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 Nvidia just boosted its self-driving car tech in a major way
Nvidia wants to drive your car. The company, known for its mobile chips and graphics tech, announced partnerships with Bosch, the largest automotive supplier in the world, and PACCAR, a major truck manufacturer, to develop self-driving vehicle systems. Nvidia already has deals in place with automakers like Mercedes-Benz and Audi — but these new partnerships will give the chipmaker even more clout in the self-driving arena, which includes Google, Uber and others.
Dude rescues mud-caked sheep from bog like it's no big deal
When Scottish YouTuber j rae came across an exhausted sheep trapped in a bog, he set up his camera and filmed the long, messy rescue from start to finish. That sheep owes this guy a sweater. [H/T: Digg] Read more... More about Cute Animals, Viral Videos, Watercooler, Watercooler, and Video Read More »Snail foreplay finally gets the dedicated research it has long deserved
Foreplay that can last several hours and is mostly smell-stuff, stabbing with love darts and genitals that are similar to a rubber glove? Snail sex is wild. So wild that it can fill a four-minute video where truly, every second brings new and previously unimaginable information thanks to PBS's digital studio series, Deep Look. Somebody smart spent a good portion of their life researching snail sex. Do them a solid— hole yourself up in a room with no windows (or just an office corner), put in some headphones and educate yourself. This is maybe just one more reason why PBS shouldn't be defunded... Read more... More about Biology, Animals, Watercooler, and Watercooler Read More »Maybe the GOP will finally get to kill Big Bird after all
Just a few years after Mitt Romney threatened Big Bird with his life, Donald Trump is offering to finish the job. Trump's newly proposed budget will rip away all federal funding for public broadcasting. In the budget, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), which funds both PBS and NPR, is on the chopping block, as are other arts organization like the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). As has been pointed out many times, the CPB's portion of the federal budget — around $445 million — is an incredibly small percentage (about one one-hundredth of a percent) of the entire budget. And while the cut would have an effect on PBS and NPR budgets, those aren't where the most drastic cuts would be felt. Read more... More about Donald Trump, Npr, Federal Budget, Corporation For Public Broadcasting, and Pbs Read More »Spotify and Taylor Swift might actually get back together (if this change comes through)
Spotify faces a tough future. Its business model isn't great, it faces competition from the biggest tech companies in the world and just recently did it start getting in the good graces of the very musicians on which it depends. That's why Spotify could be making some changes, even one that they've tried really hard to avoid. Spotify is in talks to begin offering some new music only to paying customers, changing a policy that it has held since its earliest days that the company has argued is essential for its success, according to various media reports. Currently, Spotify's entire library is available to stream for free. Read more... More about Taylor Swift, Streaming Music, Spotify, and Business Read More »Google Home is now playing unprompted ads for 'Beauty and the Beast'
It's a tale as old as time: You ask your $129 voice-controlled, in-home digital assistant about your day and it answers with an ad for Disney's Beauty and the Beast remake. The stuff of fairy tales, right? Well, maybe if you're the manufacturer of Google Home and your happily-ever-after consists of anthropomorphized dollar signs. "By the way, Disney's live-action Beauty and the Beast opens today," Google Home helpfully told a number of customers today. "In this version of the story, Belle is the inventor, instead of Maurice. That rings truer if you ask me. For some more movie fun, ask me to tell you something about Belle." Read more... More about Beauty And The Beast, Disney, Google Home, Google, and Tech Read More »'Kitten fur' perfume will bring you one step closer to becoming your cat
Your cat's pretty cute, right? So cute you want to be it, right? That's what we thought. Luckily, you can now creep closer to that optimal reality with this perfume, which is supposed to smell just like a kitten. The fragrance was released Saturday from Demeter Fragrance Library, a company that already offers "New Baby," "Popcorn," "Giant Sequoia" and "Gin and Tonic" scents. "Kitten Fur," however, is probably the weirdest yet. "Fifteen years in the making, we’ve captured the olfactory essence of warmth and comfort," a Facebook post from Demeter reads. "That PURRfect spot, just behind a kitten’s neck. Cat lover or not, this beautiful scent is sure to satisfy your curiosity." OK! Read more... More about Weird Products, Cats, Watercooler, and Watercooler Read More »The March Madness 'news dump' that made us question everything
