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 Series of kick-ass storms roar across Atlantic towards UK and France
While this winter has been downright tame across large parts of the eastern U.S., the same cannot be said for much of Western Europe. Right now, an extremely powerful jet stream is helping to spawn one massive North Atlantic storm after another, bringing hurricane force winds to parts of the UK, France, Portugal and Spain this week. Next week, a severe storm may spin up in the Mediterranean, lashing Italy with rain and wind. Numerous weather warnings are in effect for Friday in the UK, France, Portugal and Spain as one particularly significant storm moves through, bringing winds that could gust as high as 80 miles per hour. Read more... More about Sea Ice, Arctic, France, Uk, and Climate Science Read More »Woman turns babies' medical helmets into adorable works of art
Paula Strawn is a Washington-based artist whose using her talents to help thousands of babies smile while wearing a medical helmet. This wearable device can turn any surface into a keyboard
There are a lot of gimmicky takes on the classic QWERTY keyboard — from colorful devices that look like old-school typewriters to a foldable thing that converts into a stick. But a wearable device that can eliminate keyboards entirely? That's something else. The team at Tap Systems Inc. has invented a new wearable called Tap Strap, which essentially lets you turn the world into a giant keyboard. The strap has five holes that you put your fingers through, and it's embedded with sensors that track information about your hands and fingers. The wearable can be connected to almost any device, just as long as it has Bluetooth. You then tap your fingers on any surface, and those taps are turned into commands and characters. Read more... More about Connectivity, Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, Bluetooth, and Wearables Read More »Trump's doctor reveals the secret behind his luscious golden locks and strange doctor's ritual
Donald Trump's hair might just be the most tremendous hair of all time. The President's golden mane, shrouded in mystery, has inspired a slew of style discussions, memes and even a Twitter account over the years. But at long last the secret behind Trump's hair has been revealed. Thanks to Trump's longtime doctor, Harold Bornstein, we now know the trick behind the 70-year-old president's hair care regiment and some inside info on his germaphobe tendencies that are, um..interesting. In a series of interviews, Dr. Bornstein revealed to the New York Times that Trump's hair is so healthy because he takes small doses of a prostate-related drug called finasteride, which stimulates his hair growth. Read more... More about Lifestyle, Doctor, Politics, Conversations, and Donald Trump Read More »Charles Barkley has a very NSFW message for his haters
Charles Barkley has a message for his haters. The TNT analyst hopped on the mic at an Atlanta nightclub Tuesday night and threw some f-bombs at his critics, which probably won’t do much to calm the chaos of the last few days. LeBron James ripped Barkley earlier this week — the final straw in a long-standing feud between the two — but Barkley is sticking to his comments that set off the Cleveland Cavaliers All-Star in the first place. So, after wishing everyone a good night at Atlanta’s Koo Koo Room and dropping into one of his favorite songs, he said: "For all you fucking haters, fuck y'all!" Read more... More about Basketball, Nba, Lebron James, Charles Barkley, and Entertainment Read More »Oreo beer is here to add some cookie to your cold one
Everyone has those days where all you want to do is indulge in junk food and drink a cold one. There is now a beer that helps you do both of those things at the same time. Virginia-based craft brewery The Veil Brewing Co. has gifted 2017 with an Oreo beer. According to the brewery's description, the beer is a new take on their chocolate stout Hornswoggler. To give the beer an Oreo flavor, it was conditioned "on hundreds of pounds of Oreo cookies." Just the idea of hundreds of pounds of Oreo cookies together in a big pile makes us happy. Read more... More about Food, Conversations, Beer, Oreo, and Watercooler Read More »Snapchat files for IPO as $SNAP — looks to raise $3 billion
Snapchat, err Snap Inc., just made the papers for its long-awaited initial public offering appear. The ephemeral mobile storytelling app is going public, a move that will raise $3 billion and open up the books of the secretive company. No valuation for the company as a whole is mentioned, but the company is predicted to still be one of the biggest tech IPOs ever. Back in 2012, Facebook was seeking a valuation of $5 billion. The filing offers one of the biggest concrete indicators of Snapchat's business. It brought in $404 million in 2016, up from $58.7 million in 2015. More about Evan Spiegel, Business, Apps And Software, Social Media, and Snap Inc Read More »Chance the Rapper drops #ThankUObama merch line for a nation grieving
If the #ThanksObama makes you cry now, here are the perfect tees to soak up your tears. Chance the Rapper is the face of a new line of #ThankUObama clothing paying tribute to the dearly missed former first family. Chance and the Obamas actually go way back — his dad worked for the former president when he was just a senator. The line pays tribute to some of the stops on the way to their historic eight years in the White House, including college graduations and weddings. There's a shirt imagining Obama as Biggie. Read more... More about Fashion, Chance The Rapper, Obama Daughters, Michelle Obama, and Barack Obama Read More »The huge #TechHasNoWalls protest started on Slack
Media and telecommunications giant Comcast took a cue from Google Thursday as employees from several offices protested President Donald Trump's de-facto Muslim ban. And got a boost from Slack. From Comcast headquarters in Philadelphia to offices in New York, Washington, D.C., and Silicon Valley, workers joined together to rally against Trump's executive order that temporarily bans immigrants from seven Muslim-majority nations and his call for a Mexican border wall. The rallies sparked the inspiring hashtag #TechHasNoWalls. A similar scene took place outside Google offices earlier this week, but Comcast's rallies had a unique starting point: Slack, the messaging and communications tool used by businesses. Read more... More about Immigration Ban, Donald Trump, Philadelphia, Rally, and Comcast Read More »Cutest puppy in the land gets his very own Photoshop battle
Fact: Puppies are the cutest. Corgi puppies, even more so. So can we blame the internet for wanting to Photoshop this adorable corgi puppy into as many different places as possible? Image: javareallysucks/reddit No. We cannot. In fact, we encourage and we celebrate the results of this incredible Reddit Photoshop battle. Thank you for spreading this happy corgi everywhere it seemed appropriate, and even some places where it wasn't appropriate. Read more... We first travel to Spain, where this pupper is about to teach some bulls how actual running is done.More about Cute Animals, Puppy, Corgis, Photoshop Battle, and Photoshop Read More »'Sharknado 5' is here to destroy the world
As if the world didn't have enough to worry about, Syfy has greenlit Sharknado 5, and this time, the fish-flinging action is going fin-ternational. (Get it?) Ian Ziering and Tara Reid will reprise their shark-fighting roles as Fin Shepard and April Wexler in the sequel, along with Cassie Scerbo, who is set to return as Nova, a bartender turned badass Sharknado fighter. The latest installment in the surprisingly resilient franchise sees the deadly weather phenomenon of shark-infested storms bombard cities around the world, and will film in more than 5 countries, including the UK and Australia. Read more... More about Tara Reid, Ian Ziering, Sharknado 5, Sharknado, and Entertainment Read More »The sushi croissant is the most California thing to ever happen, ever
When will the weird food trends end? Are we just going to keep going until one of use makes something so disgusting we just decide as a society that we've had enough? With the new sushi croissant from California's Mr. Holmes Bakehouse, we might be getting close. Sushi croissant Way different than Kit Kat sushi, the sushi croissant is exactly what it sounds like: it is literally a croissant stuffed with sushi. The sushi is composed of smoked salmon, seaweed, ginger and wasabi and will only cost you $5, if you dare. From a bakery whose jobs page states, “If you’re as serious about baking as you are about getting baked, then get at us," we can't say this comes as much of a surprise. Read more... More about Croissant, Weird, Sushi, Food, and Watercooler Read More »#DeleteUber coup: CEO Travis Kalanick resigns from Trump's board
#DeleteUber may have actually forced something to change at Uber. Uber CEO Travis Kalanick will step down from President Donald Trump's economic advisory council, he reportedly told Uber employees in an email on Thursday. “Earlier today I spoke briefly with the president about the immigration executive order and its issues for our community,” Kalanick wrote, according to The New York Times. “I also let him know that I would not be able to participate on his economic council. Joining the group was not meant to be an endorsement of the president or his agenda but unfortunately it has been misinterpreted to be exactly that.” Read more... More about Trump, Uber, and Business Read More »Move over, Puppy Bowl: Bunny Bowl is here to out-cute you
For non-football fans, Super Bowl weekend is just getting better and better. Well, we all know that Animal Planet's Puppy Bowl is a very well established event which blesses non-football watchers (and football watchers too, let's be real) with incredibly adorable puppies. There's also the yearly tradition of looking at Superb Owls. But now we have the opportunity to get our Super Bowl weekends started right with the Bunny Bowl. Image: annie's homegrown That's right. It's football with bunnies. Can. Things. Get. Cuter? The Bunny Bowl is being put on by Annie's Homegrown and can be watched live on their Facebook page. All bunnies are mixed breeds from Rabbit Ears Rescue, a rescue committed to saving rabbits from shelters that are about to be euthanized. Read more... More about Facebook Live, Super Bowl, Bunny Bowl, Bunnies, and Conversations Read More »Mother shares hilarious picture of her babysitter truly nailing it
Anyone who's ever been responsible for a baby knows that when kids are awake, finding time to make yourself a meal is no small feat. So when this babysitter needed a snack, she got hilariously creative. Claudia Sorhaindo's 15-year-old niece J'Ann babysat her 2-month-old while the mother made a quick trip. Not wanting to let the baby out of her sight while she made a sandwich, J'Ann came up with an ingenious solution that might just have you saying "Why didn't I think of that?" "I couldn't help but laugh out loud and share the photo with her dad," Sorhaindo said in a message. Read more... More about Pictures, Moms, Babysitting, Cute Kids, and Baby Girls Read More »You'll never be able to un-see this kid dressed up as a frog
Please witness the beginning of a brand-new meme dubbed Frog Nephew. Racked reporter Chavie Lieber shared an adorable and mildly terrifying photo of her nephew Sammy dressed up in a homemade frog costume on Thursday, much to the delight of the internet. Please see for yourself.
