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 November's news bloopers are here to save broadcast media
You can always count on a constant stream of slip-ups, embarrassing moments and contagious giggles from the local news. News Be Funny, a YouTube channel dedicated to capturing and sharing news bloopers, is back with November's edition of the best accidental mishaps on live TV. As always, this month's compilation was filled with hilarious and embarrassing moments. Lin-Manuel Miranda is so stoked to make music for 'Kingkiller Chronicle' adaptations
Because he wasn't wearing enough hats, Lin-Manuel Miranda is joining the production team behind the multimedia adoption of the Kingkiller Chronicle book series. Miranda will be behind the music of television and film iterations, as well as possible stage productions in the future. The Kingkiller Chronicle book trilogy by Patrick Rothfuss is a fantasy adventure about Kvothe, a famous musician. Lionsgate is simultaneously working on a film franchise and television series that will take place outside the books. Read more... More about Kingkiller Chronicle, Lin Manuel Miranda, and Entertainment Read More »What are those! NFL players can wear custom cleats this week without fines
Way back when, in Week 1 of the 2016 NFL season, the league made a big announcement — it would finally allow players to wear customized cleats. But only during Week 13. The NFL nabbed a handful of players this season for wearing cleats that violated the league's notoriously strict uniform policy. Players still found ways to sport custom cleats, though, donning shoes within their team's color scheme or simply ditching the custom kicks before kickoff. Well, ladies and gentlemen, players don't have to worry this weekend — Week 13 has finally arrived. More about Football, Nfl, Entertainment, and Sports Read More »Meet the first three crew members in 'Star Trek: Discovery'
Star Trek: Discovery has announced the first three crew members beaming aboard the upcoming CBS All Access series, which is slated to premiere next May. CBS has confirmed the casting of Michelle Yeoh, who will play Captain Georgiou, the leader aboard another Starfleet vessel, Starship Shenzhou. Also joining the cast is genre mainstay Doug Jones (known for his prosthetics work in projects including Hellboy, Pan's Labyrinth and The Strain) who will play Lt. Saru, a Starfleet Science Officer and a new alien species to the Star Trek universe. Rounding out the casting announcement, Anthony Rapp has been cast as Lt. Stamets, an astromycologist, fungus expert, and Starfleet Science Officer aboard the Starship Discovery. (If you're wondering what an astromycologist is, you're not alone: it's apparently someone who studies "earth-derived fungi in space.") Read more... More about Anthony Rapp, Michelle Yeoh, Doug Jones, Cbs All Access, and Star Trek Discovery Read More »Klay Thompson makes the best paper airplane on the West Coast
Golden State Warriors guard Klay Thompson continued his streak of irreverent press conference moments on Monday by tossing a top-notch paper airplane at the media before walking out of the room. The self-proclaimed "best paper airplane on the West Coast" comes a couple weeks after Thompson sipped a Coors Light in the middle of a post-game interview. Thompson's shooting skills on Monday weren't bad, either. The 26-year-old put up 20 points during the Warriors' narrow 105-100 victory. But if basketball doesn't work out, at least Thompson has a backup plan. Aaron Rodgers disappeared into a small tent and left everyone super confused
Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers passed for 313 yards and two touchdowns in Monday night's victory over the Eagles. But it's not Rodgers' stat line that has everyone talking. It's his mysterious third-quarter disappearance into a sideline tent. Shortly after tweaking his hamstring, Rodgers made a trip to a small black tent on the Packers sideline.
We can thank Twitter for these hilarious hypotheses for Rodgers' tent excursion. Read more... More about Football, Nfl, Aaron Rodgers, Entertainment, and Sports Read More »Play the new 'Overwatch' map Oasis right now
Blizzard Entertainment is full of surprises. Overwatch's upcoming map Oasis was released on the public test region Tuesday, a week before the map was expected to hit the PTR as promised at BlizzCon. Oasis is the fourth control map in Overwatch and it's set in a futuristic city in the Middle East. Not only is this the first map to introduce jump pads to the game, but early testers found out that the environment can kill unsuspecting and clumsy players as well.
Father's search for autistic son's cup completed thanks to the kindness of the internet
Earlier this month, one caring dad launched a worldwide search on Twitter for a particular sippy cup that has not been produced in 10 years. Marc Carter, 42, a dad and full-time caretaker for three children located in Devon, England, said the sippy cup is the only thing his 14-year-old autistic son Ben will drink out of, and his only one was falling apart. Without the cup, according to Carter, Ben would not drink, and he could get severely dehydrated and ill. After receiving dozens of cups from kindhearted folks all over the world, the cup's original manufacturer, Tommee Tippee, dug up their old manufacturing plans and are going to make a special batch of 500 cups just for Ben. Read more... More about Uk, Parenting, Autism, Watercooler, and Conversations Read More »'Dear Ivanka' Instagram account is a candid call for action to Trump's daughter
An Instagram account is making a powerful call to Ivanka Trump to discuss her father's controversial behavior. The account, named dear_ivanka, was started by the Halt Action Group (comprised of curator Alison Gingeras and artist Jonathan Horowitz) to encourage Trump's eldest daughter to acknowledge the president-elect's ugly rhetoric. By using idealized photographs from Ivanka's own social media accounts, dear_ivanka addresses the businesswoman and former model from the voices of groups her father has marginalized such as survivors of sexual assault, women seeking abortions and American Muslims. Read more... More about Conversations, Social Media, Instagram, Protests, and Politics Read More »Matthew McConaughey gives students rides to make sure they get home alright, alright, alright
The McConnaissance is not over — it is only just beginning. Like any great multi-disciplinary artist, Matthew McConaughey is always mastering new skills, like driving golf carts. The Academy Award winning actor and accomplished chill dude headed back to his alma mater, the University of Texas, to give students safe rides home at night over the weekend. The SURE Walk program at University of Texas gives students free rides from 7 p.m. to 2 a.m and it looks like Mr. Time-is-a-flat-circle wants to help out. McConaughey graduated from the school back in 1993 and recently signed on to teach a film class there, so he knows his way around Austin and does not drive around dazed and confused. Read more... More about Actor, Celebrities, Matthew Mcconaughey, Watercooler, and Film Read More »This stem cell gun helps burn victims regrow their skin in just a few days
RenovaCare is awaiting FDA approval for a product they say can help burn victims regenerate their skin in days. Its "SkinGun" sprays a patient's own stem cells on their burned skin, in a procedure that takes 90 minutes. The cells help the body actively heal itself, leaving no scars. Read more... More about Mashable Video, Health, Future, Medicine, and Real Time Video Read More »Dollywood closes its doors as wildfire ravages nearby region
Dolly Parton's famous Dollywood theme park near the Great Smoky Mountains in eastern Tennessee was closed Tuesday as a wildfire ravaged the area and made its way seriously close to the park's border. The legendary attraction, a Parton-themed collection of roller coasters, water rides and other attractions along with a resort and mountain cabins, was expected to remain shuttered through Wednesday, park spokesman Pete Owens told Mashable. Dolly said she was "heartbroken" by the fire, which seems to have spared her domain for now — although it did reportedly reach "right on the doorstep." More about Tennessee, Dollywood, Fire, Science, and Us World Read More »8th grader's Spotify playlist gets him in big trouble with mom
There are some things better kept off mom's radar, and this 8th grader learned that lesson the hard way when his mother happened to uncover his personal Spotify playlist. In a series of Snapchats posted to Twitter, his sister Liv shared their mom's priceless reaction to discovering what exactly was being said in her son's headphones. Unbeknownst to mom, middle schoolers listen to hip hop these days. It starts off relatively mild with rappers like Kendrick Lamar and D.R.A.M rapping about drugs, cash and partying. But things increase in profanity and graphic content when she discovers J. Cole's "Wet Dreamz" and the genius lyricism of Kanye West in "Father Stretch My Hands Pt. 1"—a.k.a that song in which he waxes poetic about bleached assholes. Read more... More about Twitter, Watercooler, Spotify, Moms, and Conversations Read More »Long live cable: Why streaming TV is a fragmented, broken pain-in-the-app
