overwatch came together Tuesday for a Blizzard campus tour in Irvine, California. You can see 13 of the Overwatch heroes in real-life including Zhang Yu (Mei), Keith Silverstein (Torbjörn), Matthew Mercer (McCree), (Crispin Freeman), Winston and more in Cruz' two-minute video:
Australian conservatives are revelling in Trump's election win
Australia has long been perceived as America's deputy sheriff — ever so eager to follow in the footsteps of their bigger and more powerful brother. With the election of Donald Trump as U.S. president Wednesday, some Australians were vindicated in their nationalistic views. And so they celebrated. Weirdly. While shock was written all over the front pages of the country's newspapers Thursday morning, it was a vastly different story when it came to the nation's far-right politicians and even some of its university bros. "Grab them by the pussy! That's how we do it!"More about Pauline Hanson, Politics, Foreign Policy, Donald Trump, and Election 2016 Read More »This website makes the impending Trump presidency all too real
Maybe this was all a dream. Maybe Hillary Clinton is celebrating her victory and you were just fast asleep, having some kind of terrifying nightmare. Oh, nope, here is the official website from President-elect Donald Trump's transition team. Now you can go to greatagain.gov to, of course, learn how to make America great again. Yes, that's .gov. Donald Trump will be sworn in as the next president of the United States in January. Here is a list of ways to cope and Seinfeld made with hamsters to make you feel better. Read more... More about Election 2016, President, Mike Pence, Donald Trump, and Us World Read More »Everyone is hugging each other after Trump's win
With the votes in and Donald Trump's Twitter bio already changed, it feels like there's not much voters can do about the presidential election results. But it's not all hopeless. Around the country people are hugging each other and offering some kindness and support in the aftermath of a bitter campaign and a surprising election night. There's even a hashtag circulating to make sure America gets the message: #MakeAmericaHugAgain.
New software could give lip-reading powers to everyone
Giving everyone the ability to comprehend one another might soon be much easier. A team from the University of Oxford's Department of Computer Science has developed new lip-reading software, LipNet, which they claim is the most accurate of its kind to date by a wide margin. The development of the software, which was supported in part by Alphabet's DeepMind AI program, has been detailed in a paper which reports LipNet has bested the existing top marks in lipreading tech accuracy by 13.8 percent. The previous best software and its 79.6 percent mark was already light-years ahead of the efforts of human lip-readers, who averaged 52.3 percent accuracy with the same test. Read more... More about Artificial Intelligence, Software, Scientific Research, Lip Dub, and Tech Read More »Every relationship suffers at a 'You're The Worst' wedding
When did a TV wedding not prove pivotal for its attendees? In You're The Worst Season 3, episode 11, a celebration of Shitstain's nuptials becomes a shitshow for every couple invited. On the heels of last week's treehouse-induced identity crisis, Jimmy starts analyzing everything in his life to calculate "The Inherent, Unsullied Qualitative Value of Anything." The episode's opening is positively whimsical compared to last week's bleak conclusion, with Gretchen steeling herself for analysis. “Just know that this is gonna be a waste of your time,” she says, unable to hide her nerves. Read more... More about Recap, Fxx, Fx, You Re The Worst, and Television Read More »Dude who used drone to deliver sausage explains how (and why)
Amid the U.S. election chaos, it's no surprise that great stories *fly* under the radar. Like the story of an Australian dude known only as "Tim from Melbourne," who used a drone to pick up a sausage sandwich from a nearby hardware store. It's genius. Tim was having a few beers with mates and messing around with a drone, when the smell of a barbecue from a couple of doors down got them peckish, he told Today on Thursday morning. Of course they thought about setting up their own grill, but why do all that when hardware store Bunnings Warehouse have sausages cooking out the front? Read more... More about Sausage Sizzle, Sausage, Bunnings, Australia, and Drones Read More »Seth Meyers tears up while talking about Trump win on 'Late Night'
It's painful, but it's not hopeless. That was the message of Seth Meyer's Late Night speech on Wednesday. Not afraid of expressing some still-raw feelz, the show's host spoke about how excited three generations of his family were to see America inaugurate it's first female president. But here we are. With tears in his eyes, Meyers was clear to give audiences a message of hope, and especially, he hoped he'd be as wrong about Trump as president as he'd been about him in the past. "I felt a lot of emotions last night and into today," Meyers said. "Some sadness, some anger, some fear. But I’m also aware that those are the same emotions a lot of Trump supporters felt, emotions that led them to make their choice, and it would be wrong for me to think my emotions are somehow more authentic than their emotions." Read more... More about Late Night, Election 2016, Donald Trump, Seth Meyers, and Entertainment Read More »Private prison stocks soar after Donald Trump wins presidency
Wall Street traders watched with bated breath Tuesday night as the United States underwent one of the biggest political upsets in its history. They spent the ensuing hours trying to puzzle together how Donald Trump's often-erratic campaign tactics and policy pronouncements might shape the markets. As for the U.S. stock market as a whole, Wall Street seemed to be feeling optimistic Wednesday afternoon despite an initial plunge in global indices caused by news of Trump's impending victory the previous night. The Dow Jones Industrial average closed at 250 points Wednesday afternoon, its highest finish since August. Read more... More about Private Prisons, Guns, Stocks, Stock Market, and Donald Trump Read More »Indians pose for a selfie with new Rs 2,000 note
Selfie with a currency note is a thing now in India, and you’re going to see a lot of it in the next few days. Millions of Indians are taking a break today from their office to visit banks and exchange the recently withdrawn currency notes with new bills that have gone into circulation from today. Naturally, many are taking a selfie with the new notes — hey you don’t get new currency notes in the country everyday.