In celebration of Book Week, Sammy, who's 5-years-old, had the opportunity to dress as a character from his favorite book, so he chose Max Velthuijs’ "Frog and the Birdsong." Read more... More about Kids, Parenting, Funny, Frog, and Memes Read More »Flying this drone totally felt like breaking the law
As I stare up at the faint spec that is my drone, I'm pretty sure I'm breaking the law. At least I'm not alone. On a brisk February afternoon, DJI and partner B+H invites journalists, seasoned drone pilots and newbies onto the deck of the historic Bathhouse Studios in Manhattan to fly DJI's new Phantom 4 Pro drone. This update to the popular and quite good Phantom 4 drone that I tested last year adds back and side sensors so you don't fly into trees and a powerful 20 MP, 4K camera. It costs $1,499. There’s no time for classes today. DJI guides usher groups of six anxious flyers onto the Bathhouse’s spacious outdoor deck to fly. Read more... More about Drone, Drones, Phantom Drone, Dji, and Tech Read More »Our first look at Snapchat's biggest risks and most powerful enemies
Snapchat essentially got its start by eliminating risk. Want to send a nude to a lover or a goofy face to a friend? Don't worry, it'll disappear in 10 seconds. But now, as a startup that just filed to go public, the risks look pretty damn real. The word "risk" appears 87 times in Snap Inc.'s Form S-1 filed Thursday. Here they are in summary, with our background and more plain English explanations: 1. Keeping its users happySnapchat is reminding the public that one day it may not be the hottest app to the kids. In fact, we've already seen a slowdown in the app's growth. A Bloomberg report from June 2016 revealed Snapchat had 150 million daily active users. According to S-1 filing, that came more than 7 months later, Snapchat has added only 8 million daily active users. Read more... More about Facebook, Media, Business, Snap Inc, and Snapchat Ipo Read More »The Minnesota Twins gave Beyoncé the perfect gift for her pregnancy announcement
Yes, Beyoncé has marched her way into the world of sports, because she is Beyoncé and that is what Beyoncé does. Anyway, Beyoncé is expecting twins. She broke an Instagram record, gave hope to a largely deflated country and essentially shattered the universe as we know it with her big announcement. Now, the sports angle. The Minnesota Twins wisely capitalized on their namesake, digitally presenting Beyoncé with customized jerseys for her family — husband Jay Z, daughter Blue Ivy, and of course, the expected twins. Read more... More about Mlb, Baseball, Beyonce, Entertainment, and Sports Read More »The #BodegaStrike is giving New Yorkers all the feels
Grabbing a pack of gum on the way back from the subway Thursday won't be easy as normal for New Yorkers. But they aren’t getting mad — instead, they’re snapping photos and showing love to their neighborhood bodegas on social media. Instagram and Twitter have been filling up with #BodegaStrike photos as people stand in solidarity with an estimated 1,000 neighborhood grocers, a protest organized by the local Yemeni-American community against Donald Trump's travel ban.
How to get through border security without giving up your data
Customs agents at United States airports often ask travelers from outside the country to hand over their phone. Agents can ask for the password, and, from there, snoop through whatever they want. There were reports of agents confiscating international travelers' phones after President Donald Trump's executive order banning travel from seven predominantly Muslim countries caused chaos last weekend, leaving many wondering about their rights. Travelers can refuse to hand over their phones, but immigration lawyers say that's not going to help them get into the country. Some will argue that if a traveler has nothing to hide, then handing over a phone shouldn't be a problem. But this is demonstrably false. Plus, the issue shines yet another spotlight on the privacy vs. safety debate. Read more... More about Dhs, Customs And Border Patrol, Email, Social Media, and Phone Read More »Ragnar Lothbrok's 'Vikings' death scene was almost very different
This post contains spoilers for the Vikings Season 4 finale, episode 20, titled "The Reckoning."Vikings racked up quite the body count in Season 4 — which came to a bloody conclusion on Feb. 1 with the demise of three major characters: King Ecbert, Sigurd and Helga — but no death this year was more pivotal or harrowing than that of hero Ragnar Lothbrok (Travis Fimmel), who has been our eyes and ears in the brutal world of the Northmen since the series began. Episode 415 saw Ragnar die in a pit of snakes at the hands of the ruthless King Aelle (an act that later prompted Ragnar's sons extract their bloody revenge on the monarch by executing him via the Blood Eagle). Read more... More about Travis Fimmel, History, Michael Hirst, Vikings, and Entertainment Read More »White House site security error is more 'embarrassing' than worrying
For days now, folks have tweeted about receiving a "connection is not private" warning when trying to access whitehouse.gov. It's an alarming thing to read when you're just trying to get some information from the site of the world's most powerful government, but experts say the issue is more "embarrassing" than it is worrying. First reported by The Washington Post, the site prompts Google Chrome and other browsers to warn users that "attackers might be trying to steal your information from messages.whitehouse.gov, for example passwords, messages or credit cards.” Read more... More about Privacy, Security, Invalid, Website, and Donald Trump Read More »Sean Spicer just cannot get the Prime Minister of Australia's name right
The Australian Prime Minister's name is Malcolm Turnbull. But White House press secretary, Sean Spicer, to refer to him multiple times as "Prime Minister Trumbull," during a Thursday press conference about that disastrous phone call between the two leaders. Maybe he assumes the headmistress from Roald Dahl's Matilda has taken helm of the Oceanic nation. Or perhaps he presumes it's spelled "Trumble?" Nobody knows. Whatever the reason, it's wrong. And it's not helping diplomatic relations between the two countries, mate. The press conference was used to underscore Trump's "disappointment" at the refugee deal between the U.S. and Australia, which will now be under review. Read more... More about Donald Trump, Malcolm Turnbull, Video, Sean Spicer, and Australia Read More »6 other times Tom Brady just wanted to talk about the game
It's a great week for football fans. The Super Bowl is coming up this Sunday and it should be an electric game between the New England Patriots and the Atlanta Falcons. New England quarterback Tom Brady is nothing but focused on the game, refusing to talk about anything else when questioned by reporters.
When Brady was asked about his alleged ties to Trump, he said he didn't want to talk politics. "I just want to focus on the positive aspects of this game, my teammates and the reason why we are here," he said. "It has taken a lot of hard work to get to this point. I just want to focus on the positive nature of two great teams competing at this level." Read more... More about Trump, Tom Brady, Super Bowl, Patriots, and Sports Read More »Bruce Springsteen trolls Trump's Australian call in the best way
You might've heard the news that Donald Trump reportedly had a doozy of a conversation with Australia's prime minister Malcolm Turnbull. While the Aussie leader had denied the phone call ended abruptly, that hasn't stopped The Boss. Bruce Springsteen opened his show in Melbourne, Australia, with an acoustic cover of The Orlons' 1962 song "Don't Hang Up" on Thursday. Trololol indeed. "We stand before you, embarrassed Americans tonight ... we're going to use this [song] to send a letter back home," Springsteen said.
The 13 most interesting parts of Snap's IPO filing
Snap's big day has arrived and we have already learned so much more about the company. Following months of speculation, the company has finally filed paperwork for its initial public offering. With the paperwork comes a more detailed look at the inner workings of the notoriously secretive company than we've ever seen before. As we expected, the IPO filing doesn't disappoint. The massive document lays out not only the financials and product history of the company, it also provides insight into CEO Evan Spiegel's philosophy and hints at future changes. Read more... More about Business, Snapchat, Snap, Apps And Software, and Tech Read More »One hashtag is uniting Americans in the fight against Trump
Among the millions of vibrant, emotional images of protest packing our timelines since Donald Trump's inauguration, one simple six-letter word has stood out: Resist. Variations of the word have dominated social media since the president took office in late January. In the three days following his de-facto Muslim ban, for example, #Resist and #TheResistance have appeared in over 2.5 million tweets, according to data provided by Twitter. As the political turmoil brewed, critics of Trump created a range of hashtags — from #IResist to #ResistTrump — to post alongside actions in the fight against the policies of the new president. Read more... More about America, Trump, Resistance, Resist, and Watercooler Read More »South Park are laying off Donald Trump, because they 'can't keep up'
It's difficult to think of a modern celebrity South Park hasn't lampooned. In its 20-season run, the animated television show has taken aim at Saddam Hussein, R. Kelly, Russell Crowe, Tom Cruise, Paris Hilton, Michael Jackson, Snooki, and well, everyone else. While the current U.S. President Donald Trump seems ripe for parody, it looks like South Park say they're more are likely than ever to lay off him. In an interview with Australia's 7:30, South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker were asked about what's it's like to comment on current affairs with their renowned style of dark satire. Read more... More about Tv, Television, Trump, Donald Trump, and South Park Read More »Don't ban refugees. Ban garbage Facebook memes about refugees.
