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 10 error messages that prove my computer knows too much about my personal life
Like many of us, I spend a lot of my time working on my computer. And when I'm not working, I'm watching Netflix or writing my original fantasy novel about a wizard school for children. But lately, I've noticed that whenever my computer sends me an error message, it almost seems to know a lot about my personal life. Take a look at some of the error messages I've been receiving. Has this happened to anyone else? 1. Image: MASHABLE, BOB AL-GREENE 2. Image: MASHABLE, BOB AL-GREENE 3. Image: MASHABLE, BOB AL-GREENE 4. Read more... More about Error, Mac, Humor, Watercooler, and Watercooler Read More »10 famous quotes that you probably misattributed
Through the years, we have all had many inspirational or witty quotes from role models, movies or actors plastered all over our Tumblr or Myspace pages to seem super cool, sophisticated and smart. These quotes just spoke to our souls and captured the middle school/teenage angst we were all feeling as one collective, moody unit. Well get ready to delete your accounts and throw your diplomas out the window, because so many famous quotes are badly misattributed. Chances are, other people said those pretty words you love. So, you are about to find out the less-cool origin of some of your favorite quotes. Read more... More about Words, Famous, Quotes, Watercooler, and Watercooler Read More »Secrets from the sets of 'Donnie Brasco'
Donnie Brasco celebrates its 20th anniversary next week, so let's celebrate an underappreciated movie classic with some things you probably didn't know about it! Visit CineFix for more episodes and movie-related content. Read more... More about 20th Anniversary, Mike Newell, Al Pacino, Johnny Depp, and Donnie Brasco Read More »This flying motorcycle is straight out of Star Wars
We've been obsessed with making the Star Wars speeder bikes come true, and now, a Russian startup has finally made it happen. 'HoverSurf' have released a video of their concept hoverbike, 'Scorpion-3.' It's the first fully-manned hoverbike in the world. Read more... More about Jedi, Hoverboard, Real Time Video, Hoversurf, and Flying Cars Read More »Holiday takes an anti-Trump turn with #NotMyPresidentsDay protests
The annual President's Day holiday had a distinct Donald Trump touch in 2017 thanks to a series of protests around the country where participants transformed the anti-Trump #NotMyPresident hashtag into a #NotMyPresidentsDay rallying call. Trump himself got the holiday off to a rousing start with an all-caps declaration to — what else? — "Make America great again."
Meanwhile, protesters around the country were less festive, taking to the streets to protest the president. Read more... More about Protests, Presidents Day, Donald Trump, Us World, and Politics Read More »The 5 best Star Wars Lego sets coming this spring
These are Star Wars Lego sets you're looking for. Lego may be keeping upcoming Star Wars Episode VIII Lego sets under wraps — they literally had nothing to show for the upcoming film at New York Toy Fair — but that doesn't mean there aren't a whole bunch of new Star Wars sets on the horizon. Lego has dozens of new sets and character variations, even tiny Mini Figures. The new Lego sets traverse, among others, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and Star Wars Rebels TV series. Instead of presenting everything Lego has planned for the Star Wars Universe, we picked out the five coolest sets, ones that you'll probably want to add to your collection. Read more... More about Star Wars Viii, Star Wars Rogue One, Star Wars The Force Awakens, Star Wars, and Tech Read More »Robotic finger monkeys are cute and not weird at all
We're now so desperate for distraction and companionship that some of us will even wear tiny robo-monkeys on our fingers. At least WowWee's Fingerlings Baby Monkey Toys, unveiled this week at New York Toy Fair, are adorable. As the name implies, these palm-sized monkeys slip onto your finger like a giant, ridiculous ring. Fingerlings are motion and touch sensitive. While most of the little battery-operated figure is fixed, the toy monkey's head turns and eyes open. That little bit of animation affords the monkey-bots an impressive amount of expression. WowWee told us that there are actually over 40-to-50 distinct animations and sound effects in Fingerlings. Read more... More about Toy Fair, Toys, Wowwee, Tech, and Gadgets Read More »Give a dollar to Peaches Monroee on GoFundMe for every time you've said 'on fleek'
If anyone deserves your GoFundMe contribution, it's Peaches Monroee. The internet sensation — real name Kayla Lewis — coined the phrase "eyebrows on fleek." And even though the entire world has used it, Lewis hasn't received much credit. That's why she launched a GoFundMe campaign, in the hopes that her linguistic contribution to the world might inspire some to help her start — fittingly — a cosmetics line. "Everyone has used the phrase/word but I haven't received any money behind it or recognition," Lewis wrote on her GoFundMe page. "But for the most I want to start a cosmetic line and hair line; But I don't have any money to do so. Maybe this can help me with my wishes and dreams." Read more... More about Watercooler, Vine Star, On Fleek, Crowdfunding, and Gofundme Read More »'Rick and Morty' trolls fans with an 'exclusive' look at Season 3
Rick and Morty fans have been waiting for new episodes for over a year now, with nary a premiere date in sight. So it's understandable that the words "Exclusive! Season 3 Opening Scene" would elicit some fast and frantic clicks. Unfortunately, Adult Swim Australia wins this round. It's a Rickroll. Or, you know, a Rick-and-Morty roll. And this one even bamboozled seasoned Redditors. For more amazing Rick and Morty moments, check out this link. Read more... More about Rick And Morty, Entertainment, Watercooler, and Watercooler Read More »Milo Yiannopoulos had a pretty rough Presidents Day
Presidents' Day was pretty bad for Milo Yiannopoulos. The alt-right troll and Breitbart editor — banished from Twitter for inciting harassment against Leslie Jones, known for "provocative" attacks against trans people, feminism and "P.C. culture" — finally saw it all come crashing down. Over the weekend, a video showing Yiannopoulos defending and advocating for sexual relationships between 13-year-olds and adults began to draw attention. Yiannopoulos has made his celebrity saying outlandish, offensive and purposely provocative things, but this was too much for many of his conservative sympathizers — and his biggest business partner. Read more... More about Alt Right, Breitbart, Simon Schuster, Cpac, and Milo Yiannopoulos Read More »'Netflix Cheaterz' is the most relatable made-up reality show ever
Who doesn't love the occasional dose of ultra trashy television? Of course, long-running hidden camera series Cheaters is right up there with the finest. Now Netflix have paid tribute with their own parody version: Netflix Cheaterz (with a 'Z' for trademark reasons) in a bid to raise further awareness of the social epidemic that is Netflix cheating. Original Cheaters host Joey Greco is even there to walk us through the tryst between a man and his Stranger Things. And yes, "the confrontation" is still the best bit. Can we get this as a real series, please? Read more... More about Cheating, Video, Videos, Netflix, and Australia Read More »Uber CEO's memo on diversity could use a fact checker