Banks across the country have hundreds of people, in some places, queued outside today. People formed lines hours before the bank had opened. The rush comes as people run out of cash and take immediate actions to deposit the now-withdrawn currency notes. Read more... More about Selfie, Money, India, and Watercooler Read More »The John Lewis Christmas ad is here and it's guaranteed to make you happy
There are various signs that Christmas is approaching in Britain — the lights being switched on; mince pies appearing on the shelves — but the release of the John Lewis Christmas advert surely has to be one of the most hotly anticipated. And although many of their previous ads have been tear-jerkers, this year's is the perfect chirpy antidote to the widespread misery of 2016. After all: what can possibly be more cheering than the sight of a smiley dog bouncing up and down on a trampoline? Indians sign up for mobile wallets after most cash rendered useless
Indians have avoided digital transactions for decades, but this week they are increasingly looking at cashless solutions. In the aftermath of withdrawal of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 denomination currency notes earlier this week, people are increasingly downloading and using mobile wallet apps such as Paytm, Ola Money, and Freecharge, the companies say. Most of them took the opportunity to advertise their solutions with full-page advertisements in national dailies. Ola Money said Wednesday it saw a 1,500 percent increase in wallet recharges (adding money from a bank account to the digital wallet). Paytm said it saw a 435 percent upward spike in traffic as "millions" of people used its app. It also saw 200 percent increase in app download numbers, and 250 percent surge in overall transactions and transaction value. Read more... More about Money Transaction, Money, Digital Payments, Digital Culture, and India Read More »Not my president: Powerful images show anti-Trump protests across U.S.
"Not my president" was a rallying cry being called out across America on Wednesday night. Thousands of U.S. citizens opposed to Donald Trump have taken to the streets, after it was announced the Republican candidate had won the U.S. election. From west to east and even across the seas, major cities are seeing people turn out in droves. Tens of thousands of protesters have hit the streets of some of the nation's cities, and there was protesting in London, UK. A protester carries an upside down American flag, often seen as a symbol of distress. Image: AP Read more... Don't believe the tweets claiming 'The Simpsons' predicted Trump's win
The Simpsons might be really, bizarrely good at predicting things — just look at this list of technological predictions they've made over the years — but they didn't predict Donald Trump's presidential win. At least, they didn't predict it in the way suggested by the following tweet that went viral on Wednesday.
The cartoons above are indeed from The Simpsons — but the date on the left-hand picture is wrong, and the election chart on the right has been taken completely out of context. Read more... More about Prediction, Viral, Tweet, Election Day 2016, and Donald Trump Read More »Relax! There's no GPS chip in new Rs 2,000 notes
There’s no denying that the new currency notes in India look visually appealing and come with enhanced security features. But they still don’t carry a GPS chip, despite what everyone is telling you on WhatsApp. India’s finance minister Arun Jaitley today confirmed that there’s no GPS chip embedded on the new Rs 2,000 notes. Responding to the question, an irate Jaitley said, "from where did you come to know this? I haven't heard of it." Hours before Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a surprise address to the nation and announce the new currency notes, a rumor began circulating on WhatsApp that a new Rs 2,000 note will be issued by the Indian government and it will come embedded with a nano-GPS chip. The rumor gained steam once Modi made the new Rs 2,000 notes official and also made it to many news publications as journalists scrambled to find anything they could to write about the new currency bills. Read more... More about Currency, Money, India, and Tech Read More »Petite pro fighter shows us how to defend yourself
Michelle Nicolini is an eight-time world champion in BJJ (Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu) and a third degree black belt holder with 20 years of martial arts experience. You'd never know it if you ran into the petite professional fighter in the street. On Friday, she's up for one of the biggest challenges in her martial arts career. Having built up years of experience as an expert grappler, she'll have to defend herself against powerful Muay Thai kicks and punches when she competes in the One Championships — her first professional MMA competition. Read more... More about Martial Arts, Jiu Jitsu, Bjj, Michelle Nicolini, and Self Defence Read More »This letter proves the Nixons saw Trump's victory coming
For many people, Donald Trump's victory at the U.S. presidential elections came as a shock. One very powerful couple, though, knew Trump would snatch the top post almost 30 years ago, when he was a young real estate magnate. Ex-President Richard Nixon wrote a short letter to the president-elect back in December 1987 after his wife and former first lady Pat watched Trump on Phil Donahue's TV show.
Nope, 'The Simpsons' didn't predict the John Lewis Christmas advert
LONDON — They (sort of) predicted a Trump presidency, they predicted various technological advances, but — sadly — The Simpsons didn't predict the 2016 John Lewis Christmas advert. Following the much-anticipated advert being released on Thursday morning, a jokey tweet about The Simpsons anticipating the advert's theme — a dog bouncing on a trampoline — began to go viral.
Soon, there were other tweets. Read more... More about Fake, Photoshop, Debunk, Christmas, and Uk Read More »Emma Watson had an awesome response to Trump becoming president
LONDON — Celebrities have been pretty outspoken about Trump becoming president — just look at the Twitter reactions, and Lady Gaga's Trump Tower protest — and British actress Emma Watson is no exception. On Wednesday evening, following the confirmation that Donald Trump had won the election, Watson posted the following tweet.