The cord-cutting dream has given way to a stark reality: Streaming TV is a mess. And on Tuesday, it only got messier, as DirecTV rolled out their entry into the category, DirecTV Now, launching Wednesday:
Also: It's not even available on Roku until 2017. Again and again, we hear that the goal tech companies is to create a product that "just works," as Apple's Steve Jobs might say. And even though it's a bit pricy, cable TV still offers that experience over streaming: You turn it on. You flip the channel. You DVR a show, or you don't. At its most recent product launch, Apple looked to apply that thinking to its new TV app. Read more... More about Netflix, Apple, Digital Media, Business, and Cord Cutting Read More »‘Days of Future Past’ changed X-Men history from comic to film
Comic book movies have become so frequent that by now we mostly accept that they’re moving beyond origin stories (with the sadly notable exception of Amazing Spider-Man) to tackle the plot lines of specific issues within various comic book series. X-Men: Days of Future Past is based on two 1981 issues of the Uncanny X-Men series. Our CineFix series, What's the Difference, explores how the comic book (and the weighty X-Men lore that comes with it) was neatly streamlined into a motion picture. Subscribe to CineFix for more videos: https://www.youtube.com/c/cinefix Read more... More about Mashable Video, Comics, Movies, X Men Days Of Future Past, and X Men Read More »The Internet Archive to safeguard its collection in Canada because of Trump
While many have threatened to move to Canada in the wake of the election, the Internet Archive is actually doing it. The nonprofit, which runs the Wayback Machine and other online archives, announced Tuesday that it would be soliciting donations in order to create a copy of its collections in Canada. In a somber update posted on its website, founder Brewster Kahle cited the need for "keeping our cultural materials safe, private and perpetually accessible" and "preparing for a Web that may face greater restrictions" amid mounting government surveillance. Read more... More about Internet Archive, Apps And Software, Tech, and Apps Software Read More »'Manchester by the Sea,' 'Moonlight' take top honors from National Board of Review
Manchester by the Sea was named 2016's best film by the National Board of Review, raising the awards-season profile of Kenneth Lonergan's devastating family drama — though the film has been destined for a date with the Academy Awards ever since its debut at Sundance. The NBR on Tuesday also gave its Best Actor and Best Male Breakthrough Performance awards to Manchester stars Casey Affleck and Lucas Hedges, respectively, while writer-director Lonergan won Best Original Screenplay. The honors — something of an awards-season starting point along with the Gotham Awards and Independent Spirit nominations — cement Affleck and Lonergan as Oscar frontrunners, and also lend Hedges some credibility as he tries to earn a slot in the ever-competitive supporting category. Read more... More about Hidden Figures, Jeff Bridges, Manchester By The Sea, Lucas Hedges, and Amy Adams Read More »This trick will get your Amazon Echo and Google Home stuck in a loop
Thanks to constant updates, there are always new and interesting things that both Google Home and Amazon Echo can accomplish. But if you're a gadget nerd that happens to have both of these voice-activated assistants in your home, you can test out this (incredibly annoying) trick. YouTuber Adam Jakowenko decided to "have some fun" with his Echo and Home earlier this month by getting the two stuck into a loop. Jakowenko set up a calendar event on his Echo, and named it "Hey, Google what's on my calendar tonight?" Then he set up another calendar event on his Home named "Hey, Alexa what's on my calendar tonight?" Read more... More about Viral Videos, Tech, Google Home, Amazon Echo, and Watercooler Read More »Trump's victory is driving the youth of America to fight back
Protesters have continuously marched and shouted in streets across the United States since the election of Donald Trump on Nov. 8, and, if you look closely at the faces of many of these protesters, you'll realize just how young some of them are. Demonstrations have popped up at colleges and high schools across the country. Pick a school — Rutgers University, the University of Southern California, New York University, and many others — or pick a city with high school students — Miami, Des Moines, Washington, D.C., and many more — and you'll find a recent demonstration against what the United States may look like under Trump. Read more... More about Education, Civics, Protest, Teenagers, and Children Read More »World's oldest woman shares her secret to long life: Eating eggs and cookies
Emma Morano, an Italian woman who just celebrated her 117th birthday, revealed her secret to living so long that she's the last living person born in the 1800s: eggs and cookies. Speaking to The Guardian a few weeks ago, Morano credited her longevity to an unusual diet: “I eat two eggs a day and that’s it. And cookies. But I do not eat much because I have no teeth." And cookies were, indeed, on the menu on Tuesday as Morano celebrated her birthday at her home in Verbania, Italy, attended by her two elderly nieces, a pair of caregivers and her long-time physician. Read more... More about Eggs, Oldest Woman, Emma Morano, Us World, and Health Fitness Read More »2 cats are recreating all your favorite movie scenes
The only thing that could make your favorite movies better? If cats were playing the lead roles. New Instagram account moviecats is posting photo recreations of famous movie scenes just about every week, and they're all starring two adorable Burmese cats named Tara and Willow.
The cats' humans, David and Sarah Chapman, are from Nottingham, England. The couple was inspired to start the project for a pub quiz that David manages, reports BuzzFeed. Read more... More about Cute Animals, Photography, Movies, Cat, and Cats Read More »Canadian police officers want to prevent drunk driving with Nickelback
Drunk driving can be difficult to prevent. So difficult, in fact, that police organizations have turned to terrible music as a preventative tactic. In a Facebook post from Saturday, the Kensington Police Service of Kensington, Price Edward Island announced an ingenious punishment to discourage drunk driving. Rather than detailing the legal repercussions drunk drivers will face, they'll have to endure a car ride to jail while Nickelback plays. To show just how serious they are, the Kensington Police included a photo of the Nickelback tape they intend to play for offenders. Read more... More about Nickelback, Pics, Watercooler, and Conversations Read More »The biggest winners and losers from Black Friday and Cyber Monday
This year, Black Friday and Cyber Monday made mincemeat of the internet retail record books. But there were more storylines from the long Thanksgiving weekend than just online sales. Box-and-mortar stores are fighting to stay relevant, mobile shopping is growing (on some platforms) and shoppers are acting lazier even as their spending increases. With the numbers crunched, it's easy to see exactly what came on strong and what fell flat — so here are the winners and losers of the biggest shopping days of the year. Winners1. The internet Read more... More about Cyber Monday, Black Friday, Holiday Shopping, Retail, and Online Shopping Read More »10 quick 'Final Fantasy XV' tips that make the game easier
Final Fantasy XV is so much fun. You just have to get the hang of it. Just like every other Final Fantasy released since the days of NES, XV is an unapproachable game that doesn't always explain itself very well. The basics are clear enough, but there's a bunch of things you can do to make your going through the 40-plus hour game more pleasant. After spending double that amount of time tooling around Lucis and its surrounding region, we've got a good sense of what works and what doesn't. Read more... 1. There's an infinite sprint featureMore about Square Enix, Final Fantasy Xv, Final Fantasy, Gaming, and Entertainment Read More »Massive Sunny and Bo replicas are the best White House holiday decor
Throughout the Obama administration, replicas of Sunny and Bo, the Obamas' very cute Portuguese Water Dogs, have graced the East Wing of the White House during the holidays. And this year's First Dog statues are particularly festive. And large. WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 29: Holiday decorations featuring the likeness of first dogs Bo (R) and Sunny (L) are seen in the White House November 29, 2016 in Washington, DC. "The Gift of the Holidays" is the theme of this year's White House holiday decorations. Image: Alex Wong/Getty Images Read more... Samsung brand autopsy: How can the company earn back trust?