Safe to say, the past 24 hours have Uber a little shook up. So shook, in fact, that it's been a little free and easy with statistics. On Sunday, former-Uber engineer Susan J. Fowler's chilling account of workplace sexism and incompetent HR practices sent #DeleteUber trending yet again. In response, Uber CEO Travis Kalanick sent a company-wide email to employees Monday seeking to calm the waters, according to New York Times reporter Mike Isaac. In Fowler's telling, harassment and disorder in upper management at the company was the norm, with the number of the number of women in her organization dropping from 25 percent women to 6 percent during her time there. Read more... More about Women, Deleteuber, Travis Kalanick, Uber, and Business Read More »Thirsty presenter can't hide his strong feelings for Chris Hemsworth
No matter how professional we might want to appear, sometimes cracks show up in our polished exterior. Particularly when faced with a human being as glorious as Chris Hemsworth. That's the situation Australian TV presenter Karl Stefanovic found himself in while interviewing the Hem-dawg on Monday. Stefanovic is of course no stranger to a bit of spice, being the man who once suffered an on air meltdown after eating the world's hottest pie. But nothing could prepare him for the awe-inspiring beauty of seeing Thor up close and personal. Read more... More about Thor Ragnarok, Today Show, Karl Stefanovic, Chris Hemsworth, and Watercooler Read More »Waitress evicts huge, pesky goanna that snuck into her restaurant
What comes in, must go out. Especially if it's a massive goanna and it's in a restaurant. Especially in the case of French waitress Samia Lila, who was tasked with evicting a pesky and rather large goanna which had snuck into a winery's restaurant on Sunday. According to ABC News, Lila was serving diners at Mimosa Wines on the south coast of New South Wales, Australia, when one of the customers pointed to a goanna on the deck. "I couldn't believe it was a goanna. I thought it was big dog," Lila told the news outlet. Read more... More about Winery, Animals, Videos, Video, and Lizard Read More »#HurtBae's message for her fellow woman: Know your worth
#HurtBae hath spoken. After obsessing over her past relationship with a dude named Leonard, the world can now breath a sigh of relief. Because #HurtBae aka Kourtney Jorge, is hurt no more. In fact, she's learned a lot from her serial cheater of an ex. She's zen. In case you've been living in a barn without wifi, the #HurtBae hashtag sprung up after Jorge and her "jerk ex" appeared in a viral video for Conde Nast's The Scene. In the video, Jorge confronts her ex about cheating multiple times, while he raises some fairly dubious defences. Of course, Twitter users were enraged and have been passionately standing up for Jorge ever since. Read more... More about Relationships, Cheating, Twitter, Video, and The Scene Read More »Japan's latest mascot is a flying drone puppy
What a cute little flying doggo. The Japanese town of Oji — in Nara, south of Japan — has introduced a flying drone puppy as its official mascot. Image: YOUTUBE Yukimaru, which is powered by a quadcopter, has debuted in a promotional video about the town, in which he buzzes serenely through its attractions such as the Daruma Temple, the Yamato River and Mount Myojin: In the video, Yukimaru also passes the burial spot of its namesake: the pet dog of 7th century royal Prince Shōtoku: Image: YOUTUBE Yukimaru also chases after a jogger on the banks of the Yamato River: Read more... More about Mascots, Drones, Japan, and Tech Read More »Comic's powerful story about Islamophobia will inspire you to stay active online
An Australian reality TV show might not be the first place you'd expect to hear a message of inclusivity and acceptance, but thanks to comedian Nazeem Hussain, here we are. The future Bill Nye Saves the World correspondent took the time to explain his family's reaction to the Lindt Cafe siege, a 2014 hostage crisis in which a gunman hastily pledged allegiance to ISIS and murdered two civilians. Following the crisis, Hussain and his family were understandably concerned about an outpouring of Islamophobia, with his sister revealing she was scared to travel home. "My sister texted me — she said, 'Nazeem, I'm scared to wear the hijab home. Because I think people are going to attack me,'" Hussain said on I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here. Read more... More about Australia, Illridewithyou, Lindt Cafe Siege, I M A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here, and Nazeem Hussain Read More »VR may be hyped, but it'll take 'maybe a decade' to become mainstream
Despite burying us up to our neck in hype, the virtual reality industry is off to a very slow start. Apparently, VR hardware penetration in Australia will only reach 25.5 percent of households in 2021. Currently, about 2.3 percent of local households have some sort of VR available. For the moment, high-tech, pricier VR headsets like the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive are not dominant. According to consumer research company Telsyte's Australian VR & AR Market Study 2017, mobile VR headsets accounted for some 70 percent of the 216,000 VR headsets sold in Australia in 2016. Read more... More about Google Daydream, Samsung Gear, Playstation Vr, Oculus Rift, and Htc Vive Read More »Days after a blistering heatwave, it's now snowing Down Under
It's been really bloody hot in Australia recently. But now it's snowing. In summer. Yes, really. Less than two weeks ago that much of the country endured days of relentless heatwaves, leading to temperatures of around 45 degrees Celsius (113 degrees Fahrenheit) along the eastern coast. For a brief moment, it was hell on earth, bolstering the increasing trend of heatwaves in Australia getting longer and more intense — an impact of climate change, according to Climate Council research.
India's space agency employees get treated with free pizza after setting world record last week
India’s space agency ISRO shattered world record last week when it launched a flock of 104 satellites into space with one rocket. The space agency has since won many hearts, and earned many fans including the billionaire Elon Musk. Amid all of this, it also won itself a lot of free pizzas. Celebrating last week’s milestone, pizzeria chain Pizza Hut offered a free pan pizza treat all ISRO employees across India yesterday. "It’s a moment of great pride for us as ISRO created history and this initiative is a small token of our appreciation to put cheerful smiles on the faces who made the nation proud by achieving such an amazing feat." Unnat Varma, Managing Director Pizza Hut was quoted as saying. Read more... More about Isro, Pizza, India, and Watercooler Read More »Loaded dude crowdsources his Valentine's date, takes out 'best five girls' for lavish dinner
You can call it bizarre, funny, silly or simply sensational. A man from Gurgaon in India crowdsourced his Valentine dates via Facebook by showing off his wealth, his Audi car and a promise to gift an iPhone 7. Surprisingly, he was greeted with an overwhelming response from over 2,000 applicants, which he sifted through to arrive at the "best five", whom he then took out in his car for a romantic dinner at a plush hotel and gifted them an iPhone 7 each. Pause a moment to soak that in. Shakul Gupta, who claims to be the "CEO and Founder at Softoku.com" (which incidentally Google couldn't trace) put out a Facebook post on Feb.11. "Who want to be my Valentine?" (sic) it said. It included promises of "memorable moments" for the potential dates. Read more... More about Facebook Post, Desperate, Valentine S Day, Social Media, and Watercooler Read More »The 'Humans of Payatas' features inspiring stories about people living in its slums
Trash is the first thing most people think of when you mention Payatas, home to the Philippines' largest open dump site. But one organisation is hoping to change that with its photo project, "Humans of Payatas." Inspired by "Humans of New York", the project aims to show that Payatas, one of the country's biggest and poorest slums, has a lot more to offer than just trash.