This Donald Trump waxwork will send shivers down your spine
LONDON — If you want to see something deeply terrifying, just cast your eyes over this waxwork bust of Donald Trump. Following the result of the U.S. election, the Madame Tussauds waxwork museum in London began work on a wax figure of the new president. Here's sculptor David Gardner measuring waxwork Trump's head. Image: Charlotte Ball/PA Wire And here's Sophie Crudgington using actual Yak hair to simulate the President-elect's trademark thatch. Image: Charlotte Ball/PA We don't know what the finished waxwork will look like, but we can already imagine the way its eyes will follow you around the room: Read more... More about Creepy, Uk, London, Madame Tussauds, and Waxwork Read More »Irish couple live tweets journey to receive legal abortion in England
LONDON — An Irish couple is live tweeting its journey as the anonymous pair travels across the Irish Sean abortion in England. The couple began tweeting in the early hours of Thursday morning as it set off in a taxi to the airport in Ireland, and will be posting updates throughout the day In the Republic of Ireland, a constitutional ban on abortion means that only women whose pregnancies put their lives at risk can have access to safe, legal abortion services. This constitutional ban means that abortion is not permitted in cases of fatal foetal abnormalities. In July, the Irish parliament blocked a bill that would have allowed abortions to take place in Irish hospitals in cases of fatal foetal abnormalities. Read more... More about Reproductive Rights, Twitter, Uk, Ireland, and Abortion Rights Read More »'The Last Guardian' delays only brought it closer to the original vision
The Last Guardian is among those rarest of games — the ones that are in development for years and years (a decade in this case) and still actually come out. Now the long-awaited third title from game design auteur Fumito Ueda is scheduled to arrive Dec. 6, with no further delays. Speaking in a hotel meeting room in Santa Monica, Calif., Ueda seemed simultaneously reserved and excited to get the game out there. No surprises there — with the build-up The Last Guardian has received over the past 10 years, anyone would be nervous and eager to move on. More about Fumito Ueda, The Last Guardian, Gaming, and Entertainment Read More »Anti-Trump protests spread across nation
People in over 18 cities across the U.S. joined demonstrations protesting the election on Tuesday of Donald Trump. Some protesters were seen burning a U.S. flag, while more peaceful protests focused on expressing messages of love and tolerance. Read more... More about Mashable Video, Donald Trump, Us World, and Politics Read More »In pictures: Indians cope up with demonetization, queue up outside banks to exchange useless cash
India scrapped its bigger denomination currency notes this week and began issuing two new notes shortly afterwards. The big reform is the government's latest attempt to curb corruption in the nation and curtail terrorism activities that often use unreported stash of cash. It's a very bold move and truly holds the potential of making big changes in the nation, the results of which could be before us as soon as coming months. But on the flip side, the transition has already impacted lives of hundreds of millions of people in India. More about Culture, Money, India, and World Read More »Samantha Bee has a few choice words for white people after this election
Like most other late night TV hosts, Samantha Bee is reeling from Donald Trump's victory in the presidential election. But amid the storm of analysis and blame, she says, there's really one reason Trump came out on top: white people. "The Caucasian nation showed up in droves to vote for Trump," she said, "so I don't want to hear a goddamn word about black voter turnout. How many times do we expect black people to build our country for us?" Bee concluded her segment with a plea for white female voters — 52 percent of whom voted for Trump — to redeem themselves by supporting diverse, progressive candidates for Congress in 2018. Read more... More about Election 2016, Samantha Bee, and Watercooler Read More »How a London data firm helped Trump become president
Donald Trump's U.S. election victory threw polling experts — from the New York Times to Nate Silver's FiveThirtyEight — into serious soul-searching after their forecast of a Hillary Clinton win turned out to be wrong. But for a little-known British company working for the Trump campaign it was confirmation that their data analysis — based on a hyper-targeted psychological approach — was working. Just a few weeks before the vote, London-based Cambridge Analytica saw an increase in favour of Trump from 1% to 3% in Rust Belt states such as Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin. Read more... More about Rust Belt, Big Data, Polls, Donald Trump, and World Read More »Google's first shot at a real VR headset is a normcore miss
The world of virtual reality is a convoluted mess right now, divided into three categories: low, mid and high end. On the low end you've got Google Cardboard and all the "viewers" that don't have any kind of head tracking or controllers. These are pretty terrible in most cases. In the middle, you've got Samsung's Gear VR and a dozen of clones that provide good VR experiences with limited head-tracking and controller support (either built-in or wireless). And on the high-end, there's the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, which require expensive, powerful gaming PCs to work. But man, are the VR experiences worth it. Sony's PlayStation VR gets lumped into this category, too, but it's a notch down from the Rift and Vive. Read more... More about Youtube Vr, Reviews, Vr Headset, Virtual Reality, and Vr Read More »The Microsoft Surface Book is still the best Windows laptop you can buy
It isn’t easy to review Microsoft’s least interesting product release of the fall. A few weeks ago, Microsoft pulled another October surprise, unveiling the big-screen, all-in-one Surface Studio. It’s a stunner few of us can wait to get our hands on. In the interim, Microsoft handed us the minimally updated Surface Book with Performance Base. At a glance, it looks just like the excellent laptop/tablet hybrid Microsoft introduced a year agoI lauded that one for its design, unique and unusual dynamic fulcrum hinge, excellent touchscreen (which detaches to become a clipboard-like tablet) and well-designed keyboard. Read more... More about Mashable Choice, Reviews, Review, Surface Book, and Windows 10 Read More »Brits are begging Obama to move to the UK and become Prime Minister
Obama's presidency may be rapidly nearing its end, but from the sounds of it, at least on social media, he could easily make a political career in the UK if he wanted to. Following Obama's post-election speech on Wednesday, British Twitter exploded with people calling for him to come and rule in Britain.
