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 Of course Cate Blanchett joined an Adele performance at a drag show at Stonewall in a pussy hat
There are certain basic comforts we, as a species, have come to rely on, like anesthetics during surgery and Netflix. Now we can add watching footage of Cate Blanchett at drag shows whenever we're sad to the list. Blanchett stopped by the historic Stonewall Inn on Monday night to perform in a benefit drag show, and, because she is incapable of failure, her efforts were nothing short of a masterpiece. The show raised our spirits and a chunk of change for Newtown Action Alliance, which provides support to communities affected by gun violence. More about Music, Actress, Celebrities, Lip Sync, and Adele Read More »The worst 'Game of Thrones' villain is heading to the Marvel universe
Game of Thrones alum Iwan Rheon, who played literal and figurative bastard Ramsay Bolton, is heading to the Marvel universe for ABC's new Inhumans series, it was announced Tuesday. Sticking with type, Rheon will play the villain Maximus — aka "Maximus the Mad" — brother of lead character Black Bolt. In the show, Maximus is described by Marvel as a clever and charming Inhuman that is fiercely devoted to the people of Attilan, especially his brother, the King – although he harbors an intense desire to wear the crown himself. ABC's Inhumans will premiere its first two episodes in Imax theaters for a two-week run before the series airs on television. Read more... More about Iwan Rheon, Game Of Thrones, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, and Entertainment Read More »The first manned hoverbike could finally fulfill your 'Star Wars' dreams
Are you ready to live out your wildest speeder bike dreams? A Russian drone-building startup just dropped some crazy new video showcasing the closest thing we've seen to Return of the Jedi's famous vehicles IRL. Hoversurf's newest prototype, the Scorpion-3, is a single-seat electric quadcopter that looks to be the world's first fully rideable hoverbike. The vehicle, which can be controlled by a human pilot or remotely as a drone, could be used in the future for transport, shipping cargo, and more—once everyone gets adjusted to those dangerous-looking propellors spinning right next to the pilot's legs. Read more... More about Hoversurf, Rideable, Flying Machine, Drones, and Hoverbike Read More »Lindsey Lohan claims she was profiled in an airport while wearing a headscarf
Lindsay Lohan is turning heads again, but this time it’s for a reason a lot more serious than her accent. While visiting Good Morning Britain, hosts Piers Morgan and Susanna Reid asked the actress a series of questions about Islam, Trump's presidency and Lohan's experience reading the Quran. But what was particularly interesting was Lohan's claims of being singled out at an airport because she was wearing a headscarf. She explained that while flying into New York recently, she got stopped because of her headscarf and was double-checked by security. Lohan doesn't always wear one, but said she happened to don one out of "personal respect" while leaving Turkey, where she had met with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Read more... More about Hijab, Watercooler, Conversations, Lindsay Lohan, and Watercooler Read More »Uber's ratings are in the toilet
Things just keep getting worse for Uber. With #DeleteUber trending once again following allegations of sexism from a former employee, disgruntled users are taking to the App Store to vent. Uber's app currently has an abysmal 1.6-star average rating in the U.S App Store, despite its rank as the No. 10 app overall, according to app analytics company App Annie. Though its lifetime rating stands at 3.7, it's received 3,941 one-star reviews in the last 30 days, pushing down its overall score. Many of the poor ratings appear to be directly tied to the company's policies, rather than the performance of the app itself. Numerous users cite the allegations of sexism and harassment made by former engineer Susan J. Fowler, whose blog post detailing her time at Uber went viral over the weekend. Read more... More about Uber, Apps And Software, Tech, Tech, and Apps Software Read More »Short film celebrates the powerful connection between generations of activists
It's crucial to value and learn from the work of older activists, especially as the resistance builds and strengthens during the Trump era. A moving new short film called Together We Rise celebrates the importance of intergenerational activism, and recognizes the trailblazers of decades past. In less than two minutes, the largely silent film illustrates how connections between older and younger activists are necessary in order to sustain a movement. Directed by visual artist and producer Francesca Beltran, Together We Rise was first screened on Jan. 21 at the Women's March on Washington, which commissioned the film. The video, however, was only just released online by the march's organizers. Read more... More about Social Justice, Social Good, Womens Rights, Womens March On Washington, and Women Read More »It's not aliens. It's never aliens. Stop saying it's aliens.
On Wednesday, NASA will make an announcement about a "discovery beyond our solar system." Pretty cool and mysterious sounding, right? According to the space agency, the announcement is specifically related to "planets that orbit stars other than our sun, known as exoplanets." Cool, cool. Exoplanets are a big deal in space science these days so it makes sense that NASA would plug the finding in a press event of some kind.
4-year-old's anti-Trump dinosaur protest gives us the fuel we need to stay woke
Since Donald Trump was elected to the presidency, protests have rocked both the nation and the world. Millions of people got up, made signs and gathered to make their voice and thoughts heard. On a little patch of Washington D.C. earth, a similar protest is also quietly underway. Signs have been carefully made, and participants are standing firm. The difference is that the signs here are the size of an index card and the protesters are plastic dinosaurs. Image: danny_dire_/twitter The dinosaurs belong to 4-year-old Jackson. The garden protest belongs to the entire family, including mom Andria Wisler and dad Bill Rebeck. Read more... More about Toys, Kids, Garden, Dinosaur, and Trump Read More »Apple might be creating its own version of Bitmoji
There's been a lot of Snapchat-copying going on in the tech world lately, with Facebook being one of the main culprits. But the social media giant isn't alone. Another tech juggernaut appears to be cribbing from the ephemeral messaging app, as well. On Monday, Apple was granted a patent for an "avatar editing environment" that looks a lot like Bitmoji, the popular app from Snapchat-owned Bitstrips. The patent document, which was first picked up by Mic, says this theoretical product would allow users to create custom avatars for "online games and other applications." Starting with a blank face, users can add, rescale and resize features like eyes, a nose and a mouth. They can also modify face shapes and skin color and will be able to choose whether to create the avatar automatically or manually. Read more... More about Snapchat, Patent, Patents, Bitmoji, and Apple Read More »Libraries are fighting back hard against Trump's America
Perhaps libraries and President Donald Trump were destined to be enemies. The president has made it known that he's not a man of books. Libraries, meanwhile, are filled with many more books than people. The president has made it known he's not a fan of immigration. Libraries are often an integral part of the life of immigrants in the United States. These things are not like each other. Protest has taken many forms in the few weeks since Trump became president, but one of the most distinct forms of demonstration has taken place at libraries around the United States. Read more... More about Facts, Immigration, Refugees, Resistance, and Donald Trump Read More »Intense battle between an octopus and crab ends with a surprise
Nature can be absolutely brutal sometimes. An unnamed diver captured an intense fight between a crab and a small octopus off the coast of Monterey, California, earlier this month. In the clip, the octopus tries its very best to get a nice crab dinner, but the crab was pretty intent on staying alive. After a few tense minutes, the fight abruptly ends when player three enters the game. According to the diver, who submitted the footage to Viral Hog, the harbor seal, named Whiskers, who interrupted the fight has a habit of following around divers and using their flashlights to catch an easy meal. Read more... More about Crabs, Octopus, Animals, Viral Videos, and Watercooler Read More »Guy rescues his brother's dog that fell through a frozen lake
After finding his brother's dog Copper fall through thin ice into frigid water, a guy named Colin risked his own life to rescue the pup. Unfortunately, the ice couldn't hold Colin either, and he ended up in the water alongside the dog. Colin managed to break through the ice so the two could escape the water, but not before Copper accidentally took off Colin's underwear trying to escape. It was just his way of saying thanks. Read more... More about Rescue, Dog, Viral Videos, Watercooler, and Watercooler Read More »This app helps the blind "see" by identifying objects around them
The Aipoly application uses Artificial Intelligence vision to identify objects for those who cannot see what's in front of them. Read more... More about Real Time Video, Real Time Video, Real Time, Real Time Video, and Facial Recognition Read More »'Would You Rather?' gets a gross, funny twist with new Watchable show
Watchable is hoping to get viewers hooked to its new series with one simple, age-old question: Would You Rather? The Comcast streaming video platform has launched a new series from The Cut called Dan and Dietrich Play Would You Rather. In it, the two dudes tackle "would you rather?" questions with twisted twist — because once they've made their choice, they actually have to go through with the task, no matter how gross, humiliating or potentially damaging. For example: Would you rather eat the entire McDonald's menu deep fried or blended together into a smoothie? Take a poop in front of 10 strangers or live stream it? Get shot with a rubber bullet or get tased? Watch porn with your parents or fight an MMA fighter? Read more... More about The Cut, Would You Rather, Web Series, Watchable, and Entertainment Read More »Oscars contender 'La La Land' gets an old school video game treatment
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 RPG. Read more... More about Emma Stone, Ryan Gosling, Movies Of 2016, Movies, and Video Games Read More »Rural working men are finding wellbeing on grassroots Facebook pages
Luke Baker has worked in the most remote reaches of Australia and Papua New Guinea, but leaving his family is always a painful rupture. But Facebook is helping in surprising ways. Now based in Bundaberg, Queensland, he was sent to mining camps as a "fly-in, fly-out" worker (or FIFO), where he'd often spend around three weeks on-site and one week off in an endless, "torturous" cycle. SEE ALSO: Passion Pit frontman is launching a company for the musicians' needs labels don't talk about "There was one time where my wife dropped me off to the airport and I just remember my step-daughter, she was really struggling with it at the time," Baker said, "telling me she hated my work and wanted me to stay home forever. Read more... More about Fifo, Facebook, Facebook Pages, Wellbeing, and Mental Health Read More »Rihanna now has more top 10 Billboard singles than Michael Jackson
Rihanna just outdid the King of Pop. RiRi and Michael Jackson were tied with 29 Billboard Hot 100 singles each, but now, "Love on the Brain," is her 30th song to earn the distinction. The only artists still ahead of Rihanna are formidable opponents — Madonna with 38 and the Beatles with 34. It's a pretty good birthday present for the singer, who turned 29 yesterday and received the less cool gift of a Drake thirst Instagram. In honor of all her hard work, work, work, work, work, Here are 30 celebratory Rihanna GIFs to commemorate the accomplishment Read more... More about Music Charts, Michael Jackson, Pop Star, Rihanna, and Entertainment Read More »This real-time pollution map will enlighten you on your city's air quality
