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 You gotta be in it to win it: Elon Musk is heading to Trump Tower
Make more room on the guest list chockfull of major players attending the tech industry meeting with president-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday. Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, will be joining in the conversation headed by venture capitalist Peter Thiel, sources confirmed to Mashable. On Wednesday, Trump (or at least someone high up on his team) is supposed to sit down with top execs from Apple, Google, Facebook, Amazon, Oracle, Microsoft, IBM and others. And now the renewable energy leader will be part of the New York discussion. Read more... More about Elon Musk, Donald Trump, Executive, Tech, and Politics Read More »'Star Trek: Discovery' casts its Klingons
Star Trek: Discovery has added three more cast members to play Klingons in the upcoming CBS All Access series. Chris Obi will star as T'Kuvma, the Klingon leader seeking to unite the Klingon houses; Shazad Latif will play Kol, the Commanding Officer of the Klingons and protégé of T’Kuvma; Mary Chieffo has been cast as L'Rell, the Battle Deck Commander of the Klingon ship. Obi will have a busy year in 2017: He'll also appear in the big screen adaptation of Ghost in the Shell, and in Starz's American Gods, which is executive produced by Bryan Fuller — who recently had to step back from his producing duties on Discovery because of his commitments to that series. Read more... More about Star Trek Discovery, Entertainment, and Tv Read More »This major museum just cut its ties to fossil fuel companies
One of the world's biggest and most prestigious museums is cutting financial ties to the fossil fuel industry. The American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) on Monday said it had joined the global movement to divest from coal, oil and natural gas companies. The New York City institution said the move aligns with its longstanding efforts to help protect the fragile planet. "We hope we can achieve our collective goal of global sustainability while maximizing the resources each of our institutions brings to bear on this vital issue," Daniel Stoddard, AMNH's chief investment officer, wrote in a letter to environmental groups. Read more... More about Smithsonian, National Museum Of Natural History, American Museum Of Natural History, 350.Org, and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Read More »Uber is now being accused of violating the privacy of their exes, politicians, and Beyonce
Uber's troublesome history with customer privacy issues took another hit on Monday, in the form of a lawsuit over allegations that Uber's employees spied on celebrities and former romantic partners. Ward Spangenberg, a former forensic investigator for Uber, is suing the company for wrongful termination, age discrimination and defamation, according to court documents. The lawsuit was first reported by the Center for Investigative Reporting. Spangenberg alleges that sensitive information collected by Uber was widely available to employees, who then used it to "track high profile politiciains, celebrities and even personal acquaintances of Uber employees, including ex-boyfriends/girlfriends, and ex-spouses." Read more... More about Business, Privacy, and Uber Read More »Surprised Breitbart advertisers highlight the pitfalls of automated advertising
The Anti-Defamation League hasn't been shy about its condemnation of Breitbart News, an outlet it calls the "premiere website" for the "loose-knit group of white nationalists and unabashed anti-Semites and racists" it claims constitutes the so-called "alt-right" movement. So it came as a bit of a shock recently when the Jewish rights group discovered that it happened to number among the site's advertisers. The ADL wasn't the only one; As Breitbart chairman Steve Bannon's new White House gig brought renewed media attention to the agitative far-right site's less savory tendencies, Kellogg, Warby Parker, U.S. Bank and several other major brands also found that they had been unwittingly supporting it with their ad dollars. Read more... More about Business, Advertising, and Media Read More »Woman accidentally buys unbelievably janky fake Christmas tree
We've all seen the expectation vs. reality photos of online shopping for clothes gone wrong – pants arrive with eight-foot-long legs and dresses look completely different than they did in the photos. And now, the #fail of a trend is making its way into the Christmas tree market. Zoe McAllister of Glasgow shared a photo of the artificial Christmas tree she bought without peeking inside the box first – and it looked very different than she was expecting. "EXPECTATIONS VS. REALITY!! I actually laughed at this 'tree' for about 15 minutes. Looks like I'm off to buy a new tree at the weekend 😂😂😂," she wrote on Facebook. Read more... More about Watercooler, Christmas Tree, Christmas, Conversations, and Pics Read More »Why Twitter thinks Richard Spencer isn't offensive enough to be banned
When alt-right leader Richard Spencer's Twitter account was reinstated over the weekend after a month of suspension, there was an outcry from critics who decried Spencer's rhetoric as being "hate speech" but Twitter, apparently, disagreed. Instead, Twitter claimed that it was about Spencer's use of multiple accounts. In a statement, the company said, "Our rules explicitly prohibit creating multiple accounts with overlapping uses. When we temporarily suspend multiple accounts for this violation, the account owner can designate one account for reinstatement." Read more... More about Censorship, Twitter, Milo Yiannopoulos, Richard Spencer, and Business Read More »How solar energy and mobile money are changing lives in rural Africa
The NASA satellite map of the world at night shows blazing networks of light across North America and Europe. But Africa remains the dark continent. Despite the United Nations' Millennium Development Goal of universal access to electricity by 2030, half of Africans are without power, most living in remote villages that are unlikely to be connected to the grid in the foreseeable future. But now, thanks to falling prices for solar panels and increasing efficiency of LED lights and small appliances, rural Africans are obtaining electricity off the grid. Off-grid electricity typically means a stand-alone solar home system or a microgrid (generally up to 100 kilowatts) built in the center of a community with distribution lines radiating out to houses, hospitals and stores. Microgrids are usually solar-powered, but are sometimes also fueled with diesel, micro-hydropower, wind or biomass. They often store electricity in batteries for later use. Read more... More about Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Africa, Takepart, and Social Good Read More »Get the perfect selfie lighting with this smart makeup mirror
Juno is an intelligent mirror with adjustable light settings perfect for makeup and selfies. Read more... More about Mashable Video, Real Time Video, Apps, Fashion, and Technology Read More »Frustrated fashion student uses ASL to send professor a hidden rude message
Ah, finals week. Students' schedules are filled with final paper after final exam after final project, and professors can get away with assigning whatever the hell they want. Lama Ali, a fashion design student in Virginia, couldn't resist letting her pettiness about that stressful reality make a subtle appearance in one of her final projects. When her drawing teacher assigned her three finals, Ali subtly illustrated the phrase "you got me fucked up" in American Sign Language in one of her drawings. SEE ALSO: Artist sends Trump a strong message by drawing colorful selfies of marginalized people Read more... Chance the Rapper just wants us all to relax and listen to his bath playlist
Chance the Rapper just wants you to relax. The independent artist shared a playlist with fans on Monday afternoon—filled with Bon Iver, Solange, Kirk Franklin and more— and urged everyone to hit play and just submerge themselves in a tub of warm water for a bit. "I been neglecting myself, not taking care of me. I take a shower everyday," Chance wrote on Twitter before linking the Apple Music playlist. "But when is it bath time? Now."