Yep, nearly 5,000 retweets. And loads of other people were tweeting similar things... Read more... More about Uk, President, Prime Minister, Twitter, and Barack Obama Read More »Dreamlike footage of swirling paint will soothe your weary soul
Swirling paint won't change this election, but it is nice if you need a brief respite from all the noise. "Kingdom of Colors," a new video from artist Thomas Blanchard, employs paint, oil and soap to create images of mesmerizing circular motion. It's all set to a soothing soundtrack from Velvet Coffee, so pop in your headphones and give your ears a break, too. [H/T: The Daily Dot] How, where and when you can finally buy the NES Classic
The NES Classic Edition will finally be available for purchase on Friday, Nov. 11. And now we know how the whole process will work. Nintendo made the bizarre decision to offer no pre-orders for what promises to be one of the more popular holiday gifts of 2016. The NES Classic is a $60 micro-sized version of the original console, with 30 games pre-installed and HDMI-ready for modern TVs. A Wednesday email from Amazon confirmed that the NES Classic will be available for purchase starting on Friday at 5 p.m. ET. Purchases will be limited to one per person. As is customary for Nintendo hardware releases, expect supplies to be limited. Read more... More about Entertainment, Gaming, Nes Classic Edition, and Nintendo Read More »Of course you have to buy Snapchat's Spectacles from a robot
Snap's Spectacles have finally landed. The company behind the popular messaging app Snapchat released its video-camera glasses on Thursday. The product will be sold in interactive vending machines, called SnapBots, throughout the United States. The first arrived in Venice Beach on Thursday. This method will be the only way people can buy the product, which retails for $129, for the first few months.
Quidditch is no longer only for Harry Potter fans
Members of UCLA's Quidditch team explain the game, why it's a legitimate sport, and what they love about it. Subscribe to Mashable for fringe sports and more: http://on.mash.to/subscribe Who the hell unfollowed me?
Have you ever been unfollowed. Do you ever want to know why? Here's Tim Cook's letter to Apple employees after Trump's win
Tim Cook has a message for Apple employees after Donald Trump's election as U.S. president. The Apple chief executive sent a memo to all U.S. Apple employees, according to BuzzFeed News. The memo, obtained by BuzzFeed, emphasized Apple's commitment to diversity and progress around the world. Like President Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and others who have spoken about the results of the election, Cook said "the only way to move forward is to move forward together." Read the full memo below: Read more... More about Election 2016, Trump, Tim Cook, Apple, and Business Read More »Consumer habits are affecting bird species around the world
Our rising plastic consumption and growing appetite for beef are endangering bird species around the world, scientists said this week. Two separate studies found that our consumer habits are affecting birds more profoundly than we previously thought. Researchers said their work could help inform conservation efforts to protect birds on both land and at sea. The papers were both published Wednesday in the peer-reviewed journal Science Advances. The first study explores why seabirds are so inclined to gobble up marine plastic pollution. The second paper used satellite imaging and geospatial data to see how deforestation and industrial agriculture are putting hundreds of species at risk of extinction. Read more... More about Duke University, University Of California, Land Use Change, Deforestation, and Industrial Agriculture Read More »Instagram is making big changes to Stories
You can now do a lot more with Instagram Stories. In an effort to increase engagement with the feature, the photo app added tagging, links and Boomerang support to Stories in an update rolling out Thursday. SEE ALSO: Instagram wants you to shop in its app With the update, users can tag accounts within their Stories just like they'd tag accounts in a photo or video post. When an account is tagged in a Story, tapping their username will link to their account page. Interestingly, unlike photo tagging, being tagged in a Story will notify you within a direct message with the person who tagged you (if a friend tags you in a normal photo post, the notification will appear in your main activity feed.) Read more... More about Instagram Stories, Social Media, Instagram, Facebook, and Apps And Software Read More »Video games in the Olympics? Los Angeles says esports should have a place in 2024
Los Angeles' bid for the 2024 Olympic Games is emphasizing the important role esports could play in modernizing the event. Read more... More about Mashable Video, Gaming, Olympics, Olympic Games, and Tech Read More »'Hamilton Mixtape' will get a second volume, because America needs it right now
How much Hamilton is too much Hamilton? We haven't hit it yet, so no one knows. Just a week after releasing the Hamilton Mixtape track listing and two teaser tracks, Lin-Manuel Miranda confirmed that there will be a second volume...but you're going to have to wait for it. The second mixtape may include "Schuyler Sisters," "Room Where It Happens," "One Last Time"...and probably just anything not on volume 1, since the Hamilton soundtrack itself is the length of two albums.