Now that the figurative smoke has cleared from the dozens of literal fires caused by faulty Samsung smartphones, the Korean electronics giant has entered into that most craven of corporate actions: Brand-repair mode. Its advertising — which went completely dark for much of October — is back to pre-recall levels, a date has been set for the release of a full-scale autopsy on the problem and the company is even exploring splitting into two in response to investor backlash. The immediate financial damage has been rough: The Galaxy Note 7 recall could cost the company as much as one billion dollars, and all the flux left a big opening for competitors like the iPhone and the newly released Google Pixel to carve into its market. Read more... More about Samsung Galaxy Note 7, Samsung, Business, Advertising, and Gadgets Read More »'America's Next Top Model' is still a thing, and here's the Cycle 23 trailer
Apparently, 22 cycles weren't enough – so get ready for Cycle 23 of America’s Next Top Model, which will premiere on VH1 on Dec. 12. While Tyra Banks is listed as executive producer and does make a cameo in the trailer, this will be the first cycle in which she is not the show's host. Despite that, the high-action trailer has it all: crazy photoshoots, sassy judges, celebrity guests and drama between the contestants. Is it bad I kind of hope this cycle is awful so I can dramatically recite my favorite ANTM quote? This portable charger is powered by energy created with your hand
The HandEnergy pocket electricity generator allows users to create clean energy by spinning a complex magnetic rotor and battery system. Read more... More about Mashable Video, Battery Life, Devices, Smartphone, and Kickstarter Read More »Here's why the Dominators are the perfect villains to take on The CW's superheroes
Stop me if you've heard this one: 10 superheroes walk into a warehouse... To find out what happens next, you'll have to tune in to The CW's epic crossover event, which brings together heroes from Supergirl, The Flash, Arrow and DC's Legends of Tomorrow to face off with an alien race known as the Dominators. In last night's midseason finale of Supergirl, The Flash's Barry Allen (Grant Gustin) and Cisco Ramon (Carlos Valdes) popped over to an alternate Earth to retrieve the Girl of Steel (Melissa Benoist) for a team-up that would put Batman and Superman to shame, and in the Nov. 29 episode of The Flash, we'll see exactly what our heroes are up against. (Hint: They're way less cuddly than E.T.) Read more... More about The Cw, Dc Comics, Legends Of Tomorrow, Supergirl, and Arrow Read More »Mars is looking good in first photos sent home by new orbiter
A new satellite orbiting Mars just sent home some amazing new images of the red planet's crags and cliffs. The Trace Gas Orbiter — part of the joint ExoMars mission run by the European Space Agency (ESA) and Russia — beamed back the images gathered on Nov. 22, during the spacecraft's first close flyby of the world. Some of the new photos — spliced together in video form — show the details of the Martian surface when the spacecraft was only 235 kilometers (about 146 miles) from the planet's surface. Others were taken when the spacecraft was flying thousands of kilometers from Mars. Read more... More about Space Videos, Europe, Space Photos, Mars, and Nasa Read More »30 boring gifts that everyone secretly wants
Gift giving can be a fun excuse to get a friend a wacky or lavish gift they wouldn't normally buy. However, it can also be an excuse to give them something more practical that they'd never get around to buying. Because everyone secretly loves boring stuff. Here are 30 boring, practical gifts that everybody could use. 1All Purpose Kitchen KnifeImage: amazon Price: $10.99 2Rainbow SharpiesImage: amazon Price: $12.00 3A Fresh Pair of ShoelacesImage: amazon Price: $5.79 4PlannerImage: etsy Price: $20.00 5Heated BlanketImage: amazon Price: $49.99 6Barnes & Noble Gift CardImage: Barnes & Noble Read more... Dak Prescott beats out every athlete in Cyber Monday jersey sales
Dak Prescott went from draft pick to starting quarterback to rookie phenom in a matter of months. And if there were any doubts about Prescott's meteoric rise to NFL fan favorite, Cyber Monday just confirmed it. Prescott's No. 4 Dallas Cowboys jersey was the No. 1 selling player jersey on sports retail site Fanatics during Cyber Monday. Not just the No. 1 NFL player, but the No. 1 selling jersey across sports, according to Brandon Williams, Fanatics' director of public relations. It's not hard to believe, considering what the Mississippi State grad has done on the field this season. More about Nfl, Football, Cyber Monday, Entertainment, and Sports Read More »Cheeky rare bird moves traffic cones around, tricking dumb humans
What was thought to be bewitched traffic cones has been revealed to be nature at its cheekiest. Much like the final act in a episode of Scooby Doo, the mystery of the moving neon road guides was actually the work of a mischievous little bird. Road workers at New Zealand's Milford Sound, a popular destination for sightseers, became increasingly puzzled when traffic cones at the entrance of a one-way tunnel kept moving about when no one was looking. One sneaky CCTV operation later and the mystery was solved. In the cutest possible way. The orange guides were being moved about by native kea birds when no one was looking. Read more... More about Safety Cones, Animal Trick, Cheeky, Kea, and New Zealand Read More »Computer software reveals the average face of a mass murderer
What does the average gunman in America look like? By merging together the head shots of 39 shooters from mass shootings from the past 34 years, the legal site FederalCharges.com revealed the average gunman (they are usually men) isn't too distinguishable. The site tracked down the photos and then "averaged" the images with Psychomorph, a facial-averaging software to come up with a terrifying composite image. The average gunman — with white skin, dark hair and dark eyes — could be anyone at your school, office or grocery store. Image: federalcharges.com Read more... Justin Trudeau's love fest with environmentalists ends with tar sands pipeline approvals
Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has approved two of three controversial oil pipelines that, if built, could knock Canada off its course to meeting its climate change commitments, opponents say. Trudeau on Tuesday signed off on Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain pipeline as well as Enbridge's Line 3 pipeline, both of which would carry crude oil from Canada's tar sands region in Alberta to global markets. He rejected a third pipeline, Northern Gateway, which the prime minister said "wasn’t in the best interests of affected communities." More about Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Paris Climate Agreement, Global Warming, Climate Change, and Enbridge Line 3 Read More »How to save Instagram posts without taking a screenshot
Instagram made some big changes recently and it has some people confused about how screenshots work in the app. In short, users will only be notified when you screenshot the app's new disappearing messages or a photo from a person's story. The app will not notify users when people screenshot photos in their main feed or from someone's profile. Still, that hasn't stopped panic from ensuing in some corners of the internet over the possibility of screenshot notifications becoming more widespread. For this, we have good news and bad news. Read more... More about Instagram, Apps And Software, Tech, Apps Software, and Facebook Read More »Guy mistakes jellyfish for a fake breast, hands it in to confused police
Mistaken identity is a helluva thing, particularly when it comes to gelatinous blobs. One Australian man has clearly been reading too many true crime novels, because last Friday, he mistook a washed-up jellyfish for something more sinister — a rogue breast implant. The concerned citizen even took his discovery to local police on the Sunshine Coast. The embarrassment started when police at Maroochydore station politely informed the man that the damning evidence he had handed over was in fact the corpse of a jellyfish. Although not until they had bagged and tagged the "evidence" first. Read more... More about Queensland, Australia, Watercooler, Police, and Jellyfish Read More »People were nuts about guns this Black Friday, FBI data shows
When Black Friday kicked off the holiday shopping season this year, there was one thing on many people's wish lists. Guns were the hot ticket and interest in firearms on America's biggest shopping day seemed to hit its highest yet. The FBI processed more background checks for gun buyers throughout Black Friday than on any other day, the agency told The Trace. There were a total of 185,713 checks — the most made in a single day since the FBI's national instant check system was launched almost 20 years ago. But the huge spike was one almost no one saw coming. More about Fbi, Black Friday, Holiday Shopping, Gun Control, and America Read More »3 big reveals from 'The Flash' installment of the 'Invasion' crossover
