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 Queen's guardsman granted his little doppelgänger a sweet birthday wish
This guardsman just probably made one young fan's wildest dreams come true. Before entering Windsor Castle in the UK, one of the Queen's Coldstream Guards noticed Marshall, a little boy wearing a replica of the guard's own uniform, saluting the passing. But instead of marching on, the guard beckoned the boy over and quickly posed for a sweet picture with his little likeness. According to his mother's Facebook page, it was Marshall's birthday and the guard later invited Marshall inside the castle for a special tour. Read more... More about Picture, Queen, Boy, Birthday, and Guardsman Read More »Chaos ensues when these snowtubers don't follow conveyor belt rules
It's all fun and games until someone sits on the conveyor belt. This great day in the snow turns into a chaotic scene when a group of snowtubers causes a pileup by sitting on their tubes while being carried on a conveyor belt. Tubes are lost, people fall down, wintery panic ensues. The video was recorded and posted on Youtube by user ATL, and the best part is his confused narration as to how these tubers got this task so very, very wrong. Don't stand up in a canoe, don't sit down on a conveyor belt. Kim recalls the Paris robbery in this emotional 'Keeping Up With the Kardashians' trailer
"They're going to shoot me in the back," says Kim Kardashian West, reliving the Paris robbery which saw thieves make off with several million dollars' worth of jewelry after holding her at gunpoint in her hotel room. "There's no way out. It makes me so upset to think about it." The new Keeping Up With the Kardashians trailer for the second half of Season 12 promises that America's pop culture royal family will continue letting us in on the good, bad and ugly parts of their lives. The show will return in March, but a premiere date hasn't been specified. After some speculation that the show would end following the traumatic event, filming resumed following a brief hiatus. The last new episode of the show aired in November and was filmed prior to the robbery. Read more... More about Kim Kardashian, Kardashians, Keeping Up With The Kardashians, Reality Tv, and Tv Read More »Kim Kardashian's return continues and casts shade over Kylie
Try as we might, no one can shade Kylie Jenner quite like Kim Kardashian West, so lucky for us she's back and getting the job done. After cautiously returning to social media after her harrowing trip to Paris Fashion Week last October, Kim began with some pictures of her family and just yesterday, finally, a selfie. We all wondered what would come next. It didn't take long to get our answer. During a dinner with her sisters Thursday night, Kardashian West posted a series of Snapchats during the gathering. While all the filter-happy snaps were entertaining, the most memorable video starred Kardashian West and her youngest sister, the lip kit maven herself. Read more... More about Kardashians, Celebrities, Snapchat, Kylie Jenner, and Kim Kardashian Read More »Pixie turns finding your lost items into an AR game
LAS VEGAS — Remember the Pokémon Go craze? Now, imagine actually doing something useful instead of hunting little imaginary creatures. For example, finding your lost keys. A new solution for finding lost things, called Pixie, doesn't look very different from similar gadgets: It's a guitar pick-like device that attaches to your keys, cat or whatever it is that you keep losing. But instead of merely beeping, it lets you pinpoint its exact location, augmented reality-style. SEE ALSO: LG's new 4K TV is thinner than an iPhone Once you've attached your Pixie Points (which is what the pick-like things are called), you fire up the Pixie up on your iPhone (Android is not supported at this time) and you can see how far they are from you. Tap one, point the phone's camera toward its general location and Pixie will actually mark the item you're looking for with a big "X." Read more... More about Mashces, Ces, Ces 2017, Lost Items, and Pixie Read More »Startup's pillow pad aims keep your head cool while you sleep
LAS VEGAS — Forget waking in the middle of the night to flip your pillow. Moona, a French startup, says its smart pillow pad will keep sleepers cool all night, thanks to a closed circuit system that pumps water throughout the pad. The startup showed its pad at the 2017 International CES. SEE ALSO: The best tech of CES 2017 Image: Moona Moona connects to a small, design-friendly temperature-regulating device that cools water to 64 degrees at most before pumping it through to the pad. The water flows through a closed circuit that they say keeps the temperature relatively constant. The device can also be programmed to encourage waking at a specified time. Read more... More about Moona, Pad, Cooler, Pillow, and Ces 2017 Read More »Theranos lays off another 155 people in wake of scandal
Theranos will lay off 41 percent of its workforce, the company said on Friday. The troubled blood testing company, which is the subject of multiple lawsuits and investigations, announced that it would lay off 155 employees, keeping on 220 staffers. Theranos sold off much of its real estate this month. "These are always the most difficult decisions; however, this move allows Theranos to marshal its resources most efficiently and effectively," the company wrote in a press release. "The restructuring follows a period of significant change at the company that has included the building out of its executive team with substantial additional regulatory, compliance and operational expertise." Read more... More about Elizabeth Holmes, Healthcare And Medicine, Theranos, and Business Read More »Fox's 'APB' is the next generation of cop drama, and has the apps to prove it
What if there was an Uber-style app that replaced 911? That's one of many timely questions posed by Fox's new crime drama APB, a cop show with a tech-savvy twist. Inspired by the New York Times Magazine article “Who Runs the Streets of New Orleans,” which chronicled entrepreneur Sidney Torres's attempts to reduce crime in New Orleans' French Quarter with a privately-funded police patrol squad that civilians could alert via app, the series follows billionaire engineer Gideon Reeves (Justin Kirk) in his quest to remake Chicago’s 13th Police District into the most high-tech, forward-thinking police force in the world. Read more... More about Television, Mobile Apps, Fox, Entertainment, and Tv Read More »Does this ham look blurry to you guys?