Air pollution isn't always visible, but it's definitely real. To help us gain a better understanding of air quality around the world, BreezoMeter, an air quality analytics provider, is visually breaking things down with a new interactive air pollution map. The map delivers real-time information on air pollution along with hourly forecasts and helpful weather-related health and fitness recommendations. Its data is drawn from "official air quality sensors" placed across cities that monitor airborne particles and combined with information on wind, weather and traffic conditions. Read more... More about Real Time, Tech, Climate, Science, and Map Read More »Lovable prankster helps cats get adopted by giving them relatable name tags
Unless you happen to be a cute and fluffy puppy or kitten, it can be difficult to get adopted from a shelter. That's why online personality Obvious Plant decided to use his carefully-honed planting skills to create some eye-catching name tags for the shelter cats at Sante D'Or animal shelter in Los Angeles. On each name tag, there's a flattering picture of the cat, the cat's name and then a section detailing the very specific likes and dislikes of that cat. Obvious Plant does exactly what his name suggests - he plants hilarious objects in random places and documents his hijinks on his Tumblr and Instagram. Past plants include leaving parody CDs at a local music store and fake pamphlets at a national park. Read more... More about Facebook, Animal Shelters, Cats, Conversations, and Watercooler Read More »Based on Magic Johnson's tweets, the Lakers basically just hired Perd Hapley from 'Parks and Rec'
The Los Angeles Lakers named Magic Johnson — a three-time NBA MVP who won five championships in L.A. as a player — as the team's new president of basketball operations on Tuesday. There are many facets to this story, including the fact that Lakers owner Jeanie Buss fired her own brother. But the funniest nugget — per usual — comes courtesy of the internet, which resurfaced some hilarious old tweets from Johnson. Let's just say they don't exactly paint a picture of a seasoned basketball executive. SEE ALSO: Twitter can't get over this English cricketer who was sold for $2 million at the IPL auctions Read more... How one construction company is thinking outside the box
Picture, if you will, a house. What comes to mind? Four walls, square windows, a rectangular door? Changes are there’s a lot of right angles. But one look at a home built by LA-based Binishells is all it takes to realize that this construction company is doing things differently — and thinking outside the box. Binishells president and CEO Nicolò Bini is continuing the work of his father, who developed the technology for these domed buildings back in the 1960s. It’s something Bini refers to as “building 2.0” — a cleaner, safer, less wasteful and more cost-efficient way of doing construction. How one construction company is thinking outside the box
Picture, if you will, a house. What comes to mind? Four walls, square windows, a rectangular door? Changes are there’s a lot of right angles. But one look at a home built by LA-based Binishells is all it takes to realize that this construction company is doing things differently — and thinking outside the box. Binishells president and CEO Nicolò Bini is continuing the work of his father, who developed the technology for these domed buildings back in the 1960s. It’s something Bini refers to as “building 2.0” — a cleaner, safer, less wasteful and more cost-efficient way of doing construction. 'Overwatch' teases a possible new hero and it's (probably) not Doomfist
Overwatch revealed a brand new character in the game's universe, and she may have something to do with the next Overwatch hero to join the roster. Overwatch posted an article on its website Tuesday featuring an interview with a character called Efi Oladele, an 11-year-old genius who has "built a résumé of impressive achievements in robotics and artificial intelligence." Whether she will be a playable character, the creator of a playable character or just a side character has yet to be revealed.
After company all-hands, Arianna Huffington insists Uber is trying to be 'better'
Uber is becoming known for stamping out PR fires as much as it's known as a ride-sharing app, but board member Ariana Huffington wants customers to believe they're working toward "a better" company. The latest PR frenzy comes on the back of a blog post written by former Uber engineer Susan Fowler Rigetti (Susan J. Fowler on her blog), who detailed her alleged sexual harassment — and the company's inept response — in a post published on Sunday. The post exploded. According to Rigetti, the response actually broke her apps for Twitter and Gmail. Read more... More about Sexual Harassment, Travis Kalanick, Susan J Fowler, Uber, and Women In The Workplace Read More »Trevor Noah says 2016 was so bad 'that it just never ended'
Ask Trevor Noah and he'll tell you: President Donald Trump has been a blessing for comedy. Noah's brand of comedy in particular. Trump's election has been nothing but a momentum-changer for the comedian from South Africa, boosting The Daily Show's ratings up 7% from this time last year, according to Nielsen, which says he ended January with 1.4 million total average nightly viewers. But the heir to Jon Stewart's nightly political sature has a lot else going on, too: His book Born a Crime launched in November, just after the election. And his first ever Netflix special — titled Trevor Noah: Afraid of the Dark — debuted Tuesday. Read more... More about Daily Show, Trevor Noah, Comedy Specials, Comedy, and Tv Read More »Two models rescue a group of teenagers from a frozen lake
This week on America's Next Top Good Samaritan, two models rescue a group of teenagers from a frozen New York pond. Per the New York Post, Ethan Turnbull and Bennett Jonas were skateboarding in Central Park on Monday when they came upon a horrifying scene: A group of teenagers who'd fallen through ice and were struggling to crawl to safety. As CNN reports, the teenagers had been posing for a photo on the ice before it gave way beneath them. In a post to Instagram, Jonas describes the moment he and Turnbull spotted the teenagers and made the split-second decision to dive in and rescue them. Read more... More about Videos, Watercooler, Watercooler, and Video Read More »A tech company just gave walking meme Ken Bone a job as 'chief people officer'
With a perfectly corny, safely politically neutral ad about politics, undecided voter Ken Bone is still squeezing out the last drops of internet fame. Bone, in case you forgot, was the man who shot to internet celeb status during the second presidential debate last fall. Dressed in a red zip-up cardigan, he asked a friendly middle-of-the-road question about energy policy amid a frankly nasty political climate. That was enough for him to be quickly embraced as the much-needed "can't we all just get along" meme of the moment. His fleeting fame also came with some less-than-savory discoveries about his internet past. Nonetheless, his image and a Twitter following of 224,000 have managed to persist. Read more... More about Meme, Presidential Election, Politics, Ken Bone, and Social Media Read More »Maisie Williams shares extremely cute birthday wish for TV big sis, Sophie Turner
Unlike her Game of Thrones character, Sansa Stark, Sophie Turner occasionally has things to celebrate, like turning 21. Her co-star, Maisie Williams, unleashed a powerful weapon on her TV sister's birthday — a throwback shot featuring a bunch of trends from seven years ago. She likes doing that a lot. SEE ALSO: Maisie Williams drops hints about Arya Stark's 'Game of Thrones' S7 journey
The duo, who have become besties in the years since, are in a bookstore among ancient artifacts like CDs as Williams awaits a teenage growth spurt. Read more... More about Actress, Game Of Thrones, Sophie Turner, Maisie Williams, and Watercooler Read More »The first ever self-driving car race ended in a crash
For the first time ever, self-driving race cars zoomed through a course in public, with impressive (well, for one of them, anyway) results. Roborace, the self-driving racing series Formula E announced in 2015, made history with its first public trial race at the Buenos Aires ePrix last weekend. The two competitors: Devbots 1 and 2, which raced each other in a sprint around the Puerto Madero street circuit. Roborace says the winning Devbot 1 hit a top speed of 186 kph (115 mph) during the contest. Formula E's normal manned cars can reach about 225 kph (140 mph), not waaay faster than the self-driving car. That said, it was only driving with one other car on the course — adding more competitors to the field could slow it down a bit. Read more... More about Crash, Racing Car, Autonomous Cars, Self Driving Cars, and Formula E Read More »We hit the streets to find out how people earned their Big Mac
Everyone loves a good reward. And as it turns out, everyone earns one at some point in their day. Rewarding yourself when you achieve a big goal is great, but what about all those little things you accomplish every day – shouldn’t they be recognized too? Raise your hand if you:
Guess what! There's a #BigMacForThat. We set out to discover what people had done to deserve one of the most fulfilling prizes in all of reward-dom – the McDonald's Big Mac. This sandwich has been a staple for as long as most of us can remember and, for a limited time, it's getting even better. Read more... More about Supported and Lifestyle Read More »Wearing a VR headset gets even more awkward underwater
As if wearing a bulky VR headset on your face didn't look awkward enough, somebody's gone and cobbled together one that can be used underwater. Yes, a VR headset you wear in a pool. Let that sink in (no pun intended!) for a minute. The VR headset, which MIT Technology Review says is about as decent as Google Cardboard, was created by Allan Evans, cofounder of the Avegant, the company behind the Glyph headset, and Stephen Greenwood, the director of creative development at Discovery Digital Networks, as a side project to "combine an isolation tank — where you float in a dark, silent room, alone — with virtual reality." Read more... More about Underwater, Virtual Reality, Vr, Tech, and Gadgets Read More »This awkward TV kiss will make you want to curl up and die
Dating shows are full of deliciously awkward moments, and that's why we can't get enough. A recent episode of Australia's Married At First Sight (yes, it's a real show in which people get married...at first sight) served up a classic example. Let's set the scene: The date between Cheryl and Andrew takes place on a picturesque beach (rather nice), but the moment is hampered by a corny AF guitar serenade from Andrew, which we all know is a terrible omen on any date. We won't ruin the rest of it. You'll just have to watch. Read more... More about Married At First Sight, Television, Watercooler, Australia, and Watercooler Read More »Police call BS on Egg the stolen pug story and the internet is in shambles
It was just so tragic: An innocent pug, ripped violently from his owner's arms. The story sent the internet into a tailspin, but now the police seem to think it doesn't add up. When the alleged crime emerged on Feb. 10, the internet fell hook, line and sinker for the tale of Egg, a young pet pug from Sydney, Australia that had reportedly been snatched from his owner at knifepoint. The New South Wales police issued an appeal for information on Facebook at the time, stating that the pup was stolen by three unknown men armed with knives. "Police are urging the men to safely return the dog and attend their nearest police station," they wrote. Read more... More about Nsw Police, Stolen At Knifepoint, Egg The Pug, Watercooler, and Australia Read More »Instead of a suitcase just put everything in this jacket
Never mind that you look like a dorky shoplifter, this jacket is supposed to make air travel so much easier. The "Airport Jacket," which is set to take off later this year if its $76,000 Kickstarter gets funded (and it works), is the ultimate travel hack. So far, the Kickstarter has netted about $12,000 with 31 days to go.