India is getting an undersea bullet train
Drills for India's first bullet train has begun, according to reports. Construction of the 7-kilometres (about 4.3 miles) undersea rail corridor between Mumbai and Ahmadabad in western India is slated to begin in 2018. The drilling will help ascertain soil conditions under water. "Soil and rocks below the 70-meter-deep see are being tested as part of the geo-technical and geo-physical investigation undertaken for the entire project," a senior Railway Ministry official reportedly said. Estimated to cost about Rs 97.6 billion ($14.5 billion), 80% of the project's funding will come by way of a loan from Japan that operates the Shinkansen bullet train between Tokyo and Osaka. India will replicate that system. The project cost includes possible cost escalation, interest during construction and import duties. Read more... More about Construction, Japan, Railway, Train, and India Read More »Dozens of companies in China have filed trademark claims on Ivanka Trump's name
The name "Ivanka" is quickly getting popular in China it seems. Chinese companies have submitted at least 65 applications to use Ivanka Trump's name as a trademark for their products, reported the South China Morning Post. An additional 40 companies have registered their corporate identities under the name Ivanka, as listed by a search on the National Enterprise Credit Information Publicity System. These firms belong to diverse industries, from selling undergarments to seafood. A quick search on China's largest e-commerce platform Taobao also reveals a raft of products already being sold under the "Ivanka" brand. Read more... More about Donald Trump, Trademark, China, Trump, and Ivanka Trump Read More »Apple will launch 4 new iPads in March, report claims
Hold on to your seats, iPad fans: Apple might revamp its entire iPad lineup as soon as March 2017. According to a report from Macotakara (link partially in Japanese), Apple will launch a quartet of iPad Pro machines, in four sizes: 12.9, 10.5, 9.7 and 7.9 inches. The 12.9- and the 9.7-inch models will obviously be a continuation of the current iPad Pro lineup. The 10.5-inch tablet would be a new model, while the 7.9 would likely replace the iPad mini. This contradicts some earlier reports which never mentioned the iPad mini. However, Macotakara reported once before — in October 2016 — that an "iPad mini Pro" will be coming. Note that in that report, the outlet claimed the all-new iPad Pro will have a 10.9-inch screen, not a 10.5-inch one. Read more... More about Ipad, Apple, and Tech Read More »Meitu's latest smartphone is for the selfie-obsessed
By now, you would've heard of Meitu — the top Chinese beautifying app that's taking the world by storm. The Chinese app maker is also capitalising on the selfie-obsessed with its range of "selfie phones." Its latest model, the T8, was just announced on Tuesday, and has placed fast autofocus 12 megapixel cameras on both front and back. A low-light selfie taken with a non-T8 phone (left), compared to that taken with a T8 phone (right) Image: meitu The cameras use a dual pixel Sony IMX362 sensor — the same sensor used for the rear camera of the Xiaomi Redmi Pro 2. Read more... More about Smartphones, Selfies, China, Meitu, and Tech Read More »India's richest man is done with giving away 4G services for free to 100 million users
Free data and free voice calls can do you wonders. Just ask Reliance Jio. The new telecom operator from India’s largest industrial house has garnered over 100 million subscribers in less than six months since its launch, the country’s richest man said today. The 4G-only LTE network has been adding more than seven new customers every second to the platform for the last 170 days, RIL’s Mukesh Ambani said Tuesday, adding that "today is a historic day." In comparison, India's oldest private carrier, Airtel, has 260 million subscribers. Vodafone, which is the second largest carrier, has over 200 million subscribers. Reliance Jio has already surpassed state-run BSNL, which had around 90 million mobile subscribers as of late last year. Read more... More about Telecommunications, Vodafone, Airtel, Reliance Jio, and India Read More »This viral picture of a goalkeeper eating a pie isn't what it seems
Wayne Shaw is a 23-stone (322-pound) reserve goalkeeper who became an internet hero after pictures of him eating a pie during his team Sutton United's FA cup game against Arsenal made the rounds on social media.
However, the hilariously cheeky stunt hides a more uncomfortable truth. As many people noticed on Twitter, Sun Bets, a betting company linked to The Sun newspaper, offered odds of 8-1 against him eating a pie on the bench during the game. Read more... More about Pie, Football, Soccer, Watercooler, and Sports Read More »YouTubers climb UK skyscraper and it's terrifying
Night Scape have struck again. The urban duo of teen climbers, who have gathered millions of views for their vertiginous stunts in London, managed to sneak through security in highly surveilled Canary Wharf and get to the rooftop of One Canada Square, the second-tallest building in the UK. "Something we thought was impossible," the daredevil duo said. Needless to say, the video is anxiety-inducing, though the view from the top is just breathtaking. Do not watch if you suffer from vertigo. And definitely do not try to attempt this. Read more... More about Uk, London, Canary Wharf, One Canada Square, and Night Scape Read More »Singing Dentist's parody of Ed Sheeran's 'Shape of You' goes viral for all the right reasons
Ed Sheeran's new music video Shape Of You is going viral in many ways, like this one. But last evening, it was Singing Dentist — UK-based Dr. Milad Shadrooh who is known to promote oral health through parodies and sketches — who put out a cover of the song. And the social web couldn't stop watching it. It has been viewed nearly 14 million times already and the doctor claimed to have gained 115,000 followers overnight. The cover begins with... 'The dentist isn't your favorite place and I know you don't want to go' and goes on to 'Girl you know you need to brush, twice a day then get that floss in between' and 'You get toothache, I'm here for you'. Read more... More about Parody Video, Parody, Ed Sheeran, Humor, and Music Videos Read More »J.K. Rowling is a proud dog mom and wants everyone to know it
J.K. Rowling isn't just a famous author or human rights advocate. She's also a dog mom. Yesterday, in between tweeting gems of wisdom and battling writer's block, Rowling shared a proud dog mom moment with her Twitter followers.
Rowling was responding to a WeRateDogs tweet that rated her adorable West Highland terrier, Brontë. The pup scored an impressive 13/10. Read more... More about Harry Potter, J.K. Rowling, Dogs, Twitter, and Uk Read More »Knitwear-loving ponies go on boat adventure to meet their relatives
Two Shetland ponies from Devon, UK, were taken on the boat trip of a lifetime to trace their ancestral roots in the Shetland Islands in Scotland. Albert and Ernie went on a Who Do You Think You Are-style trip with their owner Emma Massingale — a horse whisperer — where they met their distant relatives and ran wild with the local herd. Ernie — who was rescued four years ago from Bodmin Moor in Cornwall by Massingale — is related to one of the first Shetland ponies on the Shetland islands. Image: Malcolm Snelgrove/SWNS.com Read more... NSFW video of yoga in kilts will massively zen you out
Millions of people have been mesmerised by a video of kilt-clad Scotsmen doing yoga in a forest. As you do The video shows Wilson and Cameron-Harpe doing some pretty impressive yoga moves on rocks, in streams and near a waterfall. More than 15 million people have watched the captivating video in less than 24 hours Reese Witherspoon, Mindy Kaling and Oprah Winfrey are having a blast in New Zealand
Reese Witherspoon plus Mindy Kaling plus Oprah Winfrey equal a trio too wonderful for words — which is fine, because they've been sharing some pretty epic pictures on Instagram to prove the point. The three actors are currently in New Zealand shooting the Disney film A Wrinkle in Time, based on the beloved children's novel by Madeleine L'Engle. The cast members have been taking time during filming to share photographs of the majestic New Zealand landscapes and to show us the beauty of female friendship.
This Mark Zuckerberg parody is so good that people think it's real
We all know that Mark Zuckerberg's resolution for 2017 is to visit and meet people in every U.S. state by the end of the year. Faithful to his "personal challenge," the Facebook CEO posted a picture of him and his wife Priscilla Chan as they walk along the arcade of a town in Alabama, while reading a local newspaper. Along with the image, he offered a tribute to local newspapers and journalists who "work tirelessly and sometimes put their lives in danger to surface the truth." "Today Priscilla and I stopped by some local newspapers as we drove through Alabama," he wrote. "The folks there were working hard over President's Day weekend to keep their communities informed. It seems like a good time to say thank you to all the journalists around the world who work tirelessly and sometimes put their lives in danger to surface the truth." Read more... More about Spoof, Parody, Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, and Watercooler Read More »7 techniques for getting people to actually listen to what you're saying
At the heart of humanity is an intrinsic need to feel loved and cared for. This desire articulates itself in many different ways, but one of the most basic expressions of this need comes in the form of being heard and respected. Listening to someone tells them that you care about what they have to say. But more than caring about the words they’re speaking, the listener is saying that they respect the individual enough to take time out of their busy schedule to consider what they deem important. The problem is that we live in a world where people prefer hearing themselves talk over listening to others speak. Ultimately, this has created a hostile work environment where the powerful speak and everyone else listens, when a healthy business actually requires mutual conveyance and reception of ideas. Read more... More about Business, Work Life, and Business Read More »India's space agency says it can build a space station but it won't
India’s space agency has time and again set world records and earned praises for operating on thin budgets. But one thing that many space enthusiasts in the country have longed for but haven’t seen getting materialised is a space station they could call their own. Could ISRO build one? The answer is yes, according to AS Kiran Kumar, the chairman of ISRO, though the space agency isn’t convinced about whether building a space station or a manned satellite in the low orbit, is the best use of its time and energy currently. Read more... More about International Space Station, Isro, Space Station, India, and Tech Read More »Alex Trebek proves he has bars with rap lyrics category on 'Jeopardy!'