Hey! How's it going? Any chance this ham looks blurry to you? You see, after Redditor MelvinDickpictweet posted a photo of this ham to Reddit on Thursday, a lot of people have been saying that it looks out of focus. A few commenters even accused the ham of giving them motion sickness. Here. See for yourself. Image: Reddit/MelvinDickPicTweet Whoa — that ham does look kind of blurry. Here's the thing: we believe this ham is actually a bunch of slices of ham stacked on top of one another. But from far away, all the little hams look like one big ham, creating an out-of-focus effect. Read more... More about Optical Illusions, Reddit, and Watercooler Read More »WikiLeaks threatens to build a database of verified Twitter users
Friday, Jan. 6, 2017, will perhaps be remembered as the day WikiLeaks stopped even pretending to be an organization dedicated to governmental transparency. After tweeting against government leaks, the organization floated the idea of building a database of information about verified Twitter users. The theoretical database would include information about the families, jobs, finances and housing of anyone with a blue check next to their name. And, while it's not clear exactly how such a database would be published, it seems that an "online database" would be available to anyone with an internet connection, which is also known as doxing. Read more... More about Database, Twitter, Verified, Wikileaks, and Tech Read More »NBA player finds, uh, creative way to distract opposing team's free-throw shooter
Well, this is a new one. When Utah Jazz forward Derrick Favors stepped to the line for free throws on Thursday night, Raptors center Lucas Nogueira decided to — ahem — adjust his uniform, we guess? Instead he ended up pulling his shorts all the way down. Whether it was meant as an intentional distraction or not remains to be seen. Either way, it definitely worked. Favors missed the shot.
Toronto would go on to win, 101-93, but Nogueira is the true victor of that game. Read more... More about Nba, Basketball, Entertainment, and Sports Read More »From vibrating pillowcases to smart pajama belts, sleep tech is flooding the market
At this year’s Consumer Electronics Show, fake beds abound.Companies from across the globe are clamoring to give attendees a chance to kick off their shoes and test out the latest in sleep technology. It’s hard to get too cozy with thousands of tech fanatics milling around the exhibit floor — but manufacturers are doing their darndest. They’re showcasing snooze-inducing headphones and smart pillowcases, beds with built-in foot warmers, and belts that track every toss and turn. There are smart alarm clocks designed to make it as pleasant as possible to drag yourself out of bed on a Monday morning. There’s even an app that can record your snoring — and everything you say in your sleep. Read more... More about Ces 2017, Business, Science, and Sleep Read More »Why are laptops getting bigger and heavier again? Blame VR.