Super Nintendo World is coming just in time for the next Summer Olympics
Great news, Mario fans: an IRL version of the Mushroom Kingdom is on its way. A new theme park called Super Nintendo World, a collaboration with Universal Parks & Resorts, will open in Osaka, Japan in 2020 — just in time for the Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Universal confirmed the target date in an announcement Monday. We'd heard hints of this before. Spec plans for the park were leaked by a Japanese publication back in March, which was when the 2020 opening was first teased. Image: nintendo/universal studios Read more... Six ways in-car Wi-Fi can save your sanity this holiday season
If you’ve ever coordinated your family holiday gathering, you’re probably qualified to orchestrate a football halftime show. Face it: going to the malls to deck the halls can turn your greeting card-worthy clan into a kin of cranks. Taxiing a carload of kids between retailers, relatives’ houses, grocery stores and every unplanned stop in between takes serious nerve — which is difficult when the kiddos and family members in the back seat are working your last one. To keep everyone on speaking terms through the New Year, you’ll need some help from your ride. Thankfully, ten major automakers are offering new models with Connected Car, an AT&T-powered feature that turns your car into a 4G LTE Wi-Fi hotspot. [1] Read more... More about Sponsored, Supported, and Tech Read More »The 13 worst things about Star Wars
We’ve been through a lot together, Star Wars fans, from pod-racing to Kylo Ren’s lightsaber. We've dealt with Liam Neeson’s luxurious hair and Ewan McGregor’s luxurious hair and Harrison Ford’s luxurious hair and Adam Driver’s luxurious hair. While most of the journey has been an exciting trip to a world we wished we lived in, there are some notable pain points hate-inducing enough to make even the most loyal of fans curse George Lucas’ name. Whoose you thinksa I’m talking aboutsa? Below, 13 of the most annoying things about Star Wars. Read more... More about Star Wars Rogue One, Star Wars, Entertainment, and Film Read More »Homemade 'Star Trek' captures space scenes without any effects
Our CineFix series, Homemade Movies, took a go at the second trailer for Star Trek Into Darkness. See how well it captures the epic space effects without any computer-generated imagery. Subscribe to CineFix for more videos: https://www.youtube.com/c/cinefix Read more... More about Mashable Video, Trailer, Star Trek Into Darkness, Star Trek, and Homemade Moives Read More »Bella Thorne opts not to shave her legs for some dude on Twitter
In news that may shock you, most women do not have a deep-seated desire to have their body hair policed by men on the internet. Bella Thorne for one, responded to one random dude's attempt at advice with the correct response of, "HAHAHHA NEVER."
The actress, who will be seen in the pop star thriller Famous in Love and Xavier Dolan's The Death and Life of John F. Donovan, is doing just fine without appeasing randos. Read more... More about Celebrities, Actress, Trolls, Bella Thorne, and Watercooler Read More »Genius woman hacks fridge to dispense wine instead of water
This woman is brilliant. Clare Potts, a 28-year-old fashion and lifestyle blogger from England, solved all of our problems by discovering you can hack your fridge to dispense wine instead of water. Immediately recognizing her own genius, she tweeted pictures of her successful operation, and they quickly went viral.
"We've just bought a house and we're in the process of buying all the grown up things we need," Potts told Mashable in an email, "My boyfriend Joe was telling me [the fridge] came with a wine rack and I just said 'why don't we just put it in the water cooler?' It seemed like the obvious thing to do," she joked. Read more... More about Genius, Wine, Refrigerator, Fridge, and Hack Read More »Kid who visits Best Buy every day receives amazing surprise from staff
Employees at a Best Buy in Valley Stream, New York, put their holiday cheer to good use. They noticed a boy who came into the store every day to play the display Wii U. So, the staff chipped in to buy him a Wii U of his very own. Rahiem Storr, a store manager, shared this video of the the staff presenting the kid with his early Christmas gift on YouTube. "On behalf of all of us here at Best Buy, we got you a Wii U so you don't have to come here every day and play," one employee said to the boy. "So, this is something that we did for you, everybody here, that you see here, we all got together and chipped in so you can have one for yourself." Read more... More about Viral Video, Holidays 2016, Wii, Wii U, and Video Games Read More »Cyber security experts shut down Trump in 140 characters or less
On Monday morning, Donald Trump formally addressed the CIA's allegations that Russian hackers tried to interfere in the election on — where else? — Twitter and, as usual, got some basic facts wrong. First, here's what the president-elect said that many are taking umbrage with.
Well, first of all, the threat of hacking interfering in the election was brought up before the electionMany timesIncluding by Trump himself. Read more... More about Cyber Security, Hackers, Donald Trump, Tech, and Politics Read More »Some disturbed and festive Trekkie made a gingerbread USS Enterprise going down in a fiery crash
We've already seen what happens when you turn a gingerbread house into a castle, but someone has now stepped up to the plate and created a Star Trek gingerbread concoction. Reddit user ejustice shared their own artwork, the Starship Gingerprise. It's a smaller, gingerbread version of the fictional Star Trek space craft, the Starship Enterprise and ejustice's version shows the bold craft crash-landing amidst cotton clouds and iced gingerbread cookies. According to ejustice's reddit comments, they used this recipe to create the gingerbread space craft. Apparently, everything is glued together with caramelized sugar, and the project took roughly six days to complete. Read more... More about Gingerbread, Star Trek, Pics, Watercooler, and Conversations Read More »The New York Times font looks like Trump's hair and you'll never see it the same way again
The orange bouffant hairstyle that's as much a part of Donald Trump as his brash rhetoric we all know (and don't necessarily love) has just been spotted in the 'T' of the New York Times logo. A little swirly silhouette of his trademark mane can be seen in the publication's font, thanks to a tweet on Monday from journalist Jennings Brown. It's a sight that can't be unseen and a reminder of the man who continues to creep into our lives in little ways after winning an election that let him creep into our lives in the biggest of ways. Read more... More about Typography, Font, America, President, and Trump Hair Read More »Why The Chainsmokers are wrong to refuse my Venmo request
The Chainsmokers are a DJ duo and whether you love them or hate them, you love them. I'm waiting for Spotify to release my official numbers, but I've listened to their songs more than I'd like to admit. Last Friday, I realized it was about time I paid for some of their songs on iTunes. Yet, while The Chainsmokers make bangers that are dope as heck, I wasn't willing to spend $2.58 of my own money. But life isn't about waiting for the beat to drop, it's about learning to bust a move on the floor as soon as you hear the first note of "Roses." Read more... More about Venmo, Twitter, Music, The Chainsmokers, and Watercooler Read More »Get a call from the North Pole IRL thanks to this really cute chat bot
You may never quite catch him in the flesh on Christmas Eve, but Santa's coming to life in a whole new way this year thanks to a project by cloud communications platform Twilio. Parents can now give their little ones the chance to have a personal phone chat with an adorably squeaky-voiced elf from the North Pole through the SantaPhone project. The project allows people to schedule a phone call anytime between now and Dec. 25 by listing their name, email and mobile phone number. Mashable rang the SantaPhone line and spoke with Santa's Helper #30012, an automated chat bot whose painfully cute vocals sounded sort of like Alvin and the Chipmunks. Read more... More about Christmas, Chat Bot, Santa Claus, and World Read More »Online 'Hamilton' ticket line proves there is no God/life is meaningless/you should just quit now
The smash Broadway musical Hamilton may be coming to your city next year — but you might as well give up your dreams now of scoring a ticket. You're one of at least 100,000 people nearby with exactly the same idea at exactly the same time. We're not saying you shouldn't try — just that you abandon all hope, ye who enter the online ticket-buying portal. Tickets for the ridiculously popular show went on sale to the general public Monday for the tour in San Francisco and the morning quickly turned into a rerun of the week prior — when a limited number of seats were sold to American Express cardholders, putting would-be theater-goers into digital-purchase purgatory. Read more... More about Line, Tickets, San Francisco, Hamilton, and Entertainment Read More »The new black heart is the emoji we need in 2016
This hasn't been the easiest year. Luckily, we now have the perfect emoji to illustrate the feelings 2016 left in our cold dead hearts Hidden among the 104 new emoji in Apple's iOS 10.2 update was a new spin on an old classic and it's already become everyone's favorite new emoji: the black heart. Sitting at the front of the "symbols" section between the broken heart and the purple heart, the black heart is the one emoji everyone is 😍 about. And here's what it looks like on Android, Twitter and other platforms (though, let's be real, the gray ones aren't nearly as good.) Read more... More about Black Heart Emoji, Ios, Emoji, Tech, and Apps Software Read More »Behold the pure joy of Issa Rae after her 'Insecure' Golden Globe nomination
It's safe to say that Issa Rae is having a much better time than Issa Dee these days. Rae scored a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress in a Television Program - Comedy this morning for Insecure and yes, she's appropriately psyched. Yvonne Orji, who plays Issa's BFF on the show, shared some screengrabs of their victorious FaceTime after receiving the great news.