Alex Trebek might not ever drop a mixtape in this lifetime, but thankfully we don't have to to wait for that miracle to hear him drop bars. The Jeopardy! host revealed a "Let's Rap, Kids!" category on Sunday night's show, and to the delight of contestants and Twitter alike, Trebek read lyrics with the level of enthusiasm that only he can bring. In his incredibly regal voice, Trebek was forced to recite lines from Drake, Kendrick Lamar, Kanye West, Lil Wayne and more during the show. "I was just getting into this rap thing! I"m not too good at it, but I was getting into it," he exclaimed as the category ended. Read more... More about Kendrick Lamar, Kanye West, Drake, Conversations, and Watercooler Read More »Yahoo dodges disaster on Verizon deal — but still loses $350 million
Verizon is still going to buy Yahoo despite the revelation of massive security breaches within the company. Yahoo isn't getting off scot-free. The new deal will be $350 million lighter than the original, according to a press release issued on Tuesday by Yahoo. In other words, Verizon was able to knock off 7 percent from the original deal price. Investors had clearly been braced for a bigger hit to Yahoo. News that the deal would still go through began to emerge last week, when Bloomberg reported that Verizon had renegotiated $250 million off the deal price. That sent shares in Yahoo sharply higher. Read more... More about Business, Verizon, Yahoo, and Business Read More »Donald Trump's company is hoarding thousands of website domains
We all know how thin-skinned our Commander-in-Chief can be so it's probably no surprised to anyone that CNN is reporting the Trump Organization has bought up 3,643 website domains. That a very, very famous person would buy website domains relating to his name is hardly shocking but the point here is the breadth — 3,643!!! — and relative hilarity of some of the domains that CNN uncovered, snatched up by Trump's company over the years. Of course the company bought up the foreboding TrumpEmpire.com out from under a squatter who let the registration lapse. But the company also bought out TrumpFraud.org and TrumpScam.com, according to CNN. Read more... More about Business, Donald Trump, Business, and Politics Read More »Katy Perry gets futuristic with 'Chained to the Rhythm' music video
It's Katy Perry season. The singer is officially back with a music video for "Chained to the Rhythm" featuring Skip Marely, and don't worry, it's a lot different than the hamster lyric video she delivered earlier this month. The elaborate video takes place in a futuristic, The Jestsons-esque town called Oblivia, where folks are launched over a wall, running on a giant hamster wheel and going through the colorful motions of life with a robotic elegance.
Man casually films Hollywood-worthy fight scene by himself in his apartment
High octane action movies like John Wick require millions of dollars and thousands of people to make. Well, not for aspiring filmmakers like Redditor Brainlessguy. He made his own John Wick-inspired action scene and it looks like it is straight out of the film. Even though it's only around a minute long, it features lots of shooting, lots of bad guys dying (all played by him) and he made it all. We're not kidding. He did all of it, the filming, the acting, the editing, the sound. He gladly shared how it was done and answered questions in a Reddit post. It's really hard to believe, but as if he anticipated the skepticism, he shows some of the behind-the-scenes, pre-edited footage at the end of the video. It's really just him, shooting and getting shot. Very impressive. Read more... More about Action, John Wick, Youtube, Conversations, and Watercooler Read More »Scottish publisher trolls Milo Yiannopoulos in the most epic way
Simon & Schuster has finally pulled Milo Yiannopoulos' book deal after a video emerged showing the alt-right troll and Breitbart editor defending and advocating for sexual relationships between 13-year-olds and adults. "They canceled my book," Yiannopoulos wrote on Facebook: But an independent Scottish publisher, Canongate, was over the moon about the news:
Stephen Colbert pays tribute to those lost in the fake Sweden terror attack
RIP to those lost in the recent terror attack in Sweden. Oh wait...nope. That was just something Donald Trump made up. But, Stephen Colbert, wanting to respect those we lost in the fake terror attack that even had Sweden's former prime minister Carl Bildt tweeting, "What has he been smoking?" paid tribute to the fallen on The Late Show. RIP Swedish Fish, RIP ABBA, RIP Swedish meatballs. Bidlt tweeted his appreciation for the "solidarity." #NeverFjorget Read more... More about The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, Terrorist Attack, Sweden, Donald Trump, and Stephen Colbert Read More »Pinball collides with 'Metroid' in this nifty upcoming game
You've likely never seen a pinball game like this. Yoku's Island Express could probably benefit from a catchier title, but to see it is to believe. The game combines the basic elements of pinball with the world design of a "Metroidvania," a genre inspired by the Nintendo classics Metroid and Castlevania that embrace open world exploration in 2D environments. Developer Villa Gorilla is aiming for a winter 2017/2018 release for Yoku, with the game set to arrive on Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. The above trailer offers up a taste of what you can expect. Read more... More about Villa Gorilla, Yoku S Island Express, Gaming, Entertainment, and Entertainment Read More »Gorgeous 'Belle' clip from 'Beauty and the Beast' leaves us wanting more
Bonjour! Welcome to Disney's live-action Beauty and the Beast, where everything is live-action but also takes you back to your childhood and nothing hurts. A new clip from the film shows Emma Watson in full Belle glory, a "peculiar" girl in a simple town where no one can help but sing about it. The full song will eventually introduce Gaston (Luke Evans) and Le Fou (Josh Gad), but this teaser is true to its name and cuts off with less than a minute of Belle and the townsfolk. We establish that Belle is a weirdo who likes to read (her material of choice may elicit more than one thinkpiece) and is kind but doesn't quite fit in. Read more... More about Emma Watson, Disney, Beauty And The Beast, Movies, and Entertainment Read More »Drake put in 'Work' for his birthday message to Rihanna
If only we could all be so lucky as to have Drake love us. While performing a concert in Dublin Monday night, the Canadian rapper took time to shout out his love for Rihanna on her 29th birthday. Even though the pair spilt up months ago and Drake has recently been linked to Jennifer Lopez, there is obviously no love loss between the two exes. A fan filmed the sweet moment in which Drake told the crowd it was someone's birthday that he "has a lot of love and respect for." And then, instead of singing the traditional "Happy Birthday" song, Drizzy decided to have the crowd sing Rihanna's part of their joint song "Work". Awwwww. Read more... More about Rihanna, Drake, Watercooler, and Watercooler Read More »David Cassidy says he's fighting dementia
Former Partridge Family star David Cassidy says he’s struggling with memory loss. The 66-year-old actor-singer tells People magazine his family has a history of dementia and he had sensed “this was coming.” He says for now he wants to stay focused and “enjoy life.” Cassidy has had numerous personal problems in the decades following his initial success, ranging from substance abuse to bankruptcy. He’s the stepson of actress and fellow Partridge Family star Shirley Jones. More about Entertainment and Entertainment Read More »56-hour groundbreaking face transplant surgery gives man a new face