How to get Uber to recognize sexual harassment in 41 easy steps
A female engineer has exposed Uber's sexism problem. It only took a few steps for her to do this — 41, in fact, so simple! — and if you follow the program, you too can see results at your own workplace. Susan Fowler worked for the ride-hailing company in 2015, and on Sunday dropped a 2800-word blog post on her personal website detailing allegations of instance after instance of 1960s-style behavior by management and HR at Uber. The post, Reflecting On One Very, Very Strange Year At Uber, forced Uber's CEO Travis Kalanick to launch an "urgent investigation" into the allegations. Rebecca Ruiz [5:17 PM] Read more... More about Silicon Valley, Workplace Cuture, Sexual Harassment, Uber, and Business Read More »Why sex harassment scandals like Uber's are bound to persist in tech
If you thought tech companies were succeeding, even incrementally, at creating more inclusive workplaces, it's not entirely your fault. Headline after headline suggests that influential Silicon Valley executives understand they have a problem and are working to fix it. But a serious scandal like the one Uber now faces, following damning allegations of sexual harassment and corporate negligence, is all it takes to shatter the optimism. And this one likely won't be the last. The truth is that while some of the biggest names in tech — Facebook, Yahoo, Google, Apple, Microsoft, Airbnb — at least nominally support inclusivity by releasing annual diversity reports, we don't know much about what they're doing to change their male-dominated cultures. Dozens of other startups and companies stand idly by, perhaps happy to enjoy the glow of perceived progress without publicly working for it. Meanwhile, a female engineer like Susan J. Fowler, who recently documented her jaw-dropping experiences at Uber in a blog post, may find herself in an abusive work environment where sexual harassment goes unpunished and the victim becomes the pariah. Read more... More about Gender, Gender Equality, Sexual Harassment, Startups, and Uber Read More »The Atlanta Hawks Twitter account doesn't want to hear your trade suggestions
The NBA trade deadline is less than 48 hours away, leaving basketball executives scrambling and trade rumors swirling, many of them on Twitter. And it seems many fans think the folks running NBA team social media accounts somehow have a say in what trades are consummated. That is most definitely not the case, but the Atlanta Hawks had a brilliant response to those think it is. SEE ALSO: Based on Magic Johnson's tweets, the Lakers basically just hired Perd Hapley from 'Parks and Rec' Here are just some of the things people tweeted at the Hawks over the past couple weeks, all related to the trade deadline, which gives teams one last shot to make a big move before the season's final stretch. Read more... More about Social Media, Twitter, Basketball, Nba, and Entertainment Read More »Students fight back after diversity posters banned from school for being 'anti-Trump'
When the artist behind the classic Barack Obama "Hope" poster released an array of beautiful new images honoring diversity ahead of Trump's inauguration, they quickly became icons of a more welcoming country. However, administrators at Westminster High School in Carroll County, Maryland have reportedly banned teachers from displaying the posters on campus, saying they're "anti-Trump" and just too political. Students at the school, though, have found an ingenious way to get their point across. Many plan to wear T-shirts bearing those same images during a unified show of support on March 1, according to a "We the People - Stand with WHS" GoFundMe campaign. Read more... More about Art, We The People, Maryland, Education, and Politics Read More »Don't challenge this 6-year-old with one arm at golf because you'll lose
Tommy Morrissey has some serious golf skills. At the Honda Classic on Tuesday, he took on PGA pros even though he's only 6 years old and has one arm. According to USA Today, he bested pro golfer Ryo Ishikawa from 60 yards out, landing his ball five feet closer to the pin on the 18th hole of the Champion course at PGA National Resort & Spa. (All the pros took their shot with only one arm as well.) I mean, look at that stroke. Anti-Trump protesters spread a powerful message on the Statue of Liberty
A sign unfurled on the Statue of Liberty added to its message about America taking in the "tired" and "poor" and those "yearning to breathe free.” Its words? “Refugees Welcome.” A small group of activists claimed responsibility for the message and posted about it on the Twitter account Alt Lady Liberty.
There's not enough medical marijuana in Australia, so it's speeding up imports
While Australia is increasingly pro-medical cannabis, it's still hard to get your hands on the stuff if you're in need (and have a prescription). The government has indicated it's open to speeding things up, with Health Minister Greg Hunt announcing Wednesday that authorities will allow more rapid importation of the drug while a domestic supply is built. Medical cannabis is often used to alleviate pain associated with cancer as well as epilepsy. Importers will now be allowed to buy from "a reputable supplier overseas," and store it locally to be distributed via doctors approved to supply medicinal cannabis products. The change is intended to counter delays for patients prescribed medicinal cannabis, who currently have to rely on "case by case" imports from overseas. Read more... More about Australia, Medical Cannabis, Medical Marijuana, World, and Australia Read More »What should the Han Solo movie be called? Here are the best options.
This much we can tell you for sure: the still-untitled Han Solo spin-off movie will not be called "Red Cup." That's the working title, a nod to the fact that George Lucas named Solo's character for the plastic drinks brand. (True story.) But what about the actual title for the standalone film, which as of Tuesday is scheduled for May 25, 2018? Thus far Lucasfilm has it shut up tighter than a smuggling compartment on a Corellian freighter. SEE ALSO: New Han Solo movie details and this awesome first photo are enough to make your heart stop This much is likely: the movie name will be officially announced at Star Wars Celebration, Lucasfilm's lovefest for fans, this April in Orlando. It's a favored location for the company to dispense delightful secrets. Read more... More about Han Solo, Star Wars, Entertainment, and Film Read More »'This Is Us' gives us a road trip we'll never forget in 'Memphis'
This recap contains spoilers for This Is Us Season 1, episode 16, titled "Memphis."In an episode sure to make Kleenex shares skyrocket, this week's installment of This Is Us takes us back to William’s early life in Memphis, where we meet his cousin Ricky and learn that William was once on track to become a serious songwriter and musician — until his burgeoning career was derailed by the death of his mother and his subsequent drug addiction. While in Memphis, Randall also gets to connect with an assortment of heretofore unknown cousins, and in the process, we get to see exactly how delightful he is while drunk. COUSINS! Read more... More about Sterling K. Brown, This Is Us Recap, This Is Us, Entertainment, and Tv Read More »To sit, or not to sit? THAT is the question.