Why reindeer near the North Pole are shrinking
Reindeer have it rough, and not because Santa makes them fly around the globe. In August, a lighting strike killed more than 300 of the animals in Norway, only a month after thousands of reindeer in Russia died from an anthrax epidemic. In 2013, around 61,000 reindeer starved to death on Russia's Yamal Peninsula after rare Arctic rains cut off their food supply. Now scientists say reindeer are physically shrinking as climate change disrupts their diets of grasses, mosses and lichens. Over the last 20 years, the weight of adult reindeer in Norway has declined by 12 percent, according to ecologists from the U.K.'s James Hutton Institute, the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research and the Norwegian University of Life Sciences. Read more... More about North Pole, Arctic, Svalbard Norway, Norway, and Animals In The Wild Read More »The world’s tallest mammal is now threatened with extinction
Habitat loss, civil unrest and illegal hunting has cut their numbers by 40% in the last 30 years. With that, giraffes have been declared a vulnerable species. Read more... More about Mashable Video, Giraffe, Endangered Species, Species, and Extinction Read More »Esports continues campaign of world domination with 24/7 TV network
Nothing says esports are taking over like a new 24/7 television channel. The Every Good Game network, otherwise known as eGG, launched recently in Australia. Based out of southeast Asia, the network is now available on internet television provider Fetch TV, Fairfax Media reported Monday. While a welcome addition, eGG is entering what can only be called a fledgling esports scene locally. "eSports in Australia doesn't always get the attention it deserves," Danelie Purdue, eGG's Australian esports commentator, told the publication. "Sometimes it feels like Australian eSports fans have resigned themselves to the fact that it won't go mainstream but I don't think that's true — it perhaps needs a bit of a kickstart and hopefully eGG coming to Australia can play a part in that." Read more... More about Gaming, Esports, Fetch Tv, Egg, and Australia Read More »These 11 Touch Bar hacks will turn your MacBook Pro into a legendary machine
The new MacBook Pro Touch Bar is here, so it's time to say goodbye to productivity. From composing catchy tunes to playing games or making fart noises, Apple's latest MacBook Pro feature has inspired a slew of quirky apps and hacks that you'll want to try out. We're not saying they're all useful, but there's no denying they're entertaining AF. Here are some of our personal favorites: TouchSwitcher and RocketThese apps are extremely helpful and make great use of the Touch Bar. After launching TouchSwitcher you'll be able to easily access and switch between all open applications on your MacBook without having to individually cycle through them. Read more... More about Tech, Hacks, Apps And Software, Apple, and Touch Bar Read More »'Colony' star Josh Holloway previews 'darker' turn in Season 2
USA's sci-fi thriller Colony returns to our screens on Jan. 12, and star Josh Holloway is pretty pumped for the darker turn the show is taking in Season 2. The series is set in a near-future version of Los Angeles which — along with the rest of the world — is under the rule of alien invaders who have coopted human "Collaborators" to help them maintain order and suppress rebellion. In Mashable's exclusive sneak peek below, Holloway previews what's ahead for his character, Will Bowman, who has been cooperating with the Collaborators to try and track down his missing son — even as his wife, Katie (Sarah Wayne Callies) operates as a member of the Resistance, unbeknownst to Will. Read more... More about Usa Network, Josh Holloway, Colony, Entertainment, and Tv Read More »Women are sharing 'granny pantie' pics for a good (comfortable) reason
You may have noticed "granny panties," otherwise known as high-waisted, comfortable underwear, taking over your Twitter feed of late. Variations of the hashtag #UndiesOutForSam have been trending after a curious and frankly horrific article was published in Daily Mail Australia Sunday that criticised Australian TV personality Samantha Armytage for her choice of intimates. Armytage was not sporting external undies à la Superman. Rather, she was out in public and her underwear was definitely beneath her clothes. Her visible pantie line, with an apparently too-high-to-be-sexy waist, was nevertheless sufficient fodder for an entire news article. Read more... More about Online Activism, Social Media, Underwear, Granny Panties, and Daily Mail Australia Read More »Alligator seems to go for a little ride on a manatee
Alligators and manatees: a match made in animal friendship heaven? A Facebook photo featuring an alligator seemingly swimming atop a manatee has gone viral. The photo was recently submitted to Florida's Fish and Wildlife's photo contest. Nothing captures the internet's attention like the image of a deadly animal joining forces with the sweetest of sea creatures. Sadly, a manatee expert from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission believes the meeting was pure coincidence. "I would guess that these manatees were hanging out near warm water or heading to warm water and the alligator was looking for a sunny spot to hang out along the shoreline and they simply crossed paths," Ron Menzich, a spokesperson for the Commission, said in a statement. Read more... More about Alligators, Manatee, and Watercooler Read More »This high-tech E.L.F. is guiding confused shoppers with the help of IBM's Watson
The new E.L.F. bot at the Mall of America wants to be your little shopping helper. E.L.F. stands for the Experiential List Formulator. It's essentially a mobile concierge, an IBM Watson-powered chatbot that asks people things like what they enjoy doing or how long they plan to hang out at the mall, according to VentureBeat. You can chat with the bot through Facebook Messenger or online at elf.mallofamerica.com. The Mall of America, located in Bloomington, Minnesota, is a massive collection of hundreds of stores across 5.6 million square feet, so E.L.F. could be a big help in narrowing down options and getting around. It's just one of multiple "helper bots" developed by IBM Watson Group and Satisfi, which has called concierges like E.L.F. "the future of shopping." Read more... More about Mall Of America, Ibm Watson, Watson, and World Read More »Oh Mondays: Police surround a totally empty house for about 7 hours
Some days you just can't win. Police officers in Melbourne, Australia were left red faced Monday after engaging in a standoff with absolutely no one. The officers attended the residence in Melton South at 9:30 a.m. following a tip-off, a Victoria Police spokesperson told Mashable via email. Apparently, they were responding to "information regarding a person of interest in regard to an ongoing investigation." Armed police took "every precaution and attempted to call out to anyone inside the house," but after hours of waiting for someone, anyone to respond, officers made their way into the home. Read more... More about Siege, Police, Australia, and Watercooler Read More »Shots fired: Microsoft calls the new MacBook Pro a 'disappointment'
Microsoft ditched standard newsroom convention to throw down the gauntlet and take a very public swing at chief rival Apple and the new MacBook Pro in a recent Surface-themed blog post. The post's author, Brian Hall, the CVP of Microsoft Devices Marketing, touts the "many wonderful things happening across the board for Surface," with super-confident declarations of it being "the best" and "industry-leading." There's not much substance to back up these claims — but there are vague references to sales numbers without revealing the actual number of units shipped or sold. Read more... More about Blog, Newsroom, Macbook 2016, Apple, and Microsoft Surface Read More »Watch the 'Stranger Things' kids react to the Netflix drama's Golden Globe nomination
The boys of everyone's favorite Netflix series Stranger Things were all snuggled on a couch together this morning to watch the Golden Globe nominations roll in—and when they heard their show's name, things got adorable — and loud.