This post contains spoilers for Season 3, episode 8 of The Flash, titled "Invasion."Supergirl (Melissa Benoist) finally got some face time with the other superheroes that populate The CW's "Arrowverse" in Tuesday's installment of The Flash, which served as the first part of the network's much-anticipated "Invasion" crossover. In addition to meeting other members of Team Flash besides Barry (Grant Gustin) and Cisco (Carlos Valdes), Kara got acquainted with the heroes of Arrow and Legends of Tomorrow, including Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell) and his sister Thea (Willa Holland), John Diggle (David Ramsey), Ray Palmer (Brandon Routh) and Sara Lance (Caity Lotz) — all of whom ended up being abducted by the Dominators before the hour was over. Read more... More about Stephen Amell, Melissa Benoist, Keiynan Lonsdale, Grant Gustin, and The Flash Read More »Taco Bell's Cheetos-filled quesadilla is either your idea of heaven or hell
The idiom "one man's trash is another man's treasure" is very applicable to freakish fast food. Especially in the case of Taco Bell's Cheetos Quesadilla, which is sadly (or fortunately, depending on your point of view) only available at the Tex-Mex chain's Philippines store for a limited time. The Cheetos Quesadilla follows Taco Bell's tradition of fusing snack stuff with actual food, as it first did with the Doritos taco. It's not even the first time Cheetos have featured. Canadians could get them in their Crunchwrap earlier this year too. Read more... More about Fast Food, Quesadilla, Cheetos, Taco Bell, and Australia Read More »Amsterdam's night mayor has an alternative for Sydney's lockout laws
Amsterdam and Sydney are polar opposites when it comes to nightlife. While the Dutch capital contains numerous clubs with 24-hour licenses, Australia's largest city has operated strict lockout laws since 2014. Patrons are forbidden from entering licensed venues located in Sydney's city centre after 1:30 a.m., and alcohol service is cut at 3 a.m. on the dot, due to concerns about alcohol-fuelled violence. It's a measure which "doesn't make sense" to Amsterdam's Night Mayor, Mirik Milan, who spoke to the ABC. "I think [lockout laws] will not work because, probably, what the State Government wants is behavioural change, and you don't get behavioural change from blaming it on the operators," he told the news outlet. Read more... More about Lockout Laws, Amsterdam, Sydney, Nightlife, and Australia Read More »Romney dining with Trump is the ultimate real-life Jim Halpert
Way back in the spring, Mitt Romney called Donald Trump "a fraud" who "lacks the temperament to be president." What a difference a couple of months makes. On Tuesday night, he was spotted at four-star restaurant Jean Georges in New York City having dinner with the president-elect. (On the menu: frog legs, scallops and sirloin.) Romney is in the running to become Trump's secretary of state. The awkwardness of having to dine with a man you once called "a phony" was written all over Romney's face. In fact, it brings to mind a certain paper salesman who also had to endure the crude jokes of an oafish man who, somehow, found himself in a position of power. Read more... More about Meme, Memes, Mitt Romney, Donald Trump, and Watercooler Read More »Exclusive: J.J. Abrams hires 'Outlander' director Anna Foerster for thriller 'Lou'
J.J. Abrams has hired Anna Foerster to direct the dramatic thriller Lou for Paramount Pictures and his production company Bad Robot, Mashable has exclusively learned — a gig that could help catapult the Outlander and Underworld: Blood Wars helmer into contention for bigger action projects down the road. Lou follows a young mother who teams up with a mysterious older woman to help recover her abducted child. Abrams will produce the project with Braden Aftergood (Hell or High Water), though there's no start date in place just yet. SEE ALSO: Diego Luna lookin' sharp as an Imperial officer in this 'Rogue One' featurette Read more... Beastie Boys singer designs 'vegan' sneaker for Planned Parenthood
Donald Trump has said American women might just "have to go to another state" to have an abortion. But Ad-Rock of the Beastie Boys, otherwise known as Adam Horovitz, is one person who's trying to help women hold onto the right to choose. And he's designing a new sneaker to do it. Proceeds from sales of the Keep x Ad-Rock midtop shoe will go toward Planned Parenthood, which also offers medical services like maternal care. To produce the new $97 sneaker, the artist is teaming up with Los Angeles-based vegan footwear maker Keep, which has worked with artists such as Bon Iver and Animal Collective, according to Pitchfork. Read more... More about Trump, Pro Choice, Planned Parenthood, Music, and Beastie Boys Read More »Liam Payne and Cheryl are having a baby and One Direction fans are losing it
Holy sh*t, this is actually happening. Tuesday night, former One Directiom member Liam Payne and his girlfriend, former Girls Aloud singer Cheryl Cole, attended the Fayre of St James Christmas Carol Concert in London, and after months of speculation, it appears the pair is expecting their first child. Though the pair has yet to officially confirm the rumors, Cheryl wore a form-fitting green dress to the event, proudly putting her growing bump on display. Image: Rex Features via AP Images The pair originally met when Payne auditioned for The X Factor in 2010, while Cheryl was a judge on the show. The two began dating in late 2015. Read more... More about Pregnancy, Twitter, One Direction, Cheryl, and Liam Payne Read More »'This Is Us' stages a very unexpected reunion
This recap contains spoilers for This Is Us Season 1, episode 9, titled "The Trip." To refresh your memory of where we left off, check out last week's recap.This week’s episode of This Is Us has two kinds of trips for our enjoyment and enlightenment: a road trip to the cabin the family used to visit when the Big Three were kids, and an unexpected trip down memory lane with the help of magic mushrooms. Grudges Are Heavy Randall is still processing his feelings about Rebecca not telling him about his birth father, William, for all these years, and he makes a detailed list about all his bruised feelings. In flashbacks, we see Jack try to convince Rebecca to find Randall’s birth father so Randall can have a better sense of himself, but Rebecca is against it because she’s afraid of what could happen if his birth parents have rights and try to take Randall back. Jack promises her he’d never let that happen. Read more... More about Milo Ventimiglia, This Is Us Recap, This Is Us, Entertainment, and Tv Read More »Politician unleashes bizarre whip analogy in response to refugee protesters
Conservative politician George Christensen has been a bad, bad boy on Twitter. Australian parliament was interrupted Wednesday by an estimated 30 protesters, there to demand an end to what they see as the inhumane treatment of refugees. But rather than hear them out, politicians either walked straight out, turned their backs or, in some cases, implied the need for corporeal punishment. Protestors from Whistleblowers, Activists and Citizens Alliance (WACA) linked arms and reportedly even superglued their hands to part of the building in defence of refugees stuck in mandatory detention centres offshore. Read more... More about Question Time, Politics, Parliament, Australia, and Refugee Crisis Read More »Bernie Sanders: Donald Trump's illegal vote tweets are 'delusional'
Bernie Sanders didn't hold back when it came to Donald Trump's recent conspiracy-laden tweets, which show no signs of abating. Sanders made an appearance on Conan Tuesday night, where the discussion steered toward the President-elect and the ensuing debate over so-called illegal voters having an influence in the election. "I tell you what my take is, first of all it's delusional. It's totally insane," he said. "Nobody believes that who studies elections, or election patterns." "This is what is scary about it: When he says that, he's really sending a signal to Republican [leaders] all over the country. What he's saying is, we've got to suppress the vote." Read more... More about Twitter, Election 2016, Votes, Donald Trump, and Bernie Sanders Read More »Winter is here! Delhi wakes up to season's first foggy morning
Residents of Delhi woke up this morning to a thick layer of fog, the first of what marks the beginning of winter season. People in the Delhi-National Capital Region as well as other places in northern India such as Chandigarh, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, and Punjab are reporting considerably reduced visibility on the streets, and noticeably cold temperatures. According to Sky Met, Palam the visibility dropped to 400 meters between 6 am to 7 am in many of these areas, and places like Saket, R.K. Puram, AIIMS, Noida, and East of Kailash are impacted too. Read more... More about New Delhi, India, Weather, and Watercooler Read More »Seal thinks he's a cow and makes a paddock his home
There really is something to be said for stopping and asking for directions. A very lost fur seal turned up in a paddock in rural Australia on Tuesday and National Parks and Wildlife services were perplexed to say the least. SEE ALSO: Baby seal arrested for trespassing After being stumbled-upon by a civilian and her dog, organisation staff were called in to assess the furry situation and figured out how the salty sea dog got so far from home.