Andrew (Andy) Sandness is adapting to his new face. His face was disfigured over a decade ago after he attempted suicide. Once finding a matching donor, Sandness underwent a complex surgery that grafted him a new nose, bones, teeth and lips. Now, Sandness says he's got a second chance at life. Read more... More about Suicide, Real Time Video, Mayo Clinic, Face Transplant Surgery, and Andrew Sandness Read More »The Galaxy S8's fingerprint sensor sure looks like it's in a terrible spot
If all the leaks are to believed — and they all seem to paint the same picture — Samsung's next flagship phone, the Galaxy S8, will be hot fire. The only thing that looks bad — and I must emphasize looks because I haven't held an S8 in my hand — is the placement of the fingerprint sensor. The earliest rumors claimed Samsung would remove the home button and embed the fingerprint sensor underneath the screen, but a new leak from @evleaks suggests this won't be the case. As shown in the image below, the S8's fingerprint sensor will be located to the left of the rear camera, like so: Read more... More about Fingerprint Sensor, S8, Galaxy S8, Samsung, and Tech Read More »Tattoo artist beautifully explains why women cover their mastectomy scars
Every mastectomy scar is unique. The way it feels and looks depends on the woman who is wearing it, and what her body endured before and after the removal of one or both breasts. Tattoo artist David Allen has spent the past few years learning these complex intricacies. In that time, he's adorned several dozen cancer survivors with chest tattoos of plants, flowers and branches to give their scars new meaning — and the women who bear them a newfound sense of beauty and agency. "They’ve gone through a process where they’ve lost control," says Allen. "The beauty is that they're in control of this." Read more... More about Cancer, Health, Tattoos, Lifestyle, and Health Fitness Read More »Seth Meyers beautifully slams Donald Trump's attacks on the press
Our favorite late night segment is back. Last night, Seth Meyers knocked another Closer Look out of the park on Late Night. In this As an added bonus, check out who the hilarious host thinks our new National Security Advisor could be. Read more... More about Terror Attacks, Attacks, Press, Sweden, and Donald Trump Read More »Now you can send money internationally through Facebook Messenger
Sending money on Facebook is finally international. A new bot released on Facebook Messenger on Sunday lets users send money to and from the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia or Europe. Powered by TransferWise, the bot completes money transfers and guides users through the process. TransferWise customers on the company's own app already send and receive almost $1 billion a month. The app boasts that it allows transfers without the usual fees charged by banks or hidden in exchange rates. Instead, TransferWise uses the current exchange rate and charges an upfront fee, usually based on 1 percent or so of the money being transferred. Read more... More about Payments, Fintech, Facebook Messenger Bots, Facebook Messenger, and Facebook Read More »'Overwatch' heroes reimagined as 48 original Pokémon, evolutions and all
What do you get when you mix the colorful cast of Overwatch with the beloved universe of Pokémon? The best crossover ever. Artist Miles Hansen created Watchemon, a delightfully detailed reimagining of 22 Overwatch heroes as brand new Pokémon, complete with evolutions, Pokémon types and descriptions that read like they came straight from a Pokédex. SEE ALSO: 'Overwatch' heroes reimagined as Pokémon Although Winston doesn't get a Pokémon makeover in this comic, he makes an appropriate appearance as the professor of the Watchemon universe. Check out the amazing creations below: Google's Tilt Brush VR art tool comes to the Oculus Rift
Many months before Oculus' Medium and Quill apps captured the imagination of traditional artists, Google's Tilt Brush was leading the way for HTC Vive users to bring illustration to life in virtual reality. Now the same amazing VR pallet once exclusive to the HTC Vive has arrived for the Oculus Rift community via the Oculus Store. The Rift version of Google's VR app is not only completely compatible with the Oculus Touch controllers, but using Oculus Touch with Tilt Brush feels just as intuitive as when I've used the app on the HTC Vive. Part of that native feel is due to the fact that the Oculus version of Tilt Brush lets you use the capacitive touch features on the Oculus Touch controllers to highlight and reveal the function of any button you're touching. Read more... More about Google, Tilt Brush, Art, Virtual Reality, and Vr Read More »Unlocking the iPhone 8 could be as easy as looking at it
Just imagine unlocking your iPhone just by looking at it. According to the latest report from KGI analyst Ming Chi-Kuo, whose Apple predictions often turn out to be accurate, the next iPhone could be capable of that and more thanks to a "revolutionary" front-facing 3D camera system. The KGI report, via 9to5Mac, claims the new camera system will merge 2D images taken by a standard front-facing camera with depth information from an infrared sensor to create 3D images. While turning the iPhone into a Nintendo 3DS isn't going to excite anyone, this might: the camera could be the engine that powers a visual login system similar to Windows Hello, where the iPhone unlocks the phone based on detailed facial or iris recognition. Read more... More about Biometric, 3d, Camera, Iphone 8, and Iphone Read More »Music in the shape of a unicorn actually sounds magical
Glance at a recording session and they typically look like a confusing mess of colorful tracks filled with blobs. But now, a unicorn is here to save the face of music. YouTuber and musician Andrew Huang managed to map out a MIDI file in the shape of that classic unicorn mask that was popular on the internet a few years ago. We were expecting it to sound pretty terrible, but Huang figured out how to make the unicorn sound pretty mystical. Huang linked to the MIDI file in the YouTube description, just incase you want to check it out for yourself. Read more... More about Music, Funny, Viral Videos, Watercooler, and Watercooler Read More »America's Dad Tom Hanks wrote a book
Just when you thought Tom Hanks had mastered almost everything, he publishes a short story collection and truly becomes a Hanks of all trades. The previously announced collection, to be published by Knopf Doubleday, now has a title, Uncommon Type. Each of the 17 stories will have some connection to typewriters, which Hanks is obsessed with. And, of course, America's Dad wrote his notes for this on a typewriter, he told Entertainment Weekly. "I wrote notes and a few pages on an actual typewriter... Typewriters are for personal letters, for musings, for rambling stream-of-consciousness stamped-in-paper doodling." Read more... More about Tom Hanks, Mashreads, Books, Entertainment, and Entertainment Read More »Kris Jenner stopped by 'The Ellen Show' to discuss her blooming love life
Ms. Momager takes us behind the scenes of the royal Calabasas family. Kris Jenner appeared on The Ellen Show to discuss a wide range of topics from Kim Kardashian and Kanye West,finally moving out of her house to her ever growing relationship with boyfriend, Corey Gamble. When asked if she and Gamble are heading down the aisle any time soon, head of the Calabasas family detailed how she was not looking to jump in another marriage as the first two, "didn't work out so well." Jenner also opened up on Kim Kardashian's Paris robbery and how the incident effects the second episode of Keeping Up With The Kardashians Season 13. The momager explained that the season is in chronological order so it begins with Kim and Kourtney Kardashian in Miami dealing with their DASH stores and then it jumps to when Kim was robbed in Paris. Read more... More about Keeping Up With The Kardashians, Kris Jenner, Watercooler, and Watercooler Read More »Are we really not there yet on women in tech sales?