Last week, in the name of national security, President Donald Trump signed an executive order banning Syrian refugees from the U.S. indefinitely and refugees from other countries for 120 days. The decision has stoked widespread outrage, but two viral Facebook memes suggest people in favor of the ban are going beyond the unsubstantiated threat of terrorists entering the country as refugees to justify it. Instead, they share photos of struggling Americans to pose an emotional question: If people in the U.S. are suffering, why are we helping refugees? SEE ALSO: Actor Kal Penn raises thousands for Syrian refugees after vile social media comment Read more... U.S. and Australia unite to make jokes about the #ReasonsTrumpHangsUp
If you haven't heard, Donald Trump is officially the "mean girl" of politics, after his heated conversation with But mispronounced names are the least of it. The phone call — in which Trump reportedly called Australia's refugee deal forged during the Obama administration the "worst deal ever" and told Turnbull he was responsible for the "worst phone call by far" has caused embarrassment on both sides of the Pacific. Read more... More about Phone Call, Refugee Crisis, Twitter, Malcolm Turnbull, and Donald Trump Read More »Airbnb, Twitter latest tech companies to raise big money to fight Trump's travel ban
Money is still coming in fast and furious to organizations that help those affected by Donald Trump's travel ban. And a big chunk of change is coming from tech companies. Airbnb, who already vowed to help with housing for stranded refugees and immigrants, is the latest to bring up the total amount of cash startups and tech companies are raising for immigrant and refugee advocacy organizations. CEO Brian Chesky announced Thursday that the vacation rental startup was matching all donations up to $100,000 through the end of April. All money raised will go to the International Refugee Assistance Project, National Immigration Law Center and International Rescue Committee. Read more... More about Airbnb, Twitter, Muslim Ban, Travel Ban, and Immigration Ban Read More »Not to alarm you, but it looks like jellyfish are rising up against us
What's this? Oh nothing, just some images that make it look as though jellyfish are plotting an overthrow of the human race. The Sunshine Coast in Australia, specifically, is being blighted with a huge number of beached, blobby jellyfish invaders. Facebook user Charlotte Lawson captured some creepy shots of the mass beaching that look a little like an alien takeover. 10 points to Lawson for her incredibly pithy Facebook caption too. "Got jelly" indeed. According to news reports, almost 23,000 people have been stung in the space of a mere two months. That's a quite a lot. Read more... More about Australia, Queensland, Spongebob Squarepants, Jellyfish, and Deception Bay Read More »So how many customers actually deleted their Uber accounts?
The #DeleteUber movement became a major trend over the weekend after President Donald Trump's travel ban on immigrants from seven Muslim majority countries caused chaos in airports. When Uber turned off surge pricing amid a taxi strike in opposition of the ban, it was read as an affront to the protesters and social media rage hit ride-hailing company like a brick. Former Uber devotees shared screenshots of their reasons for deleting the app in droves — much to the delight of rival Lyft, which capitalized on the controversy (and a public $1 million pledge to the ACLU) and overtook Uber in total App Store downloads for the first time ever on Sunday. Read more... More about Delete Uber, Ride Hailing Apps, Ios, Android, and Lyft Read More »'Riverdale' recap: Episode 2 makes an arrest, but we're just here for Betty and Veronica
This recap contains spoilers for Riverdale Season 1, episode 2, titled "A Touch of Evil." Previously on Riverdale … Archie (KJ Apa) got hot, Jason Blossom's (Trevor Stines) body was discovered with a bullet hole in his head — meaning he didn't drown like his twin sister Cheryl (Madelaine Petch) said — and Archie, Betty (Lili Reinhart) and Veronica's (Camila Mendes) iconic love triangle was born with Betty's broken heart. As subversive as Riverdale gets with Archie Comics canon, underneath the darkness and grit of the world created in The CW series, all of the characters are still pretty much the same as their comic book counterparts. Yes, Archie's now a hot varsity football player caught in an illicit teacher/student affair with Ms. Grundy (Sarah Habel), but underneath his buff exterior, he's still the girl-crazy redhead who always tries to do the right thing, even if he doesn’t succeed most of the time. His intentions are pure. Read more... More about Archie, The Cw, Riverdale, Riverdale Recap, and Entertainment Read More »Border wall removed from Super Bowl ad after Fox deems it 'too political'
The big, beautiful wall in 84 Lumber's Super Bowl commercial has been downgraded to a flimsy barbed-wire fence. The building supply company released a revised version of its immigration-themed ad on Thursday after Fox rejected its initial submission last month. The Pennsylvania-based business had originally wanted the spot to involve a border wall. But the network ruled it "too political" based on its resemblance to a certain commander-in-chief's policy obsession. The company decided to make the most of the situation by turning the ad into a cliffhanger. Read more... More about Border Wall, Super Bowl 2017, Donald Trump, Business, and Advertising Read More »A family found a rattlesnake in their toilet — then 23 more
What was supposed to be a normal morning in the McFadden household turned into a bit of a nightmare. The family from Abilene, Texas, got an unexpected bathroom visitor last week when their son Isac found a rattlesnake in their toilet—only to realize later that it wasn't the only creature slithering around the house. “I found this big clump and I knew it was [a] snake," a young Isac Mcfadden told WFMY News 2. Isac's mother, Cassie, killed it quickly with a shovel while her husband Jason got on the phone with Big Country Snake Removal. "I was just like, what do you do with this?" Cassie said in an interview with WFMY. "What do you do with this? I don't know!" Read more... More about Texas, Toilet, Rattlesnake, Conversations, and Watercooler Read More »Azar is Chatroulette back from the dead, and it's going viral under your nose
You remember Chatroulette, right? Azar is a mobile app attempting to resurrect that old-school livechat experience for the new generation — and it's going viral under our noses. SEE ALSO: How livestreaming dominated 2016 Within three years of Azar's launch, the Korean company behind it, Hyperconnect, claims the app has hit 100 million downloads in over 200 countries, and made 13 billion matches between users. Traffic grows threefold each year, the firm says. The premise is simple: Connect with new chat partners one-to-one, and swipe to make a new match if you don't like the current one. Unlike Chatroulette, which did little outside of video and text chatting with random strangers, Azar allows you to add contacts you like so you can chat again, and brings in today's chat expressions like stickers and filters. Read more... More about Chatroulette, Live Chat, South Korea, Azar, and Tech Read More »Otitis the senior cat gets a second chance after the loss of his ears
As soon as Molly Lichtenwalner spotted a deaf senior cat named Otitis on PetFinder, she knew she had to meet him. Lichtenwalner hoped to find an animal to care for in the wake of a traumatic car accident that left her with severe anxiety. Thanks to her past experience training and caring for a deaf sheepdog, she thought she and the cat might be a perfect fit. Otitis is a senior cat whose life was thrown off track due to unexpected cysts that cost him his ears. (The word "otitis" is a term for ear infection.) When the cysts appeared, his previous owners surrendered him to the Feline Rescue Association in Baltimore where he could receive surgery and proper care. From there, he entered a foster family while he awaited his future forever home. Read more... More about Pics, Cute Animals, Cats, and Watercooler Read More »True love is a guy who gets his girl a bouquet of delicious chicken nuggets
Ever get a bouquet of flowers from someone and think, gee, I wish it was chicken nuggets instead? Of course you do. Like 19-year-old Annika Aguinaldo from Manila in the Philippines, who was surprised with a bouquet of chicken nuggets from her boyfriend, Rico Villanueva, after she said she didn't like flowers. Naturally, pictures of the sweet moment went viral on Twitter, because everyone wishes they had someone in their life who would gift them with chicken nuggets. "I used to joke around that if ever he were to give me a bouquet, I'd like one of chicken nuggets or chicken wings so I could eat it. Much to my surprise, he took it seriously," Aguinaldo said. Read more... More about Tweet, Watercooler, Philippines, Love, and Flowers Read More »Amazon's record holiday season wasn't good enough for Wall Street
Amazon just had its best holiday season ever, pulling in the highest quarterly sales in the company's history and capping off a year in which it tripled profits from the previous one. Wall Street greeted this news with a definitive "meh." The online shopping behemoth's stock fell more than four percent in after-hours trading on Thursday after its $43.74 billion in reported revenues fell short of analysts' lofty $44.68 billion expectations. While Amazon actually managed to deliver more earnings per share than investors had expected — $1.54 versus $1.35 — they were disappointed in the company's underwhelming prediction for the next quarter. Read more... More about E Commerce, Amazon, and Business Read More »Apple gears up to manufacture iPhones in India
Apple, which sees India as a great place to be, could begin manufacturing its iPhones in the country in the next three to four months. The government of the Indian state of Karnataka has welcomed a proposal from Apple to begin initial manufacturing operations in the state, it said. "Apple's intentions to manufacture in Bengaluru will foster cutting edge technology ecosystem and supply chain development in the state, which are critical for India to compete globally," the Karnataka government said. Read more... More about Narendra Modi, Iphone, Tim Cook, Apple, and India Read More »Smallest fox with the biggest ears is here to end your week on a cute note
This little baby Fennec fox is yet to have a name, but that only adds to how adorable it is. It was born on Dec. 3 at Taronga Zoo in Sydney, Australia, yet it's only recently just started to rear its head and venture outside of its nest box. And honestly, you've never seen a smaller fox, with bigger ears. "The little one is beginning to spend a lot more time outdoors. We're seeing it playing, rolling around on its back and chasing after mum and dad," keeper Deb Price said. It's the first birth of the Fennec Fox at the zoo since 2013, but is the seventh child of parents Kebili and Zinder. The kit is yet to have its sex identified. Read more... More about Taronga Zoo, Foxes, Animals, Fox, and Fennec Fox Read More »Japan's largest messenger app is taking on Slack with chat for work
One hot rival has entered the arena for workplace messaging. Japan's most popular messenger app Line announced on Thursday the launch of Line Works, its chat app for offices. Line Works is available for iOS and Android smartphones, and for Windows and Mac on the desktop. The company, which is owned by South Korean web firm Naver, has an average of 218 million monthly active users, and is immensely popular in Japan and other Asian countries such as Thailand, Taiwan and Indonesia. Line is well known for its iconic stickers, which generated $280 million for the company in 2015. Read more... More about Line Messenger, Workplace Messaging Apps, Workplace, Office, and Messaging Read More »Ivanka Trump posts another video of her daughter singing in Chinese and it worked
Donald Trump might have made some enemies in China, but his granddaughter continues to win hearts with her latest viral Chinese song. Trump's daughter, Ivanka Trump, posted a timely video on Instagram featuring her daughter Arabella Kushner singing a song for Chinese New Year.