Their gasps and leaps and attempt at a group hug are cute, but what makes this moment even more endearing is the fact that the four of them are hanging out in the same room—just like they did in Mike Wheeler's basementStranger Things was nominated for Best Television Series, Drama. Read more... More about Conversations, Instagram, Watercooler, Golden Globes, and Stranger Things Read More »The Rams' coach just tied an NFL record, so the team fired him
The Los Angeles Rams fired head coach Jeff Fisher on Monday, a day after their ninth loss of the season. The Rams struggled after their return to Los Angeles, where they played from 1946-1994 before shipping off to St. Louis. Going 4-9 and firing the head coach mid-season probably isn't what Los Angeles football fans were hoping for when the team moved back. It's particularly bizarre, considering Fisher signed a contract extension last week. SEE ALSO: NFL Dance Party: This Falcons linebacker absolutely failed his touchdown celebration attempt But get this — Sunday's loss to the Falcons marked the 165th of Fisher's coaching career, tying him for the most career losses by an NFL coach. So firing him makes a lot of sense. Read more... More about Los Angeles, Nfl, Football, Entertainment, and Sports Read More »Arnold Schwarzenegger defends Donald Trump's involvement in 'Celebrity Apprentice'
A few days ago, new Celebrity Apprentice boss and executive producer Arnold Schwarzenegger was front and center at a press conference to hype the show’s Jan. 2 premiere date. Executive producer Mark Burnett was allegedly on site, but didn't appear with the cast members, or on the red carpet following the half-hour Q&A session, which took place a day after news broke that President-elect Donald Trump would retain an executive producer credit on the new season, in addition to earning royalties from the show. When questions about Trump inevitably came up, the answers were short and well-rehearsed, as Schwarzenegger acknowledged that he knew about Trump's producing credit from the start, pointing out that he also continued to make royalties from his previous projects while in office as Governor of California. Read more... More about Arnold Schwarzenegger, Donald Trump, Celebrity Apprentice, Entertainment, and Tv Read More »Creepy 'monster'-like object washes up onto New Zealand beach
Is it an art installation? Aliens making contact with humans? Well, it's none of those, but this mysterious looking object that washed up on a New Zealand beach is pretty creepy to the unfamiliar, nonetheless. The nightmarish creation was discovered by Melissa Doubleday, who snapped pics of the oddity and posted it on a local Facebook group. "Just curious to know if anyone knows what this is??! Washed up on Muriwai Beach," Doubleday wrote on Saturday. Image: MELISSA DOUBLEDAY According to Stuff, visitors have been making there way down with cameras in hand to capture the sight that's been dubbed the "Muriwai Monster." Read more... More about Beach, New Zealand, Australia, and Watercooler Read More »Singing cartoon whale is the cutest send off ever for New Zealand PM, eh
It's been a rough couple of months for New Zealand. The country had a seabed raising-earthquake, and now it's dealing with the surprise exit of its prime minister. To welcome this period of change, it only seems fitting that New Zealand's infamous "Beached Az" whale toss himself back onto cartoon shores. Like the music at the Oscars, the cartoon played off New Zealand's outgoing Prime Minister John Key in a new post with a cheeky parody of Elton John's "Candle In The Wind." Key announced his resignation quite unexpectedly on Dec. 5, citing a desire to spend more time with family. He was replaced by self-proclaimed purveyor of boring Bill English, who was officially sworn in as prime minister Monday morning. Read more... More about Beached Az, Viral Video, Memes, Politics, and New Zealand Read More »UberPool is trying to speed up your shared rides
Uber's carpool system, UberPool, is so enticing. You pick your location, share your ride with a stranger or two, and reach your destination for way cheaper. But then you get in the car and find yourself being driven so many blocks in the opposite direction just to wait, while double-parked, for your fellow rider to get out of their damn house already. To prevent this frustrating scenario, the ride-hailing company announced some new features on Monday. The first addition is notifications for riders, which pretty much serve as a nagging friend telling you that you're running late and need to hurry up. The notifications will push updates to your phone about the car's status, like when it's pulling up and when it's outside. Read more... More about Ride Sharing, Ride Hailing, Uberpool, Uber, and Tech Read More »The best YA books of 2016
This may have been a rough year in a lot of ways, but 2016 has been a great one for new YA books. The YA world has every genre imaginable, from fantasy to mystery to romance. Here's a list of our eight favorites from 2016 to add to your to-read pile. Image: amazon 1. The Serpent King by Jeff ZentnerBack in March, MashReads wrote about the six reasons you should read Zentner's debut novel The Serpent King. This not-so-easily definable contemporary Southern story has gone on to grace nearly every "Best Of" list this year, and if it hasn't made it to your bookshelf, then that should be your last act of 2016. Read more... More about National Book Awards, Leigh Bardugo, Jeff Zentner, Nicola Yoon, and Entertainment Read More »6 teeny tiny meerkat pups are here to melt your cold dead heart
Tiny animals have the power to smash negativity, so prepare to have your day brightened. At Taronga Zoo in Sydney, Australia, a brand new litter of meerkat pups have wiggled into the world and you bet your life savings that they're the cutest little balls of fluff you ever did see. The six little ones were born in early Nov. but are only just now big enough to start adventuring. They're the largest litter of meerkats the zoo has ever seen. Meet the six downright adorable meerkat pups at Sydney's Taronga Zoo Image: paul fahy for taronga zoo Read more... Man spends $1 million on 'Game of War' in-app purchases
A California man spent a million bucks on in-app purchases in Game of War. The only problem, apart from his addiction to the game, was that he had stolen that money. Kevin Lee Co, 45, pleaded guilty in Sacramento federal court last week to stealing $4.8 million from his employer, Holt California. Co also admitted to the court that he spent $1 million of that money for in-app purchases in Game of War app. Developed by Machine Zone, Game of War is a free game on Android and iOS but requires cash for unlocking weapons and other upgrades. Read more... More about Mobile App, California, Mobile Games, Games, and Watercooler Read More »Guy's public candlelit confession of love literally goes up in smoke
It may be winter in the Chinese city of Zhengzhou, but this guy's love still burns hot for his girl. The lovestruck college undergrad laid out a ring of candles and petals in the shape of a heart, at the dormitory yard of the Zhengzhou University of Finance. Image: weibo Image: wechat Unfortunately, security personnel didn't seem to vibe with his public declaration of love, and showed up only to extinguish his flames in a big spectacle of smoke. Image: weibo His love interest hadn't even arrived yet to witness his romantic gesture, according to people at the scene, who started circulating pictures of the event live on Monday night. Read more... More about Love, Romance, China, and Watercooler Read More »Airbnb thinks it's all set for Trump's America
When America's tech leaders visit President-elect Donald Trump Wednesday to kiss the ring, Airbnb's CEO will not be present. But not because he wasn't invited. According to the company's head of global policy Chris Lehane, CEO Brian Chesky got the call, but will be out of the country on Dec. 14 due to a previous engagement. The invitations to Trump's penthouse were seemingly "non-transferrable." In Sydney on Tuesday, Lehane tried to put a good spin on what the future may hold for the share economy giant in Trump's America. He thinks their message will win the day. Everyone else's message? Um, maybe. Read more... More about Sharing Economy, Airbnb, Donald Trump, Business, and Australia Read More »Airbnb says it's down to play by the rules in Australia, as regulation looms
Off the back of some regulatory losses in the U.Sand Europe, Airbnb wants to play nice Down Under. The company's head of global policy indicated it would be open to working closely with local Australian lawmakers at a lunch with journalists Tuesday. "Our perspective here is that we want to partner, and as they go through this, to be a resource," Chris Lehane said. Concerns have been raised, in Sydney especially, about the affect Airbnb is having on housing affordability. Sydney is now in the top five cities for Airbnb users globally. The company has alway maintained that its business model makes use of spare rooms or people's own homes while they're on vacation, while its critics have accused it of obscuring the number of purely commercial listings. Read more... More about Housing Affordability, Sydney, Airbnb, Australia, and Business Read More »Motorola's first all-metal smartphone, Moto M, trickles out of China
Motorola's all metal smartphone, the Moto M, is finally making its way out of China. The Lenovo-owned company today launched the shiny, all-metal Moto M in India at a price of Rs 15,999 ($240) for the 32GB variant. The Moto M also comes in a 64GB version, which is priced at Rs 17,999 ($265). The smartphones will go on sale in the country on Dec. 14 at 11:59 p.m. exclusively on Flipkart. The Moto M features a 5.5-inch full-HD (1920x1080 pixels) 2.5D IPS display, and 3,050mAh battery with support for fast-charging. It also sports a fingerprint scanner on the back and Dolby ATMOS speakers. Read more... More about Smartphone, India, Moto, Motorola, and Tech Read More »This trailer for Netflix's new mystery show will cure your 'Stranger Things' craving