Will the real conclusive study on the health effects of sedentary behavior PLEASE stand up??? Or sit down ... who even knows anymore. See, it's like this — every so often a new study comes out declaring that sitting for hours on end is essentially your ticket to an early grave. So then you read it, become increasingly terrified and make a conscious decision to stand more often. But just when you finally get your standing desk approved by your office manager, another study declares that standing for prolonged periods is equally as threatening to your health. Read more... More about Exercise, Office Life, Lifestyle, Conversations, and Health Read More »Miss World contestant in wheelchair hopes to make catwalk 'inclusive and fair'
In an ivory gown, Australian woman Justine Clarke, 26, turned heads at the South Australian state final of Miss World Australia on Sunday. She also broke boundaries, becoming one of the few women to have competed in a beauty pageant while using a wheelchair. "I want the catwalk to be an inclusive and fair experience for everyone," Clarke said in a statement. Clarke has been in a wheelchair for two years, according to The Advertiser. "For somebody in a wheelchair to be able to compete is a big thing. I really hope it sends a message that no matter what your race, size or disability — whatever makes you different — you are beautiful," she told the newspaper. Read more... More about Wheelchair, Beauty Pageant, Miss World, Australia, and Watercooler Read More »Wolverine claws toward greatness in the R-rated 'Logan'
Tentpole season comes very, very early this year with the latest X-Men adventure, Logan. Clint and Ti are joined by Mashable editors Josh Dickey and Laura Prudom to talk mutants, their favorite superhero movies, genre mixing and, most importantly, WOLVERINE! Visit CineFix for more episodes and movie-related content. Read more... More about James Mangold, Wolverine, Patrick Stewart, Hugh Jackman, and X Men Franchise Read More »Rich people deserve more nice things, so here's a bowling alley just for them
Do you have an obscene amount of money? Are you also inexplicably obsessed with bowling? Then boy are you in luck, because a bowling alley in Melbourne, Australia has popped up that will set you back at least A$10,000 ($7,691) for a mere three hours-worth of play. Of course, you're also in luck generally, because you've got A$10,000 to blow on absolutely nothing. The so-called "Pins Royale" experience has been unveiled as part of the new Kingpin Complex in Melbourne's Crown plaza. It looks like a lot of fun — if standing in a shiny-looking room while eating disgustingly rich food and playing a game designed largely for children and drunk people is your thing. Read more... More about Australia, Melbourne, Bowling, Pins Royale, and Watercooler Read More »Microsoft launches Skype Lite for India that works on slow internet and supports Aadhaar
Microsoft has just found the perfect Skype app for the Indian market. At an event in Mumbai today, Satya Nadella announced Skype Lite, a 13MB app that works even on slower networks and on lower-end phones with limited storage and processing power. On top of this, Skype Lite leverages Aadhaar, India's biometric database, as its "fundamental authentication system," Nadella said. "We're very excited about what we are doing with Skype, and the India Stack (the infrastructure of Aadhaar that allows private companies to interact with the database)." Read more... More about Microsoft, Skype, Aadhaar, India, and Tech Read More »Blogger learns that it's never OK to talk down pizza
Here's a life tip: Never, ever talk ill of pizza. While there recently have been arguments over what exactly should go on pizza, there will be hell to pay for those who try to get people to stop eating it. As a Nigerian fitness website called Naija Gym Blog found out over Twitter, when it received the wrath of the internet when tried to badmouth pizza. According to its tweet, eating two slices is the equivalent of swallowing three spoons of warm oil, although really it sounds like a highly torturous method of eating the best part of pizza (the grease). Read more... More about Conversations, Twitter, Food, Pizza, and Chrissy Teigen Read More »Japan zoo kills 57 monkeys carrying 'invasive alien' genes
A Japanese zoo has killed 57 snow monkeys by lethal injection, after they were found to be carrying genes of an "invasive alien species." One third of the monkeys at the Takagoyama Nature Zoo were found to have been crossbred with the rhesus macaque. The rhesus macaque, which is native to parts of India and China, is banned in Japan, and therefore categorised as an "invasive alien species." The snow monkeys were believed to have escaped from their enclosure and bred with the wild monkeys outside the facility. The monkeys had "to be killed to protect the indigenous environment," an official told the Japan Times. Read more... More about Zoo, Snow Monkeys, Japan, and World Read More »No, Samsung isn't launching a refurbished Galaxy Note7
No, Samsung isn’t bringing the Galaxy Note7 from the dead. The South Korean smartphone company has refuted a widely circulated report that claimed that Samsung plans to sell refurbished units of the Galaxy Note7 in Indonesia and India later this year. "The report on Samsung planning to sell refurbished Galaxy Note 7 smartphone in India is incorrect." a Samsung India spokesperson told Mashable India. The report from Korean outlet Hankyung had noted that the company has slightly redesigned the smartphone, and is now placing a smaller battery to circumvent the high-pressure issue that caused the Galaxy Note7 smartphones to catch fireReuters had a similar report last month. Read more... More about Refurbished Phones, Samsung Galaxy Note7, Galaxy Note 7, Samsung, and Indonesia Read More »The Dot braille smartwatch is finally getting shipped out to patient buyers
SEOUL — Next week, the Dot smartwatch will finally hit shelves, offering a sleek timepiece for the blind. The watch is coming to the market after nearly three years of repeated stops and starts. Unlike most assistive smartwatches for the blind which rely on audio prompts, the Dot displays messages four braille characters at a time on its screen. Its round face displays four cells of six balls each, and allows users to send simple replies or actions back through its two side buttons. Image: DOT Dot, the eponymous South Korean startup behind the watch, has been developing the product since 2014, but hit delays in sorting out the display's durability, as the tiny moving parts were hard to protect while remaining tactile, it said. Read more... More about South Korea, Dot Watch, Smartwatch, Blindness, and Assistive Tech Read More »Watch a man smash 124 coconuts in less than a minute. With his bare hands.
It's not that we have any personal vendetta against coconuts. But the amount of effort you need to invest to break them open is a deal-breaker for many of us. If you're one such soul, you've just found a new friend in Abeesh Domanic. To say Domanic, 25, is good with coconuts would be an understatement. The resident of Southern Indian state of Kerala last week smashed all the world records when he cracked open 124 coconuts in less than one minute. With his bare hands. I know what you're thinking: If there's ever a John Wick adaption in India, we would want to see Domanic in it. But until that happens, all we have is the video of him and coconuts not getting along very well. Read more... More about Coconut, Guinness World Records, World Record, Record, and India Read More »18-year-old chess grandmaster gets kicked off Iran national team for not wearing a headscarf
An 18-year-old Iranian chess grandmaster has been kicked off the national team after she showed up for a game not wearing a hijab. Dorsa Derakhshani was competing in a chess tournament in Gibraltar earlier this month. However, she failed to wear a hijab, or traditional headscarf, which is compulsory wear for Iranian women in public. Derakhshani, who is a student in Spain, will be barred from representing Iran, as well as banned from playing in any tournaments in Iran. Separately, her younger brother, Borna, was also playing at the Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival. The 15-year-old was similarly barred from the team — a punishment for playing against Alexander Huzman, of Israel. Read more... More about Chess, Hijab, Iran, and World Read More »Parkour legend casually flips and slides on giant ice sculptures like it's NBD
While the rest of us mere mortals struggle to walk on ice without slipping, parkour athlete Jason Paul took to the massive ice sculptures of northern China for some effortless flipping, sliding and high jumping. At the International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival in Harbin, the temperature dips down to -25°C (-13°F) on average. Every year, the blisteringly cold Chinese city is transformed into a virtual ice palace, with some of the world's largest ice sculptures on display. Pretty cool stuff. Literally. Read more... More about Sport, Ice, China, Harbin, and Freerunning Read More »Satya Nadella announces the 'first coming together of Microsoft and LinkedIn' project
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announced Project Sangam, a cloud-based initiative to skill job-seekers as well as help them find better job opportunities, in India. Speaking at Microsoft's 'Future Decoded' event in Mumbai on Wednesday, Nadella said that Project Sangam "is actually the first coming together of Microsoft and LinkedIn" — the professional networking site which it acquired in a $26.2-billion deal last year. "Project Sangam was born out of what we observed uniquely in India," Nadella said at the congregation of business leaders, designers and thinkers. "It is a cloud-based solution for skill development and employment," he said. Read more... More about Businesss, Technology, India, Skills, and Job Search Read More »Badass cyclist gets revenge on catcalling van drivers
Getting catcalled is never a pleasant experience. And, sometimes it's not until after the event that we think about what we could have said or done The cyclist — who was being filmed from behind on a motorcyclist's go-pro — had stopped at a traffic light when two men in a van began asking for her number. When they didn't get the desired response, they began verbally abusing her. "You on your period?" asked one of the men before driving off down the road. Just when the van drivers thought they'd got away with their behaviour, the cyclist caught up with the van and pulled off the wing mirror. Read more... More about Uk, Harassment, Street Harassment, Watercooler, and Lifestyle Read More »South Korean women will live longer than the rest of us in the future
Scientists are predicting that we'll live longer. Life expectancy is projected to exceed 90 years for the first time, according to a study in the U.K. medical journal, The Lancet. South Korea in particular tops the globe with the largest increase in life expectancy across both men and women. More than half of women born in South Korea in 2030 will be expected to live to more than 90 years old, an increase of 6.6 years over those born in 2010, the study says. Men will be expected to average 84 years in the future as well, an increase of 7 years over 2010 babies. Read more... More about Health, Life Expectancy, South Korea, and World Read More »You can now order a Trump troll doll and it's very NSFW
If you still have nightmares after the election of Donald Trump, you can try to channel your shock by pre-ordering a teeny-tiny doll of the U.S. president, with teeny-tiny hands, his teeny-tiny Android phone and a (disturbingly visible) teeny-tiny penis. For $25, you can now pre-order Trump Troll Doll on Kickstarter, to be shipped directly to your home. The 4.75-inch tall and 4-inch wide toy is the latest project of Chuck Williams, a former senior staff sculptor for the Walt Disney Company in California. "Larger than the vintage 60's Trolls and smaller than the Trolls from the 80's and 90's," Williams, who created sculptures for films, toys, theme parks and collectibles, said on the Kickstarter page. Read more... More about Walt Disney Company, Kickstarter, Nsfw, Troll Doll, and Trump Read More »Iceland's president clarifies he likes pineapples, just not on pizza