Watch your favorite superheroes react to the Trump presidency news
You might not want to relive hearing a newscaster's voice boast "Donald Trump wins the presidency" ever again – but it's worth it for this video. YouTuber DrMachakil envisioned what it would look like for dozens of your favorite movie superheroes to find out that Trump is America's new president – and none of them are too jazzed about it. If only these superheroes were real and could do something about it. Sigh. Spend a long weekend playing 'Overwatch' for free
When you've got 20 million registered players, you can afford to be a little generous. Blizzard is opening up Overwatch to anyone that wants to try it for the Friday-to-Monday weekend of Nov. 18-21. This applies to all versions of the game, so anyone with a PC, PlayStation 4 or Xbox One can get in on the good times. The full version of the game will be available during the free weekend, including all 22 heroes — no Sombra yet, sadly — and 13 maps in the game's Quick Play, Custom Games and Weekly Brawl modes. All participants will earn XP and unlock loot boxes as they play, and that progress will remain if you then turn around and buy the game. Read more... More about Overwatch, Blizzard Entertainment, Esports, Gaming, and Entertainment Read More »FAA declares YUGE, glamorous no-fly zone over NYC's Trump Tower
In another demonstration of the repercussions of Trump's victory, the Federal Aviation Administration has now banned flights over midtown Manhattan—where Trump Tower is located—until Trump moves into the White House in January. The temporary flight restriction, or TFR in FAA-speak, went into effect on Nov. 9 and continues through Jan. 21, 2017. It bans flights from the surface through 3,000 feet with a radius of 2 miles. According to the FAA's website, the restriction's reason is "VIP movement." While TFRs are frequently issued for presidential visits at the request of the Secret Service, this one blocks off flights over a popular corridor for helicopter tours, media choppers and even airliners maneuvering in the busiest airspace in the country. Read more... More about Flight Restriction, Faa, Watercooler, Donald Trump Election 2016, and Donald Trump Read More »There probably won't be a new 4-inch iPhone SE in 2017
Sorry guys, but small iPhones just aren't as hot as big iPhones. Apple is reportedly declining to update the iPhone SE next year, according to KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. Apple broke with its tradition this year when it launched the 4-inch iPhone SE in the spring. The iPhone SE is essentially an iPhone 5/5S design with the iPhone 6S's faster A9 processor and M9 motion coprocessor. It also has improved cameras. But despite its lower price point (starting at $399) and target at emerging markets such as India, slowing iPhone sales may contribute to there being no need to refresh the iPhone SE. Read more... More about Smartphones, Rumors, Iphone Se, Iphone, and Apple Read More »'The Daily Show's' Trevor Noah's response to the election is all of us
Donald Trump lost the popular vote, but won the election with America's Electoral College system. Many, like The Daily Show host, Trevor Noah, just didn't get why the system is still in place. President-elect Trump called that same system a "disaster" to democracy in a tweet not too long ago. Read more... More about Mashable Video, President, President Elect, The Daily Show, and Real Time Video Read More »LinkedIn could soon be blocked in Russia after Moscow court decision
LinkedIn could soon be blocked in Russia, a Russian court threatened on Thursday. If LinkedIn loses a battle over violations of a Russian law governing personal data, the nation's communications regulator, Roskomnadzor, could block the professional networking site. Russia's personal data law requires companies to keep Russians' personal data within the country, a difficult requirement to uphold for most foreign companies and social networks. ‘’LinkedIn’s vision is to create economic opportunity for the entire global workforce. The Russian court's decision has the potential to deny access to LinkedIn for the millions of members we have in Russia and the companies that use LinkedIn to grow their businesses," a LinkedIn spokesperson said. "We remain interested in a meeting with Roskomnadzor to discuss their data localization request." Read more... More about Microsoft, Linkedin, Russia, Vladimir Putin, and Us World Read More »Stephen A. Smith absolutely rips Colin Kaepernick for not voting
Colin Kaepernick — who sparked a major protest of racial injustices by kneeling during the national anthem this season — didn't vote in Tuesday's election. The 49ers quarterback called both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton "proven liars" last month, but given the gravity of his protests and how much backlash he's endured while still continuing to kneel, it's a bit surprising that he wouldn't vote. From Stephen A. Smith's perspective, though, "surprising" puts it lightly. The ESPN personality absolutely destroyed Kaepernick on Wednesday, calling him a "flaming hypocrite" for not voting. Asked if Kaepernick "betrayed his cause" on ESPN's First Take, Smith didn't hold back. Read more... More about Nfl, Football, Espn, Colin Kaepernick, and Entertainment Read More »Stephen Colbert urges folks to not move because of election
After cracking jokes about the new president-elect Donald Trump and suggesting Elizabeth Warren grieve with a neck tattoo, Stephen Colbert offered a message of unity during his monologue Wednesday night. Colbert urged viewers who want to move up north to Canada ("the language of France with the culture of Minnesota," as he described it) to reconsider—and not just because the Canadian immigration site crashed. "You don't get to flee to another country when things get rough here," Colbert said. "Being an American citizen is like family. You're in it whether you like it or not." Oh, and if you're feeling anything but elated about the election results, Colbert dishes the perfect advice on how to overcome. Read more... More about Canada, Election 2016, Late Show With Stephen Colbert, Stephen Colbert, and Watercooler Read More »In the election's aftermath, someone left a very kind note on a mosque door
In America, the days surrounding the election have revealed both a lot of hate and a lot of love. A Redditor shared a note he noticed on the door of his local mosque in Fishers, Indiana, giving some light of kindness on what was a dark day for many. A "concerned neighbor" left the note to remind Muslims there of how much they mean to the community. Image: zaidinator/reddit The note reads: In one of his campaign's most stunning acts of racism, Donald Trump infamously said that as president, he would require Muslims to register in a database. Read more... More about Watercooler, Election 2016, Donald Trump, Muslims, and Mosque Read More »Is Quidditch a real sport?