"I remember. I remember everything." These few words at the end of the trailer for Netflix's new series, The OA, will give you goosebumps if you, like us, are a big fan of Stranger Things and cannot wait to watch the second series. Netflix took everyone by surprise by announcing with a series of grim tweets — "Have you seen death?" "Have you seen darkness?" — that the show will debut Friday. Nobody seems to know what it will be about, but from the trailer it looks like a darker, starker version of Stranger Things featuring a missing girl who returns to her small town seven years after her disappearance. Read more... More about The Oa, Stranger Things, Entertainment, and Netflix Read More »Bruno Mars' Carpool Karaoke is coming and it looks dangerously funky
Carpool Karaoke is spoiling us lately. Last week we had Madonna, and later tonight we have the one and only Bruno Mars. The trailer above doesn't give too much away, but Corden does look particularly happy for the 44-second duration — that's normally a good sign of things to come. Bruno Mars Carpool Karaoke will be shown on Tuesday. 19 tattoos that'll leave you nostalgic for your childhood
Nostalgia might be cheap. But hell, it's a feeling we'll be happy to relive over and over again in our adulthood. We're sure these peeps with tattoos honouring their favourite childhood TV shows, books and movies are riding that good time wave constantly. And we're jealous about it too. We've found tattoos that'll make those salad days vivid again, reminiscing a time where you'd wake up early to watch Dragon Ball Z, became entranced with Roald Dahl's Matilda and race home so you'd never miss Madeline. Ow, my childhood. Read more... 1. 'Dumb babies!'More about Nostalgia, Childhood, Tattoos, Australia, and Watercooler Read More »'Pokémon Go' is officially launching in India tomorrow
Indians can finally join the rest of the world in chasing Pokémons with their smartphones. Sleeper hit title Pokémon Go is finally coming to India, Reliance Jio announced today. The 4G LTE-only carrier has partnered with Niantic, publisher and developer of Pokémon GO. The game will be available to download in the country starting Wednesday. SEE ALSO: New Pokemon are coming to 'Pokémon Go' The partnership between the two companies means that thousands of Reliance Digital Stores and select other partner premises will turn into 'PokèStops' or 'Gyms', places where you’re likely to find most Pokèmon characters. Read more... More about India, Reliance Jio, Pokestops, Pokemon, and Pokemon Go Read More »Mariah Carey and Beyoncé's family photo is the stuff dreams are made of
LONDON — Move aside please, Kardashians. Your holiday photographs have just been upstaged by the Queens of Upstaging. Beyoncé took Blue Ivy and a friend to Mariah's Christmas concert at the Beacon Theatre, New York, over the weekend. It's not every day that two of the biggest pop divas of all time come together to casually chill backstage. Of course, this whole affair needed to be documented with one epic family photograph starring Mariah, Bey, Blue Ivy, and twins Monroe and Moroccan.
Here are all the new Pokémon you can get in 'Pokémon Go'
It's finally happened, trainers. The rollout of Generation II has begun. On Monday, the official Pokémon Go account shared the dangerously exciting news that new Pokémon have been added to the game.
As of Monday, eggs now have the chance of hatching "Togepi, Pichu, and several other Pokémon" from Generation II (the batch of 100 Pokémon that were originally created for the Gold and Silver games, and which followed on from the original 151 of Generation I). Read more... More about Pokemon, Gaming, Pokemon Go, and Entertainment Read More »Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt roasted each other for 5 minutes and it was brutal
"How does it feel being in the stupidest Marvel movie?" "Where do you keep your Oscar?" "I recently told you you act like Adele sings... I hate Adele." These are just some of the tamer insults that get bandied around during Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt's game of "Playground Insults" during a recent appearance on BBC Radio 1. In the clip above, the two stare each other down and trade insults until one of them cracks. Things start off fairly gently, but by the final minute the gloves are off. Disney CEO says 'Rogue One' is not political, many on Twitter disagree
Disney CEO Bob Iger has reacted to the alt-right's call to boycott Rogue One: A Star Wars Story on the unfounded claims that it was reshot to add anti-Trump scenes. In an interview with the Hollywood Reporter, Iger called the whole #DumpStarWars story "overblown and silly" and denied that the latest Star Wars movie had any political dimension. "I have no reaction to [this] story at all. Frankly, this is a film that the world should enjoy. It is not a film that is, in any way, a political film. There are no political statements in it, at all," he said. Read more... More about Alt Right, Disney, Rogue One, Star Wars, and Entertainment Read More »Ed Sheeran tweets for the 1st time in a year and no one knows what it means
LONDON — Following last December's announcement that he'd be taking a break from social media for a while, Ed Sheeran has now been absent for a full year. Prior to Tuesday morning, Sheeran's last tweet was posted on Dec. 13, 2015. Now — exactly a year to the day — he's finally made his return.
Pretty mysterious, right? Sheeran also changed his profile picture and cover photo to the same shade of blue. His Facebook page has undergone exactly the same transformation, as has his Instagram. Read more... More about Uk, Album, Twitter, Tweet, and Ed Sheeran Read More »Google reportedly scales down its self-driving car project
Google's quest to build a self-driving car has been one of the best-documented projects in tech history. For years, Google has bombarded us with regular updates on the development of its self-driving tech, culminating in May 2014, when the company announced an actual product prototype: a self-driving car without a steering wheel or pedals. Now, according to The Information's report Monday, those plans have been significantly scaled down. Instead of a vehicle without a steering wheel, Alphabet — the parent company of Google since 2015 — is reportedly looking to partner with car makers to create cars that have self-driving tech on top of standard controls for humans. Read more... More about Canceled, Self Driving Car, Google, Tech, and Transportation Read More »Aleppo activists post heartbreaking goodbye messages on Twitter
Activists trapped inside embattled east Aleppo have taken to Twitter to send heartbreaking "goodbye" messages as the Syrian government's forces close in. Among them is Bana Alabed, a 7-year-old girl who in the past months, with the help of her mother Fatemah, has documented with the handle @AlabedBana the grim situation in the besieged Syrian city:
Yesterday, she tweeted that her dad was injured, while her mother posted a "final message." Read more... More about Bana Alabed, Syria, Aleppo, and World Read More »Man discovers the world's greatest drunken apology method
LONDON — Sometimes, the best types of apology are the ones that make you laugh. Scottish teenager Jodie Duncan discovered this first-hand recently, when her boyfriend Kieron Cameron came back drunk from a party on a night the two of them were meant to be staying in together. Here's a pic of Jodie and Kieron together at Halloween. Image: jodie duncan Duncan told BuzzFeed she went downstairs to get a drink and came back up to find her phone swamped with notifications.
Amazon all set to launch Prime Video in India
Indians will soon get a taste of on-demand video streaming service that costs less than a dollar a month. Amazon will be outlining its plans for Prime Video service in India on Wednesday. The arrival of the much-awaited service, which could happen as early as tomorrow, is expected to create a stir for incumbent players in the country. The company told Mashable India last month that Prime Video will be part of its Prime subscription service in the country. Amazon Prime was launched in India earlier this year and costs Rs 999 ($15) for a year-long subscription. Read more... More about Netflix, India, Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime, and Amazon Read More »Vodafone's latest innovation converts digital money into hard cash
If you are tired of queuing up at ATMs and are despairing because you are unable to access your own hard-earned money, here’s some good news for you. Cellular service provider Vodafone is now allowing M-Pesa users to encash their digital wallet balance into physical cash at about 130,000 touch points across India. M-Pesa is Vodafone’s mobile wallet service that has 8.4 million active customers. M-Pesa Pay, built on top of the existing app, has an ‘agent locator’ feature that helps you find your nearest M-Pesa agent who can offer you cash in exchange of digital money. The withdrawal limit is in line with that of banks — Rs 2,000 ($30) per user per day. Read more... More about Digital Payments, Vodafone, India, and Tech Read More »Queen Cersei strikes down Donald Trump with 1 thunderous tweet
LONDON — If there's one thing we've learned from 2016, it's that you don't mess with Queen Cersei. Not ever. That goes for the actor as well as the character, by the way. It's been awhile since Game of Thrones star Lena Headey last slammed Donald Trump on Twitter, but on Tuesday morning she clearly couldn't resist responding to this tweet from Mark Duplass.