It was about girl power in the 90s, thanks to the Spice Girls. Then, Queen Bey, told us that girls run the world in 2011. With such sentiments from well known females in recent history – celebrating the modern day woman – why is it that equal pay or equal opportunity is still an uphill battle in the ever-expanding tech sales world? More to the point, how is it that in 2017, a worldwide technology provider, such as Oracle Corporation, is being sued by the federal government for allegedly paying white male sales employees more than their none-male or non-white colleagues? More about Women In Business, Diversity, Business, and Business Read More »Amazon's high-tech grocery store will let you grab a beer and walk out (almost)
Liquor laws will be the one thing keeping Amazon Go in the low-tech past. The grocery store with no cashiers and no checkout lines will sell alcohol, requiring a human to check IDs, Recode reported on Tuesday. The publication spotted an application for a liquor license in the window of Amazon's Seattle store, and Amazon confirmed that it plans to sell beer and wine. Amazon didn't immediately respond to a request for comment from Mashable. “When we start offering beer and wine, there will be an associate checking identification,” an Amazon spokesperson told Recode. Amazon unveiled its plans for Amazon Go with a video showing its vision for grocery shopping in December. Customers enter the stores by checking in with their smartphones, which will track everything customers take from shelves and charge their Amazon accounts after they walk out. Read more... More about Amazon Go, Amazon, and Business Read More »'Rogue Legacy' dev reveals its next game: 'Full Metal Furies'
Full Metal Furies immediately puts me in the mind of those old coin-op arcade games based on franchises like X-Men and The Simpsons. Or even more recent examples, like The Behemoth's wonderful brawler, Castle Crashers. Well. This one comes from Cellar Door Games, the talented indie team behind Rogue Legacy. The earlier game twisted the "roguelike" genre with its unusual (and completely engaging) approach to long-term play: each "life" was the next generation in a family line, with different genetic traits tweaking how subsequent generations played. Full Metal Furies' trailer describes the game as "not your typical brawler." The trailer is mostly focused on looking cool, but check out Cellar Door's website if you're curious to know more about how this game stands apart. Read more... More about Full Metal Furies, Cellar Door Games, Gaming, Entertainment, and Entertainment Read More »Iceland's President said he would ban pineapple on pizza if he could
Pineapple on pizza: you love it, or you hate it so much you use your power as president of a small country to make it literally illegal. In what's being called a "political bombshell" by Iceland Magazine, President of Iceland Guðni Th. Jóhannesson said he would ban pineapple as a topping on pizzas— if he were allowed to pass laws on his own. The incendiary comments were in response to questions from students about where he stood on the concept of pineapple as a topping while visiting a local high school. Read more... More about Pizza, Iceland, Watercooler, and Watercooler Read More »How leaders of 9 billion-dollar companies stay productive
For many of us, productivity is a mystery. We’re surrounded by a constant stream of all things “busy.” And while we start each day with the best of intentions, it’s painful to look back and have to ask, “So what exactly did I get done?” Naturally, productivity tips abound, from “life hacks” to workflows to apps. Ironically, this flood of information – especially if you try to drink it all in – often makes us more overloaded and less productive. So what if you could peak inside the productivity habits of leaders responsible for guiding billion-dollar companies? What would you find? From planning and scheduling to managing emails right down to disconnecting, here’re nine tips proven to put productivity at a premium. Read more... More about Business, Work Life, and Business Read More »If you liked 'Lego Batman' you need to check out 'Holy Musical B@man!' asap
Hopefully by now you've seen The Lego Batman Movie and reveled in it's delightful musical finale, but what you might not know is that it's been done before — by actual humans. In 2012, internet sensation StarKid (the team behind a viral musical about a certain boy wizard) staged Holy Musical B@man!, a superhero amalgam that predates even the first Avengers movie and ends in an all-out Justice League musical number, "Super Friends." In the musical, as with Lego Batman, Batman (Joe Walker) learns to make friends, to love and appreciate Robin (Nick Lang) and Alfred (Chris Allen). The song starts around 2:52 and dare we say it's as infectious as "Friends Are Family"? If Batman and Superman can be friends twice over, so can these fabulous tunes about super friends. Read more... More about Musical, Superheroes, Dc, Justice League, and Superman Read More »Annoyed elephant makes tourists uncomfortable by chasing them for miles
Going on a safari affords you the chance to see amazing animals out in their natural habitat. It's thrilling, but there's also an underlying sense of nervousness. After all, these are wild animals and a great many of them can easily take a human out with the swat of a paw or a casual chomp. These tourists on a safari ride through Kruger National Park in South Africa fully realized this when an elephant decided to chase after their vehicle for several miles. What started out as an awe-filled sighting quickly became more of a edgy slow-speed chase. "He's coming! He's coming!" one of the tourists says. "Oh my god, please go!" Read more... More about Youtube, Animals, Tourist, National Park, and Elephant Read More »Adorable couple fall in love in 'Final Fantasy XIV' and have an in-game wedding
When 23-year-old Brogan was unable to go to work because of a knee injury, she felt extremely lonely. Determined to do something about it, Brogan asked friends to recommend some games. This request not only brought an end to her loneliness, it led to a love story and a wedding — inside Final Fantasy. Her friend recommended she try Final Fantasy XIV, a massively popular multiplayer online game designed to facilitate people playing together online. Brogan downloaded Final Fantasy XIV (FFXIV) on her PlayStation 4, created her character, Valkyen Vanguard, and joined Narshe Red Wings, a "Free Company," or social group that players can join. Read more... More about Uk, Final Fantasy Xiv, Marriage, Sex And Relationships, and Final Fantasy Read More »It's time to start thinking about what Google will name Android O
Oh, Magic 8 Ball, what will Google call the next version of Android? If Google follows history, the next version will be called Android "O," and it'll be named after a dessert/snack like every other version before it. The current version of Android is "Nougat," and even though most phones don't have the update (a sad reality on Android), Android's senior vice president Hiroshi Lockheimer teased on Twitter over the weekend what "O" might stand for:
This parrot is like, really good at singing Rihanna, you guys
A parrot with a stunning voice has become a viral video celebrity. A video from March of a parrot rocking out to Rihanna's chorus on Eminem's "The Montser" resurfaced on Reddit on Sunday. While the original clip is actually pretty weird and creepy, Redditor Ursinarium managed to sync up the singing parrot with the original track, and it's actually pretty great. We're sure Rihanna would be happy to share the stage with this little weirdo. Read more... More about Eminem, Rihanna, Parrot, Watercooler, and Watercooler Read More »‘Halo Wars 2’ is captivating, but mechanically flawed
Halo Wars 2, a for-console real-time strategy game, straddles the line between joyful and jarring. The sequel to 2011’s Ensemble Studios’ spinoff makes big advancements, particularly by adding PC players to the mix, but controls once again hamper the RTS experience on console. Before the original Halo Wars on Xbox 360, console-based RTS games didn’t have a whole lot going for them. Between the blighted ports of games like Command and Conquer: Red Alert and Battle for Middle Earth, there was a sizable void that no one dared to fill. Respectable RTS games like Starcraft and Total War required the precision of a mouse and keyboard. A controller couldn’t keep up. But Creative Assembly’s Halo Wars 2 begs to differ. Read more... More about Halo, Creative Assembly, Halo Wars 2, Gaming, and Entertainment Read More »New Han Solo movie details and this awesome first photo are enough to make your heart stop
Traveling through hyperspace ain't like dusting crops, kid—though, if this photo's any indication, it is a hell of a lot of fun. Lucasfilm released the above photo on Tuesday morning from the still-untitled Han Solo movie, starring Alden Ehrenreich, which started filming this month. Even more, the movie will hit a cineplex screen near you on May 25, 2018, according to Lucasfilm. The Disney subsidiary also confirmed a number of things you might've already suspected: Chewbacca will be in the movie (played by Joonas Suotamo, rather than the aging Peter Mayhew). So will the Millennium Falcon, with or without a few special modifications. Read more... More about Han Solo, Star Wars, Entertainment, and Film Read More »Colorado town caters to the lazy with its first drive-thru pot shop
Move over, Starbucks, Colorado is getting its first drive-thru weed store. A former car wash turned pot shop in Parachute, Colorado, just won approval from the Parachute Board of Trustees to become Colorado's first drive-thru marijuana store, the Post Independent reports. The store, dubbed the Tumbleweed Express, is slated to open in March. “As far as I can tell, we are not aware of this business model ever coming up before,” Robert Goulding, spokesman for the state Marijuana Enforcement Division told the Denver Post. Read more... More about Colorado, Marijuana, Watercooler, and Watercooler Read More »A pro-Trump editor funds a journalist's investigative trip to Sweden