Members of UCLA's Quidditch team explain the game, why it's a legitimate sport, and what they love about it. Read more... More about Mashable Video, Goals, Hoops, Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them, and How To Play Quidditch Read More »First 'Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets' trailer is here to take you away
LOS ANGELES — If escape to another planet is what you crave, may we suggest this first Valerian trailer? Actually, Alpha is technically not a planet. It's the International Space Station, set adrift in space after centuries of adding modules upon modules from alien worlds to the point that it has become planet-like in size and species diversity. And get a load of some of these species, both human and non-human: Dane DeHaan and Cara Delevingne play Valerian and Laureline, the titular heroes from the French sci-fi comic book series is based. Luc Besson is firmly back in The Fifth Element territory with this one, both in subject matter and tone — weird, kinetic, colorful and ... did we say weird? Read more... More about Cara Delevingne, Dane Dehaan, Movie Trailers, Valerian And The City Of A Thousand Planets, and Luc Besson Read More »YouTubers in shock over President-Elect Trump: 'It is painful and scary'
LOS ANGELES — Before Tuesday, the YouTuber community spent months rallying their fans to vote. After Tuesday, they were rallying fans just to carry on. "For many of us the results of the election are devastating," John Green, author of Fault in Our Stars and half of the Vlogbrothers channel, said in a video (above). "Donald Trump has often attacked not what his opponents believe but who they are ... it is painful and scary to be called dangerous and less than by a man who becomes president elect of the United States ... I'm sorry we have let our political discourse become so hateful." More about Donald Trump, Election 2016, Politics, Youtube, and Online Video Read More »Snapchat's Spectacles vending machine is already broken
So much for trying to get a pair of Spectacles from Snapchat's cute little vending machines. The vending machine, located in Venice, California, is reportedly broken and not dispensing Snapchat's new camera glasses. Users are reportedly unable to purchase the $130 Spectacles, and the vending machine is not dispensing when customers try to buy a coral or teal-colored pair. And if you try to buy the less flashy black pair, you get a rainbow receipt instead. One customer, Alyssa Carroll, tried to buy a black pair, but failed. It's unclear if there were still black pairs in the machine. She sent the following photo to Mashable: Read more... More about Vending Machine, Cameras, Spectacles, Snapchat, and Tech Read More »This iPad accessory is about to up-end the whole 3D imaging industry
From 360 video to 3D emoji, there's a big movement from Microsoft and others to make 3D imagery accessible to everyone. However, the act of scanning a real-word environment — a room and everything in it, for example — remains an expensive chore, involving hours of manual measurements and subsequent building in 3D software. That will no longer be the case if the Structure Sensor has anything to say about it. Introduced by Occipital two years ago as a way to quickly scan objects and spaces and turn them into 3D imagery, the $379 gadget is getting an upgrade. With a new app called Canvas, the scanner can scan a room in incredible detail, letting users measure things like the length of furniture and the distance from floor to ceiling. Typical time for capturing a room scan: less than a minute. Read more... More about 3d Imaging, Structure Sensor, 3d, and Tech Read More »Paul McCartney gives us all the ultimate #MannequinChallenge
If Paul McCartney's work with Kanye West and Rihanna didn't prove his hipness for you, perhaps this will: The original Beatle has officially cosigned the self-proclaimed Black Beatles in the most fitting of ways—the #MannequinChallenge. McCartney shared his version of the viral internet challenge that has folks frozen in place everywhere from high school hallways to football stadiums. Most of the #MannequinChallenge videos are set to the tune of "Black Beatles" by Rae Sremmurd, who rap about being related to the one and only Paul McCartney on the track. So naturally, his video also featured the song from the Atlanta-based duo. Read more... More about Conversations, Watercooler, Twitter, Mannequin Challenge, and Paul Mccartney Read More »Aaron Sorkin pens impassioned letter to daughter on Trump win
In the wake of the 2016 election and Donald Trump's electoral victory, Aaron Sorkin published a fervent letter to his daughter Roxy and former wife Julia Sorkin admonishing Trump and vowing to fight for change both now and in the next election. The filmmaker — whose own White House-centric series The West Wing ran on NBC between 1999 and 2006 — published his letter on Vanity Fair's website on Wednesday night. Addressed to the "Sorkin Girls," the letter begins with a run-down of the current state of affairs, briefly detailing what a Trump win could mean for the economy, national security and minorities living in the U.S. Read more... More about Donald Trump, Aaron Sorkin, Election 2016, Politics, and Watercooler Read More »Another John Lewis Christmas ad, another Twitter explosion for this poor guy
LONDON — Every year in November, two things are guaranteed to happen: 1) British department store John Lewis releases their hugely anticipated Christmas advert 2) American man John Lewis is hopelessly flooded with tweets. It's practically an annual tradition. On Thursday morning, John Lewis shared their Christmas advert on YouTube. Twitter held its breath. Some people even sent advanced warnings.
'You're the Worst' actress calls out Hollywood's complicity in electing Trump
Here's a thought: maybe normalizing the treatment of women as objects in entertainment is the sort of thing that helps gets a man with a history of being openly predatory towards women elected president. You're the Worst star Aya Cash shared a screenshot of an email she sent to her agent after her first audition in Trump's America, which didn't go so well. Cash describes the scene, in which women auditioning for the role were crying in the waiting room.
