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 RIP Craig Sager: Basketball world mourns an NBA fan favorite
Beloved NBA broadcaster Craig Sager has died after a prolonged battle with leukemia, Turner sports announced Thursday. He was 65 years old. The basketball world immediately reacted with heartbreak over the loss of a reporter who became treasured by players and fans alike for his ostentatious suits, sideline interviews and easy-going personality. Turner president Dave Levy announced Sager's passing Thursday afternoon.
This story is developing ... Read more... More about Nba, Sports, and Entertainment Read More »Get in the holiday spirit with this Murloc-infested yule log fire
It's the most wonderful time of the year. The good people at Blizzard Entertainment created a 53-minute yule log video to liven up your living space during the holiday season — perfect for people who don't have a fire place of their own. The Hearthstone- and Warcraft-themed scene features a Murloc singing Christmas carols, pausing between songs to go do battle with denizens outside and decorating the fireplace with its newfound loot. So grab some hot chocolate, invite your friends and family over and wish everyone a happy holidays with an unforgettable "MRGLLLL GLRRM GL!" The best thing in sports just happened twice in two days
Let's just cut to the chase here. It's scientifically proven that the best thing in sports is when someone gets dunked on so hard their own teammates react. Lucky us! This has happened twice in the past two days. Now for the savage, nitty-gritty and wholly disrespectful details. First up: On Tuesday night in college basketball, Wright State's Steven Davis did, well, he did this to Urbana’s Dalton Payton. WELKRJAWELJRWALEKJRWSADFASFDSEFWEFVSDZFSDFSDFSDD. Sorry, lost ourselves there for a moment. There are so many things about this dunk — the utter disrespect, the Cable Guy-like boost Davis appears to get after colliding with Payton — but we wish to call your attention to one subtle detail. Read more... More about Nba, Sports, and Entertainment Read More »Celebrate National Cupcake Day with these delicious gadgets
If you're a cupcake fiend, you probably already know Thursday is National Cupcake Day. If not — hey, you've got a new excuse to eat some cupcakes. But don't stop there. Upgrade your home baking operation with these gadgets to make every day your own personal cupcake celebration. Cuisipro cupcake corer ($5.88)Image: Cuisipro If you're serious about your cupcakes, you realize they're mediocre at best without filling. Get a cupcake corer to punch a hole in the middle of your treats to fill them with icing or other tastiness — people won't know whether they're eating a cupcake from a pro or a cupcake made by you. Read more... More about Baking, Cupcakes, National Cupcake Day, Gadgets, and Tech Read More »This heartwarming Christmas ad will have you reaching for the tissues
WestJet is hoping to lift the spirits of a Canadian town that's had a rough year in its latest Christmas marketing stunt. The Canadian airline — famed for its holiday gift-giving ploys since the breakout viral success of a 2013 ad — decided the Alberta community of Fort McMurray could use some love this year after a wildfire destroyed 2,400 homes there in May. A commercial released this week details how the company gathered the town's residents for a giant Christmas party, then made sly use of a photo booth to create personalized ornaments containing portraits of each of the families. Read more... More about Advertising, Westjet, Christmas, and Business Read More »Website is selling sexy Christmas costumes for truly no reason at all
Another day, another insane opportunity to sexualize women. From action movies to hamburger commercials, it appears absolutely everything is a viable chance to exploit women's bodies (RIP Halloween). This year, for some truly baffling reason, businesses are taking aim at Christmas. Yandy.com is - confusingly - selling "sexy Christmas costumes," and we at Mashable are left with a few questions. Where are these women going?Image: yandy Did somebody order a sexy Olaf?Image: yandy The office is really going to love this homage to candy canes. Read more... More about Fashion, Women S Issues, Costumes, Christmas, and Sexy Read More »Get a sneak peek at January's 'Chicago Fire' and 'P.D.' crossover
Chicago Fire and Chicago P.D. may be taking a break for the holidays, but the good news is we have a crossover between the two shows to look forward to when they return in January. The Fire/P.D. crossover will air on Tuesday, January 3 from 9-11p.m., and Mashable has an exclusive sneak peek from the Chicago P.D. installment, which sees a newly promoted Burgess (Marina Squerciati) meeting her new partner — and one of them isn't very enthusiastic about it. The crossover kicks off with a new installment of Chicago Fire at 9 p.m., in which Dawson (Monica Raymund) and Casey (Jesse Spencer) deal with legal matters in hopes of remaining Louie’s legal guardians. Elsewhere, Severide (Taylor Kinney) continues in his efforts for a bone marrow procedure to help Anna (Charlotte Sullivan), but when things don’t go as planned, he finds himself slipping back into old habits. Meanwhile, Brett (Kara Killmer) opens up to Dawson and members of Firehouse 51 become competitive, much to the dismay of Chief Boden (Eamonn Walker). Read more... More about Nbc, Chicago P.D., Chicago Fire, Entertainment, and Tv Read More »Casey Neistat, Jesse Wellens team up with Samsung for a branded Christmas movie
Casey Neistat and Jesse Wellens may both be on YouTube breaks but that doesn't mean they'll say no to a good collab. The two creators teased a Samsung-branded Christmas-themed movie that they are working on together. They didn't reveal too many details, except for the fact that it will be shot in VR. The project comes after both creators have stepped back from what they became famous for: Vlogging. Neistat announced in November that he is no longer going to keep a daily vlog. Shortly after, CNN said it is teaming up with Neistat to launch a new standalone company that will use smartphones to create video content. Read more... More about Film, Jesse Wellens, Casey Neistat, Christmas, and Samsung Read More »Pilot congratulates passengers for finishing all the booze aboard a plane
Raiders fans definitely get the party started early. On Dec. 7 during a three-hour flight from Oakland to Kansas City, a fight full of Raiders fans finished all of the alcohol aboard their aircraft, and the captain got on the PA system to congratulate them for the Herculean task. Sports journalist and host of Raiders Talk podcast Jimmy Durkin was on the flight to report their success:
Lamborghini methodically destroyed in Taiwan for allegedly having fake plates
A ridiculously expensive Lamborghini Murciélago was recently destroyed in front of a crowd of media and two horrified children in Taiwan. According to state-run Focus Taiwan, the car was ordered to be destroyed after the owner of the vehicle was stopped at a check point and it was revealed that he had fake license plates for the car. The car was initially impounded under the Under the Road Traffic Management and Penalty Act in 2013, and a three year legal battle with authorities ensued. The owner of the vehicle, a commercial pilot, filed multiple appeals to get his car back, but in the end, the $315,000 car became a pile of scrap metal. Read more... More about Cars, Viral Videos, Watercooler, and Videos Read More »Watch Shigeru Miyamoto draw Mario on an iPad Pro