LAS VEGAS — Despite declining PC sales, laptops have made serious progress over the last few years. Apple's MacBook Air and Intel's Ultrabook initiative pushed PC makers to build ever thinner and lighter laptops with sturdier, premium materials like metal instead of plastic. It's been a great half decade of innovation. But if you've been paying attention to the slew of new laptop announcements at CES 2017, you'll notice a new trend taking shape: Laptops are getting bigger and heavier again, to the point where they're anything but portable. Why's this happening? Blame it on VR. SEE ALSO: This ridiculous laptop is the portable Batman command center you've always dreamed of Read more... 5-year-old learns to write first word thanks to Gwen Stefani's 'Hollaback Girl'
This kid's spelling skills are bananas. B-A-N-A-N-A-S. New Yorker and Gwen Stefani mega-fan Norah shared a video Thursday of her 5-year-old son, Max, writing his first word: "bananas." And as he writes each letter, it's clear where he got the word from: Stefani's catchy-to-a-fault 2004 song "Hollaback Girl." "This year, because of Gwen's tour, I played even more music and he got really into it," Norah told Mashable. "'Hollaback Girl' is by far his favorite song." (A great choice, Max.) "Max started kindergarten this year and he's learning to read and write," she continued. "We practice his writing every night and one day he just started writing 'bananas' all by himself and when I asked how he knew that he said it was just like in 'Hollaback Girl.'" Read more... More about Kids, Gwen Stefani, Twitter, and Watercooler Read More »This band helps relieve pain, no drugs required
'Quell' is a wearable band that can alleviate pain without the need for prescription pain medication. It can be worn almost anywhere on the body, 24/7. Read more... More about Wearable Band, Wearable Tech, Wearables, Health, and Technology Read More »This would've been one of the ballsiest NBA shots ever - if it counted
Marco Belinelli of the Charlotte Hornets nearly pulled off one of the cheekiest shots in NBA history Thursday night. Nearly. Stupid rules. There should be an exemption for this. SEE ALSO: The Warriors are officially moving to San Francisco. Hopefully it doesn't ruin everything. Belinelli was inbounding the ball with Charlotte down one point on the road against the Detroit Pistons and just half a second left on the clock. Standard operating procedure would dictate passing the ball in to a teammate who would then attempt a very quick shot for the win — but Belinelli tried something incredible instead. Read more... More about Nba, Sports, and Entertainment Read More »Attention internet: WikiLeaks is now anti-leaks
Hello and welcome to an odd alternate reality. WikiLeaks, an online bastion of government leaks, sent out a tweet early Friday decrying a bit of leaked information.
The irony was just too rich.
Finally a bike that will follow you around all by itself...
Honda released the perfect motorbike for noobs - it's self-balancing. The car company unveiled their rideable at CES in Las Vegas. Read more... More about Mashable Video, Motorbike, Motorcycle, Motorcycles, and Ces Read More »Brave, sensual subway rider reads erotic fiction in huge font
Living in New York City means taking the subway a lot. And taking the subway a lot means having time to kill. Some use that time to listen to music or play sudoku. Others however, prefer to read erotic fiction in huge, unmissable print, which is what Twitter user @amateurdentist found out today.
How you spend your time on your commute is yours and we can think of no better place to get hot and steamy than a rush hour subway car packed to the brim with strangers. Read more... More about Nyc, Erotic Fiction, Subway Metro Train, Entertainment, and Watercooler Read More »CineFix gives 2 million thank you's to fans
Over the years, CineFix has grown to amass an ever-growing number of filmmaking fans. The team rings in the new year with a landmark of reaching more than 2 million subscribers. But it's not for them. It's for you! Visit CineFix for more episodes and movie-related content. Carrie Fisher's urn is shaped like a giant Prozac pill, like she would've wanted
Carrie Fisher's legacy as a mental health advocate and her fiercely ironic sense of humor were encapsulated in one final gesture: Her Prozac pill-shaped urn. Fisher and her mother Debbie Reynolds, who died a day apart last week, were memorialized Thursday at a private service in their adjacent Beverly Hills homes. On Friday, paparazzi captured images of Fisher's brother Todd at Reynolds' burial at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Los Angeles carrying what looked like a giant Prozac pill — which he later confirmed was his late sister's urn. "Carrie's favorite possession was a giant Prozac pill that she brought many years ago. A big pill," Fisher told reporters, according to ET. "She loved it, and it was in her house, and Billie and I felt it was where she'd want to be." Read more... More about Carrie Fisher, Entertainment, and Film Read More »Michelle Obama's final farewell: "Lead by example with hope, never fear"
Now this, this is what they call feels. Michelle Obama gave her final speech as FLOTUS. Read more... More about Real Time Video, Real Time, Michelle Obama, Flotus, and Us World Read More »K-Cups for beer? Keuring and Anheuser Busch team up for a booze dispenser.