Why women in the UK just walked out of work
LONDON — Women from all over the UK have just downed tools and left their workplaces in an act of protest against the gender pay gap. At precisely 3:34 p.m. women from across the nation staged a mass exodus from their jobs to mark the moment when women effectively start working for free — because, on average, they earn less than men. According to the Fawcett Society, the gender pay gap in the UK currently stands at 13.9 percent; which equates to women in the UK working for free from today until 2017. Uninvited Kevin Bacon really wanted to be on the 'Late Late Show' last night
Kevin Bacon really knows how to steal the spotlight, especially from his Footloose co-star John Lithgow. In Wednesday night's episode of The Late Show with James Corden, Corden attempted to introduce his guests at the start of the show. But dressing room after dressing room contained an intrusive Bacon. Viewers even received a short-lived Footloose reboot as Lithgow continued to preach about the dangers of dancing. Edward Snowden predicted an even bolder surveillance state under new leader
President-elect Donald Trump is only months away from wielding the power of American intelligence agencies, including the NSA's mass surveillance operation. Many people on Twitter have already begun to voice their concern. This, they've said, is what happens when a complacent nation allows the construction of a legally dubious mass surveillance system under a president not generally viewed as irresponsible. Then, when the reigns of the country are handed to a man whose campaign staffers wouldn't even allow him the use of his own Twitter account in the lead-up to the election, it's too late to do much. Read more... More about National Security Agency, Nsa, Surveillance State, Worry, and Twitter Read More »'Crazy Ex Girlfriend' gives viewers a perfect song to explain that a relationship isn't working out
LOS ANGELES — Last we saw of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend's Rebecca Bunch (Rachel Bloom) and Greg Solano (Santino Fontana), they were at the airport having a will-they-or-won't-they moment. Viewers will have to wait until Friday to see how their love story plays out. But Mashable has an exclusive clip of Greg's newest number "Sh-tshow," which will debut in the upcoming episode of the CW show. Check it out below: Crazy Ex Girlfriend airs Fridays at 9 p.m. ET on The CW. Read more... More about Santino Fontana, Rachel Bloom, Crazy Ex Girlfriend, Tv, and The Cw Read More »Donald Trump descends on White House for momentous meeting
President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday paid his first visit as president-elect to the White House to talk with President Barack Obama about the upcoming transition. President Obama said, "I just had the opportunity to have an excellent conversation with president-elect Trump... We talked about some of the organizational issues in setting up the White House." Image: AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais President Obama also stressed the importance of the power change, saying, "As I said last night, my number one priority in the coming two months is to try to facilitate a transition that ensured our president elect is successful." Read more... More about Barack Obama, White House, Donald Trump, Election 2016, and Us World Read More »Here's how many Americans crashed Canada's immigration site
As it became more and more likely on Election Night that Donald Trump was heading for a shocking victory, users flooded Canada's immigration website and caused it to crash. Now, we're learning more about who was flooding the site. The CBC reports that approximately 200,000 people were on the site at one time on Election Night, and half of those people were American.
14 hilarious responses to the John Lewis Christmas ad
LONDON — Every year, the John Lewis Christmas advert dominates the internet for a day. And despite all the other big news going on around the world, this year has been no exception. Along with the release of the advert on Thursday morning and the subsequent onslaught of tweets aimed at an unfortunately-named man in America, there have also been a bunch of jokes and parodies on Twitter. Here are some of the best... 1.
Emma Watson's response to Trump becoming president is amazing
The actress and activist is taking her feminist book club movement across the pond. Read more... More about Mashable Video, New York Subway, Maya Angelou, Hermione Granger, and Harry Potter Read More »Snap's Spectacles are already up on eBay
Turns out you don't have to be in Venice, California to try to get your hand on Spectacles. Snap's video-camera product has already hit eBay. The bidding for a black pair reached $553 as of 12 p.m. Thursday, after an hour on the website. That's already a 325 percent markup from the retail price of $130. A coral pair was going for $175. Image: ebay screenshot Snap unveiled its grand distribution strategy for Spectacles Thursday. The product will be sold via interactive vending machines placed in locations throughout the United States, for one day only. Read more... More about Gadgets, Venice, Buy Spectacles, Ebay, and Spectacles Read More »Kristen Wiig announced as 'Saturday Night Live' host because we all need a win
One week after Dave Chappelle's SNL debut, show veteran Kristen Wiig will return to host the program before the Thanksgiving holiday. This is Wiig's second time hosting since she left the show in 2012, after being a regular cast member for seven years.
She'll be joined by British pop outfit The xx, whose new album I See You releases on Jan. 13. Read more... More about Nbc, Snl, Saturday Night Live, Kristen Wiig, and Television Read More »Please help this Seahawks player find his stolen Magic: The Gathering cards
Seahawks defensive end Cassius Marsh is searching for his beloved Magic: The Gathering card collection after it was stolen in a car break-in Tuesday night. Marsh, a self described "nerd" when it comes to the fantasy trading card game, is now offering free tickets to the next Seahawks home game in exchange for the safe return of at least $20,000 in stolen decks. "Other than god family and football, my magic card collection is everything," he tweeted. Guys, we have to help him.