Super Mario Run is here, bringing a proper Nintendo game to mobile platforms — specifically, iOS devices — for the first time. To hype the new game's launch, Nintendo sat Mario creator and Run producer Shigeru Miyamoto down with an iPad Pro. The legendary game designer proceeded to tap out an adorable little doodle of Mario and his Toad friends getting excited about Run's release. Not only is Miyamoto a brilliant designer behind some of the most beloved Nintendo series, he's also an accomplished artist. Nbd. Hulu teases Season 2 of 'The Path'
Season two of Hulu's The Path looks even more intense than Season 1. The streaming service's drama revolves around a cult-like movement — based in upstate New York — called Meyerism. It follows Eddie (Aaron Paul) and Sarah (Michelle Monaghan), who face obstacles in their marriage as Eddie's character begins to experience doubts about the faith. Hugh Dancy stars as the cult's stand-in leader Cal, while the Meyerist founder Dr. Steven Meyers is away. The second season, which runs 13 episodes, debuts Jan. 25. Verizon will finally kill the Galaxy Note 7... after the holidays
The Samsung Galaxy Note 7's death throes will continue into 2017 — but the end is in sight. Verizon has announced that Jan. 5 will be that last day it will support the Note 7 on its network, which will effectively kill off the phone in the U.S. Last week, Samsung announced a long-awaited software update to finally disable the few Note 7s still out in circulation in the United States. The update was primed for a Dec. 19 release date to give device owners even more time to exchange their explosive devices, but there was some unexpected pushback. Read more... More about Explosions, Software Update, Recall, Verizon, and Samsung Galaxy Note7 Read More »How Tim Burton fought to make 'The Nightmare Before Christmas'
If you've ever watched 'The Nightmare Before Christmas' and been cheered by Jack Skellington's journey through "Christmas Town," you'll be even more impressed by the journey Tim Burton and his team undertook to make the film a reality—and the rest of these behind-the-scenes facts, courtesy of CineFix. Subscribe to CineFix for more videos: https://www.youtube.com/c/cinefix Read more... More about Mashable Video, Tim Burton, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Things You Didn T Know, and Cinefix Read More »Behind the mysterious stock dump ahead of Trump's Lockheed Martin tweet
When it began pinging around on Twitter, the graph raised suspicion. It showed the stock price of Lockheed Martin, an aerospace firm, jumping off a cliff only minutes before President-elect Donald Trump disparaged the company on Twitter. SEE ALSO: Meet Trump's archenemy on Twitter Had Trump told people to dump their stock before he blasted Lockheed Martin's F-35 fighter jet program?
'Chewbacca mom' gets her own TLC digital shows, because of course
"Chewbacca Mom" Candace Payne is riding her viral fame into the holidays. Starting Monday Dec. 19, the woman behind one of the most popular Facebook Live videos ever will star in two digital shows for TLCme, TLC’s digital destination. "Since becoming Chewbacca mom, life has gotten a bit crazy," Payne says in a short promo video uploaded to TLCme's website. "It's about to get even more fun." Image: TCLme She will have two shows. The first show — called 2 Truths & A Lie with Candace — will feature the mom telling three elaborate stories, and then fans will be invited to guess which one is a lie in the Facebook comments of the post. The following day, Payne will host a Facebook Live session to reveal the truths and the lie. Read more... More about Tlc, Digital Shows, Online Video, Facebook Live, and Candace Payne Read More »Pebble to developers: We're not dead yet
After Fitbit announced its acquisition of Pebble last week, the death of the Kickstarter darling's devices appeared to be imminent. But in a post-purchase note to developers on its blog, Pebble reassured its community that the end of support for its wearables hasn't come — at least not for another year. The post's author Jon Barlow, who was an active member of Pebble's DIY community and is now a "Developer Advocate" at Fitbit, strikes a positive tone for the immediate future of the wearables. To put it simply: Pebble isn't quite dead yet. Read more... More about Fitbit, Smartwatch, Pebble, Tech, and Gadgets Read More »Vanity Fair just slammed Trump Grill and Donald is not happy about it
Vanity Fair has thrown down the gauntlet with a scathing restaurant review of Trump Tower's Trump Grill and, in the process, sparked up a decades-old feud between the magazine's editor and the president-elect. It all started on Wednesday when the magazine published Tina Nguyen's review putting Trump Grill on blast for terrible ambience and even worse food, like the Gold Label Burger which she described like so: The word "flaccid" and "inconsistent" were also used to describe the menu and food —and that seems kind compared to other aspects of the review, like when she says of the bathrooms, they "transport diners to the experience of desperately searching for toilet paper at a Venezuelan grocery store." Read more... More about Spy Magazine, Vanity Fair, Donald Trump, Entertainment, and Politics Read More »MLG heads to Vegas for 'Overwatch' and 'Call of Duty'
Major League Gaming will be hosting 'Overwatch' and 'Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare' tournaments this weekend at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. Both tournaments will feature a $100,000 prize pool. Read more... More about Mashable Video, Mlg, Overwatch, Call Of Duty, and Gaming Read More »A year's worth of sleep-talk ramblings in one supercut video
After YouTube filmmaker Adam Rosenberg's friends called him out for his tendency to talk in his sleep, he decided to spend nearly a year recording himself at night. In this clever supercut, titled "The Somniloquist" — a reference to the medical term for sleep talking — Rosenberg strings together nearly a year's worth of ramblings. Topics include but are not limited to: bears, dogs, boogers, babies, someone named Gustav. 6 things the Seattle Seahawks' neon green jerseys look like
The NFL launched a full rollout of its Nike "Color Rush" jerseys for Thursday Night Football this season, and the unicolor uniforms have been — for the most part — blinding. That holds true for Thursday's matchup between the Los Angeles Rams and Seattle Seahawks, whose neon green jerseys sparked a handful of hilarious comparisons on Twitter. Here are six of our favorites.
Miranda Sings' 'Haters Back Off' will return to Netflix for a 2nd season
Haters Back Off is getting a second season on Netflix. The series follows the origin story of YouTuber Miranda Sings (played by Colleen Ballinger). Ballinger created her Miranda persona — a quirky, tone-deaf wannabe singer — in 2008. Since then, the Miranda Sings channel has amassed more than 7.3 million subscribers. Ballinger's Miranda character won a Streamy Award in 2015 for best actress, and this year is nominated for a People's Choice Award for favorite YouTube star.