Too many mental health apps put style over substance
We share some of our most intimate data with mental health apps, but there's surprisingly little proof of what they give us in return. Many medical experts are starting to find problematic the lack of clear science backing up apps that promise to help with everything from low mood to depression. Bruce Bolam, program director at VicHealth, oversaw a recent review of more than 300 health and wellbeing apps. While he praised the dynamism of a "free market of smartphone apps," Bolam explained that while many apps scored top marks when it came to design and gamification, the science behind their treatment method was a lot weaker. Read more... More about Google Play, Google, Apple, Mental Help Apps, and Mental Health Read More »Hey Australia: Kazakhstan is better at than you at a whole bunch of things
Australians are up in arms after a report was published showing the country doing dismally in global education rankings. Yes, we dropped from 18th to 28th in Year 4 maths and from 12th to 17th for Year 8 maths since 2011. It's not great. But for some reason, all anyone could talk about is that Kazakhstan now surpasses Australia for primary education. It was so desperate a shortcoming that even an Australian senator used the report to reference the mockumentary Borat. "I don't want to denigrate Kazakhstan, or indeed their artistic skills with movies like Borat," Minister for Education Simon Birmingham said, according to the ABC. "I think though Australia should be seeking to be amongst the best in the world and declines like this are unacceptable and that we need to be working hard to turn it around." Read more... More about Global Citizen, Rankings, Politics, Kazakhstan, and Borat Read More »Police tried to a capture mountain lion on camera, but it got real weird instead
There are some people with too much free time out there, but we're thankful for it. The folks at the Gardner Police Department in Kansas were only trying to help local residents with finding a suspected mountain lion that had been spotted in the area, according to its Facebook post on Monday. So it deployed two trail cameras to help detect the dangerous animal, in which it was fortunate to not find any in the images taken. Instead, an image showing different kind of wild life showed up: Image: FACEBOOK/GARDNER POLICE DEPARTMENT Read more... Our lack of sleep is costing the world billions of dollars
Modern humans have plenty of bad habits that keep us from getting a good night's sleep. We work long days and check email after-hours, or we toss and turn while fretting about student loans. We fire off late-night tweets or binge-watch Westworld episodes before bed. During the day, some of us drink and smoke too much or exercise too little, which also disrupts the sleep cycle. These behaviors aren't just bad for our personal health — they also take a massive collective toll on the global economy, a new report found. SEE ALSO: Disrupting your body's internal clock could make you more vulnerable to colds and flus Read more... Apple Music student subscription is now available in over 30 countries
Students in more countries can now listen to Apple Music at lower prices. Apple has expanded Apple Music student membership program to 25 new countries including Canada, China, India, and Russia. Those who sign up for the membership will be able to avail the company’s music streaming service for about half the standard monthly subscription rate. Apple announced Apple Music student membership in May this year, though at the time it was available to students in only seven countries — Australia, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Read more... More about Apple, Student, Apple Music, India, and Tech Read More »Google Earth Timelapse shows us how our planet has changed since 1984
In 2013, Google launched Timelapse — a Google Earth project that shows us how the Earth has changed in the last thirty years or so. Now, Google has updated Timelapse with the four past years of imagery — it now spans the period from 1984 to 2016 — and "petabytes" of new data, which includes new, sharper images. The imagery gives you quite an amazing view into various processes that change the shape of our planet — deforestation, glacial motion, urbanization, war. Google offers a curated selection of interesting locations and events, such as the reconstruction of the Oakland Bay Bridge in San Francisco or the movement of the Hourihan Glacier in Antarctica. Read more... More about Maps, Timelapse, Google Earth Timelapse, Google, and Tech Read More »Reserve Bank of India website hit with 14X traffic post PM Modi's demonetization speech
Among the millions who have been impacted by India’s surprise announcement to invalidate much of its cash is also the country's central bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). Following the announcement on Nov. 8, the RBI website became unresponsive to millions while simply crashing for the rest of us. According to web analytics firm SimilarWeb, the RBI website was hit with 14 times more traffic than usual the day after the announcement Image: SimilarWeb Indians thronged to the central bank's website to get more details about the surprise announcements Prime Minister Narendra Modi made at a televised address Nov. 8 evening. The announcement caught even the media by surprise and details were hard to come by in the first 24 hours as confusion reigned supreme with rumors flooding WhatsApp groups and even some media reports. The RBI website was one of the few reliable sources for verified information. Read more... More about Crash, Traffic, India, and Tech Read More »How to make food that glows bright green in UV light
These fluorescent glowing rice balls may not look the most appetising, but nobody will be able to accuse you of bringing a boring dish to the party. With some creativity and basic science knowledge, Japanese Twitter user @unatra has posted pictures of rice balls he made at home that glow bright green under black light, or UV light. The fourth-year university student made the strange-looking concoction by throwing vitamin B2 pills, tonic water and green food colouring in the water used to boil the rice.