InfoWars editor-at-large and alt-right conspiracy theorist Paul Joseph Watson is fulfilling a promise he made on Twitter, to pay a journalist to go scope out a Swedish suburb he calls "crime ridden." Watson took to Twitter on Monday to lambast critics who ridiculed President Donald Trump's strange reference to Sweden during a rally on Saturday. During the speech, Trump made a baffling reference to Sweden that seemed to imply the country had been hit by a terrorist attack, which it had not. "You look at what’s happening in Germany, you look at what’s happening last night in Sweden," he said. Read more... More about Immigrants, Sweden, Infowars, Tim Pool, and Business Read More »Miserable Kings fans dedicate their subreddit to 'The Lion King' after abysmal trade
It has been an awful weekend for fans of the Sacramento Kings. Scratch that, it's been an awful decade for fans of the Sacramento Kings. It only got worse this weekend when the team announced they traded their star player for rookie Buddy Hield and a large bucket of ice. And while fans were still reeling from the news, Kings General Manager Vlade Divac rubbed salt in the wound when he, for reasons beyond our comprehension, said he had a better deal two days ago. Fans are frustrated. The Kings have had many opportunities to be great and have seen all-star after all-star move through their team like a revolving door. Read more... More about The Lion King, Demarcus Cousins, Kings, Nba, and Watercooler Read More »Giphy's new Black History Month series celebrates hair, love and activism
GIFs are inescapable, infiltrating almost every way we communicate in 2017. And now, with a new series from Giphy, the world can choose from a much more inclusive array of options. Timed with Black History Month, Giphy has made a dedicated effort to provide users with GIFs showing the black American experience. From iconic civil rights activists to #BlackGirlMagic, the GIF search engine is honoring black culture by creating and curating GIFs that help fill a gaping hole in representation online — this February and beyond. More about Conversations, Watercooler, Gifs, Black History Month, and Giphy Read More »'Blood on the Mountain' exposes the human costs of coal mining
President Donald Trump has promised to return the U.S. coal sector to its glory days. Experts say that isn't likely to happen, given the nation's shift toward natural gas and renewable energy. But if the coal sector does rebound, it'd be a boon for thousands of laid-off miners and struggling coal towns. Yet those jobs won't come without certain risks for workers — not to mention a boost in carbon emissions and toxic air pollutants across the country. Blood on the Mountain, a documentary now available on iTunes and DVD, highlights a litany of health problems that coal miners face, particularly when their employers slack on safety measures. Read more... More about Workers, Air Pollution, Climate Change, Global Warming, and Documentary Premieres Read More »How to lock in your new Nintendo ID before Switch arrives
Do you have a Nintendo Network ID yet? Even if you think you do, you probably don't. Trust. The Switch is almost here, and with it comes a whole new world of subscription-based online console services. We've thankfully come a long way since the days of Friend Codes, but there's still a new step to take if you plan to use your Switch online. Try to bear with us on this one. There are three elements at play here: your Nintendo Network account, your Nintendo Network account's nickname, and your Nintendo Network user ID. You probably have the first two if you've been online with any recent Nintendo hardware, like the Wii U or 3DS. Read more... More about Gaming, Entertainment, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo, and Entertainment Read More »8 things you can do instead of watch Milo beg for attention
Milo Yiannopoulos just wants you to listen to him — somewhere, anywhere. You were supposed to listen to him at what would no doubt have been an eyebrow-raising speech at this week's Conservative Political Action Conference. You were supposed to listen to him through his book, Dangerous. But both the speech and the book were canceled after a video leaked over the long weekend showed Yiannopoulos — a Breitbart editor already known for tirades against women, black people, Muslims, transgender people, and others — seemed to give a thumbs up to pedophilia and pederasty. More about Child Sexual Abuse, Sexual Abuse, Pedophilia, Spotlight, and Boston Globe Read More »From 'Boober' to #DeleteUber, the 12 times Uber disgusted all of us
Uber's a game-changer for millions of people, providing full-time income (or at least some extra cash) for drivers worldwide, and a (generally) safe, quickly-accessed ride between two points for passengers. But the ride-share startup doesn't do itself any favors when it comes to its own public image. Racism, sexism, and all stripes of gross behavior are a quick Google search away (or a conversation with anyone in Silicon Valley) when the topic of Uber comes up. Over the past weekend, former Uber engineer Sarah Fowler became the company's loudest whistleblower yet, by exposing the sexism she faced at the startup, bringing more scrutiny to a problem that's now fully-metastasized inside Uber HQ. But you know what they say: The past doesn't repeat itself—it rhymes. And this ain't Uber's first rodeo with PR trouble of their own making. Read more... More about Business, Travis Kalanick, Silicon Valley, Delete Uber, and Uber Drivers Read More »John Cena is helping Nintendo advertise the Nintendo Switch
Despite what WWE Superstar John Cena tells you, you'll be able to see him. To be more specific, you'll be able to see him at a Nintendo Switch event happening in the lead up to the console's release. Nintendo is hosting three events across the U.S. over the next week and a half where fans can come play 1-2-Switch and other Switch games at pop-up locations in California, Colorado and New York. Cena will be popping up along with the Nintendo Switch at the first event in California. "To make the first stop even more exciting, John Cena will be the special guest at this location," Nintendo said in a press release. "As a WWE Superstar and actor who is as versatile as the Nintendo Switch console itself, the performer (and Nintendo fan) Cena is the perfect person to kick off this unique tour. Known for his charisma and family-friendly appeal, John Cena will showcase the face-to-face off-TV functionality of 1-2-Switch, a Nintendo Switch launch game that features hilarious activities like milking a cow and participating in a Wild West duel." Read more... More about Gaming, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo, Wwe, and John Cena Read More »Rogue cow running through New York City gives cops a nail-biting chase
A rogue cow caused a giant commotion Tuesday as it ran wild through the streets of the Queens borough of New York City. The spotted outlaw was first spotted on Archer Ave and Sutphin Blvd at around 10:30 a.m., possibly having escaped a nearby slaughterhouse along Archer Ave near York College. Queens cows are smartening up because this is the third cow in Queens to escape a slaughterhouse within the last 14 months, according to Gothamist. People on social media and IRL were captivated by the intense chase while police were in hot pursuit. Read more... More about Queens, Caught, Police Chase, Cow, and Animals Read More »Everyone is loving Reese Witherspoon on 'Big Little Lies' and it’s about damn time
If nothing else, Big Little Lies is the televised second coming of Reese Witherspoon. Now a bona fide movie star who doesn't always get or even go for her due, Witherspoon shines on HBO's Lies, based on the novel by Liane Moriarty, and critics have noticed. While the show itself has garnered mix reviews for dramatic tropes and stock characters and not-unwelcome scenic pornography, the performances, and Witherspoon's in particular, are as mesmerizing as their Monterey backdrop. SEE ALSO: 9 shows to get excited about in 2017 With one of many references to Witherspoon's perfect Election character Tracy Flick, The Atlantic notes that "Witherspoon excels as Madeline, finding the sympathetic side of a character who could easily be a monster in the hands of a less adept performer." In a Slate review framed entirely around Witherspoon and her career, Willa Paskin describes Flick as Witherspoon's "personal Batman suit" and "a superpower she refuses to deploy" — until now. Read more... More about Reese Witherspoon, Hbo, Big Little Lies, Television, and Entertainment Read More »Startling aerial video reveals massive crack in Antarctic Ice Shelf
Scientists monitoring the Larsen C Ice Shelf in the Antarctic Peninsula have released a startling new aerial video showing in stark relief just how wide a crack in the ice has become. The crack is expected to give rise to one of the largest icebergs on record, sometime within the next few months, though the precise timing of the breakup is unclear. The iceberg, as tracked by aerial observations and satellite data, that is likely to break off is about 1,930 square miles, or about the size of Delaware. Read more... More about Sea Level Rise, Glaciers, Project Midas, British Antarctic Survey, and Antarctica Read More »2017's $100,000 Oscars gift bag includes a pelvic floor exercise tracker
Eyeing a pelvic floor exercise tracker, but not ready to commit to the purchase? Just go back in time, become a promising actress, land a film role, score an Oscar nomination and get your hands on this year's swag bag including, you guessed it, a pelvic exercise floor tracker. According to Insider, items in the unofficial Academy Awards gift bag for 2017 total about $100,000 and are as over-the-top as ever. Distinctive Assets, a marketing firm unaffiliated with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, puts together each year's bag and sends them out to top nominees ahead of the show. Read more... More about Entertainment, Oscars 2017, Watercooler, Watercooler, and Film Read More »Experienced dad prepares you for the painful realities of parenthood