Evernote won't let you opt out of employees reading parts of your notes
Evernote CEO Chris O'Neil was put on the defensive Thursday as he was forced to explain his company's new privacy policy following a backlash from users. In an update posted on Evernote's blog Thursday, O'Neil said the company had "communicated poorly" about the changes and attempted to clarify the more controversial parts of the policy, which allows Evernote employees to access user notes. "Privacy has always been at the heart of Evernote, and we’re as committed as ever to upholding our Three Laws of Data Protection," he wrote, referring to the company's internal policy around how it handles user data. Read more... More about Evernote, Apps And Software, Tech, and Apps Software Read More »Now you can ask Alexa if what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas
Alexa is following you on vacation. All 4,748 hotel rooms at the Wynn Las Vegas hotel are set to be equipped with an Echo, Amazon's voice-controlled speaker, the resort announced this week. So you'll soon be able to ask Alexa, the brain behind the device, to control the room temperature or play some pre-game tunes before you hit the Strip. The hotel is already installing the Echo in its suites this month and the controller will be in all rooms by mid 2017. Guests will be able to ask Alexa to turn off the lights, blast the AC, open the curtains or turn on the TV. The hotel expects to have Alexa also available for guests to ask questions, set alarms, check about sporting events (probably for gambling purposes) and catch up on the news. Read more... More about Wynn, Las Vegas, Amazon, Alexa, and Echo Read More »Twitter cuts off access to data that could be used for surveillance
Twitter will no longer provide government intelligence centers with tools that could be used for surveillance. Prior, Dataminr, a social media-monitoring service which is partly owned by Twitter, granted fusion centers access to a real-time feed of public tweets and tools for filtering. The decision follows an investigation into how law enforcement used the tool to track activists and protests by the American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California (ACLU), which shared the news via a blog post Thursday. Twitter has had a longstanding policy that prohibits its data from being used for surveillance. Yet, the ACLU reported that a Los Angeles-area government spy center had access to a geospatial intelligence tool from Dataminr that enabled it to search tweets by keyword and track locations, and was used to monitor people. Read more... More about Tech, Apps And Software, Surveillance, Privacy, and Aclu Read More »An epic day of snow, surf and bragging rights
What do you get when you mix snow, the ocean and a group of adrenaline junkies with a knack for documenting everything they do? An epic day of snowboarding and surfing that's worth some major bragging rights. “Today is the ultimate day of shred,” said Shonduras, a YouTube star and social media aficionado. Duras was one of 10 influencers chosen to spend the day accomplishing what most can only dream about: The California Double. Snowboarding or skiing in the morning in the mountains, then surfing in the ocean in the afternoon — is it the stuff of legends? Of fantasy? This group was determined to find out. Read more... More about Supported, Sponsored, Tech, Travel Leisure, and Gadgets Read More »Watch the world's most intense 'rock, paper, scissors' victory ever and weep
The schoolyard game of rock, paper, scissors is as universal as love itself. In Japan however, the humble game of janken (as it's known there) is not reserved simply for passing the time in the playground, but for life altering TV moments. The world's largest pop group AKB48 uses the game to determine who will appear on their next record. The annual matches have been known to last several hours, which may be the reason 2016's final match is an 50-second rollercoaster of emotion and stress. The final tournament was held on Oct. 10 in the Kansai region of Japan, with Tanabe Miku and Yumoto Ami facing off. Read more... More about Tanabe Miku, Tournament, Japan, Scissors, and Paper Read More »Twitch wants its users to start streaming their 'everyday lives'
Twitch wants its users to go beyond gaming. The social video platform for gamers on Thursday announced a new category called "IRL" designed to enable and encourage Twitch users to share content from their everyday lives. Twitch said the new category was inspired by feedback from creators, who said they wanted to interact with viewers in personal ways not tethered to video games. To support the category, Twitch — which Amazon purchased in 2014 for about $1 billion — also unveiled new community guidelines and upcoming plans to allow users to broadcast directly from the Twitch mobile app. Read more... More about Vlogging, Gaming, Livestreaming, Twitch, and Entertainment Read More »Buzzfeed launches first sponsored scripted series starring Ashly Perez
Buzzfeed has launched its first sponsored scripted series with Toyota Corolla. Unfortunatly Ashly, a spin-off of the BuzzFeed Violet series, is a sitcom starring Ashly Perez, who is also the creative force behind the project. "The best part about this development deal in general is it allows me to flex so many of my muscles at once," Perez told Mashable. Perez and Buzzfeed's Ella Mielniczenko and Andrew Gauthier created Violet, the company's first scripted character universe, in 2014 as a response to the lack of vibrant and diverse female characters present in digital media. Since its inception, the channel has garnered over 2.9 million likes on YouTube, published over 340 videos, and almost 1 billion views. Read more... More about Online Video, Youtube, Ashly Perez, Buzzfeed Motion Pictures, and Buzzfeed Read More »Snapchat now has holiday geofilters so prepare for an onslaught
If a party doesn't have its own custom Snapchat filter, did it even happen? Not according to Snapchat. The filter-friendly OGs launched a jolly new feature this Friday: holiday party filters, for all your celebratory needs. Complete with winter-y borders, yule tide appropriate typography and of course, holiday Bitmojis in your likeness, the app's on-demand custom geofilter platform has gone into unapologetic, end of year overdrive. Office holiday parties will never be the same again. It works much the same way as any other custom geofilter on the app. Users willing to fork over cash for the feature can use all manner of borders, slogans and additional images to create their perfect geofilter. Read more... More about Geofilters, Holidays, Australia, Snapchat, and Social Media Read More »Virtual reality coming to Nintendo's new console? Here's a hint.