Could Bud Light K-Cups be coming soon to your home? Keurig just announced a joint venture with Anheuser Busch-InBev, the beer conglomerate behind brands like Budweiser and Shock Top, to research and develop an "in-home alcohol drink system." While the announcement doesn't elaborate much on what such a system might look like, it does say it will build off of the technology used in Keurig's failed Kold soda machine and focus on beer, cocktails and other alcoholic beverages. Keurig has been struggling for a while to break free of its reliance on home-brew coffee as consumers have lost interest in its signature disposable cups. Read more... More about Anheuser Busch, Keurig, and Business Read More »Twitter is totally creeped out by Paul Ryan's logo
Note to the House GOP: If people automatically associate your speaker's logo with the Nazi party, even though it resembles a symbol used for years by that office, it might be time for a regroup. On Friday, Twitter user @EricVespe noticed Paul Ryan's new logo on speaker.gov, which shows an eagle with spread wings, resembles the emblem of the Nazi party. While the resemblance is no doubt unintentional — and almost certainly modeled after the official speaker logo — it's also noticeable. And newly red. To be fair, the seal of the speaker, the position to which Ryan has just been reelected, also has an eagle with spread wings atop a globe. (We contacted Ryan's office for more but had not heard back at time of publish.) Read more... More about White Nationalist, Paul Ryan, Watercooler, and Politics Read More »CES 2017: Winners and losers
LAS VEGAS — CES is more than just a showcase of what the latest technology has to offer — it's a cage match of competing tech trends. The gadgets and technologies we'll be using tomorrow battle it out for our money and attention, and when the dust clears some inevitably come out on top. This year's CES had a lot to say about smart homes, self-driving cars, laptops and more. There's a lot to be excited about in all those categories, but sometimes such rapid progress can leave some people behind. Here are the winners and losers of CES 2017: WINNERSAmazon
2 Google Homes sound like they are drunk flirting, and the internet can't get enough
Two Google Home devices are deep in conversation. And thousands are watching the robots attempt to mimic human interaction. The bots' ongoing chat, which has ranged from the meaning of life, religion, love, ninjas and Chuck Norris, is streaming on Twitch. The video has had nearly 780,000 views as of Friday afternoon since it started streaming a few days ago. The bots have been aptly named Vladimir and Estragon, perfect for their endless chatter reminiscent of the two perpetually waiting characters in Samuel Beckett's play Waiting for Godot. More about Humor, Twitch, Chatbot, Bots, and Google Home Read More »The most dad-ass dad sneaker of all time just became even more dad
No disrespect to the Steph Curry signature sneaker that melted the internet last June, but Nike's Air Monarch IV has always been the most dad-ass dad shoe. Now — thanks to Seahawks coach Pete Carroll, who leads Seattle into the NFL Playoffs this weekend — the Air Monarch just became even more dad. And the haters said it couldn't be done! Before we plunge forth, let's briefly recap the Air Monarch's credentials as, well, the monarch of all dad shoes. It's a piece of (ostensibly) athletic footwear that is chunky, bland and not exactly cutting-edge. It's a shoe sized not just in traditional lengths but in widths as well. It's also a shoe that is by all accounts extremely comfortable. Read more... More about Nfl, Nike, Sports, and Entertainment Read More »Send hugs over the internet through these cute stuffed animals
LAS VEGAS — Sometimes, you just need a damn hug. Human interaction and affection is important, but when you're physically away from your loved one, it's impossible to receive the admiration and love you may desperately need. But thanks to this cute and cuddly stuffed animal called the Parihug, you'll be able to send a hug to a friend anywhere in the world. The connected plushes, which are actually a made-up animal optimized for hugging, are best used in pairs. So, when you hug one of them, it senses the duration and intensity of the hug and sends a message to your loved one's Pari, which delivers a vibration ranging from gentle to intense to its owner. The stuffed animals can also be connected to an app via Wi-Fi or Bluetooth, so you can tell your loved one you're thinking of them from anywhere. The app also enables you to choose from multiple Parihugs, so you can send a hug to all of your loved ones. Read more... More about Tech, Hugs, Ces 2017, and Watercooler Read More »CineFix hits 2 million YouTube subscribers
If there was one cool thing from 2016, it's all of you 2 million fans supporting CineFix on YouTube! Thanks for a great start to the new year in crossing this bridge. Visit CineFix for more episodes and movie-related content. Read more... More about Youtube Stars, Youtube, Thank You, 2 Million Subscribers, and Cinefix Read More »How a 23-year-old kid suddenly became the Oakland Raiders' best shot at a championship