The video has been subsequently reposted on Weibo by the state-run Global Times, and has been viewed 18 million times already, less than 24 hours after the Ivanka Trump's original Instagram post. Read more... More about Ivanka Trump, China, Donald Trump, Arabella Kushner, and World Read More »ELLE's new video challenging gender stereotypes is going viral for all the right reasons
Gender inequality has been a subject of much debate and discourse in India. While the country's popular arts and entertainment tend to reinforce gender stereotypes, some socially-conscious advertising of late has managed to break the clutter. One such example is the #UnGender series by ELLE India. In partnership with WEvolve, a global campaign that brings men and women together to address gender inequality using art and media, it has released a video that subtly captures the daily struggles of Indian women in a gender-unequal society. Read more... More about Women S Issues, Women S Rights, Social Issues, United Nations, and India Read More »Samsung Pay to launch in India in first half of 2017
Domestic companies cashing in on India’s cash crunched market with epayment solutions will soon have competition from a global technology giant — Samsung. Samsung plans to launch its Samsung Pay mobile payment solution in India in the first half of 2017, according to a person familiar with the matter. For bringing Samsung Pay in India, the company has partnered with American Express (Amex), said the person, adding that the company may be exploring opportunities with giants such as Visa and MasterCard as well. American Express has been one of the partners of Samsung for the epayment solutions in several other regions including the USA, South Korea and Australia. Elsewhere, Samsung has also partnered with MasterCard and Visa, the two financial services companies that see billions of transactions worldwide on their network every year. Read more... More about Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Android Pay, and Apple Pay Read More »Mobile recharge shops in India's largest state are selling phone numbers of young girls: Report
A new safety issue has surfaced for young girls in northern India. Phone recharge shops in Uttar Pradesh, India's largest state by geography, are reportedly selling mobile phone numbers of innocent girls. Local police say that prices depend on the 'looks' of the girls and vary between Rs 50 (74 cents) to Rs 500 ($7). Buyers include boys of the area who stalk these women with calls and obscene photos thereafter. The shocking racket was busted when a 24X7 police helpline set up by the UP chief minister was flooded with complaints from women about unsolicited calls from boys. About 90% of those complaints dealt with harassment of women over phone calls, the Hindustan Times report added. Read more... More about Law And Order, Crime, Safety, Women S Issues, and India Read More »Coca-Cola with fiber in it sounds like a mad scientist's fever dream
It's almost impossible to mention Coca-Cola and "healthy" in the same sentence. But that's exactly what Coca-Cola is trying to do in Japan with a fibre-laden Coke variant it calls Coca-Cola Plus. The drink, which has no calories or sugar in it, contains 5 grams of indigestible dextrin, providing dietary fibre to your system. Coca-Cola Plus used to be on the shelves around six years ago, but seems to have disappeared for the past couple of years — until now. The previous Coca-Cola Plus iteration, according to CNN, had a far lower 1.7 grams of dietary fibre. Even so, that added a weird viscous mouthfeel to the soda, so it would be interesting to know what 5 grams tastes like. Read more... More about Japan, Health, Soda, Beverage, and Coca Cola Read More »Magikarp-shaped taiyaki pancake is the most obvious yet genius evolution
Magikarp is pretty much a flop as a Pokémon, but as a pancake, it's a genius idea. One specialty store in Japan has decided to make a Magikarp version of the traditional fish-shaped taiyaki pancake. Magikarp's appeal is, undoubtedly, super effective:
This might be Kellyanne Conway’s most ‘alternative fact’ yet
President Trump's adviser Kellyanne Conway has blamed two Iraqi refugees for a massacre that never happened. Conway is building a reputation for citing falsehoods, untruths and outright lies as "alternative facts". The latest such example of this is an interview she did with MSNBC where she spoke about the "Bowling Green massacre" in an effort to defend Trump's controversial travel ban. The trouble is there was no such massacre. “I bet it’s brand new information to people that President Obama had a six-month ban on the Iraqi refugee program after two Iraqis came here to this country, were radicalised and they were the masterminds behind the Bowling Green massacre," Conway told host Chris Matthews on MSNBC's Hardball programme. Read more... More about Bowling Green Massacre, Alternative Facts, Kellyanne Conway, and Social Media Read More »Irish schoolchildren have very blunt opinions about Donald Trump
Kids really don't beat around the bush when they're asked a question. In the video above the children of St. Ultan's Primary School in Dublin, Ireland were asked by the Independent for their thoughts on Donald and Melania Trump. Their responses on Trump range from "He's filthy rich" and "He likes building walls" to "He's a nightmare" and "He looks like he gots loads of spray tans gone wrong". The video has had well over 5,500 likes and around 9000 shares on Facebook, but it's also drummed up some concern. "Not sure this is good for kids," wrote Ann Duffy in the most-liked comment. "We teach them not to make fun of people and then we do it!" Read more... More about Ireland, School, Kids, Melania Trump, and Donald Trump Read More »Elon Musk defends meeting with Trump: 'Does not mean I agree'
Elon Musk, one of the tech leaders that joined President Donald Trump's Strategic and Policy Forum in December 2016, will not be leaving just yet, despite not being too happy with some of the Trump administration's decisions. On Friday, Musk posted a public note explaining why he didn't quit the council. "Advisory councils simply provide advice and attending does not mean that I agree with actions by the administration," he wrote in the note that he shared on Twitter. Musk also said he would express his objections to Trump's recent executive order on immigration — or so-called the "Muslim ban" — at the scheduled council meeting on Friday. Read more... More about White House, Advisory Board, Tesla, Spacex, and Elon Musk Read More »Don't ever try to use 'Harry Potter' against J.K. Rowling in an argument
LONDON — As we've learned over the past week, throwing insults at J.K. Rowling on Twitter is a very bad idea. But attempting to use references from her own books to win an argument? That's an even worse plan. Following on from her repeated shut-downs of the people threatening to burn her books, someone else accused her of using "the mark of the beast in a children's novel". It didn't end well for them.
Swiss spoof video goes after Trump in the most brutal way
Switzerland has given Donald Trump all the reasons why he should put "Switzerland Second." Sound familiar? It will do, if you've watched that cheeky Dutch ad which perfectly mimics Trump: "We totally understand it's going to be America First. But can we just say 'The Netherlands Second?' Although similar to the Dutch vid, the spoof from Switzerland is equally hilarious. Using Trump's distinctive speaking style and cadence, the Deville Late Night video says: "Look at those mountains. Those big fat mountains. We're not flat, like for example the Netherlands. They are so flat. Total disaster." Read more... More about Donald Trump, Dutch Video, Netherlands, Switzerland, and Watercooler Read More »Prime Minister's Twitter circle generates debate in the Parliament
On Friday afternoon, the Upper House of the Indian Parliament engaged in a debate concerning social media. Moot question: Why does Prime Minister Narendra Modi follow Twitter trolls? India's ruling party BJP has in the past had problems with journalists and activists who have accused it of organized trolling. But on Thursday, it was a rival party spokesperson who demanded to know why the PM's handle was following alleged trolls.