When the new Nintendo Switch comes out in March we'll finally know if it will support virtual reality. But until then, impatient gamers are searching for clues. Evidence has emerged that supports speculation that VR will be part of the system. In an online gaming forum on Wednesday, someone posted details from a Nintendo U.Spatent filing from June, the website UploadVR reported. From the patent, it looks like a head-mounted display (HMD) accessory will let users slip in a smartphone for what would presumably be a VR experience. Contained in the 147 pages of images, there's one that shows what this headset might look like. Read more... More about Vr, Vr Headset, Nintendo Switch, Tech, and Gaming Read More »Black Lives Matter website hit with more than 100 DDoS attacks this year
A prominent Black Lives Matter website came under siege from more than 100 distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks this year, according to a report published Wednesday by Deflect Labs. DDoS attacks flood their target websites with junk traffic that makes it near impossible for regular users of the web to access that same site. The Black Lives Matter website faced an array of these types of assaults, some directed by seemingly technically proficient attackers, others from a digital mob that only jumped into the fray after they noticed someone was already lobbing bad traffic at the site. Read more... More about Cyber Attacks, Attacks, Black Lives Matter, Ddos, and World Read More »Airline skewers vlogger over stowaway video they say is 100% fake
Adam Saleh, you cheeky self-proclaimed "professional idiot," you. The YouTube vlogger's recent video titled "I smuggled myself on a plane to another city and it worked!! (in a suitcase)" has racked up well over 2 million views. But the airline featured in the video have publicly slammed it silly — alleging the whole thing is made up, and furthermore, is highly dangerous and inconsistent "with reality." The 22-year-old American's Tuesday video claims to show him being bundled up inside a suitcase and sent off by his two mates at Tigerair Australia's computerised airport check-in terminal, in Melbourne. Read more... More about Airline, Tigerair, Vlogger, Adam Saleh, and Youtube Read More »Forget standing, kneeling desks should be the new office trend
I work the old-fashioned way: Chair below me, desk in front of me and my laptop on a platform raised high enough that I hope I don't get a permanent crick in my neck. My co-workers, though, manage a dizzying assortment of work styles, that include couch lounging, cubby reclining and standing desks. The Edge Desk arrives fully assembled. You really just need to unfold it, adjust and tighten. Image: Lili Sams/mashable You don't just sit down at a kneeling desk, you climb in. Image: Lili Sams/mashable That last form is easily the most popular alternative work posture, but that may change now that some of them have gotten a taste of kneeling at the $350 Edge Desk. Read more... More about Ergonomics, Desks, Tech, and Gadgets Read More »This Margot Robbie obstacle course might be Billy Eichner's finest achievement
Billy Eichner of Billy On The Street is good at yelling at you 'til you laugh, stop laughing, and start laughing all over again. The latest victim of his shouty satire is Wolf of Wall Street scene stealer and Aussie queen Margot Robbie. Through the sheer power of will and physical prowess of SNL alumni and comedy gem Rachel Dratch, Robbie's meteoric rise to fame was condensed into a spectacular five-minute obstacle course Dratch's task was to complete an obstacle course through Robbie's Hollywood "moment." She climbed through Martin Scorsese's eyebrows, hosed her Australian management, and survived endless talk show appearances. All moments were vastly improved with glass smashing, bubble baths and yelling. So. Much. Yelling. Read more... More about Obstacle Course, Rachel Dratch, Billy On The Street, Margot Robbie, and Watercooler Read More »Photographer transports sick kids from hospital, to the North Pole
Being bed-bound is garbage at the best of times, but spending the holiday season in hospital is even worse. Photographer Karen Alsop was working with an initiative called The heART Project when she saw first hand, just how difficult the holidays can be when you're a child in hospital. So she set about to bring some joy to the lives of kids and their families affected by illnesses at Christmas time. Alsop told families of children in Monash Children's Hospital in Melbourne, Australia, that she intended to come and visit closer to Christmas and arrange for some happy snaps with kids and Santa Claus. Read more... More about Christmas Wish Project, Christmas Tree, Christmas, Social Good, and Photoshop Read More »Would you wash your hands with leftovers from old cocktails?
The brains behind 42Below vodka think they've nailed one of our biggest waste problems — cocktail goop. You know, those miscellaneous food bits left over from the dregs of your cocktail, or sometimes half munched on, depending on how tipsy you are. Lemon cocktail bits, specifically, are due to become a key ingredient in the hand-washes found at Sydney establishments, thanks to one vodka brand. 42Below Vodka have signed bars and nightclubs across Australia and New Zealand up to participate in the second-hand citrus soap scheme. As their rather funny campaign video shows, the recyclable rinds are collected and transported to a "top secret lab" where magic and/or science turns the usually-binned cocktail leftovers into hand sanitising, citrusy fresh, soap. Read more... More about Vodka, 42below, Marketing, New Zealand, and Australia Read More »Uber CEO Travis Kalanick takes jibe at Ola's co-founder, says willing to apply for Indian citizenship
Uber CEO and co-founder Travis Kalanick may have 99 problems to worry about, but his local competitor’s controversial proposal to gain foothold in the market isn’t one of them. Taking a jibe at Ola’s Bhavish Aggarwal’s recent remarks that the Indian government should favour local companies, Kalanick says if people have an issue with his US citizenship, he would love to become an Indian. "If it is about whether I am personally Indian, I will apply to be a citizen of India if this's what gets us over the hump," Kalanick joked with NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant at a press meet Thursday. Phasing out of the joke, Kalanick reminded, "We were always local from the beginning - but when we went to India and China we just had to take it to the next level." Read more... More about Business, India, Ola, Uber, and Tech Read More »This country went crazy tweeting about sports in 2016
While the rest of the world chattered about Brexit, the US Presidential Elections and Pokémon GO, India seemed to care largely about sports. And this is barely surprising. Twitter’s just-released year-in-review reveals that sports dominated other conversation categories by a mile. India has always been a cricket-obsessed nation, but its people are now warming up to other sports as well. Much in line with global trends, #Rio2016 was the most used hashtag in India too as the country’s ace badminton player #PVSindhu went on to bag an Olympic silver. Sindhu managed to bring together a nation of cricket fanatics to root for her, in turn, becoming a popular hashtag herself. Read more... More about Trends, India, Twitter, and Tech Read More »KFC Japan offers two-finger plastic condoms so you can eat chicken like a civil person
Gloves are sooo last century. To keep your fingers clean while eating fried chicken, KFC in Japan has now started to hand out two-fingered transparent gloves that slip onto your thumb and forefinger, it announced.