Meizu Pro 6 Plus's specs closely match a certain Samsung phone
We're aware that calling every phablet a Samsung Note7 replacement is getting a bit stale at this point. But Meizu's new flagship device, the Pro 6 Plus, has certain traits that make it seem the Chinese company is really trying to fix the post-Note7 blues. First, the Meizu Pro 6 Plus has the same AMOLED screen and resolution and the Note7 (5.7-inches and 2,560x1,440 pixels), the same processor (Samsung's octa-core Exynos 8890) and the same amount of storage (64GB, but a 128GB variant is also available) and RAM memory (4GB). But the Pro 6 Plus's similarities go further: it actually has a reduced megapixel count for the rear camera compared to its predecessor, the Meizu Pro 6 — 12 instead 21 megapixels. This, again, matches the 12-megapixel camera of the Note7, as does the front 5-megapixel shooter. Read more... More about China, Meizu, Meizu Pro 6 Plus, Tech, and Mobile Read More »Inside Reliance Jio's audacious plan to disrupt India's internet landscape
"Today, India is ranked 155th in the world for mobile broadband Internet access, out of 230 countries. Jio is conceived to change this. I have no doubt that with the launch of Jio, India’s rank will go up to among the top ten. 1.2 billion Indians cannot be left behind as the world enters a new era." With these words, India's richest man Mukesh Ambani commercially launched Jio, the world's first 4G LTE only network. Fast forward three months later, Jio already claims to have more than 50 million subscribers, adding nearly half-a-million subscribers every day or over 400 subscribers every minute. Read more... More about Internet, Techonology, Reliance Jio, India, and Tech Read More »Man creates the perfect magazine for angry Twitter eggs
LONDON — There are many, many magazines in this world, but the interests of furious Twitter eggs have been so far tragically underrepresented. SEE ALSO: Have we reached peak Twitter trolling? For the anonymous Twitter user who wants to develop their social media unpleasantness, the reading options have been sadly limited. Until now:
Twitter comic and author Aaron Gillies, who goes by the name TechnicallyRon, shared his magazine idea on Monday afternoon. It's since picked up well over 6000 retweets. Read more... More about Uk, Funny, Twitter Egg, Twitter, and Watercooler Read More »India's Supreme Court asks all theaters to play the national anthem before movies
In what is a strange ruling, India’s top court has made it mandatory for all public theaters in the country to play national anthem before any movie. To go with that, every movie goer will also be required to stand up as a sign of respect for the motherland. The Supreme Court said today every citizen is "duty-bound" to abide by the ideals in the constitution and to "show respect to the national anthem." "Respect must be shown as the national anthem is symbol of patriotism. People shouldn’t follow paths of individually perceived notion of freedom," Justice Dipak Misra said as he read out the judgment. Read more... More about Movie Theaters, Movie Theater, India, and World Read More »The National Lottery hack is why you shouldn't reuse your password
About 26,500 National Lottery accounts have been accessed by hackers, according to its operator Camelot. The company says they've recorded "suspicious activity" on a small proportion of the 9.5 million players registered online, indicating that people's login details, such as email and passwords, may have been stolen from other websites. Camelot says hackers were not able to access "core National Lottery systems." "We do not hold full debit card or bank account details in National Lottery players' online accounts and no money has been taken or deposited," Camelot said. "However, we do believe that this attack may have resulted in some of the personal information, that the affected players hold in their online account, being accessed." Read more... More about Hacking, Cyber Attack, National Lottery, and World Read More »America's 8 most wanted household pets and barnyard animals
For far too long, fluffy pets and barnyard animals have thought they were above the law — and now they're suffering the consequences. Even though crime is at a historic low in the United States (despite, cough cough, inflammatory reports to the contrary), some animals have escaped the claws of justice. They thought their frighteningly adorable googly eyes and crushingly soft manes meant they could live life above the law. That time is over. There's a new sheriff in town, and that sheriff is your local police officer, forced to pick up a drunk pig on their way home from work. Read more... More about Watercooler, Wanted, Arrested, Cars, and Police Read More »25 gifts for the cheese-lover in your life
The friend who generously shares her expensive French cheeses deserves a proper token of gratitude. Consider a holiday gift that speaks to her interest in all things creamy, cultured and excessively smelly. We've got 25 options that'll melt any cheese lover's cheddar-block heart into fondue. 1A cheese-wedge necklaceImage: etsy Price: $9.80 2A pair of grilled cheese sandwich earringsImage: etsy Price: From $25.15 3A grilled cheese ringImage: etsy Price: $9.50 4A pair of cheesy cufflinksImage: etsy Read more... What to do if you're a victim of 'sextortion'
Cases of "sextortion" have more than doubled in the UK in the past year and four men have taken their own lives after being targeted by criminals online, according to figures released by the police. "Sextortion" is a form of blackmail where victims are befriended online by criminals using a fake identity who then persuade them to perform sexual acts in front of a webcam. Using an attractive woman to entice the victim, organised crime croups then threaten to share videos with victims' friends and family unless they agree to pay a huge sum of money. Read more... More about Black Mirror, Blackmail, Webcam, Sextortion, and Social Media Read More »You can now watch every 'Harry Potter' film in 90 minutes
LONDON — Back when the Harry Potter film franchise was winding up, quite a few people debated whether or not the final book should have been split into two movies. Not many people debated the merits of only having one film for the whole series, though. Well, with his 90-minute edit of all eight films rolled in to one, New Yorker Tim Stiefler has done exactly that. The brilliantly titled Wizardhood, which Stiefler shared on Vimeo on Sunday, incorporates some fairly no-nonsense editing techniques to bring the total time down from a hefty 19 hours 40 minutes to a mere one hour 30 minutes. Read more... More about Uk, Boyhood, Films, Harry Potter, and Watercooler Read More »This man is apparently the world's most convincing Van Gogh lookalike
LONDON — A British actor has been named the world's best Vincent Van Gogh lookalike after a global search to find the artist's doppelganger. Actor Dan Baker, 35, beat 1,250 contestants from 37 countries in an international competition to find someone who bears a resemblance to the Dutch painter. Van Gogh — who died 126 years ago — is best known for his unique Post-Impressionist style, and his most famous works include "Sunflowers," "The Starry Night," along with his self-portraits. After a friend told Baker that the global search for a lookalike was underway, he decided to send a photo of himself to see what would happen. Read more... More about Artist, Watercooler, Uk, Lookalike, and Vincent Van Gogh Read More »Trump is tweeting about what will happen to his business empire
President-elect Donald Trump has announced he will give up control of his business empire "in total" in order to avoid a conflict of interest once he becomes president. Trump said in a series of tweets that he would hold a press conference on 15 December to announce the details. “I will be holding a major news conference in New York City with my children on December 15 to discuss the fact that I will be leaving my great business in total in order to fully focus on running the country in order to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” he wrote. Read more... More about President Elect, Business, Donald Trump, and World Read More »UK government is being trolled over this tweet
LONDON — The Foreign Office Twitter account wants us to know that Great Britain will soon be home to the world's longest three-tower cable-stayed bridge. Measuring 2.7 km, Queensferry Crossing in Scotland is set to open in 2017. This is not that bridge: The bridge featured in the Foreign Office's tweet is a different bridge in Scotland that completed construction in 1890. And Forth Bridge, while undeniably a very fine bridge — a UNESCO world heritage site, in fact — is, alas, not the Queensferry Crossing, so people are confused as to why its likeness has been used. Read more... More about Scotland, Trolling, Bridge, Brexit, and Boris Johnson Read More »Seagull chooses the exact wrong moment to invade football match