Edward Snowden warned us about a president like Donald Trump
Edward Snowden warned us we were just an election away from surveillance-based tyranny. In 2013, the former NSA contractor-turned whilstleblower spoke about the dangers of allowing a surveillance state to bloom before handing its powers to a president willing to use them for whatever he or she likes. "A new leader will be elected, they'll flip the switch, say that because of the crisis, because of the dangers that we face in the world — some new and unpredicted threat — we need more authority, we need more power," Snowden said. "And there will be nothing the people can do at that point to oppose it. It will be turnkey tyranny." Read more... More about Nsa, Mass Surveillance, Authoritarian, President, and White House Read More »Facebook pledges to clear News Feed of misinformation, again
Facebook is promising yet again to tackle the spread of misinformation in your News Feed. "We value authentic communication, and hear consistently from those who use Facebook that they prefer not to see misinformation," Adam Mosseri, the vice president of product management, said in a statement to TechCrunch Thursday following widespread criticism of he platform's performance as news conduit during the election. It remains unclear what "authentic communication" means, or why Facebook seems to acknowledge that this is a problem only because its users say "they prefer not to see misinformation" much in the same way that you might prefer not to eat a bologna sandwich covered in sand. The company did not immediately respond to Mashable's request for comment. Read more... More about Election 2016, Mark Zuckerberg, Social Media, Facebook, and Tech Read More »Jennifer Lawrence writes encouraging post-election reflection
Before the 2016 election, celebrities and prominent social figures were stepping out of the woodwork to support candidate and encourage fans to vote for Hillary Clinton. Now that president-elect Donald Trump has been elected, messages of support continue— albeit with a different tone. In an essay for Broadly published today, Jennifer Lawrence urged people to think "strongly and clearly" about next steps rather than point fingers or "riot in the streets." "If you're worried about the health of our planet, find out everything you can about how to protect it," she wrote. Read more... More about Conversations, Watercooler, Election 2016, and Jennifer Lawrence Read More »Chilling moments from day one in Trump's America
Two days after Donald Trump was elected president, Twitter Moments is capturing the fear, hate and violence facing people of color in the United States. In a collection of tweets titled "Day 1 in Trump's America," people of color are sharing acts of hate and racism they've experienced over the past two days. The tweets include Muslim women talking about their fear of wearing the hijab after election day, Latinos sharing harassment they've received on the streets and news of violent hate crimes committed against people of color in places across the United States.
Dancing Golden State Warriors fan returns when America needs her most
Much of the country asked for a collective hug yesterday as stunning election results sank in and many Americans sulked and cowered in fear. For those of us who didn't get a comforting Joe Biden side-hug, we can celebrate the return of this Golden State Warriors fan. The ugly-sweater-wearing dancer extraordinaire graced viewers with her presence in April, and returned to Oracle Arena on Wednesday night for the Warriors' victory over Dallas. And folks — she's still got it. America desperately needed a smile on Wednesday. We can thank this fan. Read more... More about Nba, Basketball, Election 2016, Entertainment, and Sports Read More »Reinhardt saves 'Overwatch' team by essentially jumping on a grenade
In Overwatch, sometimes the good of the team outweighs the good of a single player. Reddit user Worros demonstrated just how selfless Overwatch players can (and should) be by saving its entire team from certain disaster with a split-second decision to sacrifice its own life for everyone else's. Using Reinhardt's charge ability, Worros swiftly took an exploding D.Va mech out of the fray and into an area where nobody would get hurt. The hero D.Va's ultimate ability can be the single most devastating move in the game, effectively killing every enemy player that is unfortunate enough to be standing next to it. The only way to save yourself is to run away quickly, get behind cover or hide behind Reinhardt's shield. Read more... More about Esports, Gaming, Blizzard, Reddit, and Overwatch Read More »Vintage '40s style cover of 'Santeria' will make you feeeeeel the break
Postmodern Jukebox is here to bring some good vibes to your Thursday with a vintage '40s style cover of Sublime's "Santeria," a song which everyone inexplicably loves. While "Santeria" has a fun beat, the lyrics tell the story of someone who is jealous of his ex-girlfriend's new boyfriend and plots to kill him. Luckily, singer Natalie Angst's smooth voice and dewy demeanor reassure viewers that her only evil plot is to get you to listen to this video on repeat all day. Latest 'Survivor' castaway takes responsibility for the final vote
The merge is now behind us, but the next Survivor castaway didn't have much time to enjoy it. Former Millennial tribe member Michelle Schubert was the latest casualty of this week's Tribal Council vote. While it wasn't a surprise to see the vote turn in the favor of the Gen-X squad — too many ruffled feathers among the Millennials — it was a surprise to see Michelle go. A quietly strategic player who was part of the original Vanua tribe's power alliance from day one, Michelle fell in what amounted to a numbers vote. Will had immunity, there was some suspicion that Jay had an Idol and Gen-Xers believe — perhaps correctly — that Jay would have burned his theoretical Idol to save his buddy. Read more... More about Cbs, Survivor, Tv, and Entertainment Read More »People of America aren't buying that Obama and Trump meeting
Well, it finally happened. President-elect Donald Trump and President Barack Obama sat together in a room and talked. Bum bum bum... Trump stopped by the White House today to chat with Obama about his upcoming transition into office, and much to everyone's surprise, the country and both men are still standing. Considering the past few months on the campaign trail consisted of Trump heavily insulting Obama's policies and Obama declaring Trump isn't suitable to hold office, we're betting you could have cut the tension in that room with a knife. Read more... More about Reactions, Twitter, Conversations, Politics, and White House Read More »Blac Chyna and Rob Kardashian had their dream baby
Blac Chyna and Rob Kardashian had a Dream. The on-and-off again reality star couple welcomed a baby girl named Dream Renee Kardashian into Trump's America on Thursday morning, E! exclusively reports. According to their report, Dream entered this world at 9:18 a.m. PST after a c-section. She weighed seven pounds and five ounces, and a source told the site that she "has a ton of hair." Chyna, who also has a son named King with Rob's half-sister's boyfriend, was allegedly joined at the hospital by Kris Jenner and her partner Corey Gamble. Read more... More about Celebrity Baby, Blac Chyna, Rob Kardashian, Kardashians, and Kardashian Read More » | ||||
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