The half-glove look is so that you can wear and take off the "finger naps" (short for finger napkins) easily. "The most delicious way to eat chicken is with your hands," said KFC's press statement, adding that the finger sheaths were prompted by customer feedback. Read more... More about Fried Chicken, Korea, Finger Naps, Japan, and Kfc Read More »Footage of 'inhumane' treatment of jailed Aboriginal woman rattles Australia
Police released CCTV footage of 22-year-old Julieka Dhu's time in lock-up before her death in police custody on Friday. The Indigenous Yamatji woman passed away in August, but her family requested for the footage to be made public. West Australian state coroner Ros Fogliani called the footage "profoundly disturbing." Ms. Dhu was in lock-up after it was found she owed AU$3,622 ($2,664) in unpaid fines. Suffering pneumonia and a chest infection caused by a broken rib — inflicted during an incident in which she was the victim of domestic violence — she died a few days later. Read more... More about Police, Ms Dhu, Australia, Indigenous, and Aboriginal Read More »Let's discuss that epic 'Rogue One' ending
SPOILER ALERT: This post contains major plot details for the ending of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. If you haven't seen the film, make the jump to hyperspace now before you ruin it for yourself. Don't end up like this guy. The third act of Rogue One may be one of the most stunning cinematic achievements in movie history. After witnessing the rebels' visceral, breathtaking and ultimately suicidal attack on the Imperial base on Scarif, we barely have a moment to breathe after Jyn and Cassian succeed in transmitting the Death Star plans to the Alliance ships above the planet. No sooner are the vital blueprints in friendly hands than Darth Vader comes to retrieve them. Read more... More about Rogue One A Star Wars Story, Rogue One, Star Wars, Entertainment, and Film Read More »Generous man spends daughter's wedding money to build houses for the homeless
In a deviation from the norm, a wealthy businessman in India chose to celebrate his daughter’s wedding by spending all the money to build homes for poor. Maharashtra-resident Ajay Munot built 90 houses for the homeless worth Rs 7 million to 8 million (between $103,000 to $118,000) from the money he had saved for a lavish wedding for his daughter. Both bride the and groom supported the decision, reports the Indian Express. The bride saw it as "the biggest gift for her wedding." The 90 houses were built across an area of 8,093 square metres, which additionally costed him $221,000. All the houses will have access to filtered drinking water. Each home is 240 square feet, and has two windows and doors. Read more... More about Poor, Social Good, Wedding, India, and Watercooler Read More »Make really slick GIFs with text that follows movement, using Google's Motion Stills app
Google's Motion Stills app just got a sweet update, allowing you to add text that can track moving objects in a video automatically. The text follows motion, and can help produce a pretty slick effect on your GIFs. Sadly for Android users, the app is iOS-only, because it's made specifically for the iPhone's Live photos — the 1.5 seconds of video that the phone (and iPad) captures before and after a still photo is taken. In the app, it only supports photos taken with the Live function toggled on, so you won't be able to do the text effect on videos, for instance. Read more... More about Ios, Iphone, Live Photos, Motion Stills, and Google Read More »The Carpool Karaoke Christmas special comes with a glorious festive twist
James Corden is clearly a man who thinks ahead. The Christmas special edition of Carpool Karaoke starts with Mariah Carey and a car-full of presents. Then suddenly it turns into an epic medley featuring Corden's 2016 guests and a rousing rendition of "All I Want for Christmas". Adele and Lady Gaga really nail those high notes. Amazon Prime Video is censoring content in India, but it's not as bad as you might think
Amazon Prime Video’s global expansion is quickly taking shape as a pivotal moment in the service’s history, but as more people turn their attention to Amazon’s service, they have started to notice and speculate on things. According to several media reports, Amazon is censoring content for Prime Video users in India. A report for instance called out Amazon for "badly" censoring the content. The censored content in question is the fourth episode of The Grand Tour, an Amazon Originals. The 62-minute episode, according to IMDb, is only 30 minutes long in India. Read more... More about Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime, Amazon, and Tech Read More »AirPods are reportedly coming to Apple's retail stores on Dec. 19
Apple's long-awaited wireless earphones AirPods are coming to the company's retail stores Monday, Dec. 19. This is according to a report from MacRumors, which cites a retail source and claims carrier stores and Apple Authorized Resellers will be getting the AirPods as well. Originally slated for an October launch, the AirPods were delayed for unspecified reasons. Earlier this week, Apple finally put them on sale on its online store, with a Dec. 22 shipping date. If the MacRumors report is true, it means folks who visit a physical Apple retail store might get them three days before that date. Read more... More about Retail Stores, Airpods, Apple, Tech, and Gadgets Read More »If you lose one AirPod, you can get a new one
When Apple first introduced its wireless earbuds, the AirPods, the internet was swarmed with jokes about losing them. Yes, they do come with a handy portable charger case, and yes, Tim Cook claims they don't slip out of your ear very easily, but there will still inevitably be a number of people who will one day rummage through their pocket to find they've lost one or both earbuds. Apple is aware of this, so it has a plan for this eventuality. If you lose one AirPod, or a charging case, you can get a new one for $69. The info comes from an updated Apple support document for the iPhone, first noticed by AppleInsider. Read more... More about Airpods, Apple, Technology, and Tech Read More »These heroes tried to cook a pie by sending it to 'space'
Human beings have sent all sort of things into space, from Luke Skywalker's lightsaber to Lego mini-figures of Galileo and the Roman deities Jupiter and Juno, or even a pizza. Now it's the turn of a meat and potato pie, to boldly go where no pie has gone before. Well, sort of. Ahead of the World Pie Eating Championships, the tasty pastry was launched into the stratosphere from Wigan, north-west England.
'Rogue One' video review by The Onion offers an unique criticism
The first Rogue One: A Star Wars Strory reviews are out following its release on 14 December. But if you are a true Star Wars fan, this review from our favourite satire news outlet, The Onion, will definitely strike a chord. In it, movie critic Peter K. Rosenthal unsuccessfully attempts to sing the movie's praises as he inevitably falls back to one unrelated thing that really annoys him: a seemingly impossible-to-do Star Wars photo mosaic that he purchased some time ago. "Rogue One is the next installment in the epic Star Wars series, and a film that needed to go a long way to earn back my trust after last year's release of the thoroughly disappointing 'Droids of the Resistance' jigsaw puzzle," he says with slight disappointment. Read more... More about The Onion, Rogue One A Star Wars Story, Star Wars Rogue One, Rogue One, and Entertainment Read More »Stephen Colbert writes the 'It's the End of the World As We Know It' remix that 2016 deserves
It's the end of 2016 as we know it, and Stephen Colbert and Michael Stipe feel...well, you'll see. Colbert's special 2016 cover of R.E.M.'s "It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)" starts with the Zika virus and quickly dives into the rest of the year's biggest, most depressing stories. If you aren't sure whether to laugh or cry, take a cue from Stipe, who also seems unsure of how to process this year's events. Artists create the loneliest robot whose sole purpose is to sort pebbles
Jller is a robot that is designed to sort thousands of pebbles according to their age and type. It's named after the river where the pebbles were found. Its creators wanted to build a machine that could takeover this tremendous project and create order out of chaos. Read more... More about Germany, Jller, Real Time Video, Real Time, and Order Read More »The 10 best esports moments of 2016
Esports have been steadily growing and maturing since the early days of basement LAN tournaments in the late '90s, but 2016 may have been the most impactful year in esports history. Prize pools have grown, viewership has exploded, tournaments are being broadcast on TV, players are breaking records, money is pouring in and new games are igniting the competitive gaming landscape. With more eyeballs than ever glued to the world of esports, the scene has delivered quite a few unforgettable moments over the past year. Here are the 10 most important, mind-blowing and game-changing esports moments from 2016. Read more... More about Overwatch, League Of Legends, Esports, Gaming, and Entertainment Read More »It's 'Star Wars: Episode IV' recreated entirely with hamsters