A "news dump," in the parlance of our times, is when a company or other entity releases bad news at just the perfect time, a moment during which many other events are also happening, thus enabling the just-released bit of bad news to be quickly overshadowed. As far as sports news dumps go, Indiana University just took one of Metamucil-sized proportions. Probably. We think. Indiana has one of the most prestigious college basketball programs in America. Tom Crean spent nearly a decade coaching there, and he had a lot of success. But it wasn't enough. Not for Indiana. Read more... More about March Madness, Sports, Entertainment, and Sports Read More »How do you pronounce the weirdest emoticon on the internet? The debate continues to rage
It's a question that's more than three years old, but we're still asking it today: How do you pronounce ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)? Some questions, it seems, are nearly impossible to answer. This one has spawned a series of YouTube videos all striving for a conclusion to the debate. The meme simply refuses to go away. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°), known as Le Lenny Face on 4chan, appears everywhere nowadays. It got its start in forums and message boards, where it was used to spam the original poster or the discussion in general. The meteoric rise of ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) on the internet led to this video. Read more... More about Emoticon, Forum, 4chan, Videos, and Lenny Read More »Google's new messaging app translates your voice into emoji 🎉
Google is working on another experimental messaging app, this time in the audio space. The new app, Supersonic Fun Voice Messenger, is the second app to come out of Google's Area 120 incubator this month. A group video-watching app called Uptime dropped on iOS last week. Supersonic transcribes everything you say and replaces words with emoji where it can. As you can see below, my friend sent me lyrics from Beyoncé's "Irreplaceable": Which Supersonic transcribed to: Image: supersonic The transcription is both extremely accurate and lightning fast. Supersonic transcribes the message in real time as your friend is speaking into their phone, which is a cool touch. This means that you don't have to wait for your friend to send the entire message before you start seeing the transcription. Read more... More about Messaging Apps, Android Apps, Android, Google, and Tech Read More »Let's all pour one out for Vista, the worst version of Windows
If by some unfortunate twist of fate, you have the misfortune of still using a PC with Windows Vista, I have some bad news for you. Microsoft just revealed that it's finally ending support for the much-maligned operating system next month. Actually, on second thought, that's actually pretty good news. If you're still using a PC with Vista it will continue to work, but as of April 17, 2017, the OS will become an even more useless pile of garbage than it already is. At that time, the company will stop pushing security patches and other software updates and will end technical support of any kind. Read more... More about Windows, Microsoft, Apps And Software, Tech, and Tech Read More »Dude proves not all sea monstahs come from the deep ocean
Usually when you think of creepy sea creatures, people assume they're living deep in the ocean, miles away from any humans. Hate to break it to you, but Coyote Peterson of Brave Wilderness is about to prove that tide pools have enough creepy swimmers to make even a beachgoer think twice before jumping in the water. In his most recent episode, Peterson visits the Pacific side of Costa Rica, where he finds a zebra worm, warty sea cats, an angry crab and brittlestars. Read more... More about Monster, Sea, Watercooler, and Watercooler Read More »Hawaii joins the list of beautiful things Trump supporters are boycotting
In addition to bright red hats and Vladimir Putin, it seems Trump supporters also have an affinity for boycotting things — but not just any things, very good things. The BEST things. They've hated on popular broadway plays, movie franchises and beverages. And in the most recent move, Trump supporters are boycotting America's fiftieth state, Hawaii. Whomp whomp whomp. The ridiculous desire to snub the Aloha State comes after a Hawaii federal judge blocked President Donald Trump's latest attempt at a travel ban on Wednesday night. Read more... More about Star Wars, Politics, Conversations, Budweiser, and Hamilton Read More »Keep the cold away with this keyboard hand warmer
This infrared heater was designed for esports pros, and it will keep your hands toasty whether you're gaming or writing an essay. The design allows you to aim the heat at each of your hands, while everything else stays cool. Read more... More about Keyboards, Keyboard, Heating, Heat, and Heaters Read More »In Trump's America, climate change research is surely 'a waste of your money'