Few things are as divisive as pineapple on pizza, as the president of Iceland just experienced. After claiming that he was "fundamentally opposed" to pineapple as a pizza topping, Guðni Th. Jóhannesson went as far to say that he would ban it, if he were allowed. His controversial opinion spread like wildfire on social media, with everybody weighing in on the foodie debate. Eventually, Guðni was forced to clarify his position, saying he liked pineapple, just not on pizzas. "I do not have the power to make laws which forbid people to put pineapples on their pizza. I am glad that I do not hold such power," he said on a Facebook statement. "I would not want to hold this position if I could pass laws forbidding that which I don't like. I would not want to live in such a country." Read more... More about Seafood, Iceland, Pineapple, Pizza, and Lifestyle Read More »Heinous furry crocs are the latest fashion trend that nobody asked for
Crocs lovers of the world: Stop reading now. You are not going to like what you're about to read. Crocs are a crime against fashion and they need to be stopped. We may, however, have to wait a little longer for the demise of the wretched Croc, because fashion designer Christopher Kane dropped a Croc-shaped bombshell on a London Fashion Week runway show. Models on the runway sported furry — yes, FURRY — Crocs. Image: Getty Images Just look at them... Image: Getty Images And they didn't just come in black and white. There were brown furry Crocs, too. Read more... More about Fashion Trends, Uk, Watercooler, Lifestyle, and Fashion Week Read More »Woman channels #ShePersisted spirit in rant against Mitch McConnell
Sorry Mitch McConnell, but that's a hell of a rant. The Senate majority leader got a scolding over jobs and health care from a pretty angry constituent at a luncheon in Kentucky. “The last I heard, these coal jobs are not coming back and now these people don’t have the insurance they need because they’re poor," the woman said. "And they work those coal mines, and they’re sick, the veterans are sick, the veterans are broken down, they’re not getting what they need.” “If you can answer any of that, I’ll sit down and shut up like Elizabeth Warren,” she concluded. Read more... More about Elizabeth Warren, Mitch Mcconnell, and Us World Read More »Believe it or not, those are IKEA shelves
This IKEA hack will awaken the math nerd in you. Japanese artist and architect Takayoshi Kitagawa has created parabolic shelves out of simple, modular IKEA shelving to decorate his childhood home. He wanted to find a way to categorise his father's vast array of collected items, he says in a blog post. Image: Takayoshi Kitagawa Kitagawa got the idea to create parabolic shelving units off IKEA's customisable KALLAX shelves, after draping duct tape from the ceiling, which drooped down in a U-shaped arc. Image: Takayoshi Kitagawa Read more... Hero cashier makes baby's shopping trip the best day ever
It's definitely true that not all heroes wear capes — the heroes we really remember are the ones who make everyday life so much better. A supermarket cashier in Scotland has become the subject of adoration on Facebook for making a shopping trip with a baby the best thing ever. Lauren Walker was shopping at the Uddingston branch of Marks and Spencer near Glasgow, when wee Alistair Findlay became restless — as babies do. Walker was on the verge of just giving up the shopping trip altogether when cashier Mubarak Ahmad saved the day. Read more... More about Heroes, Scotland, Facebook, Videos, and Babies Read More »Muslim Americans' campaign to repair Jewish cemetery gets the J.K. Rowling bump
A fundraising project launched by Muslim American activists to help repair a Jewish cemetery has reached its goal of $20,000 in just three hours. The campaign, organised by Linda Sarsour and Tarek El-Messidi, calls for "solidarity with the Jewish-American community" to rebuild the almost 200 headstones damaged at the Jewish cemetery in St. Louis, Missouri. It gathered 2,000 donations and raised more than $56,000. "Muslim Americans stand in solidarity with the Jewish-American community to condemn this horrific act of desecration against the Chesed Shel Emeth Cemetery," the fundraising page states. Read more... More about Anti Semitism, Jewish Cemetery, Muslim Americans, Jk Rowling, and Us World Read More »India's new currency problem: Fake Rs 2,000 bills at SBI ATM
It’s not that the Indian government isn’t trying to fill the void it created last November when it invalidated much of the cash in the country. But, every week it seems to run into a new problem. The latest challenge is fighting the fake bills. Rohit Kumar, a New Delhi resident has filed a complaint with the police after a cash booth (ATM) dispensed four fake Rs 2,000 ($30) bills earlier this month. The incident took place in Sangam Vihar, New Delhi, at a government-run State Bank of India ATM. A Senior police officer told Hindustan Times they are talking with the bank authority to find the culprit. In the meantime, the officer said they were able to verify Kumar’s claims. Read more... More about Rbi, Demonetization, India, Sbi, and World Read More »Project Entrepreneur: ZoomDojo co-founder Carol Rattray
This interview comes from our partners at Project Entrepreneur, as part of their #WednesdayWisdom blog series featuring industry leaders and disruptive visionaries who are working to build the future of entrepreneurship. Carol Rattray is co-founder of ZoomDojo, an early stage venture capital firm dedicated to investing in ambitious entrepreneurs to define and dominate a new generation of commerce. We sat down with Carol Rattray to discuss the future of entrepreneurship and the need for more women entrepreneurs. What led you to start Zoomdojo?My partner, Ritu Banga and I separately have had a long philanthropic involvement in education. We would from time to time compare notes on what we were doing, thinking about or worried about, that arose from our work in this area. One of those issues that we’d often discuss was the difficulty students faced finding jobs. Read more... More about Business, Entrepreneurs, and Business Read More »Stephen Colbert grills Joe Scarborough about Trump's first "scary as hell" month in office
The Vice-President is typically the voice in the President's ear. With this President, however, it's cable TV. Joe Scarborough, co-host of the MSNBC morning show Cup of Joe, came on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Tuesday night to discuss Trump's first "scary as hell" month in office. "Even when he claims he's not watching the show and sends out nasty tweets to us, we’ll always look at the camera and say, ‘Donald, we know you're not watching the show, but how are you doing?’” Scarborough says. Watch the two politely panic and fret above. Read more... More about Donald Trump, Stephen Colbert, Joe Scarborough, Watercooler, and Watercooler Read More »Drone captures mesmerizing footage of water overflowing in a portal-like 'Glory Hole'
There's water overflowing in the 'Glory Hole' spillway at Lake Berryessa, California. Fortunately, a drone captured the stunning visuals. Read more... More about Real Time Video, Glory Hole Spillway, Rain, Water, and Spillway Read More »Video shows Harrison Ford wrongly flying over airliner
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Video released Tuesday shows a plane piloted by Harrison Ford suddenly and mistakenly flying low over an airliner with 110 people aboard at a Southern California airport. The 45 seconds of soundless video show the 74-year-old Star Wars and Indiana Jones star's potentially serious mishap at John Wayne Airport in Orange County. In it, an American Airlines 737 is taxiing slowly. Then Ford's yellow, single-engine Aviat Husky suddenly zooms in from the right of the frame, flying low over the airliner and casting its shadow down the middle of the bigger plane before landing on the taxiway. Read more... More about Harrison Ford and Entertainment Read More »BMW and LEGO collaborated to create the concept hoverbike of our dreams
LEGO and BMW teamed up to create a model set for one of the automaker's most popular motorcycles – BMW R 1200 GS Adventure. Lego Technic engineers used the same 603 pieces from the model to construct a concept hoverbike. Then, their colleagues at BMW, impressed by the design, built a life-sized replica of the futuristic bike. Read more... More about Concept Bike, Real Time Video, Design, Innovation, and Real Time Video Read More »This startup buys and fixes up languishing mobile games and tools
Major app stores are often littered with forgotten or neglected husks of software — apps that developers have, for whatever reason, long given up on updating or actively managing. While some simply gather cobwebs, others maintain loyal followings of a respectable size despite their dilapidated code. In those latter cases, inattentive proprietors are often letting a steady stream of potential advertising dollars fall by the wayside. That's the opportunity two ad tech veterans are looking to seize with Maple Media, a startup that buys or manages apps with owners who are either unequipped for or uninterested in the day-to-day busy work of running and maintaining them. Read more... More about Maple Media, Business, and Advertising Read More »Richard Linklater made an 'I Pee With LGBT' ad to protest Texas' anti-trans bathroom bill
Who said great art can't be a sing-songy rhyme? The award-winning director of Boyhood and a bunch of other movies that make you cry recently produced an ad to help fight his home state's proposed anti-transgender bathroom initiative, SB6. Titled "I Pee with LGBT,' the ad features a Texas utopia where people get to the use bathroom of their choice, free of harassment and discrimination. The current bill would require transgender people to use the bathroom that corresponds with their sex assigned at birth. The ad is great, and thankfully doesn't include either Ethan Hawke or Julie Deply crying. Read more... More about Texas, Bathroom Bill, Transgender Rights, Richard Linklater, and Watercooler Read More »This Organization is providing kids 3D-printed prosthetics free of charge
An organization is changing lives all over the world by providing 3D-printed prosthetics to those in need. 'e-Nable' is a global volunteer network that seeks to use their 3D-printers and skills for social good. Read more... More about E Nable, Limb Amputees, Amputees, Prosthetics, and Helping People Read More »Draw electrical circuits with this silver pen
Silver has the highest conductivity among metals and this silver ink pen lets you connect electrical circuits by just drawing on paper. The Japanese startup, IgIC, hopes to use the pens to drive down the costs of traditional electrical circuits. Read more... More about Electric Conductivity, Real Time Video, Circuit, Electronics, and Startup Read More »'The Discovery' trailer will definitely mess with your mind
Can a scientific discovery be too dangerous to share with the world? That's the terrifying question posited in The Discovery, a Netflix original film that premiered at Sundance and stars Robert Redford, Jason Segel, Rooney Mara and Jesse Plemons. In The Discovery, Redford plays Dr. Thomas Harbor, who finds definitive proof of an afterlife and then sees the global suicide toll skyrocketing. In the trailer he addresses his findings and the lives lost in an interview with a reporter (Mary Steenburgen) and it's clear that he values his discovery above all else. Read more... More about Jesse Plemons, Rooney Mara, Jason Segel, Robert Redford, and Netflix Read More »Chrissy Teigen agrees that John Legend looks like 'Arthur'
Chrissy Teigen not only loves poking fun of herself, she also doesn't mind poke fun at her husband. It's no secret that Teigen and John Legend like to bring attention to their relationship, from spending their nights playing with Snapchat filters to helping each other with wardrobe malfunctions. The down-to-Earth couple were back at it again on Twitter yesterday after user Emily Sowah highlighted the fact that Legend happened to resemble everyone's favorite aardvark from the kid's show Arthur.