Norwegian paper publishes spectacularly viral Donald Trump burn
LONDON — The current trend of Trump-based mockery is spreading across Europe like wildfire. We've had parody videos from the Netherlands, parody videos from Switzerland, and now we Norwegian people crow-barring Trump jokes into their newspapers. Earlier in the week, journalist Kim Rathcke Jensen shared an extract from a Norwegian paper and added the translation. It's since gone viral in a big way:
James Corden sings with Queen in glorious head-to-head battle
In fairness to James Corden, he is a pretty good singer. But when it comes to a competitive head-to-head with former American Idol runner-up and current Queen frontman Adam Lambert, though, he's got his work cut out for him. Luckily, the two manage to put their differences aside at the end for a glorious rendition of "Somebody to Love". We'd totally go and watch that. Best app ever lets you create your own Trump Executive Order memes
You've seen the memes: President Trump proudly displaying the latest Executive Order, only the text has been replaced with a kid's drawing. Or a proclamation that anime is now illegal. Or something equally silly and fun. Now you can create your own meme if you have an Android phone, using a new app called Donald Draws: Executive Doodle SEE ALSO: Trump's inauguration speech sounded like it was ripped from Bane from 'The Dark Knight Rises' The app, noticed by Android Police, is simple: Draw or write whatever comes to mind — OK, not THAT, let's keep it civil here — and poof, the app will slap it onto Trump's Executive Order in a short video. You can even add a photo from your gallery. Read more... More about Meme, Executive Order, Donald Trump, Tech, and Apps Software Read More »Watch this woman walk away nonchalantly as vehicles tumble around her
An unverified video, most likely a CCTV footage, has been doing the rounds on social media. And it is both scary and hilarious. In the southern Indian city of Hyderabad, a woman bypassed all traffic rules to come in the way of a vehicle, but managed to escape unhurt. The vehicle then went and rammed into a bike which led to a mini commotion. Meanwhile, the woman literally turned a blind eye to the incident and marched on. She was later criticized on Twitter for her carelessness and nonchalance towards what could have been a major accident. Read more... More about India, Vehicles, Traffic, Road Safety, and Video Read More »Europe is trolling the hell out of Trump one hilarious video at a time
It all started when a Dutch satirical show produced a cheeky tourism ad introducing the U.S. President to the "tiny country" and asking Trump (in his own voice) if he would make 'The Netherlands Second?' He's already putting America first, as we all know. Now other European countries are following suit and producing a range of parody videos. Here's a selection: SwitzerlandSwitzerland was the first to respond with a "Switzerland Second" video made by the satirical TV show Deville Late Night's on SRF channel: “We’re not flat, like for example the Netherlands. They are so flat. Total disaster.” Read more... More about Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland, and Europe Read More »Some longtime Super Bowl advertisers will take part from the sidelines this year
For the past decade, the antics of Dortitos-obsessed dogs, babies and jerkish men have been a crowd-pleasing staple of Super Bowl commercial breaks. Many of the chip brand's ads were so popular that they entertained people well beyond their short seconds on air through social media shares and online views in the millions. So recently, parent company Frito-Lay started to wonder: Does it really still need the whole Super Bowl part? "Back when we started 10 years ago, YouTube would get like 8 millions visits a month. They get billions a day now," said Frito-Lay's chief marketing officer, Jennifer Saenz. "It was about looking at the media landscape and understanding how consumers were engaging." Read more... More about Super Bowl 2017, Business, and Advertising Read More »YouTube is playing around with video thumbnails that move like GIFs
Did I just see something move? Tooling around YouTube — for work purposes, I'm sure — I noticed a little flash of motion in the right-hand column, that vertical stack of thumbnail images from the "up next" videos that the algorithm chooses for us. A few minutes later, as I went scrolling through the column, and ..it happened again! The "up next" videos' display images moved in short loops — just like a GIF. It only happens when you mouse over the thumbnails, but it definitely happens: Apparently, not everyone's seeing it yet — right now this tiny tweak to the interface is just an experiment that's only out to a few select users. Read more... More about Youtube and Entertainment Read More »Popular Twitter account that rates dogs now has a cute mobile game
WeRateDogs is a great Twitter account to follow because it recognizes a basic truth about life: all dogs are good dogs. Now, @dog_rates creator Matt Nelson has teamed up with the London-based Fourthwall Games to deliver a mobile game that celebrates all the lovable puppers and doggos of the worldGood Dogs is what it's called, naturally. It's a free-to-play endless runner that will be hitting Android and iOS app stores on Feb. 3. The more time you spend playing — or the more money you spend, if you prefer — the more dogs you unlock. No energy bars or timers or anything like that. Read more... More about Good Dogs, Dogs, Weratedogs, Mobile, and Tech Read More »How Trump's Australia call probably went down
On Thursday, news broke that President Donald Trump's Saturday phone call with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull went worse than expected. So naturally the Late Show with Stephen Colbert did its duty and imagined the call in cartoon form. Based on Trump's most recent public appearances, this scenario doesn't seem too far off. This teacher has gone viral with his unique handshakes for his students
Barry White, Jr. is a fifth-grade English teacher, who greets each of his students with individual handshakes before class. A video recorded of him performing his inspiring morning ritual has gone viral after the teacher recently gave an interview about his attempt to empower and engage his students. Read more... More about Barry White Jr., Handshakes, Real Time Video, Role Model, and Friendship Read More »Prepare for the Super Bowl with NFL stars reading mean tweets about themselves
To get in the Super Bowl spirit, let's watch some NFL stars read mean tweets about themselves. Jimmy Kimmel Live's popular segment features both current and former NFL athletes. It reminds us that being a famous professional football player can be great and everything, but the haters out there are both numerous and savage. Oh well, you can't win them all. Might as well lean in and make light of the salt-throwers. This super strong duct tape can tape anything
'Flex Tape' claims to be the only duct tape you will ever need. It's super strong, the maker even says that it will work underwater. Read more... More about Real Time Video, Real Time, Future, Powerful Tape, and Tape Read More »This flying bat bot is designed to fly right into danger zones
Engineers have successfully replicated bat flight in a new type of aerial drone. The bat bot has the incredible ability to flap each wing independently, making it extremely agile and flexible. It's expected to do better than drones with spinning rotors in disaster zones. Read more... More about Real Time Video, Real Time, Animal Representation, Disaster Relief, and Drones Read More »9 revealing pages from Bill Belichick's Super Bowl LI playbook
Bill Belichick, heading into his seventh Super Bowl as a head coach, is undoubtedly one of the best play-callers in the history of the NFL. His methods are well-documented, his preparation unmatched. But just what's in that playbook of his is still a mystery until game day. Until now. We have uncovered nine incredible pages from the Super Bowl LI playbook of Bill Belichick — a notoriously withdrawn and unemotional man. The plays, along with Belichick's various notes and doodles, give us an inside look at the brain behind the Patriots dynasty. Read more... More about Super Bowl 2017, New England Patriots, Bill Belichick, Football, and Nfl Read More »How to watch Super Bowl LI on Sunday
It's that time of year again: the Super Bowl. The New England Patriots will face off against the Atlanta Falcons at 6:30 p.m. ET this Sunday, Feb. 5, in Houston, Texas. Also, Lady Gaga will be there. But if you're not invited to a Super Bowl party, what's the best way to watch? 1. On TVThe game will air on your local Fox station, whatever channel that may be. Watch live on the big screen for the best views of the gridiron (and, let's face it, the commercials). 2. At FoxSportsGo.comFox will stream the game this year at foxsportsgo.com. Just for the Super Bowl, Fox won't require a cable login. Read more... More about Super Bowl Li, Streaming Services, Super Bowl, Super Bowl 2017, and Business Read More »Apple iPhone SE to be 'Designed in California, Assembled in India'
Yes, Apple is going to start "manufacturing" iPhones in India this spring. But before you get your hopes up too high about iPhones getting cheaper to buy, read this. Apple will only assemble the 4-inch iPhone SE in India, at a facility on the outskirts of Bangalore. There are no plans at the moment to manufacture the latest iPhones proper. "The [SE] assembly should start by April or so," a source told Mashable India. Apple's partner Wistron's manufacturing facility in Peenya is only going to assemble the smartphones, with no actual "manufacturing" taking place. This is just the first step for Apple's plans for India, sources tell Mashable. Read more... More about Technology, Tech, India, Iphone Se, and Iphone Read More »PlayStation 4 is finally getting external hard drive support
Playstation 4 disappointing you with its 500GB storage? Sure, you could have upgraded your hard drive. Or, soon, you can shove your least-played games off to an external instead of banishing them to the cloud when you run out of space on your PS4. The next update coming to the console will bring external hard drive support to the PlayStation 4. It's codenamed Sasuke, and is in beta as of today. You can connect an HDD that's up to 8TB in size. Sony is also polishing up the dashboard's interface and notification system, adding 3D blu-ray VR support as well as letting you customize your dashboard with wallpapers, like the The Last Guardian look above. Read more... More about Sony, Playstation 4, Gaming, and Entertainment Read More »Listen to Ariana Grande and John Legend sing 'Beauty and the Beast' and cry