For a moment, the Raiders had it all. Their best record in 16 years, a ticket to the postseason, a homegrown quarterback having an MVP-calibre season. Oakland's 2016 season was surreal for a franchise that had only seen one Super Bowl in the past three decades. In theory, Saturday's wild card playoff game against Texas should be cause for celebration, seeing as Oakland hadn't seen the postseason since 2002. Instead, Oakland's storybook season hangs in the balance. A season-ending injury to quarterback Derek Carr — and an injury to the guy who replaced him — leaves the Raiders offense in the hands of a 23-year-old kid named Connor Cook, Oakland's third-string quarterback, who is suddenly the NFL's most intriguing figure as the path to the Super Bowl begins. Read more... More about Football, Nfl, Oakland, Entertainment, and Sports Read More »NYPD responds to captain's absurd comments about rape and Tinder
A police captain made some eyebrow-raising remarks about an increase in sexual assaults in a New York City neighborhood, according to an article published Friday. His comments were so off-base, and they whipped up a storm of controversy so large, that the mayor's office had to respond. So did the New York Police Department. In comments reported by local news website DNAinfo New York, NYPD's 94th precinct Capt. Peter Rose distinguished between "stranger rape" and "acquaintance rape," lumping Tinder into the latter. "They're not total abomination rapes where strangers are being dragged off the streets ... If there's a true stranger rape, a random guy picks up a stranger off the street, those are the troubling ones. That person has, like, no moral standards," he was reported as saying. Read more... More about Online Dating, Tinder, Rape, Sexual Assault, and Us World Read More »Guys show us their best poses for Tinder profile photos
LONDON — Online dating is a dog-eat-dog world. And, when the competition is this tough, the strength of your profile photo is more important than ever before. Your mirror selfies and those shots of you and your mates on holiday aren't gonna do you any favours in finding a match. That said, it's not all that easy selecting an alluring photo that shows off your personality and good looks. Do you show off your fun side, or should you try to be enigmatic? Should you show off your chiseled features or simply smile for the camera? Read more... More about Uk, Lifestyle, London Fashion Week, Relationships, and Dating Apps Read More »The fantastical magicians' posters that hypnotized turn of the century audiences
c. 1915 Image: Library of Congress Through the late 1800s, magic shows occupied American stages alongside traveling circuses and vaudeville acts. Near the turn of the 20th century, however, magicians began to occupy an elevated theatrical status, commanding their own one-man shows in prestigious theaters across the United States. Historically, magicians were often practicing spiritualists and considered tricksters or con men, even occultists. The new practitioners were skilled entertainers and illusionists, striving to obtain celebrity status and erase magic’s spiritualist roots. The new breed of magicians dressed elegantly and invested in flashy stage props, eschewing “dark magic” for sleight-of-hand spectacles. Entertainers such as Harry Kellar, Alexander Herrmann, and Howard Thurston — not to mention Harry Houdini — became household names. Read more... More about Art, Magicians, Magic, History, and Retronaut Read More »The White House pulls at your heartstrings with celeb-laden Obama video
Break out the tissues. With just two weeks left in Barack Obama's presidency, many of us just can't help getting emotional. And a new video released by the White House is making it worse. A moving portrait of Obama's time in the Oval Office, the video features everyone from children to celebrities sharing their favorite Obama moment, or more specifically, the times that made them say "Yes, we can." It was the slogan that helped carry Obama to presidential victory back in 2008, when he was a fresh-faced Illinois senator and not a president who's led the country through some of its biggest triumphs, trials and tribulations of our time. Read more... More about Video, White House, President, Barack Obama, and Us World Read More »Vladimir Putin wanted a President Trump
A report from United States intelligence agencies released on Friday says Russian President Vladimir Putin wanted Donald Trump to become president. But the public release doesn't do much to show exactly how the intelligence community came to that conclusion. For what it's worth, the report's writers acknowledge this up front. "...while the conclusions in the report are all reflected in the classified assessment, the declassified report does not and cannot include the full supporting information, including specific intelligence and sources and methods," it says. Read more... More about Intelligence Agencies, Reportage, Vladimir Putin, Russia, and Donald Trump Read More »Forget watches or Fitbits – you can track your workout with a ring
Not a fan of the chunky Fitbits that obviously show you are trying to get in shape? Try this. Read more... More about Mashable Video, Technology, Tech, Health, and Fitness Tracker Read More »Who did this to this poor CES booth?