Texas to feral pigs: It's time for the 'hog apocalypse' to begin
Texas has a new plan for its 2.5 million feral hogs: total annihilation. Sid Miller, the state's agriculture commissioner, just approved a pesticide — called "Kaput Feral Hog Lure" — for statewide use. "The 'hog apocalypse' may finally be on the horizon," Miller said in a statement on Tuesday. "This solution is long overdue," he added. "Wild hogs have caused extensive damage to Texas lands and loss of income for many, many years." Texas's agriculture commission estimates that feral hogs cause $52 million in damage each year to the state's agricultural businesses by tearing up crops and pastures, knocking down fences and ruining equipment. Read more... More about Animals, Louisiana, Hog, Wildlife, and Pesticides Read More »What's coming to Hulu in March
If you don't have a Hulu subscription yet, get with the times (or make more worthwhile friends). Better yet, treat yo self to the ad-free version or be content to be brainwashed by branding. Beyond the latest episodes of most network TV shows, Hulu has a sprawling selection of movies and older TV classics. Here's what's joining the streaming service in March. Top pick: Charlie BartlettOne of the most shocking losses of 2016 had to be Anton Yelchin, who died in an accident with his jeep outside his home at age 27. In this 2007 twisted teen comedy that weaves together psychiatry and sex, Charlie (Yelchin) charms everyone at his new school from the bullies to the beautiful, sarcastic girl (Kat Dennings). Robert Downey Jr. plays his antagonistic principal (they share a shuddering altercation by his swimming pool) as he shares the screen with a young talent taken far too soon. Read more... More about Streaming Services, Lists, Charlie Bartlett, Clueless, and Hulu Read More »Apple's new 'Apple Park' spaceship campus will open in April
If you think Apple's products are impressive, just wait until you see the company's brand new campus. Though the planning and construction has taken years to complete, on Wednesday, the tech company revealed that its campus, which will henceforth be known as Apple Park, will be opening to employees in April and pay respects to Steve Jobs, the late Apple co-founder who envisioned the center "for creativity and collaboration." While we've seen some birds-eye footage of the gigantic building — formerly referred to as everything from Apple's spaceship campus and Apple Campus 2 in the past — Apple's latest press release has given us a trove of new info surrounding the 175-acre "Park" in Silicon Valley. Read more... More about Business, April, Architecture, Conversations, and Tech Read More »Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro's next collaboration reportedly coming to Netflix
Loyalty to Netflix can threaten a relationship, but for longtime collaborators Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro, it's the next step in a long, fruitful partnership. Netflix has reportedly acquired streaming rights to The Irishman, Scorsese's next project starring De Niro, according to IndieWire. (A rep for Netflix did not immediately respond to Mashable's request for confirmation.) The Irishman, based on the 2004 novel I Heard You Paint Houses, will star De Niro as the title character, Frank "The Irishman" Sheeran, a contract killer who murdered Teamster Jimmy Hoffa in the 1970s. According to Variety, the project has been in the works since 2008, and will be the duo's ninth collaboration as actor and director. Read more... More about Netflix, Frank Sheeran, I Heard You Paint Houses, The Irishman, and Martin Scorsese Read More »IBM's Watson will diagnose heart disease when doctors may have missed the signs
Getting treatment for heart disease depends on a diagnosis from doctors, who can occasionally miss the subtle signs of trouble. IBM thinks it can help those doctors through artificial intelligence — namely its Watson technology famous for besting Jeopardy champions and researching cancer. The company announced the introduction of its newest feature as part of its broader expansion of Watson Health's medical imaging initiative, which will now include 24 healthcare organizations around the world. This is a different challenge for Watson. For the first time, IBM's technology will be looking over medical data that includes images such as ultrasounds, x-rays and other types of visuals used by medical professionals. Watson will first be employed in figuring out which patients need follow-up care for aortic stenosis, or AS. Read more... More about Heart Disease, Cardiology, Healthcare And Medicine, Ibm Watson, and Ibm Read More »Twitch streamer and father of 3 dies 22 hours into charity stream
Twitch streamer Brian "PoshyBrid" Vigneault died of unknown causes Sunday during a charity marathon stream. The 35-year-old is survived by his three children and their mother. Around 4:30 p.m. ET Sunday, Vigneault was about 22 hours into his stream when he left to go for a smoke, PVP Live reported, and did not return. The Virginia Beach Police Department said officers were called to Vigneault's residence around 5:50 p.m. ET where they pronounced him dead. The Virginia Beach Police Department said it is still investigating the death, but do not suspect foul play. Read more... More about World Of Tanks, Death, Twitch, Esports, and Gaming Read More »Horrifying image generator turns your doodles into super weird cat pics
What if your terrible cat drawings could look like the nightmarish real thing? Well now it can. Christopher Hesse has created an image-to-image translator, which is a program that has been trained to recognize certain visual cues and will match them with a corresponding photo. Hesse has created a few different iterations of the translator, one of which can generate building facades. Another can generate shoes, and still another does handbags. All of these generators are designed to read the doodle approximation of the object and then output an image that closely matches from a database of photos. Read more... More about Conversations, Image Manipulation, Weird, Internet, and Cats Read More »'Nioh' speedrun took less than two hours because gods walk among us
Speedrunners have officially conquered Nioh. The new Team Ninja game that delivers Dark Souls-style RPG play in feudal Japan has now been completed in one hour and 40 minutes — by speedrunner Distortion2 — and you can see video proof above. If you're wondering why that's so impressive, then you're probably not familiar with From Software's Souls games. They're a special breed of RPG, built with an eye toward extreme challenge above all. They're also lengthy adventures, with playtimes climbing into the double-digit hours. Nioh appropriates the core ideas of the Souls games, but it features faster-paced combat. That doesn't mean the game is any shorter, however. Most reports put the story mode at a minimum of 20 hours — so "under two hours" is pretty wild. Read more... More about Team Ninja, Nioh, Speedrunning, Esports, and Gaming Read More »People on Twitter are so confused by Russia's attempt to debunk 'fake news'
Russia certainly keeps its promises. After facing accusations that Donald Trump's campaign team was in touch with Russian intelligence agents last year, Maria Zakharova, a spokeswoman for Russia's Foreign Ministry, announced it would start a new section exposing "fake news". Fast forward a week and here it is. Not quite what the Foreign Ministry promised. Zakharova said the page would bust inaccurate posts from mainstream media and officials in the West and link back to reliable data. However, the section, entitled “Examples of publications posting false information about Russia”, at the moment just consists of five screenshots of news pieces with a big red stamp reading "FAKE" and the line “This piece contains data that does not correspond to reality.” Read more... More about Debunking, Website, Foreign Ministry, Fake News, and Russia Read More »Instagram launches photo albums, sadly
Have you ever scrolled through your Instagram feed and thought to yourself, "This is nice, but it'd be better with even more selfies/vacation/baby/dog photos squeezed into the same amount of space"? No? Well, too bad because Instagram is set on giving you exactly that. The app formally introduced a new feature that allows users to attach up to 10 photos and videos to a single post. In other words: you can turn individual posts into photo albums. SEE ALSO: Instagram just ruined Instagram First spotted in the beta version of the app earlier this month, the feature is rolling out now and will be live in all countries over the next couple weeks. Read more... More about Facebook, Instagram, Apps And Software, Tech, and Tech Read More »New 'Futurama' stories are coming in the most unexpected way
Matt Groening and David X. Cohen — the executive producers behind Futurama — are getting back together with "much of" the series' original writing team for a new mobile game. Futurama: Worlds of Tomorrow is... a video game. Of some kind. We know that much. It's coming from the team at TinyCo, the studio behind Marvel Avengers Academy and Family Guy: The Quest for Stuff. Both of those earlier games are quite different, so it's tough to predict what Futurama might bring. The Avengers game is all about quests and combat. You recruit heroes, complete various tasks, participate in live events and level up your super team. If you're familiar with Mafia Wars then you have a good sense of what happens here as well. Read more... More about Futurama Worlds Of Tomorrow, Tv, Futurama, Gaming, and Entertainment Read More »Why the heck did Apple just buy iCloud.net?