If you thought President Donald Trump might be softening his views on climate change since taking office, think again. At Thursday's White House press briefing, a Trump official declared climate change initiatives "a waste of your money." As in, the single-greatest threat to life on Earth as we know it isn't worth spending a dime. Mick Mulvaney, director of the Office of Management and Budget, was outlining Trump's budget proposal, which would add $54 billion in defense spending while gutting billions of dollars from other agencies. Read more... More about Trump, Government, Budget, Politics, and Science Read More »Hit Trump where it hurts (his Twitter account)
Even if you don't follow Donald Trump online, these digital activists have a way for you to block the president on his favorite platform. Yup, that would be Twitter — the president's preferred method of communicating with his constituents, the press and world leaders. These anonymous activists are tired of Trump using poorly crafted, misspelled 140-character messages to attack people online. That's why they started "Block the Bully." Unfollow and block Trump. Image: blockthebully.com The group is hoping to put a big dent in @realDonaldTrump's follower count, which currently sits at 26.6 million. Ultimately, the goal is to "send him the message that the American public will no longer be bullied." Read more... More about Donald Trump, Unfollow, Twitter, Digital Activism, and Tech Read More »Trump tried to share a proverb for St. Patrick's Day and it didn't go very well
After an Ireland-centric day including meetings with its Prime Minster Enda Kenny, Donald Trump attempted to bestow some wisdom by sharing his favorite proverb of "many years." Only, as Twitter users quickly pointed out, it wasn't a proverb. And it wasn't Irish. "As we stand together with our Irish friends, I'm reminded of that proverb—and this is a good one, this is one I like. I've heard it for many many years and I love it," Trump said. "Always remember to forget the friends that proved untrue but never forget to remember those that have stuck by you," he said. "A lot of us know that, we know it well," he added. "It's a great phrase." Read more... More about Ireland, Watercooler, Conversations, Donald Trump, and Watercooler Read More »Ben Stiller urges world to pay attention to 'worst humanitarian crisis' since WWII
Ben Stiller is using his celebrity to spread the word about something extremely important — and you may have never heard of it. A severe drought and hunger crisis is affecting Somalia during an East African emergency one U.N. official has called "the worst humanitarian crisis" since World War II. Following Snapchat star Jérôme Jarre's impassioned plea to help people in the region, Stiller made his own video with a hashtag the pair hopes will go viral: Somalia is one of four countries — all totaling around 20 million people — facing starvation, dehydration, and impending famine in East Africa. Read more... More about Drought, Famine, East Africa, South Sudan, and Yemen Read More »Sony patented a way for you to steal battery power from your friend's phone
A new patent filed by Sony could let you charge a smartphone by sucking precious energy from a friend's device. The patent describes a way to wirelessly transfer power between devices using near-field communication (NFC) technology. It doesn't specify that these devices would necessarily be phones, instead using the term "portable consumer electronic device." Whatafuture, which first noticed the patent, suggests this could refer to portable power banks or battery packs. Phone-to-phone wireless charging would consume a huge amount of battery, as Gizmodo points out. It would seem silly to spend a huge amount of your battery life to transfer power to another phone, and power banks are definitely a much more sensible option. Read more... More about Patent, Sony, Wireless Technology, Battery, and Tech Read More »Try not to cry watching a young Mr. Rogers defend PBS
If you were a child in America anytime between the '60s and '90s, there's a certain man in a red sweater who was probably there for you. Fred Rogers, better known as the one and only Mr. Rogers, spent over four decades hosting educational TV programs for kids. In 1969, the same year PBS was founded, he appeared before the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee and gave a moving speech on what publicly funded TV programs could offer. Of course, all this talk about public TV feels more important than ever, given the Trump Administration's plans to eliminate the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (which funds PBS, where Sesame Street still airs, despite the show being sold to HBO) as well as three other independent agencies for culture and the arts. Read more... More about Donald Trump, Pbs, Government, Trump, and Politics Read More »New 'Transformers: The Last Knight' trailer encourages you to 'fight like a girl'