LAS VEGAS — CES attendees, can you chill? Why would you do this to a perfectly good booth? Image: mashable Yes, guilty CES attendee, I know you'll claim, "That's a cannon, look at the spokes on the wheels." But reader, we both know that this isn't a cannon. We both know what you did. Listen, I know Las Vegas is a rough place to be during CES. I know that the taxi lines are long and you can't get a slice of bread for less than $10. But can we just be civil? Thank you. Read more... More about Ces 2017, Watercooler, and Pics Read More »Single-wheeled GeoBlade electric skateboard is straight out of a sci-fi movie
LAS VEGAS — Last year, Hoverboard Technologies' Robert Bigler came by Mashable HQ in New York to show me the Hoverboard, a skateboard deck with a disc-shaped wheel at its center. As futuristic as the Hoverboard was, it was just too expensive at $4,000 for the fully-loaded model. With the product's failed Kickstarter under his belt, Bigler returned to CES 2017 to show a cheaper version called the GeoBlade. The GeoBlade doesn't stray from the Hoverboard design. It still looks like a personal transporter straight out of a sci-fi movie, it's still tricked out with LED lights and has built-in Bluetooth speakers to blast your tunes. The overall design has been cleaned up to look sleeker, too. Read more... More about Rideables, Geoblade, Hoverboard, Ces, and Ces 2017 Read More »You can take the subway, but you can't hide from Donald Trump's face
We'd hate to break it to you, New Yorkers, but if you're not a fan of Donald Trump, subway rides are about to get even more obnoxious. I know what you're thinking: "How is that even possible? Subways are already the worst." This is true, of course, but Twitter user Joe Bernstein shared a photograph that reveals the terrifying reality of city subway maps. Apparently, if you tilt your head while looking at one of the many transit maps found in subway cars across New York, you will see that the Bronx transforms into the side profile of one Donald Trump. *screams* Read more... More about Donald Trump, Conversations, Watercooler, Subway, and Transportation Read More »Gorgeous iridescent umbrella tells you when it's supposed to rain
LAS VEGAS — If you've amassed a collection of cheap umbrellas due to a year's worth of unexpected downpours, Oombrella could come as a welcome relief. The smart umbrella from French start-up Wezzoo works in tandem with an app to tell you when it's going to rain via a smartphone notification. And if you've already left home but are still close by, the umbrella might shoot a notification telling you to come back and grab it. The product — whose Kickstarter launch we covered back in March — was on display at 2017 International CES. SEE ALSO: The weirdest things we saw at CES 2016 Image: wezzoo Read more... TVs are getting so thin, it's like they're disappearing
LAS VEGAS — Where's TV tech going next? If there's one place to find out, it's CES, the yearly Las Vegas show where nearly all the electronics manufacturers bring their wares. But for the last couple of years, TV manufacturers have looked a bit aimless, jumping from one new tech to another, but never quite managing to extend their enthusiasm about that new tech to consumers. There is a clear trend, though, one that reached new heights this year: the TV itself is getting out of the way. The TVs we've seen have gotten so thin, the bezels so small, that it's possible to turn some TVs into wallpaper — an almost-floating image that sits a few millimeters from the wall. Read more... More about Xiaomi, Philips, Samsung, Lg, and Ces 2017 Read More »There's a room with a bunch of dudes watching VR porn at CES
In a seedy "meeting room" illuminated by the yellow glow of fluorescent lights at the far end of the South Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center, there's a room with a bunch of dudes watching VR porn. Even though the meeting room for Naughty America VR is tucked away and hidden from the masses with just a small sign alerting attendees to its presence, guys were lining up to get what is probably their first look at porn in virtual reality, despite the technology having been out for some time now. Image: mashable lili sams At one side of the room there's a backdrop featuring Naughty America VR's logo with the slogan "The Future of Entertainment is Here" below it. There are six cocktail tables set up, each with its own VR headset and a pair of headphones on it as well as a brochure. Next to it are a stack of cloth condoms for the headset and headphones, because gross. Read more... More about Tech, Ces 2017, Porn, Vr Porn, and Watercooler Read More »SwagSurf is the lazy man's surfboard
LAS VEGAS — All that time Swagtron spent riding the waves of hoverboard popularity and controversy seems to have paid off. This week at CES in Las Vegas, the rideable manufacturer introduced its first electric surfboard, the SwagSurf. From a distance, the SwagSurf looks like a sort of puffy surfboard, but it differs from traditional boards in a number of key ways. The roughly 8-foot-long SwagSurf arrives folded into threes and in a relatively small carrying case. The body of the device is inflated through a port on its top end. The SwagSurf is covered in a tough, drop-stitch fabric, and when I squeezed the board, it felt like it was filled with foam, not air. Read more... More about Ces, Ces 2017, Rideables, Swagway, and Swagtron Read More »All NYC subways stations will finally have Wi-Fi and cell service