Headey's reply was fairly no-nonsense. Read more... More about Uk, Mark Duplass, Shut Down, Twitter, and Donald Trump Read More »Nigerian bobsled team hopes to make a push at history
To quote the 1993 cult classic Cool Runnings — " Well, almost. Three women want to qualify for the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea as the first Nigerian bobsled team in history. Seun Adigun, Ngozi Onwumere and Akuoma Omeoga are also hoping to start a bobsled foundation for Africa. Their efforts mirror Cool Runnings, the 1993 film loosely based on the first-ever Jamaican national bobsled team at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary. "I actually started doing a little bit more research and learned that Nigeria did not have, in history, a sports team that represent bobsled," Adigun told Okay Africa. "So, I was like, 'Wow, that would be something that’d be very positive and very good for the country itself.'” Read more... More about Bobsled, Olympics, Nigeria, Entertainment, and Sports Read More »After long delay Apple's AirPods are finally on sale
Apple's odd-looking wireless earbuds, aptly called AirPods are finally for sale and shipping now. The company announced the availability of the $159 in-ear audio devices on Tuesday with a shipping date of Dec. 22, which means they could arrive just-in-time for Christmas. Apple introduced the wireless, Bluetooth, touch-sensitive ear buds in September, but then missed the October ship date for unspecified reasons. Apple's silence on the launch date, as well as possible delays of some other W1-powered earbuds left many wondering if there's some sort of unresolved issue with the AirPods. More about Holiday Shopping, Audio, Airpods, Apple, and Tech Read More »This super precise handwriting robot is so satisfying to watch
AxiDraw V3 could be the unlikely savior of the art of penmanship. Created by Evil Mad Scientist, it's a pen-plotting robot that serves as a “personal writing and drawing machine." Read more... More about Mashable Video, Viral Videos, Business, Watercooler, and Tech Read More »Snapchat FINALLY lets you create Groups
Snapchat has finally introduced one of its long-awaited features: Groups. Snapchat users can now create a group chat with up to 16 friends. You can create a Group by starting in the Chat part of the app and clicking the upper left corner button to start a new message thread. After selecting up to 16 users, you can choose a name for the Group. Within the Group chat, you’ll see each participant's name at the bottom. Like in other Snapchat messages, chats sent to the Group are deleted automatically after 24 hours. You can also send stickers, Bitmojis, Friendmojis, voice notes and video notes. Read more... More about Shazam, Tech, Business, Apps And Software, and Snapchat Groups Read More »This very NSFW nativity scene is causing outrage in Spain
A peculiar nativity scene is causing outraged reactions in Spain. Three ceramic dildos have been painted as Mary, Joseph and the baby Jesus before going on display in the Non Sit Peccatum sex shop in Talavera de la Reina, near Toledo. Image: Non Sit Peccatum / Facebook That naturally didn't sit well with Catholics in the town. Hector Valdivielso, owner of the shop, said on his Facebook account that he was subjected to threats by people claiming to be offended by the artwork. "A man with his wife ordered me to remove the offending scene and said that if I didn’t he would remove it himself," he said. Read more... More about Spain, Nativity Scene, Dildos, and Watercooler Read More »Ricky Gervais interrupts chat show interview to play with cute dog
Ricky Gervais has got his priorities right. Obviously promoting your DVD and stand-up tour are important and everything, but it's not every day you get to say hello to an awesome dog. During an appearance on This Morning, Gervais decided to wave aside the intro to his DVD after noticing that one of the crew members in the background was holding a dog. "I've got a DVD out, go and buy it," he said. "Here's the dog..." This new fingerprint tech could be the death of the iPhone home button
Where we're going, we don't need buttons or circles, just glass. Endless sheets of glass. That is the promise of future smartphone technology, according to Synaptics, a company that builds they physical user interfaces for many devices, including fingerprint scanners, touchscreens and trackpads. (Synaptics was the company responsible for the iPod's legendarily usable scroll wheel.) On Tuesday, Synaptics announced what it's calling the first-ever optical-based fingerprint sensor for smartphones. The new FS9100 sensor is designed to detect fingerprints through up to 1mm of glass. That means future phones will be able to dispense with the need for a stand-alone fingerprint sensor; instead the sensor will be built right into the display. Read more... More about Iphone, Fingerprint Sensor, Synaptics, Tech, and Gadgets Read More »Jennifer Lawrence gets a messy revenge on Chris Pratt's Instagram antics
Ah, sweet revenge. In case you haven't heard, Chris Pratt has been pranking his Passengers co-star Jennifer Lawrence for weeks during their film's press tour by cropping her out of pictures and posting them all over social media. Last night on Jimmy Kimmel Live, Lawrence finally got her revenge with a little help from Jimmy, Guillermo, and several bottles of spray paint. Check out the threesome's messy vengeance above. We have a feeling this prank war is far from over. Kanye West is at Trump Tower and *throws up arms* we're done
In the surreal fever dream that is 2016, we really shouldn't be surprised that Tuesday morning's big visitor to Trump Tower in New York was... Kanye West. Surrounded by a group of around half a dozen people, including one with a camera, West smiled as he strode through the lobby, offering up only a "Hey" to reporters as they yelled questions. The strange lobby party happened not long after the confirmation of Exxon Mobile CEO Rex Tillerson as President-elect Donald Trump's pick for Secretary of State. Read more... More about Trump Tower, Kanye West, Donald Trump, Entertainment, and Politics Read More »The 10 most devastating TV moments of 2016
Most people can agree that 2016 was a pretty bad year for — well, just about everything. There was plenty of real-world horror and in tough times we turn to stories for comfort. In 2016 television was there for us when no one else was. But even when it was comforting us, TV could also be cruel. Below, check out 10 of the most devastating TV moments of 2016. Spoilers abound — catch up on your shows! 10. Insecure: Lawrence makes a choiceImage: hbo Season 1 of Insecure hinges upon how Issa treats Lawrence. She starts out by breaking up with him, tries to make it work and when things seem to be going well she couldn't resist the Daniel-shaped question mark dangling along in her path. When Lawrence finds out she cheated, he's done. He won't even talk to Issa, so when he calls in the middle of her girls' trip she drops everything for the chance to talk. Unfortunately, the window closes fast. Read more... More about This Is Us, Jane The Virgin, Insecure, Girls, and Crazy Ex Girlfriend Read More »Tinder is coming to Apple TV — your family room is no longer safe
If spending the holiday season single weren't already stressful enough, Tinder and Apple are joining forces to bring swiping for dates to the family room. The dating service just announced the launch of its app on Apple TV, marking its first departure from mobile devices. SEE ALSO: Swiping is the new cheating—or is it? The big screen service provides only the bare bones dating experience — all you can do is swipe using the Apple TV remote's trackpad. To use the app, TV daters must already have an active Tinder account, and there's no way to edit profiles or chat with matches on the big screen. The more personal aspects of the service remain tied to users' phones. Read more... More about Holidays 2016, Online Dating, Apple Tv, Apple Tv Apps, and Tinder Read More »Nonprofit offering mobile showers to the homeless is now way more than that
It started with a simple idea: that dignity and hygiene are inextricably linked. Doniece Sandoval was convinced homeless people deserve both, so ideas turned to action. With the help of Google, an early investor that has donated $800,000 to date, Sandoval converted a defunct San Francisco city bus two years ago into a mobile shower unit for the homeless. She then turned the idea into a nonprofit, Lava Mae. Now, out of 5,000 entrants, she's the first recipient of the newly-formed KIND Foundation's $500,000 grand prize, for "transforming her community through kindness." SEE ALSO: Survivors of homelessness talk about the one item they carried through it all Read more... This is why your internet is slow today, India
If your internet is slow or not working today, you can blame it on Cyclone Vardah. Airtel, India’s largest telecom carrier, informed its broadband subscribers this evening that one of its undersea network cables was impacted by the cyclone in Chennai. Several users across India have been complaining about internet issues since Tuesday morning. Other ISPs including ACT and YOU Broadband also reported issues on their respective networks throughout the day.