Disney's live-action remake of Beauty and the Beast comes out in 42 days, but who's counting? Everyone. Everyone is counting down the days until we can watch something nice. Nice is good. Disney has now gone ahead and released the full version of Ariana Grande and John Legend singing the title track from the film, which fans first heard a brief snippet from earlier this week when the final trailer for the film was released. Listen below. Disney has announced that in addition to this Grande/Legend collaboration, the soundtrack will also include Celine Dion singing a new song, "How Does A Moment Last Forever," as well as other original tunes, in addition to the classics from the 1991 animated film. Read more... More about Disney, Ariana Grande, John Legend, Beauty And The Beast, and Film Read More »Puppies predicting the Super Bowl are the only sports analysts we need
Nine puppies, two bowls of food, only one winner. Jimmy Fallon honored the beloved tradition of having puppies predict the winner of Super Bowl LI on The Tonight Show Thursday night. Nine squirmy little puppies, including crowd favorite Gary Frick Jr., have chosen. And the winner is... The Atlanta Falcons! Can't argue with these pups. We'll have to wait for Sunday night to see if they're really cut out for this job. Comedy Central digital series 'Mideast Minute' just got way more timely
Comedy Central greenlit Mideast Minute — Pardis Parker's satirical news show that "tries to convince Middle Easterners that everything’s OK in the Middle East" — in November, several weeks before President Donald Trump's Muslim ban. Not even Parker could've predicted how much events would provide material for the show, which debuted in January as part of the Viacom-owned network's vast digital library. Parker — Canadian from Halifax — plays host Jamsheed Al-Jamsheedi, who tackles issues including the episode "Kushner" (which is all about how Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, is "indeed qualified to take an active role in Middle East peace talks") oil ("the black pus of the planet") and most recently: immigration ("immigrating to the United States is overrated"). Read more... More about Middle East, Pardis Parker, Mideast Minute, Web Series, and Tv Read More »Stephen Colbert would like Trump to stop ripping him off
On Thursday, President Donald Trump tweeted that "Iran has been formally PUT ON NOTICE" for a ballistic missile test conducted on Sunday. Stephen Colbert takes issue with this for two reasons. First, no one's really sure what Trump means by "PUT ON NOTICE." And second, putting people on notice is kind of Colbert's thing. "This is not the first time Donald Trump has ripped me off. OK, I came up with the whole over-the-top TV character who's desperate to be loved, doesn't believe in facts and has a pet eagle." Listen to Mariah Carey's new 'sh*t happens' breakup song
As a genius named Mariah Carey once tweeted, "shit happens." That's pretty much the vibe of her slinky breakup single featuring YG, "I Don't." Carey, who recently ended her engagement to Australian billionaire James Packer, sings about a relationship gone awry with a cool distance from the pain. "But I'm tired of cryin', no more tears," she croons. "Pity party of the year." Carey told fans she worked with Jermaine Dupri on the track in a totally normal Facebook Live lounging in fishnets and lingerie. Her last album, which you should certainly remember was called Me. I Am Mariah...the Elusive Chanteuse, was released in 2014. Read more... More about R B, Music, Celebrities, Pop Star, and Mariah Carey Read More »Budweiser turned a classic '90s Super Bowl ad into a Snapchat game
Anheuser-Busch is resurrecting the "Bud Bowl" with a 21st-century twist. The beer conglomerate launched a game within Snapchat's Discover panel on Friday modeled after the famous stop-motion campaign it aired in nearly every Super Bowl of the '90s. The simple interactive ad will appear as part of the brand's takeover of ESPN's Discover portal ad space all day Friday as well as sporadically within several other publishers on the platform (including Mashable). After that, it can be found alongside stories about the NFL in any of the app's media outlets until next Wednesday. SEE ALSO: Budweiser accidentally made a moving political statement with its Super Bowl ad Read more... Oh nothing, just a man walking a duck with two dogs in his pockets
Well, this is not something you see everyday. Twitter user Santero noticed this strange scene while walking down the street: A man with two dogs in his pockets walking a duck down the sidewalk. Also, the man is wearing sandals, while the duck has shoes.
This is equal parts backwards and adorable. Huh. Interesting. Looks like a lovely family outing. Read more... More about Weird, Duck, Dogs, Animals, and Watercooler Read More »PSA: The Super Bowl is officially a 'No Drone Zone'
Hey football fans, if you're heading to Houston’s NRG Stadium this weekend, leave your drones at home. Yep, you'll have to kiss your dreams of recording and aerial video of Lady Gaga's halftime show goodbye because when the Patriots and Falcons go head to head this Sunday in Super Bowl LI, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) doesn't want your nosy, potentially dangerous drones anywhere near the game. The FAA released a public service announcement on Wednesday declaring that not only is NRG Stadium a "No Drone Zone" on the day of the big game, but temporary flight restrictions prohibiting drones from flying within a 34.5-mile radius of the stadium will also be put in place. Read more... More about Football, Conversations, Gadgets, Tech, and Lady Gaga Read More »Mozilla gives up on Firefox OS, its mobile-turned IoT operating system
Released in 2013, Firefox OS was supposed to pick up where webOS left off, with a mobile operating system built on open web standards like HTML5. Unlike Apple and Google who chased performance gains with both software and hardware updates, Firefox OS phones sat on the opposite spectrum and were designed primarily for emerging markets like India and Indonesia where devices could be sold for as low as $25. But after failing to gain much traction — turns out building super cheap phones isn't as easy as it sounds and web apps can't compare to native apps — Mozilla decided to pivot Firefox OS from powering phones and tablets to powering Internet of Things (IoT) devices. Read more... More about Operating System, Iot, Firefox, Firefox Os, and Mozilla Read More »MashTalk: What even is Instagram anymore?
Instagram is dead. OK, it's not really dead — it's still growing like crazy — but if you read Mashable Tech Editor Pete Pachal's obituary for Instagram, you might agree that it's no longer the app you once knew and loved. Pete makes a good case that Instagram has lost its way (0:44). As the company introduces more new features (most of which appear to be copied from Snapchat), the more it moves away from being the app where people share their single best, most perfect photo to being, well, just another version of Facebook. I agree that adding photo albums would taint Instagram, but at the very same time, I know that new changes to beloved apps always upset people at first, but then we all move on. It's your choice to stick to the platform or abandon it if decides to be something else. Read more... More about Trump, Podcasts, Mashtalk, Mash Talk, and Iphone Read More »Taylor Swift and Zayn pout separately in solo versions of 'I Don't Wanna Live Forever'
Taylor Swift and Zayn have released solo videos performing their 50 Shades Darker single for maximum yearning. The pop stars' respective acoustic spins on "I Don't Want to Live Forever" are a far cry from the song's glitzy video. For a second, it seems like they could just be normal sad people instead of ridiculously rich and famous sad people. Swift takes a break from the despair for a moment to smile for the camera as she rehearses for her pre-Super Bowl concert in Houston. Zayn's video, appropriately, is a minimalist black and white studio video with plenty of filters and plenty of room for his signature falsetto to breathe. Read more... More about Music, Celebrities, 50 Shades Darker, Pop Stars, and Taylor Swift Read More »Radio stations across the country hacked to play explicit anti-Trump anthem
Well, here's one way to get a message across. By taking advantage of a vulnerability found in a common model of Low Power FM (LPFM) radio transmitters, hackers have repeatedly flooded airwaves across the country with an anti-Trump anthem, sending a very specific message to the nation's sitting commander-in-chief: "FDT." The hackers are reportedly commandeering the LPFM stations to broadcast "F*ck Donald Trump," the protest anthem from rappers YG and Nipsey Hussle, on an endless loop. The vulnerability stems from unsecured Barix Exstreamer transmitters, Ars Technica reports. The devices can be openly connected to the internet, exposing them to hacking threats if stations don't take the appropriate precautions. Barix warned customers of the vulnerability last April, advising users to implement 24-character passwords and beef up their connections by using a VPN and securing their devices behind firewalls. Read more... More about Hackers, Donald Trump, Radio, Fm, and Tech Read More »Mariah Carey wore heels to the gym because she is Mariah Carey
Mariah Carey has been performing across the globe for the better part of two decades, so it only makes sense that she occasionally pops in the gym to maintain her health and keep up with her rigorous lifestyle. Only, because it's Mariah Carey, her time at the gym means she will show up wearing a leotard, diamonds, fishnet tights and heels. The singer shared some pictures and Boomerangs on Thursday of herself breaking a sweat in the most classic Mariah Carey outfit you can imagine. Here we have a glimpse of Mariah running through the workout space, because cardio is an important way to warm up and avoid injuries. Read more... More about Conversations, Watercooler, Workout, and Mariah Carey Read More »Twitter fights back against Trump's alleged dress code with #DressLikeAWoman
A report claiming Donald Trump wants female members of his staff to "dress like a woman" is garnering significant backlash online. A source in the report, who worked on Trump's campaign, said, "We hear that women who worked in Trump's campaign field offices — folks who spend more time knocking on doors than attending glitzy events — felt pressure to wear dresses to impress Trump." There was always pressure to look "look neat and orderly," even while wearing jeans. Twitter users responded to this claim that female staff members are expected to dress like 'typical, feminine women' with the hashtag #DressLikeAWoman and pictures of their daily womanly attire. Read more... More about Dress Code, Donald Trump, Women, Twitter, and Watercooler Read More »Twitter's got jokes about Kellyanne Conway's latest alternative fact