If you happen to be one of those New Yorkers who uses the mostly non-existent/sometimes crappy cellphone service and Wi-Fi inside train stations as a reason to ignore dreaded things like work emails, texts from an ex and the dreaded "showtime," your days of excuses are over. Wi-Fi is finally arriving at all the train stations of New York City and so is another basic necessity of communication — cell phone service. By Jan. 9, the 5.7 million people who ride the NYC subway system every day will finally be able to access Wi-Fi and cell phone service for all four major carriers(AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon Wireless) while underground, according to an announcement by Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Read more... More about Andrew Cuomo, Cell Phone, Wi Fi, Subway Metro Train, and Subway Read More »The imposing Viking runestones which dot the Swedish countryside
1930 A girl with a teddy bear at a runestone in Söderby, Botkyrka. The inscription reads, "Sibbe and Tjarve had the stone raised in memory of Torkel, their father." Image: Swedish National Heritage Board Strewn across Scandinavia, and particularly Sweden’s Uppland province, are thousands of stones carved with runic inscriptions dating from the Bronze Age up to modern times. Most of Sweden’s surviving runestones date from the end of the Viking Age, or the 11th century AD Runestones were primarily raised as memorials to dead relatives, friends or loved ones. They were not used as grave markers, but placed along roads and paths where they could be seen by passersby. Read more... More about Ancient Art, Vikings, Sweden, History, and Retronaut Read More »Polaroid just reinvented its iconic camera
LAS VEGAS — The classic Polaroid camera just got revamped for the modern day. While Polaroid has previously launched instant print cameras mixed with digital such as with the Polaroid Snap, its newest project, Polaroid Pop, mashes digital and analog in a way that actually makes sense. The digital camera features a 3.97-inch touchscreen LCD for framing shots and menu navigation. Boasting a 20-megapixel CMOS sensor, the pictures will definitely be clearer than the classic camera's, but some things will look the same. Image: LILI SAMS/MASHABLE Polaroid is ditching its mini film for the Pop and bringing back the nostalgic 3x4” picture format most people associate with the brand. The classic border logo will fit around the picture, so aside from quality, it will look like a classic polaroid. However, the Pop uses ZINK Zero Ink paper, which is water- and tear-resistant and has a sticker back. Read more... More about Polaroid Pop, Polaroid, Ces 2017, Tech, and Watercooler Read More »5-year-old skier ignores dad's warnings, clears biggest jump in park
It's generally best to follow your dad's advice. On the other hand, this little skier did not and he cleared the biggest jump on the slopes. Despite his dad's repeated cries to stop, five-year-old Deegan went flying over a huge jump in the Utah park where his family was skiing last week. "That was sick! I did it!" a thrilled Deegan said. Sometimes it's best to go rogue. BBC morning show hosts introduce wrong guest live on air
BBC Breakfast hosts Rachel Burden and John Kay gave heroic climber Leslie Binns a beautiful introduction on Saturday's broadcast — except Leslie Binns wasn't actually there. Binns, who rescued a woman who collapsed on Mount Everest, was set to appear on the show ahead of his next climb. But when Burden and Kay introduced him — with much fanfare, we might add — the man in the guest's chair turned out to be Dr. Todd Landman, a political commentator. "I think you've got the wrong guest, sir," Landman said. Fortunately, because they're British, everyone had a good, awkward laugh about it. "I have many heroic stories to tell you, but not involving Everest," Landman said. Read more... More about News Bloopers, Uk, and Watercooler Read More »Alec Baldwin trolls Trump with Russian-language baseball cap
From Saturday Night Live to social media, Alec Baldwin has seemingly perfected the art of trolling Donald Trump. Most recently, the actor posted a selfie to Instagram featuring a Russian-language "Make America Great Again" cap, a clear reference to the president-elect's continued praise of Russian president Vladimir Putin as well as his skepticism that Russian hacking affected election results in November. According to a translation provided to Mashable by Olga Massov, the hat literally says "Make America Cool Again" — but it's obviously intended to be a mocking take on Trump's famous "MAGA" slogan. Read more... More about Russia, Alec Baldwin, Instagram, Donald Trump, and Watercooler Read More »Clarity promises to be Mint and Digit, combined