The Chuck E. Cheese Challenge will make you nostalgic for ball pits
Big cheese is going to love this publicity. YouTube challenges have come a long way since people started stuffing tablespoons of cinnamon in their faceThe Ice Bucket Challenge made a difference, the Mannequin Challenge made people stop and think, and now, the Chuck E. Cheese Challenge is just perfectly corny. If you've never graced the puke-ridden halls of a Chuck E. Cheese "restaurant" and indoor play place, it's sort of like a Disney World that smells like pizza and without any of the cool rides. While there are sometimes people walking around in mouse costumes, they also typically have a stage decked out with a creepy animatronic band called Munch's Make Believe BandIt's horrifying. Read more... More about Memes, Viral Videos, Chuck E Cheese Challenge, Chuck E Cheese, and Watercooler Read More »Apple's BeatsX wireless earphones delayed until February 2017
Good news: AirPods will just barely make it in time before Christmas. Bad news: Apple's other pair of highly anticipated wireless headphones, BeatsX, are delayed until February. The wireless earphones were announced alongside the AirPods and iPhone 7 back in September and were originally slated for launch by the end of the year. The delay of AirPods is believed to be one possible reason for pushing back BeatsX. Though it's only a guess, it's possible Apple wasn't able to secure enough W1 wireless chips to meet the demand for AirPods and BeatsX this year. Read more... More about Audio, Wireless Technology, Headphones, Bluetooth, and Delay Read More »United Nations drops Wonder Woman as honorary ambassador
Just two months after her appointment, Wonder Woman's stint as honorary ambassador for female empowerment at the United Nations will end this week. The UN's decision to fire Wonder Woman came after critics, including several UN employees and nearly 45,000 people who signed an online Care2 petition, decried the character as too "overtly sexualized" to serve as the face of global female empowerment. "The image that Wonder Woman projects is not culturally encompassing or sensitive," the petition read, adding: "If the United Nations would like a list of incredible extraordinary women that would formidably carry out this role, we could surely be able to come up with a list from which the Secretary-General could choose." Read more... More about United Nations, Wonder Woman, Entertainment, and Watercooler Read More »Dakota Access protesters say major oil spill validates their concerns
Opponents of the Dakota Access Pipeline say a major oil spill in North Dakota "validates" their months-long struggle to stop pipeline construction near an important waterway. The oil spill occurred just 150 miles outside the Dakota Access protest camps near Lake Oahe on the Standing Rock Sioux reservation. State officials estimate that the Belle Fourche Pipeline in western North Dakota spewed more than 176,000 gallons of crude oil into a creek after electronic monitoring equipment failed to detect the leak. Dakota Access protesters — who call themselves water protectors — have argued for months that plans to run the new pipeline beneath Lake Oahe, a large Missouri River reservoir, would jeopardize the region's water supplies and threaten sacred sites. Read more... More about Pipeline Safety, Army Corps Of Engineers, Missouri River, Ash Coulee Creek, and North Dakota Oil Spill Read More »Taco Bell rings continues the confusing fast food jewelry trend
Getting your loved one a diamond ring for the holidays used to be the baller move. Now, it's looking like chic Taco Bell jewelry is the way to go. Cheetos' $20,000 diamond and orange sapphire jewelryhttp://mashable.com/2016/11/21/cheetos-holiday-jewelry/#XAaThSMfxmqo set has already sold out, but if your pockets didn't go quite that deep anyway, check out the chic Taco Bell rings (they aren't new this season but are making quite the splash). More about Fast Food, Jewelry, Rings, Taco Bell, and Watercooler Read More »What to expect when you're expecting 'Rogue One': A totally spoiler-free review
This is all you really need to know: Rogue One is a hell of a good movie. I mean that in both possible interpretations: the new Star Wars prequel is an instant classic, a well-plotted, well-paced piece of supremely visual entertainment with a heart — and its sympathetic heroes go through an overwhelming amount of hell. Enough to make your heart rattle in your chest. In fact, it would make for an interesting experiment if movie houses handed out heart-rate monitors when you enter the theater. My ticker wouldn't stop thumping for about an hour after the premiere. It's more of an adrenaline rush than a triple espresso. Read more... More about Rogue One, Star Wars, Entertainment, and Film Read More »'Rogue One' review: The Force is with this one, and it is amazing
Note: This is our "longread" review of Rogue One that contains a few plot details, revealed judiciously. If you want to enter the theater entirely 100% unspoiled, check out our spoiler-free, only need-to-know review of Rogue One. Rogue One is an amazing achievement and an extremely effective story. But if you try to describe it to someone who hasn't seen it, you run the risk of sounding like a revivalist preacher. I mean, revivalists are just bursting to share all the Good News. But they tend to skip to the end of the story in their excitement — our Lord is risen — which is, when you think about it, quite the spoiler. Read more... More about Rogue One, Star Wars, Entertainment, and Film Read More »While undocumented students fight to create sanctuary campuses, many colleges still refuse
"Gabriela" P. is just two semesters and one miserable biochemistry exam away from doing what she's spent the last decade of her life trying to do: graduate from college. But even though she's closer than ever before, Gabriela, a 28-year-old undocumented student at Florida International University, is worried that the Trump administration will repeal Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), leaving her without a degree and without a home. "I don't want to go back into the shadows," Gabriela said. "When we applied for DACA we gave them all our information. They know where I live, they know where I work, they know where I go to school. They're going to start coming for us now." Read more... More about Watercooler, College, Undocumented Immigrants, Undocumented Students, and Sanctuary Campus Read More »Cuddly dog absolutely nails 'Star Wars' Ewok audition
Once again, Munchkin the dog has donned his Ewok costume — this time, in honor of Rogue One. And once again, it is very cute. We are not sure how he would fare as a warrior, though. Maybe leave that to Wicket, okay? All it takes is a lot of makeup and you too can look like Mariah Carey
A little contour, a lot of blending, some highlights, liners and BAM—you can look like Mariah Carey. YouTube makeup guru dope2111 does what we all wish we could do on the daily and transforms into celebrities like Selena Gomez or Beyonce with the help of makeup. In her latest video, she goes through the step-by-step process of what it takes to look like the diva herself, Mariah Carey, just in time for Christmas. You can see a list of products used here if you're interested in being an elusive chanteuse. Get to blending! This car of the future comes with its own urban garden
We have seen a lot of self-driving concept cars before...but this one has its own garden. Of course it also comes with a ton of other super cool bells and whistles. Read more... More about Mashable Video, Cars, Tech, Real Time Video, and Real Time Read More »People are using Kanye West lyrics to diss Kanye West in the wake of his Trump Tower visit
You know who really could have put perspective on this whole Kanye West visiting Trump Tower mess? Previous incarnations of Kanye West. Fans are spitting Kanye West's own verses back at him on Twitter and, well, the Old Kanye had some pretty good points. As the prophet Yeezy once said, "You been putting up with my shit for way too long."