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, a group of ambitious, cape-wearing hamsters joined the fight for the sake of their hamster-inhabited world. But can they stop the Sith Lord Darth Hamster from destroying everything they hold dear? Honestly? Maybe not — just look at the size of that thing. Image: lucasfilm Image: mashable Image: lucasfilm Image: mashable Image: lucasfilm Image: mashable Image: lucasfilm Image: mashable Video by Keith Hopkin & Laura Vitto Hamsters from Westchester Rescued Hamster Haven Read more... More about Star Wars, Viral Videos, Watercooler, and Video Read More »This woman became a developer thanks to a startup that helps people learn to code
'Andela' is a startup that is backed by Mark Zuckerberg. They have had over 50,000 applicants and so far have hired more than 250 people in their offices in Africa...which makes it pretty competitive. Read more... More about Mashable Video, Andela, Real Time Video, Real Time, and Us World Read More »This bone found in Siberia could help resurrect the woolly mammoth
Because Jurassic Park taught us nothing, scientists are attempting to clone a woolly mammoth and bring the long-extinct beast back to life. But first, they need some DNA. In Travel Channel's Expedition Unknown: Woolly Mammoth, a team of international scientists ventures into the frigid climes of Russia's Siberian permafrost to find the ancient genetic remains. In the first episode, which airs Dec. 28 at 9 p.m. ET, the group unearths the leg bone of an adult male mammoth that was buried in the ice for the past 200,000 years. Then they literally hack their way into the bone's core to extract well-preserved marrow, which they'll take back to a lab in South Korea. Read more... More about Permafrost, Expedition, Russia, Siberia, and Clones Read More »Hologram-in-a-jar is the perfect buddy for lonely people with no friends
If Siri or Alexa had a human-like form, they might resemble Gatebox Labs' hologram-in-a-jar digital assistant. Reminiscent of a sci-fi movie device, the Gatebox is either the future of digital assistants or the end of humanity. Like the Echo and Google Home, users can talk to the Gatebox and its digital assistant, Azuma Hikari, will talk back. It has the same basic smart home applications as the Echo and Home, with the ability to control other smart home appliances. Additionally, the Gatebox has several sensors for detecting motion and temperature. Read more... More about Gatebox, Japan, Digital Assistant, Jar, and Holograms Read More »The hilarious first trailer for Amy Schumer and Goldie Hawn's 'Snatched' is here
Goldie Hawn has finally returned to us! And this time, it's as Amy Schumer's mom. (Yup, that seems about right.) In the new comedy Snatched, Schumer plays a young woman who is ditched by her gross boyfriend right before a big vacation, so she instead decides to go to South America with her uptight mom. The trip is a low-key success! Just kidding, obviously things get wildly out of control and NSFW. Snatched, directed by Jonathan Levine (50/50) will be Hawn's first big-screen role since 2002's The Banger Sisters. The film will hit theaters on May 12, 2017. Hamster Wars - It's 'Star Wars' with hamsters
In a galaxy far, far away the fate of the galaxy is in the hands of cute, fluffy hamsters. All hamsters in this film are from the Westchester Rescued Hamster Haven and are available for adoption. Read more... More about Mashable Video, Funny, Cute Animals, Videos, and Trailer Read More »Let the star-studded cast of Disney's 'DuckTales' reboot sing you the theme song
If you need something to go "woo-oo" about today, meet the all-star cast of Disney's hotly-anticipated DuckTales reboot, coming to Disney XD in summer 2017. Not only is the new quack pack full of beloved actors, but Disney chose to announce their casting by having the thesps sing the original theme tune from the 1987 animated favorite, which ran until 1990, racking up 100 episodes and a spinoff movie in the process. Leading the voice cast is Doctor Who and Jessica Jones star David Tennant as Scrooge McDuck, with Danny Pudi, Ben Schwartz and Bobby Moynihan lending their voices to the mischief-making Huey, Dewey and Louie, respectively. Read more... More about Disney Xd, David Tennant, Ducktales, Entertainment, and Tv Read More »'Overwatch,' 'CS:GO' and everything you need to watch in esports this weekend
It can be tough to keep track of everything going on in the world of professional competitive gaming. Fear not: Each week, Mashable rounds up the best and biggest tournaments in esports to let you know when they're going down, and where to catch all the action. Plug in. This weekend, you're looking at the first Call of Duty tournament of the 2017 season, a $100,000 Overwatch invitational and the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive ELeague Major qualifiers. Check out a comprehensive rundown of what's going on this weekend and next week below. Read more... More about Esports, Gaming, Call Of Duty, Counter Strike, and Eleague Read More »Spotify has an epic Easter egg for all you 'Rogue One' fans
The first standalone film from the Star Wars franchise is out and ready to rock the box office this weekend. But fans eager to see Rogue One: A Star Wars story in theaters can now enjoy a delightful Easter egg on Spotify. Simply pull up Michael Giacchino's score and you'll see that the play scroll at the bottom of the page has morphed into a lightsaber. Just have a look: If you click on it, it'll change from blue to green to red. Pretty epic, isn't it? The same feature will appear if you start playing The Force Awakens soundtrack. Read more... More about Easter Egg, Star Wars, Rogue One A Star Wars Story, Spotify, and Entertainment Read More »It's almost the weekend, so here are some NSFW pics of dick latte art
Good morning! Are you at work? This is maybe not safe for it. But as I always say, I don't know where you work! Let me get to the point, then. For generations, there have only been two things that society full-heartedly loves: drawing dicks and latte art. Many great thinkers have died before ever figuring out how to combine these two things. At long last, someone — no, not just someone, a true hero — has given the world dick latte art. In fact, there's a whole Instagram devoted to it. Please, begin your weekend productivity descent by scrolling through some of the best images of penises made out of foam. Read more... More about Latte Art, Latte, Watercooler, Penis, and Male Genitals Read More »Well, someone transformed her fiancé's car into a chicken nugget
Why have a vehicle when you can have a mushy, drivable meat lump? Such is the perspective of the new E4 show Carjackers, in which people steal their loved ones' cars, then get them altered beyond recognition. One woman, for example, transformed her fiancé's regular car into a chicken nugget, because her fiancé enjoys chicken nuggets. Who can argue with that logic? Here is the car. It's not made using actual fried meat — it was just intended to look like fried meat. It does not. Image: E4 In fact, without the prominently displayed "I Love Nuggets" sign, we at Mashable think this car looks more like the following: Read more... More about Entertainment, Cars, and Watercooler Read More »Facebook proves, yet again, that it's terrible at math
Facebook has announced yet another measurement error, the fourth time the company has come forward to admit a discrepancy in its calculations since September. This time the error involved undercounting traffic from publishers who used Instant Articles, the platform where media outlets post content directly to the social networkFacebook said a software update caused mobile traffic from iPhone users to be undercounted from Sept. 20 to Nov. 30. Some publishers traffic may have been undercounted by 10 to 20 percent, according a publisher speaking to the Wall Street Journal. Read more... More about Media, Apps And Software, Business, and Facebook Read More »Most of Donald Trump's campaign was BS and 'The Daily Show' is calling him out
Now that the nation has elected Donald Trump as president, it's time for some reflection of what he has said on the campaign trail and whether or not he will see his statements through. But as Trevor Noah pointed out on The Daily Show Thursday night, how exactly are we supposed to parse through what was real and what was a lie — particularly as Trump himself has been vocal about how what he said on the road was baloney? After showing clips of the contradictory things Trump has uttered over the past few months, Noah describes it best: "He's like a magician, telling everyone how he did a trick some people are like 'Wow, it's magic!" Read more... More about Conversations, Watercooler, Daily Show, Trevor Noah, and Donald Trump Read More »How data is making journalism smarter than ever
Journalism isn’t dying; it’s getting smarter than ever. As newspaper circulation collapsed with the reign of digital, things seemed bleak for the traditional idea of the press. (Between 2001 and 2009, nearly one in five newspaper journalists had already lost their jobs, and the newsroom workforce shrunk another 10% in 2014.) But journalists have been key innovators during the exponential growth of the Web, blazing trails and staking claims to keep the essential profession as current and changing as the times we live in. It’s a hell of a comeback story, driven by a simple, almost painfully obvious resource: Data. Read more... More about Supported, Business, Media, and Marketing Read More »Chairlift announce on stage they're breaking up next year
Chairlift announced their plans to break up in spring of 2017 last night. The duo, known for their pristine pop, was playing a hometown show at Good Room in Brooklyn, NY. "In Spring of next year, Chairlift is going to be playing our final shows," Caroline Polachek told the crowd.