There are so many apps that claim to be the solution to saving, investing and tracking your financesClarity Money, a new app, hopes to be the one that puts all of that in one place. The iOS app is sort of a combination of Mint, which tracks your financial health, and Digit, which saves money in small increments. Clarity asks for your financial information, and from there tracks your spending and suggests ways to save. The app will look out for deals to lower your bills, suggest subscriptions you could cancel and help you save money for specific goals. "It dawned on me having been a longtime Mint user that it has a dashboard that's good about telling you what happened in the past, but it doesn't do much to take action to improve your financial health," Clarity CEO Adam R. Dell told Mashable. Read more... More about Finance, Dell, Saving Money, Apps, and Business Read More »Netflix game lets you become Pablo Escobar, Eleven from 'Stranger Things'
Devoted Netflix fans just got the best belated holiday gift ever, an online game dedicated to their favorite shows. Netflix Infinite Runner lets you use your space bar to play retro style games featuring the lead characters from Narcos (Pablo Escobar), Marco Polo, Orange is the New Black (Piper Chapman) and Stranger Things (Mike Wheeler). Image: netflix Each game also delivers an old school arcade version of each show's theme as the character runs and jumps, collecting valuable points in the form of waffles, roosters and, yes, cocaine, while avoiding research facility guards, evil scientists and prison lunch trays. Read more... More about Orange Is The New Black, Marco Polo, Narcos, Stranger Things, and Gaming Read More »Here's what the most expensive headphones in the world sound like
LAS VEGAS — It's not every day that you get to try out a pair of $55,000 headphones, Sennheiser's ultra-high-end "Orpheus" HE 1. But on Friday, I got to test an even more expensive pair: Onkyo's $100,000 diamond-studded headphones — and I (almost) got to directly compare the two. Of course, other than the exorbitant price, there's really no comparison: These two headphones are as different as they come. But that's how my cards fell on Friday; a meeting with Onkyo was set up just before the meeting on Sennheiser, so I tried to make the most of it. More about Ces 2017, Ces, Mashces, Ces2017, and Sennheiser Read More »'Golden Girls' is headed to Hulu in February
The Golden Girls are making their streaming debut. The complete library of the beloved sitcom, which aired on NBC from 1985 to 1992 but never seemed to go away, will be available on Hulu beginning next month.
Specifically, on Feb. 13, just in time for Galentine's Day, Craig Erwich, Hulu SVP and head of content said at the streaming service's Television Critics Association presentation Saturday. More about Television Critics Association, Black Ish, The Golden Girls, Tv, and Streaming Services Read More »Eyes-on with Hulu's new live TV service
LAS VEGAS — It's going to be a whole new Hulu. The service for watching last night's shows will soon begin offering live TV as well. The company announced it would add live shows to its offerings — putting Hulu toe-to-toe with cord-cutting competitors Sling TV and DirecTV Now — sometime in the spring. Pricing and plans aren't final, but there will be different tiers and add-ons (including cloud storage), with some premium content (like Showtime) available. SEE ALSO: CES 2017: Winners and losers Live TV isn't just getting bolted onto the existing service. With the change, Hulu is re-engineering its entire user experience, which it teased at CES 2017. I got a chance to sit down with Hulu reps and explore the new features and user interface, which combines its on-demand and live content. It's similar to its competitors, but offers some nice perks as well. Read more... More about Ces, Tv, On Demand Video Service, Hulu, and Ces 2017 Read More »Here's a great reason not to get engaged under a waterfall
Elaborate proposals might be memorable, but they run a few risks, too. For example — just spitballing here — you might drop the engagement ring into a waterfall. Such was the fate that befell Isaiah Adams and his girlfriend, Grace, who got engaged at Maryland's stunning Cunningham Falls State Park. Unfortunately, after the big "yes" moment (at least they had that, right?), Adams tried to slip the ring onto Grace's finger ... and it fell straight into the water. "I was crying from happiness, but then I was crying from fear all at the same time," Grace told Inside Edition in the clip above. Sadly, her fears of losing the ring were founded — it was never recovered. Read more... More about Viral Videos and Watercooler Read More »Two determined women take on tech industry sexism in a new Secret ad
For women in tech, sexism is so often encountered that it unfortunately comes to be expected. A new 30-second ad by deodorant company Secret shows just how embedded gender-based bias is in the industry by telling the story of two women pitching their startup to men at the top. The comedic ad, called "Pitch," illuminates the worries and preparation women asserting their tech talents have to go through to prove their value in "the boys' club." In the spot, two women enter an elevator on their way to a big-deal business meeting. After perfecting their handshake, one takes to quizzing the other on the stats of their startup. Read more... More about Ces 2017, Ads, Advertising, Women In Tech, and Tech Read More » | ||||
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