Animals invading football pitches is a time-honoured tradition. For reference, see this dog, and this dog, and this cat. But it's not that often birds join the fray. During Saturday's Scottish Cup match between Peterhead and Alloa Athletic, keeper Neil Parry's kick was unexpectedly thwarted by a low-flying seagull. SEE ALSO: Father sneakily names daughter after favourite football team, wife finds out 2 years later It's difficult to know exactly what was going through the seagull's mind in the clip above, but from the way he hastily vacates the stadium it's probably safe to assume that's the last football game he'll be taking part in. Read more... More about Uk, Scotland, Football, Seagull, and Watercooler Read More »Swedish Christmas goat's fiery demise comes sooner than usual
LONDON — Alas, even Sweden isn't safe from the wrath of 2016. In our continued coverage of extended metaphors for this tumultuous year, here's a holiday-themed analogy of well-intentioned calamity. SEE ALSO: The 'word of the year' sums up 2016 This tale starts out quaintly enough. In the Swedish town of Gävle, there exists a lovely holiday tradition of erecting a charming goat effigy. The structure, complete with red ribbons and twinkling lights, is built in tribute to the Scandinavian Yule Goat, a time-honored symbol of the season. The town gathers around the structure to greet the goat on the first day of Advent. According to the BBC, this year (for the goat's 50th anniversary) around 2.3m kronor (£200,000; $250,000) was spent on its construction and the associated festivities. Read more... More about Traditions, Holidays, Christmas, Goat, and Sweden Read More »'Rogue One' tickets will be easy enough to come by, even with crazy pre-sales
No one's saying Rogue One tickets are doing The Force Awakens-level ticket pre-sales — but even if they were, there's just no cause for alarm. If you want to be sitting in a movie theater as the Star Wars spinoff unspools on opening weekend, you will beYou will be. Tickets went on sale Monday, followed by the inevitable widespread reports of site-crashing, long waits, and other bantha, errr, blog fodder. So far neither Fandango nor Movietickets is reporting any hard numbers — it's just not something they do — but they did say it was the biggest pre-seller of 2016. Hardly a surprise attack, that. Read more... More about Rogue One, Star Wars, Movies, Entertainment, and Film Read More »Here's hands down proof that Danny Dyer is one of the funniest men in Britain
LONDON — If you're not already familiar with the fine work of Danny Dyer, then your first stop should probably be his glorious Twitter feed. The British actor recently took a break from posting delightfully sweary tweets to make an appearance on the BBC's celebrity ancestry show Who Do You Think You Are?. It was an entertaining and unexpected episode. The hour-long show was chock full of amusing moments and one-liners, culminating in Dyer's shock discovery that — spoiler alert — he's actually a direct descendant of English royalty. Read more... More about Uk, Montage, Who Do You Think You Are, Funny, and Danny Dyer Read More »Comic book take on journalism is an essential celebration of the embattled profession
Like many a Facebook user before the 2016 election, comic book artist Sarah Glidden used to consume a lot of articles without thinking much about where they came from. "I just thought about journalism like it was water," she says. "You turn on the faucet and it comes out." Then some reporter friends mentioned they were going on a trip to two of the most troubled countries in the world: Iraq and Syria. Glidden tagged along on a tourist visa, curious about the reporting process. The journalists, who worked for a daily online magazine now called The Globalist, agreed to have the mirror turned on them. Glidden took her own recorder and filled 8 GB SD card after 8 GB SD card with...well, pretty much everything they said and did, whether it seemed important or not. Her main exception: "I'd probably turn it off if we got really drunk." Read more... More about Refugees, Syria, Iraq, Books, and Journalism Read More »Felicity Jones finally reveals which 'Star Wars' character would dance to Beyoncé
It's impossible to watch any Stars Wars movie without wondering, "WHICH ONE OF THESE CHARACTERS WOULD DANCE TO BEYONCÉ?" Finally, Felicity Jones has answered that question for us. Spoiler alert: it's not Darth Vader. She also reveals which character is most likely to get drunk at brunch, who is most likely to catcall a woman and who is most likely to re-gift your Christmas present. All designations, which have somehow never been given to these characters. Apple announces more (RED) gadgets to mark World AIDS Day
Ten years ago, Apple partnered with product (RED) to offer limited edition products that raise awareness of AIDS. Now, to acknowledge World AIDS Day, which this year falls on Dec. 1, Apple has announced a new lineup of (RED)-branded gadgets and games in its App Store. “Thanks to the vision and dedication of (RED), an AIDS-free generation is within our reach. We want to leave the world better than we found it, and that’s why our longtime partnership with (RED) remains so important to us," Apple CEO Tim Cook said in a statement. Besides the current lineup of (RED) products, which are available year-round, new (RED) gadgets available starting today include an iPhone 7 Smart Battery Case, iPhone SE Case, Beats Solo 3 Wireless On-Ear Headphones and the Pill+ Portable Speaker. Read more... More about World Aids Day, Red, Apple, Tech, and Gadgets Read More »GoPro is coming to terms with reality: It's just a camera company
GoPro is coming to terms with reality. Despite its best efforts, it's just a camera company. The camera manufacturer is laying off more than 200 employees (about 15 percent of its workforce) and instituting a hiring freeze, the company announced Wednesday. The reductions are in an effort to restore the struggling business to profitability come 2017. GoPro president Tony Bates, who joined in June 2014 after previously serving as CEO of Skype, is leaving the company. SEE ALSO: Everyone is giving up on GoPro It's been a tough year for GoPro. The company's share price has more than halved in value. At its last quarterly earnings, GoPro reported that it lost more than $84 million over the three month period. This month, the company had to recall more than 2,500 Karma drones due to them losing power during operation. Read more... More about Drones, Gadgets, Tech, Business, and Apps And Software Read More »Netflix finally gives us the feature we've been waiting for
Christmas just arrived early for binge-watchers everywhere. Netflix giving us an offline viewing option—but not necessarily for everything in its library. Starting today, Netflix subscribers can choose to download movies and TV shows to watch later—even when they don't have an internet connection. The company announced the surprise update on Tuesday in a blog post: This may be another way of saying that not all of Netflix's content is available for download. Netflix's homegrown shows like The Crown are sure bets. However, it's likely that Netflix has to make deals with each of their content partners to secure download rights. Read more... More about Streaming Video, Netflix, Tech, and Apps Software Read More »Attention staff: The portal to hell in our office kitchen is merely a distraction from the real issues
Thanks everyone for coming to this last minute all-staff meeting, I really appreciate it. Before we get into it I have to just announce that yes: we are all aware of the portal to hell that has opened in our office kitchen, flooding the bottom floor with an incredible heat and the tortured screams of lost souls. What you may not know, however, is that the portal to hell (which has already consumed so many of our dear coworkers) is merely a distraction from the larger issues that threaten this office. Do NOT allow yourself to be distracted by it. SEE ALSO: How to lobby your Congressperson but also talk about fun stuff like 'Westworld' Read more... This spokeless bike is straight out of the future
'Cyclotron' is an ambitious bicycle design, made out of super light carbon fiber and airless, spokeless wheels. The wheels also double up as utility slots. The bike changes gears electronically and has an app to monitor trips. Read more... More about Mashable Video, Cycling, Techonology, Future Tech, and Real Time Video Read More »Cartoon honors the Brazilian soccer players who died in plane crash
The Chapecoense soccer club has paid a moving Facebook tribute to victims of a plane crash near Medellin, Colombia that killed most of its players. Only six of the 77 people on board the charted aircraft survived, three of them soccer players. The Brazilian team was flying to Colombia for one of the biggest matches in its history, the final of the Copa Sudamericana. Coming from a small city of less than 200,000 inhabitants, Chapecoense had become an unlikely success story in Brazilian football, rising from the 4th division to Brazil's Serie A in 2014. An illustration posted by the Chapecoense club on its official Facebook page shows the players lined up in heaven as God hands each of them a halo. Read more... More about Heaven, Soccer Team, Soccer, Brazil, and Cartoon Read More »'The Crown' is a low-key guide to outfoxing the men in your way