Transformers' newest hero fights like a girl — and thinks you should, too. The latest Transformers: The Last Knight trailer is all about Izzy (Isabela Moner), a street-smart young orphan in the Rey mold. She's even got her own equivalent of BB-8, a Transformer named Squeeks whose other form is a Vespa scooter. She's been on her own for a while, but makes some new human friends in The Last Knight. Like Mark Wahlberg's Cade Yeager, here seen scolding a robot dinosaur like it's a mischievous puppy. Never let it be said that these movies take themselves too seriously. Read more... More about Movie Reviews, Movies, Transformers The Last Knight, Transformers, and Entertainment Read More »TV crew capture wild footage of an erupting volcano while running for cover
Close call, team. A BBC television crew, and some tourists, are fortunate to only walk away with minor injuries after a volcano eruption on Mount Etna in Italy on Thursday. Frightening footage released by the volcano-monitoring crew shows just how dramatic the encounter was. They were reportedly near the volcano's crater, where a first eruption that "didn't seem too bad," the broadcaster's global science correspondent, Rebecca Morelle, told the BBC. The second one threw up boiling rocks of magma, leaving people running for the safety of a nearby snowmobile, as billows of steam obstructed their vision. Read more... More about World, Bbc, Volcanic Eruption, Volcanoes, and Volcano Read More »'Twin Peaks' superfans got a big surprise from Agent Cooper at SXSW
Travis Blue knew he wanted to be a filmmaker after watching Twin Peaks — not only did he love the '90s cult show, he lived it. As such, this would not be his first sighting of FBI Special Agent Dale Bartholomew Cooper. The 38-year-old grew up near Snoqualmi Valley in Washington, and sometimes camped out to watch the cast and crew film the seminal David Lynch series that aired on ABC from 1990-1991. The series, which Showtime is bringing back in May, follows Cooper (Kyle MacLachlan) after he travels to the (fictional) small town of Twin Peaks to solve the murder of high schooler Laura Palmer. SEE ALSO: New 'Twin Peaks' posters give us the first real clue about Showtime's revival Read more... Northwestern's first-ever March Madness win is a Julia Louis-Dreyfus miracle
The Northwestern Wildcats have still never lost an NCAA Tournament game. Better yet, they can even say they've won one now. Making its first-ever March Madness appearance, the Chicago school better known for academics downed Vanderbilt 68-66 to advance in college basketball's biggest tournament Thursday night. Never mind for now that the win came thanks largely to a jaw-dropping last-second fail by Vanderbilt's star — we'll cover that in a second. History is history, and Northwestern's first March Madness victory ever ignited joyous celebrations online and off from the school's famous fans and alumni. First though, let's go inside the locker room. Read more... More about March Madness, Sports, Entertainment, and Sports Read More »The theory about Justin Bieber transforming into a lizard gets next level weird
Forget everything you thought you knew about fake news. Or snake news. It's all about lizards. Lizards called Justin Bieber. Look, we know the internet is a place where theories about world leaders and celebrities being reptiles in disguise abound, but when said theories make it to mainstream news, it's time to worry. According to some ~very~ reputable sources we've never heard of, Australian news website Perth Now published a story during Bieber's recent visit that claimed hundreds of witnesses saw their idol turn into "a giant reptile." Not this again. More about Perth, Lizard, Reptilian, Australia, and Justin Bieber Read More »Tech leaders tell Congress exactly how they feel about Planned Parenthood
Republicans are dreaming of the moment they can deny Planned Parenthood federal funding to offer routine health care services to low-income women, but a new group of high-profile critics is hoping that day never comes. On Thursday, 74 tech leaders and executives signed and published an open letter to Congressional leaders declaring their support for Planned Parenthood. The signatories include the CEOs of Reddit, Slack, Tumblr, Techstars, Rent the Runway and Giphy. "As business leaders committed to connecting people with the information and services they need to thrive," they wrote, "we urge Congress not to pursue any legislation that blocks women from accessing critical preventive care – including well-woman exams, birth control, and cancer screenings – at Planned Parenthood health centers." Read more... More about Politics, Gender, Reproductive Health, Reproductive Rights, and Planned Parenthood Read More »The planet Donald Trump doesn't want you to see
NASA has a little program with a big view of Earth, but President Donald Trump wants to shut it down. If a new budget outline released by the Trump administration Thursday goes through, it will cancel funding for the instruments on the DSCOVR spacecraft that face our planet from 1 million miles away. It's a relatively small budget cut — though it's unclear how much would be saved — in a proposal to trim billions of dollars from many agencies, but Trump's desire to cancel this one specific part of a mission speaks volumes. More about Space Exploration, Donald Trump, Space Photos, Earth Science, and Earth Read More »Spider-Man spinoff 'Venom' coming in 2018, for real this time?