Edward Snowden asks Twitter CEO to bring us tweet editing
NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden made history when he exposed government surveillance programs. Now, he has shed light on another need: Twitter product changes. On Twitter’s live streaming app Periscope Tuesday, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey asked Snowden, “What would you like to see us do? What would you like to see us improve?” Snowden discussed three product changes. While Twitter is known for limiting messages to 140 characters, Snowden said he appreciated the work that the service has done to expand beyond that limit. For example, he found it frustrating that previously when Twitter users added a picture to a tweet, they lost 22 characters. Read more... More about Apps And Software, Tech, Business, Tweet Editing, and Jack Dorsey Read More »'Longtime friends' Kanye West and Donald Trump meet up
Kanye West unexpectedly showed up at Trump Tower to chat about "life" with President-elect Donald Trump. Read more... More about Mashable Video, Rapper, Kanye West, Election 2016, and President Read More »Fighting french bulldogs can't force Yoda to surrender
Star Wars fans might be excited for the premiere of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story this Friday, but dogs couldn't care less. That is, unless their owners have invested in a terrifying animated Yoda doll that threatens pets with lightsabers. That's the case for Crockett and Tubbs, two French bulldogs forced to battle the Jedi Master.
Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson is, strangely, the most pro-climate Trump nominee
The nomination of ExxonMobil Corp. CEO Rex Tillerson to be secretary of state is being roundly pilloried by environmentalists, who see him as the human embodiment of a barrel of crude oil. "Picking Rex Tillerson as for secretary of state makes Big Oil the face of foreign policy and a mockery of U.S. climate leadership," Environment America’s executive director Margie Alt said in a statement. Yet compared to other Trump cabinet nominees, such as climate deniers Scott Pruitt and Rick Perry, who, if confirmed, would lead the EPA and Energy Department, respectively, Tillerson almost seems like a liberal on the climate issue. Read more... More about Trump Cabinet, Donald Trump, Oil Industry, Exxonknew, and Exxon Read More »How a pair of leather trousers reduced the government into a bunch of 'Mean Girls'
LONDON — Never mind Brexit and Britain's economic future, it's a pair of designer trousers worn by the UK Prime Minister Theresa May and the childish spat that followed that's currently dominating headlines. The saga — which has been dubbed #trousergate — may sound entertaining, but it risks undermining the credibility of women in UK politics. Theresa May — the second ever female British prime minister — is currently at the helm of mothership Britannia as it veers away from the European Union and towards triggering Article 50, because, in May's own words, "Brexit means Brexit." Every bandwagon Warriors fan should read this Twitter account
Before they became unfair, before Steph Curry happened, before that 2015 championship happened, before the days of "full squad" and "the coco," the Golden State Warriors sucked. Like, they truly, truly, truly sucked. Now one longtime fan is making sure all that suckage doesn't get lost amid the hoopla over the hoops world's current darlings. Up until just a few years ago, the Warriors were known for dismal records, blown draft choices and all-around incompetence — not for creating basketball magic. They reached the playoffs just once between 1994 and 2013. They had an ugly color scheme and a weird blue mascot called Thunder. Read more... More about Twitter, Warriors, and Lifestyle Read More »Satanic Temple stands up to Ohio's heartbeat bill
Say what you will about Satan, but the Satanic Temple has slowly morphed into one of America's most progressive religions. Earlier this week, the group's leader, Lucien Graves, released a statement announcing that the Satanic Temple was religiously exempt from Ohio's proposed Heartbeat Bill. The bill, which was passed by the state's legislature but has yet to be signed by Governor John Kasich, would ban all abortions after six weeks. Pro-choice advocates are concerned that the Heartbeat Bill is both unconstitutional and would put many women seeking abortions at great risk. Read more... More about Abortion Rights, Abortion, Satanic Temple, Satanism, and Watercooler Read More »Terminally ill boy dies in Santa's arms after receiving his final Christmas wish
Eric Schmitt-Matzen is the perfect Santa Claus. His cheeks are a rosy red, his beard white and thick and topped off with a curly cartoonish curly mustache. His voice is deep and his eyes twinkle.To the children he greets, he is the Santa Claus. A month and a half ago Schmitt-Matzen received an urgent call from a local hospital near Knoxville, TennesseeAccording to WBIR, he had just got home from work when the call came through; there was a sick boy wished to see Santa Claus. "He was more concerned about missing Christmas, than dying," Schmitt-Matzen told WBIR. Read more... More about Boy, Watercooler, Christmas, Santa Claus, and Videos Read More »Denzel Washington shares thoughts about journalism and fake news
Denzel Washington is making the rounds discussing his latest movie Fences, but at the Washington D.C. premiere of the film he took some time on the red carpet to revisit a topic absent from the film: the media. The Academy Award-winning actor (and former journalism student at Fordham University) discussed the state of news today and, in the process, spit some real truths about the "fake news" epidemic we find ourselves swimming through. "If you don't read the newspaper, you're uninformed. If you do read it, you're misinformed," Washington said in response to a question regarding a fake news story about the actor's political leanings before the election. Read more... More about Red Carpet, Conversations, Journalism, Watercooler, and Fences Read More »Tinder just became your new favourite party game
LONDON — Move aside Monopoly. And charades for that matter. The game everyone will be playing this party season is Tinder. Yes, Tinder. Tinder just announced the launch of its app on Apple TV, which means you can now bring your swiping to an Apple TV screen and enjoy it with friends. It's the dating site's first move away from mobile devices in an effort to make the app a more collaborative experience. And by 'collaborative', we mean PARTY Everything you need to know to master Snapchat Groups
While Instagram is busy ripping off Snapchat feature-for-feature, the original ephemeral messaging app has finally added something Instagram has had for years: group chat. Snapchat's group chat is simply called "Groups" and it's pretty straightforward if you know your way around the app, but it does come with a few quirks, and some of its features may not be that obvious. How many people can join a Group?16. Sweet sixteen. Want to add a 17th person? Sorry, you'll have to kick someone out of the group. Read more... Can I add more people to the Group later?More about Group Messaging, Snapchat Groups, Snapchat, Tech, and Apps Software Read More »The 'Rogue One' review roundup: The latest post-Lucas 'Star Wars' is an absolute smash
Wouldn't it be nice if this were the era of annual Star Wars movies, each seemingly better than the last? That may be the case for the time being, as critics and fans start seeing Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and heap upon it all the praise this galaxy has to offer. The reviews are in, and largely enthusiastic. Peter Travers, Rolling Stone: Brian Truitt, USA Today: Peter Debruge, Variety: Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian: The ActionRolling Stone: USA Today: As part of one of the galaxy's most prominent franchises, Rogue One, even as a standalone film, has its moments of fan service. Read more... More about Reviews, Disney, Lucasfilm, Rogue One, and Star Wars Read More »Watch Lorde beautifully cover Robyn's 'Hang with Me' and then feel free to crumple on the floor
If you need the pop music equivalent of a fuzzy blanket right about now, we've got you covered. Lorde, Chvrch's Lauren Mayberry, Carly Rae Jepsen and more took the stage at the Ally Coalition's 3rd Annual Talent Show for an evening of pure magic at Webster Hall in New York City on Monday. The concert, put together by Jack and Rachel Antonoff, raised $100,000 for homeless LGBTQ youth. Lorde and Jack Antonoff, who is producing her upcoming album, covered' Robyn's "Hang With Me" and did right by us.
Colorado sold an absurd amount of weed in 2016
Colorado's cannabis enthusiasts are celebrating after a milestone was announced on Monday. In the first 10 months of 2016, the state sold more than $1 billion of recreational and medical cannabis and cannabis-related products, according to data released by the state's Department of Revenue. That is a monstrous amount of weed. The record number is up from 2015's total annual marijuana revenue of $996 million. Industry attorney Vincente Sederberg told the Cannabist that he believes sales will cross $1.3 billion in 2016. Read more... More about Colorado, Marijuana, Weed, Watercooler, and Conversations Read More » | ||||
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