"We're both gonna start crying," Patrick Wimberly continued.
Solange pulls out all the stops for a breathtaking 'Tonight Show' performance
Grammy-nominated singer Solange stopped by The Tonight Show to perform two songs from her critically acclaimed album, A Seat At The Table. Channelling the powerful color of red and cloaked in connected dresses that recreate a "Cranes In The Sky" look (designed by Tina Knowles, to boot!), Solange and her singers breezed through "Rise" and "Weary" with the same ethereal presence that made us love her so much this year. Google Maps now finally tells you when a business is wheelchair accessible
Google Maps just made life a little easier for wheelchair users looking for accessible locations. People with disabilities and those who use mobility aids can now click on various storefronts and other public places within the mobile app, and it will say whether the locations have accessible entrances. The information is listed under the "Amenities" section for each business. A group of Google employees used their "20 percent time" to create the feature. The company allows employees to use 20 percent of their time (one day per week) to work on projects unrelated to their main jobs — and several major products, like Gmail and Google News, began through the program. Many employees don't use the perk, however, because they can't find the time. Read more... More about Disability Rights, Disabilities, Google, Google Maps, and Business Read More »Soccer-playing Santa has some serious game
Freestyle soccer player Daniel Dennehy got in the Christmas spirit by taking his skills to the streets of New York City dressed as Santa Claus. Read more... More about Mashable Video, Soccer, New York City, Santa Claus, and Real Time Video Read More »A Russian embassy's Twitter account is taking shots at the U.S.
Really, no one should be surprised that the Twitter accounts behind Russian embassies are good at trolling. After all Russia, is developing a reputation as the world's trolliest nation. As such, the Russian embassy in the United Kingdom has continually taken shots at the United States since the election of Donald Trump on Nov. 8. The White House has since said it has evidence that the Russian government engaged in a hacking campaign of Democratic officials that was designed to propel Trump to the presidency. Much like Trump himself, Russia's U.K. embassy professes to disagree. Read more... More about Donald Trump, United States, United Kingdom, Twitter, and Embassy Read More »Oculus launches Rooms so you can 'hang out' with friends in VR
To most people, the idea of strapping a virtual reality headset to your face doesn't seem like a particularly social experience — after all, the very nature of virtual reality is premised on isolating you from your physical surroundings. Facebook is challenging that notion. The social network has invested heavily in virtual reality and Mark Zuckerberg has said time and time agin that virtual reality aligns perfectly with his company's vision of "connecting the world." To help them get there, Facebook is releasing two new updates for Gear VR aimed at enabling more social experiences: Parties, a VR version of a phone call, and Oculus Rooms, a space where you can virtually "hang out" with friends. Read more... More about Virtual Reality, Oculus, Facebook, Apps And Software, and Tech Read More »Disney and MLB purchase streaming rights for 'League of Legends'
The rising popularity (and profitability) of esports is getting hard to ignore, so now more major companies are going in big. League of Legends developer Riot Games has sold its streaming rights to BAMTech, a digital media company created by Major League Baseball and recently partially acquired by Disney with a $1 billion minority stake. BAMTech has reportedly agreed to pay Riot at least $300 million through 2023 for exclusive streaming and monetization rights to League of Legends competitions, according to The Wall Street Journal. More about Esports, Gaming, Business, Mlb, and Riot Games Read More »Man died 36 hours after marrying the love of his life in the hospital
When nurses at Baptist St. Anthony’s Hospital in Amarillo, Texas realized the end was near for Raul "Tiny" Hinojosa, they grew determined to fulfill his dying wish — to marry his longtime partner Yvonne Lamas. The staff quickly organized a thoughtful wedding for the couple in Hinojosa's hospital room. He passed away 36 hours later. As reported by Amarillo.com, Tiny, 33, had been suffering from chronic lymphocytic leukemia and a fungal infection of his throat and lungs since 2012. The couple had been saving up for a wedding, but wound up having to put the money toward Tiny's medical care, delaying their nuptials. Read more... More about Marriage, Wedding, Hospital, Cancer, and Watercooler Read More »Woman gets horny guy to kiss a tractor for a chance at nude pictures
Oh, the embarrassing lengths some people will go for a naked picture. Twitter user @ktyshrmn shared a hilarious interaction with a farmer named Adrian who, apparently, lacks any and all shame when it comes to getting nudes from strangers on the internet. Here is their story, best told by a series of screenshots: First, the farmer "complimented" Katy's assets.Image: katy/twitter Then, Katy came up with the perfect plan.Image: katy/twitter Read more... Realizing how insane this would be, the genius woman kept pushing for the picture.More about Wtf, Farmer, Thirst, Twitter, and Conversations Read More »Sundance 2017 will have mobile theaters, complete with snacks
The 2017 Sundance Film Festival will introduce the Cinetransformer, a portable 90-seat theater that will move around the heart of Park City, making the festival more accessible than ever. Visitors will have access to panels and screenings, as well as a full concession stand. This is part of Sundance's ongoing effort to integrate the festival into its hometown and and not limit it to traditional theaters. "One of the most exciting things about the evolution of Sundance is how the Festival has become more and more entwined in the fabric of Park City itself," said Sundance Institute's Managing Director Sarah Pearce. "The Cinetransformer pushes that trend even further, literally bringing the Festival and its films out into the city's streets and to the independent film lovers who come here." Read more... More about Exclusive, Cinetransformer, Sundance, Sundance Film Festival, and Movies Read More »The 'Saved by the Bell' diner is coming to a city near you
After decades of waiting, Americans everywhere can finally head to the Max after school. Earlier this summer, Saved By The Max, a pop-up diner inspired by Saved by the Bell, opened up in Chicago's Wicker Park neighborhood, bringing much joy to '90s nostalgia nerds. Now, according to a newly released video announcement from Dennis “Principal Belding” Haskins, the pop-up diner appears to be going on a nationwide tour. Yup, an overcooked thematic burger and soggy basket of retro fries is soon coming to you! In September, Mario Lopez himself headed to the pop-up and greeted everyone with a big: "What’s up, Preppy?" Read more... More about Pop Up, Diner, The Max, Saved By The Bell, and Watercooler Read More »This Japanese home assistant is a holographic girl that lives in a jar
The device is called 'Azuma' and she is trying to give 'Siri' and 'Alexa' a run for their money. But she's also super creepy. Just watch. Read more... More about Mashable Video, Google Home, Amazon Echo, Technology, and Real Time Video Read More »Union Square 'Subway Therapy' wall will be preserved
Since the election, the walls of New York City's Union Square station have been covered with sticky notes providing inspiration, solidarity and comfort to readers. Today, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo tweeted that the sticky notes aren't going to be taken down any time soon.