I realize asking for rules in a world of alternative facts is naive, but here goes: Can we at least not make up massacres? President Donald Trump advisor Kellyanne Conway invented something called the "Bowling Green massacre" on Thursday night, which she said took place in Bowling Green, Kentucky. In an interview with MSNBC, Conway said: "I bet it's brand new information to people that President Obama had a six-month ban on the Iraqi refugee program after two Iraqis came here to this country, were radicalized, and they were the masterminds behind the Bowling Green massacre." Read more... More about Twitter, Inauguration 2017, Donald Trump, Alternative Facts, and Kellyanne Conway Read More »Drew Barrymore is all about that zombie mom life in Netflix's 'Santa Clarita Diet'
Warning: This post contains spoilers for episode one of Netflix's Santa Clairta Diet. Projective vomiting and eating a person in one episode? Not a problem for Drew Barrymore, who plays zombie mom Sheila in Netflix's new Santa Clarita Diet. "Nope!" Barrymore said when asked whether anything was too gross for her to do while filming. "I was into all of it." The horror-comedy, which launches on the streaming service on Friday, follows suburban couple Sheila and Joel (Timothy Olyphant), real estate agents who have to adjust when Sheila suddenly finds herself craving only human flesh. More about Zombies, Drew Barrymore, Santa Clarita Diet, Tv, and Netflix Read More »Emilia Clarke wraps up 'Game of Thrones' filming with an R. Kelly lip sync
Filming for Season 7 of Game of Thrones is wrapping up, and the Khaleesi is celebrating in the correct way: with a song about flying. Yes, Emilia Clarke Instagrammed herself Friday lip-syncing to R. Kelly's "I Believe I Can Fly," a song that, for Westeros' sake, we hope her character takes to heart. Clarke also shared some thoughts about the much-anticipated seventh season. "I BELIEVE THIS ONE'S GONNA BE A MIND BLOWER," she wrote, including a fire emoji so we know she's serious. Read more... More about Game Of Thrones, Emilia Clarke, and Watercooler Read More »Super smart Reporter thinks he's figured out how teens use emojis
Have you ever wanted to know how teens convey secret messages in their text messages? If so, look anywhere else but Q13 Fox News in Seattle, Washington, because they even though they have an idea, they really don't know. But they gave it their best shot....sort of. SEE ALSO: A redhead emoji is finally in the cards This gifted cyber translator was able to break down a lot of very common teen emoji codes. For instance, a (hibiscus) flower emoji means "let's get some drugs. I love drugs." A skull emoji pointing to a fire emoji means "I hope you die in a fire." And the frog emoji means "I'm telling you you're ugly by using this frog in text." Read more... More about News, Emojis, and Watercooler Read More »Drinking coffee like the 'Gilmore Girls' is a nightmare
We tried to drink coffee like the Gilmore Girls. Things did not turn out as planned. If you like this video, subscribe for more! Why Tinder tourists aren't actually the worst
Sitting across from my friend in my favourite coffee shop, I began reciting the story of yet another Tinder failure. This time, it was the tale of the Tinder tourist. A Tinder tourist: Someone who uses Tinder when visiting a new city or town. For some, it's a way to enjoy fun and casual hookups during a short trip. But if you find yourself unwittingly embroiled in a fling with a Tinder tourist, it can be nothing short of infuriating. I had unknowingly been talking to a Tinder tourist. And I didn't want to be a part of his plan to have an ephemeral fling while he was visiting London. After days of talking to him, he asked me to meet at a farmer's market in the middle of a weekday. When I told him I couldn't make the 40 minute journey across London because I was working, he was disappointed. Watch Conan O'brien pit the Patriots against the Falcons... in 'For Honor'
We won't know the results of the real Super Bowl game between the Patriots and the Falcons until this Sunday, but Conan O'Brien gives us an early look at how the competition is faring...in video game skills, anyway. Conan saddled up for another round of his Clueless Gamer segment where he welcomed Patriots' quarterback Tom Brady and the Atlanta Falcons' Dwight Freeney to play Ubisoft's new strategic action fighting game For Honor. The war between Vanity Fair and Trump intensifies
The plot thickens as the lengthy feud between Donald Trump and Vanity Fair rages on. In the latest move, Graydon Carter, editor of the Condé Nast magazine, has decided not to attend the president's White House Correspondents Dinner, because he would really just rather go fishing. According to The New York Times, the magazine is also pulling out of co-sponsoring the dinner’s exclusive after-party with Bloomberg L.P. Carter explained the magazine has "...taken a break from the dinner in the past," and this year he's got hot plans to spend the weekend fishing in Connecticut. Read more... More about Business, Entertainment, Media, Feud, and Politics Read More »Someone beat 'Resident Evil 7' on the hardest difficulty using only a knife
Resident Evil 7 is terrifying and difficult, which makes it a great game to try and play through as quickly as possible with as little fire power as possible. Speedrunners have been posting their best times playing through the new Resident Evil game, reaching completion times nearing 90 minutes less than two weeks after the game's release. Twitch streamer and Youtuber Quizzle decided to ramp it up a notch and play the game using nothing but a knife. "At the time, no one had done a knife-only playthrough on any difficulty level," he said. "No one actually knew if it was possible, so I gave it a shot on easy [difficulty] first then transitioned to madhouse. Most of my viewers wanted to see it so I gave it a shot!" Read more... More about Speedrunning, Resident Evil, Resident Evil 7, Esports, and Gaming Read More »Snapchat's IPO reveals how much it cost to make a man disappear
You can't make 500 million friends without making a few enemies. So goes the tagline of the The Social Network, summing up the tension between Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his cofounder (and at one point, close friend) Eduardo Saverin, who got booted from the company on its way to global domination. But Snap Inc., Facebook's foe with fewer friends, also has a similar character in its past: Reggie Brown, one of cofounders Evan Spiegel and Bobby Murphy's classmates at Stanford where they originally built the app. Brown was apparently forced out of the company without equity—despite, according to Brown, coming up with the concept of the disappearing messaging app. Read more... More about Tech, Business, Snap Inc, Snapchat Ipo, and Evan Spiegel Read More »We played 'Horizon: Zero Dawn' for 4 hours and found some really cool stuff
Horizon: Zero Dawn is a game of hunting robot dinosaurs, and occasionally riding on their backs or heads. Whether or not you're sold on the concept, it looks really cool in actionHorizon is one of those open world sandbox game, which means you're running around this giant world — filled with robodinos — and using a variety of tools to do... whatever, really. There's a story, of course. The game is set some significant amount of time after the world you and I know came crashing down. Nature reclaimed its rightful place, humanity devolved back to tribal living, and the machine relics of our former civilization somehow transformed into robots that look and act like prehistoric lizard-birds. Read more... More about Guerrilla Games, Sony, Horizon Zero Dawn, Gaming, and Entertainment Read More »This amazing PSA asks you to imagine being 260 weeks pregnant
Nine months of pregnancy is more than enough for most people. Now imagine being forced to carry a baby until it was six years old. That’s the shocking premise of a satirical new PSA that was made to support a national paid family leave law. It features Lauren, a fictional paralegal in Denver, who is meant to be 240 weeks pregnant. (About 5 ½ years along, if you don’t feel like doing the math.) Yeeeeouch. Obviously that’s not biologically possible — and thank goodness for that — but in this surreal scenario Lauren has chosen to stay pregnant because she and her husband don’t have any paid leave and can’t afford to take time off after the baby is born. So her best move is to delay the birth until she’s saved up enough vacation and sick days. Read more... More about Pregnancy, Psa, Family Leave, Parenting Family, and Sex And Relationships Read More »Fake Bowling Green Massacre victims site links to the ACLU donor page
Bowling Green, Kentucky was just a regular city of 63,000 on Thursday morning. But by nightfall it had become the site of a made-up massacre, and by the morning that fake massacre was being lampooned across the internet and even had a fake donations site set up in its name. "The Bowling Green Massacre Victims Fund" is a simple, one-page site that's just gray and dreary enough to maybe make a passing viewer believe it's a real thing. But it funnels all funds towards the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). The whole Bowling Green Massacre story started after Trump advisor Kellyanne Conway referred to a nonexistent attack in the city during an interview on Thursday night. Read more... More about White House, Donald Trump, Kellyanne Conway, Site World, and Bowling Green Massacre Read More »There will be Uber at the Super Bowl — but just barely
Patriots and Falcons fans will be able to use Uber to get to the Super Bowl this weekend — but it was a close call. Houston, Texas, which will host the New England Patriots and Atlanta Falcons in Super Bowl LI on Sunday, almost lost Uber ahead of the big game. Instead, the city and the ride-hailing company reached a compromise that kept Uber in the city through at least Feb. 5. The compromise in December determined that Houston would continue to require a fingerprint check for drivers but eliminate requirements for driver drug testing and physicals before thousands of fans descended on the city in February. Read more... More about Ride Hailing Apps, Sharing Economy, Airbnb, Houston, and Super Bowl 2017 Read More »Mother was ahead of the Beyoncé curve with her pregnancy photoshoot
Beyoncé, we're gonna let you finish, but this mother thinks she had the best pregnancy shoot of all time. Twitter user @popitforlola uploaded a hilarious conversation where her mom reveals that she was way ahead of Yoncé with underwater pregnancy photos. Oh and also, she thinks hers turned out better.