Sony's still high on Venom, the Spider-Man spinoff that's been in the works for the past decade. They're so confident about it, in fact, that they've gone ahead and set a release date: Mashable has confirmed that Sony plans to open Venom on October 5, 2018. The studio announced the Venom release Thursday, just hours after Warner Bros.' Aquaman vacated that October 5 slot for December 2018. (Meanwhile, Sony's The Girl in the Spider's Web – a Girl With the Dragon Tattoo that has nothing to do with Spider-Man – moved from October 5, 2018 to October 19, 2018.) SEE ALSO: 'Infinity War' teaser puts Avengers, Spider-Man and Guardians of the Galaxy together at last Read more... Hire care enjoys the wet sand between its tires after being swept up by tide
We've all been there. It sucks to forget where you parked. You should probably remember when you've parked a hire car on the beach though, and also take note of the tides — unless you want the vehicle to go swimming. Nick van Vliet from Willunga, Australia, was on a walk with his wife and dog when he captured this video of a car getting gradually wrecked by the surf on Thursday morning. But there was no driver to be seen. Creepy. "I was down at the beach with my wife and dog in the morning and we saw the car submerged in water so we went over to make sure no one was hurt," Van Vliet told The Advertiser. Read more... More about High Tide, Videos, Video, Cars, and Australia Read More »Uber's self-driving cars have trouble going a mile without human intervention, leaks show
Uber wants to take us to a future where self-driving cars are ubiquitous and human drivers are irrelevant. However, if newly leaked documents are correct, the company's autonomous vehicles struggle to take anyone even a single mile without human intervention. That's right, the safety drivers overseeing the autonomous cars allegedly had to seize control of the vehicles on average once every .8 miles, according to internal documents obtained by Recode. That stat specifically applies to the week that ended on March 8, 2017, and covers 43 active cars. Was it just a bad week for the ride-hail giant? Nope. The same documents show that toward the end of January flesh-and-blood drivers took control on average every .9 miles — hitting the once-per-mile mark in February before slipping back down. Read more... More about Self Driving Cars, Uber, and Tech Read More »Writing grocery lists is for suckers now that robotic whiteboards are a thing
Instead of looking at your messages, to-do lists and emails on your phone screen, have a robot draw them. Jojo, a connected whiteboard with a mechanical arm and a pencil, can you help you out with that. It can also draw doodles, famous pieces of art, sketches and graphs — or your shopping list, since let's be real, that's what whiteboards were made for. It's not widely available yet, but London design studio Those is close to raising its $122,650 goal on Kickstarter. For about $200 you can back the project and possibly get the board by the end of the year. If this becomes reality, your scribbles can soon be part of an ever-changing wall display. Read more... More about Apps And Software, Integration, Joto, Whiteboard, and Screens Read More »People are angry after a dog on the loose was shot at an airport
People are upset after police shot a dog on the run at Auckland Airport in New Zealand. The dog, named Grizz, had been on the loose for three hours after it was spooked and ran away from its AVSEC (Aviation Security Service) handler on Friday morning. SEE ALSO: Meet the dog who's basically a saint There was plenty of anger on the internet from people who believed Grizz's death was unnecessary and wondered why a tranquilizer wasn't used instead.