He wrote that the post-its will be preserved "because we will remember this as the moment New Yorkers united in such a moving way." Read more... More about Andrew Cuomo, Arts Culture And Entertainment, Subway Train, Mta, and Union Square Park Read More »'Homeland' Season 6 trailer definitely hits a little too close to home
Homeland Season 6 looks like it will hit very close to home. The new trailer, released Friday, shows Carrie Mathison (Claire Danes) trying to help Muslims in the United States. "Law enforcement needs to stop harassing and demonizing an entire community," the C.I.A. agent says. The whole season reportedly takes place between Election Day and Inauguration — so yes, there will be a lot of plot points around the transfer of power. Meta indeed. Also intriguing: The end of the trailer sure makes it sound like Quinn may still be alive... Season 6 premieres Jan. 15 on Showtime. Money matters: What our spending habits in 2016 reveal about us
Paid Content by AflacLife is frequently a game of numbers. Stocks, statistics, projections and data points rule our every decision, from the apps we download to the hot items on our holiday shopping lists. Most of these numbers are in some way, shape or form directly related to money. And therefore, year-by-year spending habits are often a litmus test for a whole slew of cultural and generational priorities. In essence, what we spend our hard-earned money on says a lot about who we are. Below, we dug into what 2016’s spending habits say about the purchasing power of various generational cohorts, and how millennials’ spending priorities differ from those of generations past. Read more... More about Supported, Millennials, U.S. Economy, 2016 Spending, and Spending Habits Read More »Nasty Women's Choir: The hilarious Christmas carolers we need at the end of 2016
Think your only options are to be naughty or nice? Well, these carolers are downright nasty. The New York City chapter of reproductive rights nonprofit National Organization for Women (NOW-NYC) recently released the Nasty Women's Choir Songbook, an online collection of cheeky anti-Trump carols set to the tune of classics. The scathing song lyrics champion reproductive rights and sex positivity, while also openly criticizing Trump's projected policies with hilarious takedowns. The songs are anything but your grandma's Christmas carols — unless, of course, Grandma is a radical reproductive rights activist and self-proclaimed "nasty woman." Read more... More about Activism, Protest, Holidays 2016, Christmas, and Reproductive Health Read More »Escape the daily grind with Blood Orange and Carly Rae Jepsen's new video
Your co-workers probably do not take a midday break to perform a dance sequence in an empty loft, and that's a damn shame. In Blood Orange's new video for "Better Than Me" featuring Carly Rae Jepsen, Dev Hynes leads a troupe of performers in gray business attire. Jepsen, who's sporting a sort of '80s film noir vibe, looks on like she wants to join in and isn't sure how without Tom Hanks to coax her. It's a perfect five-minute-long distraction. We're all living in 'Rogue One' now
Warning: This post contains minor spoilers for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. There's an alternate universe—many alternate universes, probably—where Hillary Clinton's lead of nearly 3 million in the popular vote was enough to win her the electoral college, and thus, the election. In this universe next door, that Death Star of our nightmares, Donald Trump, does not continue to pose a threat; he vanished in an explosion of indignation. Over there, Alternate Universe Me is writing an op-ed right now about female leadership in Rogue One. How fitting that Senator Mon Mothma—in a white gown reminiscent of suffragette fashions—leads the Rebellion! That Jyn Erso leads the team stealing the Death Star plans. The movie passes the Bechdel test in the first ten minutes, and a woman has the last word. In the Madam President universe, this is the new normal. Read more... More about Rogue One, Star Wars, Entertainment, and Film Read More »These were the most popular Harry Potter fan fiction topics for 2016
Gather round, fellow adults and let me tell you a tale about fan fiction. While there are plenty of fan fiction websites on the internet (this is 2016, after all) perhaps one of the most popular, especially with teens, is the fan fiction social media platform Wattpad, which just celebrated its 10-year anniversary. Thus far, there have been over 300 million stories uploaded to Wattpad with a community of about 45 million active users. J.K Rowling's Wizarding World had a pretty huge 2016, so, because we care, we reached out to the team over there to give us the lowdown on what people were writing about from the magical land of Harry Potter. Some results aren't too surprising: Hogwarts was far and away the most popular location for HP stories not just in 2016, but in years past as well. Read more... More about Fanfic, Harry Potter, and Entertainment Read More »Your wearable-tracked health data is for sale, according to a new study
If you sport a Fitbit or Apple Watch on the regular, you probably love the health insights you get from your wearable. You know how much you move, how well you sleep and have likely started tracking patterns and trends as soon as you have enough time logged. But you're not alone. There are tons of advertisers and big pharma companies interested in your personal health data almost as much as you are — and, according to researchers, they can get it almost as easily as you can. An extensive new report published by the Center for Digital Democracy and American University tackles the complicated issue of health wearables and big data systems from every angle. It comes to a troubling conclusion: there are almost no privacy safeguards in place for consumer health data, and multiple industries are ready and willing to mine the system for profit. Read more... More about Fitbit, Apple Watch, Advertising, Big Data, and Health Read More » | ||||
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