Apple's now the official owner of the website iCloud.net, which up until recently, had nothing to do with its iCloud storage and services website accessible at iCloud.com. Ownership of iCloud.net was transferred to Apple sometime this week, TechCrunch reports. The site, which was owned by a software developer named Tong Lei, was a Chinese social network of sorts since its creation in 2011 and will be shut down at the end of the month. In a blog post on Feb. 14, Lei said "iCloud.net finished his mission" and that it was time for him to retire. Read more... More about Domains, Icloud.Net, Services, Icloud, and Apple Read More »Seth Meyers pokes fun at awards show darlings in 'Oscar Bait' clip
La La Land. Carol. Manchester by the Sea. They're all critically acclaimed films. And they were all shamelessly released right before Oscar season. To be fair, so was "Oscar Bait," a new Seth Meyers clip that pokes fun at the curious annual influx of poignant cinema around Nov. 1. Yes, all the trappings of an Oscar nominee are here: jarring visual effects, a child actor with three names and a rare disease called "balloon foot," for example. Wait, should this win an Oscar? Read more... More about Oscars 2017, Seth Meyers, Watercooler, and Watercooler Read More »Color-changing hair dye is the perfect product for commitment phobes
Dyeing your hair is a big commitment. You think you've finally picked the right color after multiple trips to the drug store, only to find out that you hate it and want to crawl into a hole until you're able dye it back again. But now, with Fire, the color-changing hair dye from The Unseen, you can save your commitment phobia for your relationships and will never be bored with your hair again. Founder of The Unseen in London and material alchemist Lauren Bowker specializes in combining science with art and design with performance. Her latest fashion venture, Fire, repeatedly changes color depending on the environment and temperature. According to Forbes, the semi-permanent colors change from black to red, black to white, silver to blue, blue to white, and black to yellow. Read more... More about Color, Chemistry, Hair Dye, Hair, and Watercooler Read More »Banks are finally taking on Venmo — and have a money-transfer app of their own
For years, banks have watched as their youngest customers split restaurant checks, shared utility bills, and pitched in for parties using third-party payment apps such as Venmo. Now, they're trying to take back the person-to-person payments business by launching an app of their own. Nineteen banks, including Bank of America, Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase, and Wells Fargo, are teaming up to start Zelle, a web site and app that will let users send and request money much like Venmo does. Bank of America says it is the first to incorporate all of Zelle's capabilities—including the ability to split bills between users—into its own mobile app, starting today. A standalone Zelle payment app should be available to anyone with a debit card, regardless of where they bank, by the middle of the year. Read more... More about Mobile Payments, Zelle, Banking, Paypal, and Venmo Read More »Netflix's 'Mystery Science Theater' gets release date, perfect cast photo
Get ready to welcome back your favorite robot pals: The Mystery Science Theater 3000 reboot is right on the horizon. In the first cast photo before the new episodes premiere, Netflix gave us a glimpse at MST3K's lab-suited up newcomers and voice actors who will join the family. The reboot, starring Jonah Ray, Patton Oswalt and Felicia Day, includes Baron Vaughn and Hampton Yount as robot voices (yes, that's Crow T. Robot and Tom Servo in the picture) and the familiar face of Joel Hodgson lurking in the background and watching over us all. Read more... More about Photography, Mst3k, Netflix, Mystery Science Theater 3000, and Television Read More »Amber Tamblyn and David Cross have my permission to name all celebrity babies
Celebrity baby names have become a total snooze. Where have all the Audio Sciences gone? Blake Lively couldn't even throw us a bone by naming her kid after Taylor Swift. Instead, she and Ryan Reynolds went with the lovely and admittedly unexpected name Inez. The last truly great branding of a celebrity offspring was clearly Saint West. But, as we prepare to welcome Beyoncé's twins to the world, Amber Tamblyn and David Cross have given us hope in the time we need it most. Tamblyn gave birth to the couple's first child, a daughter, and announced on Instagram with a cute video that her name is Dauphinoise Petunia Brittany Scheherazade Von Funkinstein Mustard Witch RBG Cross Tamblyn-Bey Jr. Read more... More about Celebrities, Celebrity Baby, Baby Names, David Cross, and Amber Tamblyn Read More »Twitter helps brands become more than faceless monoliths to their customers
Next time you seek out customer service through a Twitter message, you may find yourself talking to an actual human rather than a corporate account. The social network now lets brands display avatars and names of individual employees in direct-message conversations, while still operating through the company’s main profile. The new tool will also more clearly indicate when you are talking to an automated bot. The feature launched Wednesday with T-Mobile signed on as the only advertiser partner. The move is grounded in Twitter's market research that shows personalized customer service is around 20 percent more satisfying and productive to consumers than nameless corporate interactions. Read more... More about T Mobile, Twitter, Business, and Advertising Read More »This ‘Walking Dead’ shirt was banned from stores for racism
A shirt sporting a popular line from The Walking Dead was just discontinued by UK retailer Primark, after complaints regarding the racist history of the phrase. The white t-shirt depicts Lucille—the name given to a barbed-wire wrapped bat owned by Walking Dead villain Negan, along with the phrase "eeny meenie miny moe"—a reference to the words spoken by Negan before deciding which Walking Dead character to kill off. Ian Lucraft came across the shirt while shopping with his wife in the UK. He then spoke to The Sheffield Star this week about how "shocked" by how "fantastically offensive" he believed the shirt was. Read more... More about Racism, Walking Dead, Conversations, Watercooler, and Watercooler Read More »The Pope is still enjoying a one-way Twitter beef with Trump
It's been a busy few weeks since President Donald Trump was inaugurated but that hasn't kept one of our favorite feuds, between Trump and Pope Francis, from rolling on. Admittedly, it's been a one-sided affair since the two first traded barbs last February over Trump's plans to build a wall. "A person who thinks only about building walls, wherever they may be, and not building bridges, is not Christian," the pope said at the time. Trump called the pope "disgraceful" in response. In recent times, the pope has continued to deliver shade at Trump's immigration policy in his tweets. Trump, so far, has not bitten back. Read more... More about Feud, Pope Francis, Donald Trump, Social Media, and Politics Read More »'Logan' lives up to its R-rating with all claws in
Tentpole season comes earlier every year, and this year LOGAN is kicking it off. Clint and Ti are joined by Mashable Entertainment editors, Josh Dickey and Laura Prudom, to talk mutants, favorite superhero movies, genre mixing and most importantly WOLVERINE! Visit CineFix for more episodes and movie-related content. Read more... More about Blockbuster Movies, Patrick Stewart, James Mangold, Hugh Jackman, and X Men Read More »Boris Johnson's jogging gear is dividing the nation
Having your photograph taken is probably the last thing anyone wants when they're out for a jog Johnson sported a unique combination of floral swimming trunks, an orange knitted hat, a heavy fleece and a blue polo shirt. Read more... More about Lifestyle, Fashion, Watercooler, Politics, and Uk Read More »SodaStream recalls some bottles since they might explode in your face
Believe it or not, repeatedly pumping carbon dioxide into a small bottle might just make it go boom. One line of bottles from DIY soft-drink maker SodaStream's has been declared particularly prone to explosions, so the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has issued a recall. The one-liter bottles in question have a blue tint and base, dishwasher safe labels and an expiration date of April 2020. When pressurized or shaken the bottles might burst and potentially injure bystanders. However, no one appears to have reported being injured by an exploding bottle — SodaStream's move is precautionary. Read more... More about Co2, Explosions, Recall, Soda, and Sodastream Read More »Chelsea Clinton remembers the good old days when fake news was about aliens
Remember the good old days when fake news was about space aliens instead of important political issues? No? Well, luckily Chelsea Clinton does, and she's decided to enlighten us by sharing a scandalously hot fake news story from the 90s. You may think that the fake news phenomenon originated during the 2016 presidential election, but Chelsea Clinton — whose mother, Hillary, was the subject of many barbaric headlines over the past few months — is here to remind us that fake news is nothing new and used to be a lot more fun. Sure, over the years misinformative media outlets have gotten craftier in the way they present their information — making it more challenging to identify true from false — but in one epic tweet Clinton recalled one of several absurd extraterrestrial lies that were publicly spread about her family over a decade ago. Read more... More about Watercooler, Twitter, Conversations, Donald Trump, and Hillary Clinton Read More »Recut version of 'La La Land' directed by David Lynch looks more like a suspense thriller
Everyone knows that La La Land is the feel-good, singing and dancing movie of the year. And with Damien Chazelle nominated for "Best Director" in this weekend's Academy Awards, we wondered what the film would look like with an entirely different director and tone. This episode of Trailer Mix brings you a darker, more surrealist version courtesy of David Lynch. Visit CineFix for more episodes and movie-related content. Read more... More about Horror Musical, Damien Chazelle, Emma Stone, Ryan Gosling, and David Lynch Read More »Ford's self-driving cars won't have steering wheels because engineers maybe kept falling asleep
Will self-driving cars have steering wheels? Maybe not, if engineers keep falling asleep. Ford's self-driving cars will skip over Level 3 — where cars are automated, but human drivers are still expected to take over if need be — to Level 4, where cars are basically fully autonomous except for extreme conditions. (Self-driving cars that would meet the requirements for Level 5 are still theoretical at this point.) The levels are defined by the Society of Automotive Engineers, or SAE. Automotive News reported that Ford came to that decision after its engineers fell asleep, lulled into a false sense of security with nothing much to do while driving Level 3 cars. Read more... More about Waymo, Autonomous Cars, Autonomous Vehicles, Self Driving Cars, and Ford Read More »Sushi donuts will make your Instagram feed a little more delicious in 2017
It's a new year. And you know what they say: new year, new sushi creation. Time to say goodbye to sushi burritos and prepare yourself for the Instagram flood of this next mashup: sushi donuts.