These delicious cakes are actually disgusting vegetables in disguise
You don't win friends with salad. But maybe salad disguised as cake will buy you some time before social ostracisation kicks in. Behold: The salad cake. It's basically a bunch of vegetables that are smashed together to look like a delicious, sugary dessert — but is actually very good for you. How disappointing. Misuki Moriyasu is the genius creator of this cruel trick of the eye. Her Vegedeco Salad Cafe located in Nagoya, Japan, will serve you healthy cake that's "fun to look at, fun to eat and full of joy using a new shape of salad." Read more... More about Healthy Eating, Cake, Japan, Food, and Lifestyle Read More »Oh look, it's a giant snake throwing up a whole deer because nature is gross
We don't know why you'd want to watch this, but hey, here you are. The above video shows a four-metre African rock python, which had recently swallowed a buck. It's bitten off more than it can chew, it seems, and so decides to regurgitate the entire deer — still intact. You're welcome. The video was captured by transporter Jaco Kotze on his farm in Grobersdal, South Africa. With the aid of a snake handler, he helped to remove the incredibly large snake and release it in a safe location, according to the Daily Mail. Nature: It's seriously gross. Read more... More about Watercooler, Video, South Africa, Animals, and Python Read More »K-pop girl group celebrates their plastic surgery with before-and-after music videos
Here's one dramatic way to reveal your plastic surgery results. One K-pop girl group decided to show the "before" and "after" results of their surgery through two music videos. In the aptly named first video titled "Becoming Prettier (Before)," all four members of Korean group Six Bomb are seen receiving plastic surgery consultation. The video was first released in February. The follow up video, named — you guessed it — "Becoming Prettier (After)," which shows the girls walking out of the hospital with their post surgery results, was released a month later in March. Read more... More about South Korea, Celebrity, Plastic Surgery, K Pop, and Korea Read More »'BBC dad' parody imagines how a mom would handle the situation
One week later and the "BBC Dad" fever doesn't seem to go away. After endless followups, parodies, hot takes, and interviews, New Zealand's Jono and Ben comedy show just produced the ultimate spoof, imagining how a mum would handle the situation. The televised segment begins in a similar way, with Robert Kelly's female equivalent Kate Wordsworth answering questions about the political crisis in South Korea while her daughter walks in. The woman welcomes her daughter on her lap, feeds her milk and calmly continues to talk to her BBC host. When the toddler steps in, she hands him a toy. Read more... More about Bbc World News, Spoof, Parody, Working Mum, and Bbc Dad Read More »Uber-like surge pricing is coming to regular taxis too
Uber-style surge pricing may soon become standard for taxi rides across the board. Singapore's transport regulators have decided to allow traditional taxis to charge a fare that fluctuates depending on demand, similar to what Uber and other ride-hailing apps offer. SEE ALSO: China's capital is replacing tens of thousands of taxis with electric cars to fight pollution This is different from the traditional metered fare, that doesn't take into account live demand. The decision comes after four taxi operators in Singapore submitted proposals to the city's Public Transport Council earlier this month, reports say. Read more... More about Singapore, Grab, Uber, Ride Hailing Apps, and Taxis Read More »This Korean man's instructional video on 'Game of Thrones' accents is glorious
Remember KoreanBilly, the vlogger who became famous for his videos on British dialects and U.S. vs UK accents? Well, splendid news: he's back. And this time he's talking about Game of Thrones. In the above collaboration between KoreanBilly and Mashable, Billy explains why the characters from the North of Westeros speak differently to those from the South. Plenty of time for you to hone that Jon Snow impression before the start of Season 7. Read more... More about Uk, Videos, Dialect, Accents, and Jon Snow Read More »Starbucks finally rolls out mobile app in its fastest-growing market
Starbucks has finally rolled out its mobile app in India. Now customers can pay for in-store purchases and earn "Stars" through their My Starbucks Rewards account (the loyalty program), redeem offers, and use the "Store Locator" feature. With this, the Seattle-headquartered company becomes the first major retailer to enable mobile payments in India — reportedly Starbucks' fastest-growing market globally. The app comes with the "Scan to Pay" and "Shake to Pay" features that allow customers to scan the bar code linked to a registered Starbucks Card or simply shake their mobile device to activate the pay screen. Read more... More about India, Retail, Coffee, Mobile Payments, and Mobile Apps Read More »Online crowdsourcing for psychology ain't without pitfalls
You may not know this, but a great deal of our data about the human mind is based on a relatively small but intensively studied population: First-year undergraduate university students. There has long been concern about the over-reliance on students as a source of data, particularly around lack of demographic diversity and limited sample sizes. Both concerns have been implicated in the current crisis in psychological research, in which many key effects have not been replicated by subsequent studies. But now there's a new tool in the psychologist’s arsenal, one that has shown it can produce valid data, which can help broaden the population of test subjects: Amazon's Mechanical Turk. Read more... More about The Conversation, Studies, Crowdsourcing, Psychology, and Mechanical Turk Read More »Kid Rock shoots down Chinese products with a shotgun in the name of America