"But who did it better," the mother asks her daughter over text, "YA MAMA DID." "Been did the underwater shoot," she says before coining our new favorite phrase, "Catch up Bey!" Read more... More about Announcement, Photoshoot, Underwater Photography, Pregnancy, and Lol Read More »Get a sneak peek at Disney's 'Tangled Before Ever After' starring Mandy Moore and Zachary Levi
Before everyone was obsessed with Frozen, they were obsessed with Tangled. And Disney Channel has rewarded that devotion with a new original movie, Tangled Before Ever After, which like the original features the vocal talents of Mandy Moore as Rapunzel and Zachary Levi as Eugene. The new movie is a precursor to the Disney Channel's new show, Tangled: The Series (also starring Moore and Levi), and Mashable has an exclusive first look at the trailer for the film, which sees Rapunzel tasked with protecting her kingdom and coming to grips with the realities of being a princess. Before Ever After and the new series take place between the events of Tangled and its sequel short Tangled Ever After, which saw Rapunzel and Eugene tying the knot. Read more... More about Zachary Levi, Mandy Moore, Tangled The Series, Tangled Before Ever After, and Tangled Read More »Make a super realistic 3D version of yourself in your own home
Easily create hi-res 3D models at home with HP's 'Sprout Pro G2'. What would you print? Read more... More about Tech Utility, Technology, Tech, 3d Map, and 3d Printers Read More »Why driving an electric hybrid is actually way better and less stressful than you think
Expectation vs. reality is a funny thing. We get this idea in our heads about what’s going to happen — what could go wrong. But then when the time comes, it’s never nearly as bad as we think. Sometimes, it’s even better. Take, for example, owning an electric hybrid car. These technological beauties are the cars of the future. But after relying on gas-only vehicles for so long, it can be scary to make the switch. What happens when you run out of battery? Or when you can’t find a charging station? Read on to discover how the all-new Prius Prime from Toyota can put all your fears to rest — and exceed even your wildest expectations. Read more... More about Supported, Sponsored, and Tech Read More »An X-ray look inside the beauty of electric hybrid vehicles
There’s more to electric hybrids than what meets the eye. On the outside, these cars are sleek and stylish — like aerodynamic works of art. But on the inside, there’s cutting-edge technology and smart design, a combination that is helping to reinvent the idea of what an automobile can be. Electric hybrid vehicles have long been hailed as the future of the auto industry — and for good reason. By combining an internal combustion engine and a battery electric drive system, these energy-efficient cars help to reduce emissions and give fuel economy a much-needed bump. By fluctuating between a gasoline engine and battery power, electric hybrids work to optimize fuel consumption. Rather than relying completely on the pump, these vehicles also have rechargeable batteries, which can be plugged into charging stations at home or on the road. Read more... More about Supported, Sponsored, and Tech Read More »A hacker redirected dead links in Trump tweets to brony videos
If you can stomach scrolling back through President Donald Trump's Twitter feed, you're in for a treat. Make it far enough and you'll stumble across this gem:
From the attached video, the tweet makes it look like the 45th president of the United States is a fan of My Little Pony conventions — but as far as we know, he's not a "brony" in reality. The video made its way to Trump's Twitter via a Belgian hacker, Inti De Ceukelaire. He's taken control of several domains Trump has tweeted out over the years by buying the expired URLs and redirecting them to humorous videos mocking Trump, The Verge reports. Read more... More about Funny, Link, Videos, Hackers, and Donald Trump Read More »This is how millennials are saving money
There are a lot of misconceptions about millennials. Some people have pushed the false belief that millennials are lazy and self-centered — and like it that way. And, judging by some experts sharing their two-cents about this subject, are terrible with saving their money. I'd love to see a study carried out about the motivations behind the individuals and industries that continue to spread these rumors. In reality, millennials are hard-working. They’re not as selfish as you would believe. And, they’re careful with their spending. It's the few that mess it up for the rest of us. If anything, they have challenges that previous generations haven’t had to face, such as making less money than previous generations. Read more... More about Business, Personal Finance, and Millennials Read More »Thoughtful dad sends flowers not to his wife, but to his dog
Whenever a loved one in your life is going through a hard time, it often feels like you are also going through that hard time and you would do anything to cheer them up. This is exactly what caused a very sweet dad to send flowers home, because he knew his loved one was going through a rough time. His wife signed for the flowers, touched and grateful. The only thing was...the flowers were not for her. "So flowers were delivered today," his wife . "My husband is very good about sending random flowers to me. I thought 'oh isn't that nice!' ...then I read the card." Read more... More about Cute Animals, Dads, Parenting, Dogs, and Conversations Read More »The 'Gilmore Girls' coffee challenge doesn't have a happy ending
Four 'Gilmore Girls' fans try to drink like Lorelai Gilmore for a week. It wasn't a good idea. Read more... More about Caffeine, Watercooler, Try Out, Challenge, and Coffee Read More »'Future CNN' Twitter account is a little too on the nose
Alternative facts. Fake newsDid he say "big league" or "bigly"?? Every day offers new and unprecedented shifts in how—and what—information is being distributed to the public. When it comes to how the media will handle it these days, all bets are off. Parody Twitter account @FutureCNN hits that media confusion sweet spot: a not-so-distant future where things that once required no debate are suddenly being talked about on a nearly constant basis.
Trump administration begins altering EPA climate change websites
In his poem "The Hollow Men," T. S. Eliot famously wrote: "This is the way the world ends. Not with a bang, but a whimper." It seems the Trump administration may be taking a cue from this prose, potentially killing off climate change programs not with the flourish of announcements and speeches but with behind-the-scenes tinkering instead. This is becoming clear thanks to scientists' careful tracking of the administration's websites and data centers. A report from the nonprofit Environmental Data and Governance Initiative (EDGI), which is closely tracking federal climate science websites under Trump, and first reported by Climate Central on Thursday, shows that there have already been many changes to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) websites related to climate change. Read more... More about Science, Climate Adaptation, Climate Mitigation, Climate Policy, and Rex Tillerson Read More »No silly human, you may not take this cat's hard-earned money
Pets often don't seem aware of just how hard money is to come by. Every day, owners have to put in long hours at work so they can put kibble into food bowls. And yet, pets become sad and sometimes even resentful of the fact that owners have to spend time away from home, away from playing with them and stroking them. It's an impossible catch-22. But it looks like we have found at least one pet who does understand how valuable even a dollar can be. This adorable cat is dead set on protecting what it has earned, and even its human is not allowed to take it away from them. Check out Hulu's timely Super Bowl spot for 'The Handmaid’s Tale'
Super Bowl viewers are about to get a very timely glimpse at life in a dystopia. Hulu on Friday released its Super Bowl spot for its upcoming series The Handmaid's Tale, based on Margaret Atwood's novel of the same name. The 10-episode series, which debuts on Hulu on April 26, follows people in a dystopia called Gilead — a totalitarian society, once part of the U.S., rooted in twisted religious fundamentalism. A place where a class of women are subjugated and used only for reproduction. Watch the chilling commercial (above). More about Tv, Hulu, Handmaiden S Tale, Super Bowl 2017, and Super Bowl Read More »Teen creates Facebook page to spotlight immigrants' weekly achievements
Immigrants do make America great — and a new Facebook page is setting out to prove it. Valeria Alvarado, a 19-year-old sophomore at Villanova University, is launching an online storytelling effort to highlight the positive impacts immigrant, undocumented and refugee communities bring to the United States every week. The Facebook page — called "We, Too, Are America" — will list the submitted and curated accomplishments to help combat the "criminal" narratives of these groups popularized by President Donald J. Trump. SEE ALSO: 5 crucial online resources that help immigrants learn their rights in airports Read more... Forget telepresence robots on wheels, Google wants telepresence drones
Drones can do one thing existing telepresence robots can't: fly up and down stairs. This is one reason why Google thinks telepresence drones are a good idea, according to a U.S. patent discovered by Recode. The patent, filed in August 2016 but made public on Thursday, describes a lightweight drone that could be used by remote workers to videoconference with colleagues indoors. The patent claims the drone system could allow for a remote users to "feel as if they are present, at the same location as that of the second users." A projection system on the drone could also let remote users project images and videos onto walls and table-top surfaces for their colleagues to see, further creating the illusion of in-person collaboration. Existing telepresence robots (many of which are just an iPad on wheels) don't allow for such collaborative two-way communication. Read more... More about Google, Drones, Telepresence Robot, Gadgets, and Patents Read More »Tinder chairman hasn't taken any of his own profile advice
If you scroll through Tinder fast enough and over a long enough period of time, you’re bound to come across a famous person. You might even come across the co-founder and chairman of Tinder itself, eligible bachelor Sean Rad. We know that as a famous person Rad has to maintain an air of professionalism, even on his own app. But there's a fine line between polished gentleman hustler and blank slate of nondescript okay-ness. Sean Rad's Tinder profile may have crossed that line. "But he's the CEO, he should be an expert at Tinder!" you may or may not care to exclaim. To which we say, aye, but he is. He gave some great advice on setting up a profile to GQ a while back. He just can't seem to act on it. Read more... More about Australia, Tinder Profile, Ceo, Sean Rad, and Tinder Read More » | ||||
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