Jay Z will be the first rapper in Songwriters Hall of Fame and it's about damn time
Jay Z has 99 problems but being consistently overlooked by the Songwriters Hall of Fame ain't one. Jay made headlines last year when he was the first rapper to even earn a nomination and now he's confirmed to actually receive the honor. Songwriters are eligible 20 years after their first hit — so for Jay Z, that means 1996's Reasonable Doubt. Nile Rodgers made the announcement on CBS This Morning. Jay Z makes up the Class of 2017 alongside Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds, Max Martin and Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis. Read more... More about Music, Rapper, Songwriters Hall Of Fame, Jay Z, and Entertainment Read More »Seven Earth-sized planets orbit an alien star only 40 light-years away
A small, cool star in distant space plays host to something amazing. Scientists have discovered that at least seven Earth-sized worlds circle the star TRAPPIST-1, a ultracool dwarf star only about 40 light-years (235 trillion miles) from Earth. The planetary haul — which includes at least six rocky planets total, three of which were first discovered last year — is detailed in a new study published in the journal Nature on Wednesday. This marks the first time so many Earth-sized worlds have been found orbiting the same star. Read more... More about Trappist 1, Astronomy, Space Exploration, Stars, and Alien Planets Read More »Switch storage limits take Nintendo gaming back to the '90s
Nintendo seemingly has one thing to say about our supposedly "all digital" future: LOL. The upcoming Switch features a downright minuscule 32GB of built-in storage, and that number comes down even more once you account for the operating system and basic apps. It's so small, in fact, that one of the console's launch titles in Japan won't actually fit. A newly updated listing of Switch games lays out storage requirements for each one, and from it we learn that Dragon Quest Heroes I+II is a 32GB game. It even says right there on the game's info page (translated from Japanese): "A microSD card of 32GB or more is required separately." Read more... More about Nintendo Switch, Nintendo, Gaming, Entertainment, and Entertainment Read More »That's it, Netflix just cornered the comedy-special market
Netflix is making damn sure Netflix gets the last laugh. The streaming giant on Wednesday announced Louis C.K. will debut two new stand-up comedy specials exclusively on the platform. The six-time Emmy winner joins Chris Rock, Jerry Seinfeld, Dave Chappelle, Amy Schumer ... and just about all the other big name comedians who have taken their jokes to Netflix in exchange for its global audience and big paycheck. Last year, Netflix announced that after an eight-year absence from doing stand-up, Chris Rock will tape two new specials that will debut on Netflix worldwide. Netflix reportedly outbid HBO by dishing out a whopping $40 million. Read more... More about Tv, Streaming Services, Comedy Specials, Comedy, and Netflix Read More »Peter Thiel company reportedly helped NSA spy program
Peter Thiel is a man who enjoys both the having of cake and the putting of that cake into the largest hole in his face. He's written that "A free press is vital for public debate," yet financed a lawsuit that bankrupted Gawker Media. He's buddy-buddy with "America First" President Donald Trump, but if his friend winds up ruining the United States, Thiel's got citizenship in New Zealand. And now, thanks to a report by The Intercept, it sounds like Thiel has worked to sharpen government surveillance while his company (and he) has claimed a fondness for privacy. More about Data, Surveillance, Donald Trump, New Zealand, and The Intercept Read More »Falling ice chunk demolishing car provides another reason to hate winter
Anyone blessed to live in an area with heavy snowfalls and winter weather knows the dangers that come along with the climate. A camera captured two extremely lucky men narrowly avoiding a huge chunk of ice that fell onto their vehicle as they were exiting. Just a moment before the impact, the two look up, likely because they were warned or could hear the ice as it started to slide off the roof. The car sustained the majority of the impact and it appears as if both men escaped without any major injuries. We just hope they had "ice falling from the sky" coverage on their insurance. Read more... More about Wtf, Russia, Viral Videos, Watercooler, and Watercooler Read More »Peeps Oreos taste nothing like Peeps, and that's a good thing
Peeps, adorable as they are, do not taste good. That's fine! Your mom doesn't stock up on Peeps every spring for the flavor. No, she buys them for their squishy little chick-like shape and their unbelievably stabile shelf life. So when Peeps Oreos landed on our desks, we were skeptical. These new, limited edition sandwich cookies feature a vanilla wafer with a hot pink "Marshmallow PEEPS FLAVOR CREME" filling, blended with fine sugar crystals that mimic the original marshmallow's crunchy coating. Image: lili sams/mashable We tore open the package, sampled the cookies and were pleasantly surprised to find that these Oreos taste pretty much nothing like a Peep. Read more... More about Food, Pics, Watercooler, Watercooler, and Pics Read More »Earnest little girl tries her best to make oatmeal despite not understanding recipe
Let's be clear: This little girl is really trying her best. It's not her fault that recipes can be very confusing. It's not her fault that the word "cup" in English can mean many different things. It's not her fault that she probably hasn't learned about measurements yet. All this girl wants is to help her family make oatmeal. Even though she is going to need a lot of help to get there because she doesn't know what she is doing, her intentions are so pure and we love her for that. Read more... More about Funny, Kids, Conversations, Watercooler, and Watercooler Read More »If 'La La Land' was directed by David Lynch, it'd look something like this...
Everyone knows that La La Land is the feel-good, singing and dancing movie of the year. And with Damien Chazelle nominated for "Best Director" in this weekend's Academy Awards, we wondered what the film would look like with an entirely different director and tone. This episode of Trailer Mix brings you a darker, more surrealist version courtesy of David Lynch. Visit CineFix for more episodes and movie-related content. Read more... More about Damien Chazelle, Emma Stone, Ryan Gosling, Recut Movie Trailer, and Recut Trailer Read More »Google wants to give you back your face when you're in VR
The blank, robotic VR masks seen in mixed reality videos could soon receive a facial fix that's pretty cool but also kind of creepy, just like any good advancement in technology should be. In a new blog post on the Google Research Blog (hat tip to The Verge), a few researchers from the tech giant discuss the process of replacing the blocky VR headset with an image of the user's face for mixed reality videos — videos that show both the VR user and the virtual reality around them. The researchers hope they might eventually be able to extend this "headset removal" technique beyond mixed reality videos and into the VR world itself, increasing engagement and social interaction. Read more... More about Mixed Reality, Google, Vr, Tech, and Gadgets Read More »Rivers in the sky: Why California is flooding
It's hard to believe that after five years of record drought, many Californians are hoping that this winter's weekly deluges will come to a swift conclusion. The latest storm, which struck over the weekend and ended on Tuesday, has forced thousands to evacuate, including urban residents in San Jose, as floodwaters continue to rise and levees are strained. This winter demonstrates how too much of a good thing — in this case, rain and mountain snow — can lead to severe problems. This is increasingly important, since human-caused global warming is already causing both ends of the weather extremes spectrum — too little water and too much — to occur more frequently and with greater intensity. Read more... More about Greenhouse Gases, Global Warming, Climate Change, Climate, and Extreme Weather Read More »A couple took 'breakup photos' and they're still pretty sad about the whole thing
Harrison and Jackie broke up in 2015. At the end of 2016, they had a photoshoot. A breakup photoshoot. For their breakup. They dated in high school, tried to make it work while attending college separated by a few thousand miles of farmland, and eventually the distance drew them apart. three and a half years into their relationship, they ended it. Fast forward to New Year's Eve 2016. If you're doing the math along with me, you'll note that's a bit over a year since the breakup, and for reference, they hadn't seen each other since then. Read more... More about Watercooler and Watercooler Read More » | ||||
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