Kid Rock hates products that are made in China — and he wants you to know it in perhaps the most American way possible. The music star and possible future senator has released a video in which he is seen shooting down a foreign-made grills with a shotgun. The grill is first catapulted into the sky, before being shot down by Rock. Image: kid rock/instagram “You know what’s American? Catapulting foreign-made grills through the sky and shooting them down because they stink. If it's not made in America, you don't want it,” says the video's narrator. Read more... More about Manufacturing, China, Kid Rock, America, and Business Read More »Indulge your fear of heights with China's latest glass bridge
China clearly can't get enough of vertigo-inducing glass bridges. So it's built yet another, this one on Mount Langya in Hebei, northern China. The glass bridge leads to a circular observation platform, and was opened to the public in February. Behold, its wondrous glory: The observation platform is 466 square meters (5,015 square feet) big, and can hold 200 people. If you fell, it would be a 450 meter (1,476 ft) drop to the gorge below. The trek up to Mount Langya will take around three hours. You can take a cable car most of the way, but will still need to make a 40-minute trek to get there. Read more... More about Zhangjiajie, Langya, Glass Bridge, China, and Lifestyle Read More »Henry Cavill announces role in 'Mission: Impossible 6' in the cheekiest possible way
There are many ways to announce once's role in a movie project, but certainly Henry Cavill — a.k.a. Superman himself — and Mission: Impossible 6 director Christopher McQuarrie found the most original one. The British actor replied to an Instagram post by McQuarrie asking him if he was interested in a role in the sixth instalment of the popular action movie: "Say, @henrycavill. Had a thought. Curious if you're interested in a role in the 6th installment of Mission: Impossible. No pressure.”
Paul Ryan is getting dragged by Ireland for his dismal pint of Guinness
If you're a politician making a light-hearted St Patrick's Day reference, it's important to get it right. Very important. If you don't — as Paul Ryan very much didn't when he held up a woeful pint of Guinness at the recent Washington D.C. Friends of Ireland luncheon on Thursday — there's every chance that Ireland will take note. On Thursday, Irish journalist Naomi O'Leary shared the following image.
Zoo animals show their true selves in these gorgeous portraits
When Joel Sartore started photographing animals at his local zoo nearly 10 years ago, it was out of necessity. The long-time National Geographic photographer was grounded while helping his wife after she was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2005. Suddenly he wasn’t traveling to far-flung corners of the Earth for shoots. Rather, he was at home with his family with time to think about the impact he had made with his work. It wasn't enough, he determined, so he started snapping portraits of zoo animals, ones that would make people care about the creature's wellbeing. He’s since visited zoos all over the world (he started traveling again in 2007). He's now about halfway to his goal of photographing all 12,000 captive species. Read more... More about Cute Animals, National Geographic, Animals, Photo Stories, and Watercooler Read More »Trevor Noah explains how aliens have invaded Earth and it has to do with Trump's hair
America has Trump. The UK has Boris Johnson. And according to Trevor Noah, the Netherlands has Geert Wilders. In the video above, Noah breaks down the latest Dutch national election. While Prime Minister Mark Rutte won re-election, the focus of the election was on the populist candidate Geert Wilders. By all accounts, Wilders is the Trump of the Netherlands — from his anti-Muslim sentiment to his bizarre hair style. Noah makes a stunning revelation. Trump, Boris, and Wilders all have the same voluminous quiff, which leads him to believe that the hair on their heads are alien lifeforms that have taken over their minds. It seems like a sound theory. Read more... More about Politics, Comedy Central, The Daily Show, Boris Johnson, and Donald Trump Read More »India's largest mobile wallet goes global, launches app in Canada
India's largest mobile wallet, Paytm, has launched in Canada. Users can now pay their cell phone, cable, internet, water and electricity bills as well as their insurance and property taxes via the Paytm Canada app. This is the Alibaba-backed company's first foray into the international market. However, in 2014, it had set up Paytm Labs, its R&D division, in Toronto and continues to operate a team of 55 data scientists and engineers there. The app was unveiled by Toronto Mayor John Tory and Paytm Founder and CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma on Thursday. It is now live on Google Play Store and iTunes. Read more... More about Paytm, Fintech, Innovation, Startups, and Canada Read More »St. Patrick's Day Google Doodle is the luckiest thing you'll see all day
It wouldn't be St Patrick's Day without a cheery green tweak to Google's homepage. On Thursday morning, to mark the start of Ireland's annual celebration, Google's homepage was updated with their latest Doodle.