LONDON — It's easy to dismiss Netflix's new series The Crown as just another period drama to fill the gaping hole left behind by Downton Abbey. But, look beyond the opulent costumes and posh accents and you'll see another story — one about the triumph of female strength in a world powered by men. SEE ALSO: How accurate is Netflix's 'The Crown'? On 6 February 1952, a 25-year-old woman became queen of a realm ruled by men. That woman was Queen Elizabeth II. And that day heralded the beginning of a new Elizabethan age Twitter is freaking out over the struggle to get Adele tickets
LONDON — Adele fans in the UK were delighted by news that the British singer will perform two surprise summer shows at Wembley Stadium. They were less delighted by the ensuing anxiety in attempting to acquire tickets to said performances. Adding to the tension, this could be the last opportunity to see Adele perform for several years. As her worldwide Adele Live 2016 tour winds down, the singer has expressed an interest in growing her family. So the stakes are high and the struggle is real. And as one does in the internet age, fans rushed to Twitter to freak out: Read more... More about Concert, Wembley Stadium, Uk, Adele, and Watercooler Read More »Hillary Clinton surprised us all by introducing Katy Perry at a UNICEF gala
Throughout Hillary Clinton's historic presidential campaign, Katy Perry was there rallying for her. Now, Clinton is returning the favor. At the UNICEF Snowflake gala at Cipriani Wall Street last night, Clinton made an impromptu appearance to introduce Perry, who was being honored with the Audrey Hepburn Humanitarian Award. “I have seen Katy's commitment to the causes she believes in firsthand,” Clinton said in her speech. “I've gotten to spend time with her and I know how deeply she cares about making our world a better place. She is serious about understanding the complex problems we face and pulling people together to solve them. We need champions like Katy now more than ever: her passion, her energy and, yes, her voice, louder than a lion.” Read more... More about Viral Video, Unicef, Katy Perry, Hillary Clinton, and Watercooler Read More »Serena Williams pens letter on sexism and perseverance
When one of the greatest athletes in the world has something to say, it's wise to tune in. In a letter for Porter Magazine’s "Incredible Women of 2016" issue, tennis powerhouse Serena Williams addresses "all incredible women who strive for excellence" with a message of perseverance despite the barriers (including sexism) they continue to face. Williams details the opportunities she had as a child to pursue her dreams, acknowledging that not everyone had similar support and how she wants that playing field to even. "For me, it was a question of resilience. What others marked as flaws or disadvantages about myself — my race, my gender — I embraced as fuel for my success," she writes before launching into her frustrations about equal pay for equal work. Read more... More about Equal Pay, Open Letter, Conversations, Watercooler, and Serena Williams Read More »Wes Anderson directs 'The Witch' thriller
Wes Anderson is a widely known filmmaking auteur. With his latest collaboration with H&M on their new Christmas ad, we wondered what his take would be on directing a supernatural thriller... so we made a little collaboration of our own. Subscribe to CineFix for more videos. Reddit's Trump trolls are freaking out—and they're right
Trump trolls on Reddit want the site's CEO to quit over his response to a bizarre sex scandal called #Pizzagate. Crazily enough, they might be right. If you haven't heard, #Pizzagate is the hashtag used by trolls spreading the unhinged, bogus claim that Hillary Clinton was involved in a child sex ring running out of a Washington, D.C. pizza parlor. Several employees of that pizza parlor received death threats as a result. It's exactly the sort of steaming pile of trash that Reddit's uniquely positioned to cultivate—it's just surprising it took so long to get here. Read more... More about Pizzagate, Social Media, Steve Huffman, Reddit, and Spez Read More »Watch Miley Cyrus, Dolly Parton and Pentatonix take on 'Jolene'
Miley Cyrus has already delivered a soulful cover of (her godmother) Dolly Parton's classic song "Jolene." But add Parton herself into the mix and you've truly got a rendition to be reckoned with. Backed by an extremely chipper Pentatonix, the two vocalists absolutely crushed the wistful tune on Tuesday night's episode of The Voice. PSA: Their harmonies are sure to make even the most innocent Jolenes quake in fear, so please do not show your friend Jolene this video. Here's how to check if your finicky iPhone 6S battery needs to be replaced
If your iPhone 6S has been plagued with power issues, never fear: Apple is offering battery replacements for the faulty devices. The abrupt system shut-downs make it abundantly clear that something's not quite right, but when Apple addressed the issue and announced the global replacement program, it didn't provide an easy way to find out if your phone is affected. Image: apple/screengrab Unless you really love your phone, it's probably extremely unlikely that you have its birthday marked on the calendar. Short of taking it all the way to the Apple Store and checking in there, Apple gives no easy way to know if your device is eligible for the replacement. Read more... More about Apple, Replacement, Apple Store, Battery Life, and Iphone 6s Read More »This four-legged robot hopes to help in earthquake recovery
While it might be cute, it could aid in the saving lives one day. The robot is made specifically to help in search and rescue missions following natural disasters. Read more... More about Mashable Video, Earthquake, Search And Rescue, Robot, and Real Time Video Read More »Reese Witherspoon is trolling us all with the name of a new festive dress
Nothing says "happy holidays" like a good troll from Reese Witherspoon. As part of her lifestyle brand Draper James' clothing line, the actress is selling one dress with a pretty funny name. We present to you, Wreath Witherspoon: Image: draper james For a cool $295, you could own the punniest dress online. This garb is so good, you could wear it for Four Christmases (okay we're done). Read more... BONUS: This fearless teen rocked a burkini and hijab at the Miss Minnesota pageantTwitter Moments just got even easier to use
Twitter Moments just got a whole lot easier to make. The feature that lets Twitter users collect and curate tweets into one scrollable (on desktop) or swipeable (on mobile) feed is now available on mobile, the company announced on Wednesday. Aptly, Twitter created a Moment to explain the process of building one.
Users can access the feature by choosing a tweet and clicking on the gray arrow in the upper right-hand corner. A pop-up window will appear with a tab that reads "Add to Moment." Read more... More about Apps And Software, Tech, Twitter News, Jack Dorsey, and Business Read More »Breaking down the 2017 'League of Legends' changes and the reasons behind them
Change can be hard, especially when you don't know why it's happening. A ton of changes have happened and still are coming to League of Legends before the 2017 season kicks off, and game design lead Greg Street broke them all down for Mashable — from the competitive implications of new jungle plants to the reasons behind the return of solo queue. Game-changing plantsThe biggest update coming to League of Legends is the interactive plants. Plants — revealed in October — are randomly spawning flora that do things like heal champions, give vision and blast players over walls when hit. Read more... More about Esports, Gaming, Riot Games, League Of Legends, and Entertainment Read More »If Wes Anderson directed 'The Witch,' it would look something like this
H&M just released a Christmas ad directed by Wes Anderson. Now what if he directed a supernatural thriller? Would it be as thrilling? We've taken it upon ourselves to do the dirty work. Subscribe to CineFix for more videos. Read more... More about Mashable Video, Cinefix, Robert Eggers, Thriller, and Recut Trailer Read More »The 10 things on Netflix you need to download today, because you can do that now
Finally, it's happening: Netflix has announced that you can now download select titles to watch, on-the-go, without any WiFi. In one game-changing tweet, Netflix introduced a whole new world of options: What do you watch on your off-the-grid vacation, on a never-ending commute, or on a plane without WiFi? And—crucially—will you finally get through your Netflix queue? Now that the odds are in your favor, we've got some recommendations for you to begin your Download Option journey. | ||||
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