Sure, babies and kids are cute. But a vast majority of parenting is not cute. YouTuber How to DAD knows the struggle intimately. That's why this Australian father has put out a series of informative videos on how to live life with a baby. His hilarious guides to parenthood point out the simple, accurate truths about raising a child that most people don't focus on. Yes, preparing yourself for changing diapers is important. But so is preparing yourself for... well, just watch in the video above. Read more... More about Youtube, Vidoes, Parenthood, Baby, and Parenting Read More »'La La Land' as an 8-bit video game wins the Oscar for cuteness
Since La La Land took over the Oscars, we recreated the award-winning movie into a classic 8-bit game. Play your way through Seb and Mia’s 8-bit romance in this old school role-playing game. Visit CineFix for more episodes and movie-related content. Read more... More about Seb And Mia, Oscars, Nintendo, 8 Bit Cinema, and Video Games Read More »Sit back and let the #NoBallChallenge take over your timeline
Could this be the first major teen challenge of 2017? We hope so. A group of students at Georgia's Nocross High School turned an unfortunate situation into potential viral glory with the creation of their new, very dumb, very fun #NoBallChallenge. When their coach took away their basketballs, a group of students decided their fun could not be stopped and continued to play without one. And just like that, their perfect viral video was born. We present to you, the #NoBallChallenge. So far, only three more videos of the challenge exist, but we expect there will be way more in the coming weeks. Read more... More about Teens, Basketball, Viral Videos, Challenge, and Watercooler Read More »The next iPhone may take care of all your storage worries
Get ready to say goodbye to those annoying "Storage Full" messages. The iPhone 8 with two different storage options—64GB and 256GB—according to a new report from Chinese research firm Trendforce. That means the basic model is double the 32GB offered as the lowest storage tier for the iPhone 7. Here's the huge downside: the cost. Normally, Apple prices the iPhone at $50 to $100 more for each successive storage level. For example, the iPhone 7 is currently $649 for 32GB, $749 for 128GB and $849 for 256GB off-carrier in the U.S. Read more... More about Rumors, Iphone 8, Iphone, and Tech Read More »Moana and Maui outwit a giant eight-eyed bat monster in this 'Moana' deleted scene
The underworld of Moana is dark and full of terrors — one of which we never got to see before now. In this deleted scene shared exclusively with Mashable, Moana and Maui, the heroes of Disney's latest animated triumph, are lurking around the underworld lair of Tomatoa (the giant crab who has Maui's magical hook). Along the way they encounter a flock of giant, eight-eyed bats that, in the completed film, are only glimpsed for a quick flyover. But as directors Ron Clements and John Musker explain, a cut-for-time scene showed Moana and Maui using conch shells to trick one of the not-very-friendly-looking critters. Read more... More about Movie Trailers, Dwayne Johnson, Disney, Moana, and Movies Read More »Africa's elusive forest elephants are disappearing
The clock is ticking to save Central Africa's forest elephants. Populations of the elusive elephants have plunged by around 80 percent inside one of the region's most important nature preserves. Within Gabon's Minkébé National Park, poachers likely killed about 25,000 forest elephants for their ivory tusks between 2004 and 2014, according to a Duke University-led study in the journal Current Biology. That's a significant number of animals, considering that Gabon holds about half of the estimated 100,000 forest elephants across all of Central Africa. Read more... More about Endangered Species, Cameroon, Gabon, Ivory Trafficking, and Ivory Trade Read More »Disney's new research could make wireless charging as easy as downloading your email
Wireless charging is a farce. We’ve basically traded in charging cables for custom-built surfaces that only work if we place our phones right on top of them. What we want is to walk into a room and have our iPhone 8 start charging automatically. And it looks like that dream is now a tick closer to reality. A team of scientists at Disney Research (yes, that Disney), have built a gadget-charging, device-powering room that’s safe for humans, their furniture and décor, if perhaps rather ugly. In a very dense paper published last week in the journal PLOS One, Disney researchers Matthew Chabalko, Mohsen Shahmohammadi and Alanson Sample describe the development of “Volumetric wireless power for livable spaces.” Read more... More about Smartphones, Disney, Disney Research, Wireless Charging, and Wireless Technology Read More »EPA's Scott Pruitt enters a hotbed of anti-Trump resistance: his own agency
Usually, new administrators at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are welcomed at headquarters without too much fanfare. That is, until today. Scott Pruitt — the new EPA administrator nominated to the position by President Donald Trump — gave his welcome address to his agency Tuesday after garnering more "no" votes on the Senate floor than any other EPA nominee since the agency was founded in 1970. SEE ALSO: One of the shortest bills ever was just introduced in Congress, it's basically just 'KILL THE EPA' In taking on the job, Pruitt is facing a daunting challenge: stiff resistance from within the agency itself, with current and former employees having protested his nomination, with some taking the nearly unheard of step of openly advocating for senators to vote "no" when it was brought to the Senate floor. Read more... More about Epa, Science, Climate Denial, Global Warming, and Scott Pruitt Read More »Cops help 10-year-old girl with homework after she messaged them on Facebook
A fifth-grader stuck on a math problem went to go to an unusual place for help when she decided to message the cops on Facebook. The best part is that the cops actually responded. Molly Draper shared a few screenshots of her Facebook Messenger app on Friday which showed an adorable interaction between her 10-year-old daughter Lena and the Marion, Ohio, Police Department. According to the post, Lena was a bit stuck on a math problem, so she messaged the cops for a bit of help. After asking for assistance, Marion Police Dept. Lt. B.J. Gruber, who is in charge of running the page, responded to the request with, “Ok with what?” CBS News reports. Read more... More about Funny, Parenting, Police, Watercooler, and Watercooler Read More »IKEA releases plans for a spherical garden you can build with tons of plywood and lot of patience
If you've ever wanted to kill everything around you while building something from IKEA, imagine trying to build this awesome garden: The Denmark-based company Space10, which is supported by IKEA, has released instructions on how to build The Growroom, an incredible wooden spherical garden for people living in urban spaces. The Growroom was created to encourage people living in cities to grow their own food locally, bring nature into urban areas and "tackle the rapidly increasing demand for significantly more food in the future." Read more... More about Build, Food, Nature, Garden, and Ikea Read More »Urban Outfitters is selling a ridiculous homage to the 90s internet
America may have long ago de-friended MySpace co-founder Tom Anderson, but his likeness is apparently still worth big bucks at the country's number-one destination for hipster clothes. Urban Outfitters is selling a long-sleeved tee emblazoned with the forgotten social network head's still-familiar face for a pricey $50. Image: Urban outfitters The item is part of a collection that also includes clothes themed after other web has-beens like AOL and Napster. At $45, the retailer's America Online T-shirt will set you back much more than even the priciest of the once-titan's service packages of its 90s heyday (top-tier was $25.90 per month). Read more... More about Myspace, Napster, Urban Outfitters, Aol, and Business Read More »Pop-Tarts are being made into pizza, tacos and nachos. No, really.
Sometimes, it feels like the entire food industry's only desire is to create the next edible thing that will make us go WTF. Case in point: Kellogg's NYC, a cafe where you can have the honor of paying $6 for a single bowl of cereal, will be overhauling its menu this week to celebrate Pop-Tarts.
"You've never tasted anything like it," their website boasts. Read more... More about Nyc, Kelloggs, Pop Tarts, Food, and Conversations Read More »Milo Yiannopoulos's bad week continues, resigns from Breitbart
A rough week for Milo Yiannopoulos just got worse. The noted alt-right internet troll announced on Tuesday that he has resigned from Breitbart, where he had been a senior editor. The news comes a day after book publisher Simon & Schuster dropped Yiannopoulos following outcry over the discovery of a video in which he defended sexual relationships between men and young boys. "I would be wrong to allow my poor choice of words to detract from my colleagues' important reporting, so today I am resigning from Breitbart, effective immediately. This decision is mine alone," he wrote in a statement. Read more... More about Business, Politics, Breitbart, Milo Yiannopoulos, and Business Read More »#PoCLove hashtag floods timelines with celebrations of diverse love
Showing off your significant other isn't reserved for Feb. 14 only anymore thanks to the hashtag #PoCInLove. The hashtag, which was started last year by @PoCBeauty, gave people of color an opportunity to celebrate being in relationships with other people of color on the timeline—and while it started last Friday, the adorable photos of diverse lovebirds trickled in throughout the weekend. SEE ALSO: 6 gods of love for the modern era
"There’s not many stories out there about couples who are Arab and black or Filipino and Mexican or just black and black or Asian couples,” @PoCBeauty told Buzzfeed, explaining the reasoning behind the movement. “There’s really nothing about poly and LGBTQ+ couples that are people of color either.” Read more... More about Watercooler, Conversations, Twitter, People Of Color, and Poc Read More » | ||||
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