Here's the full description on Google's blog:It doesn't get much luckier than two four-leaf clovers high-fiving. Read more... More about Ireland, Uk, Google, Google Doodle, and St Patricks Day Read More »Man's commentary of a NY train giving zero f*cks about people is comedy gold
Ozzy Man Reviews is a Youtube channel known for hilarious, foul-mouthed commentary on anything watch worthy. In the video above, Ozzy Man dropped some of his classic commentary over a viral video of a New York train speeding through snow into the station. The train plowed through the heavy layer of snow, spraying commuters with avalanche-like velocity. For the commuters who got hit by the powerful spray, the Ozzy Man prescribes a painkiller and a mid-strength beer. Read more... More about New York, Snow, Facebook, Youtube, and Comedy Read More »A UK politician just became editor of a newspaper and Twitter is flipping out
You might think being a Member of Parliament in the UK would be a full-time job, but apparently you'd be wrong about that. On Friday morning, it was confirmed that former Chancellor of the Exchequer — and current MP for Tatton — George Osborne will be the new Editor of the London Evening Standard.
Yep, that's right: "Will continue as MP". Apparently, Osborne will edit the paper "an average of four days a week", giving him time to continue with his duties as MP. Read more... More about Uk, Reactions, Twitter, Newspaper, and London Read More »Donald Trump tweets about St. Patrick's Day, everyone makes the same joke
Despite their best efforts, Republicans' attempts to embrace St. Patrick's Day haven't exactly gone down a storm. First there was Donald Trump's green MAGA baseball cap, then there was his failed attempt to share an Irish proverb, and Thursday there was the not-exactly-positive response to Paul Ryan's pint of Guinness. As expected, Trump kicked off his Friday with a tweet celebrating St Patrick's Day.
Jimmy Kimmel lists all the life lessons Trump will miss out on if he cuts funding for 'Sesame Street'
"Before he gets rid of Sesame Street, I think we should make the president watch it a couple of times," host Jimmy Kimmel suggested on Thursday's Jimmy Kimmel Live! President Trump's proposed budget has planned cutting the funding to many programs including PBS, Meals on Wheels, and The National Endowment for the ArtsJimmy Kimmel gave us a rare inside look at how the administration plans on carrying out the cuts by playing a short video of Trump starting to "clean house" at PBS. It seems not even Big Bird is a match for the firing styles of Donald Trump. Read more... More about Pbs, Sesame Street, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Jimmy Kimmel, and Watercooler Read More »Seth Meyers rips Donald Trump for proposed Meals on Wheels budget cuts
On Thursday's Late Night, host Seth Meyers laid into President Donald Trump's proposal to cut funding for the Community Development Block Grant program, which has provided assistance to Meals on WheelsPer CNN, federal grants go toward about 3 percent of the meal program's national office budget. "Meals on Wheels?" asked an incredulous Meyers. "How dead inside do you have to be to not want old people to get food?" "Old people voted for you ... They believed you when you said you care about them. There's nothing more low-life than lying to the elderly." Read more... More about Tv, Watercooler, Watercooler, Video, and Advertising Read More »Strawberry-flavored string cheese is now something you can buy
The 90s were amazing. Flannel shirts, Spice Girls and all the chemically-enhanced, prepackaged snacks a kid could ever want. But that era ended. It's done and no matter how many times jelly shoes are trendy, it's not coming back. Somebody should probably give the message to Cow Candy's fruit flavored string cheese. Yep, the cheese company is selling string cheese inspired by classic 90s tv characters like Pinkie Pie (My Little Pony) and Optimus Prime (Transformers). That branding isn't the outlandish part. The outlandish part is that the string cheese is flavored like strawberry, grape or fruit punch. Read more... More about Strawberry, Cheese, String Cheese, Watercooler, and Watercooler Read More »Here are the new 'Monopoly' pieces you monsters voted to replace the iconic thimble
Was there ever a Monopoly piece that was better identified with the game than the thimble? The thimble was an icon, but back in February a bunch of internet monsters decided its time had come, apparently. Agree to disagree. Instead, Hasbro announced today, the game will offer up eight new tokens: the Scottie dog, top hat, car, battleship, cat, T-rex, rubber ducky and penguin tokens. I mean, is a rubber ducky even a rubber ducky if it's not rubber?? Will these new tokens not fundamentally warp children's understanding of inanimate objects?? Am I taking this too personally?? No one will ever know the answers to these pressing questions. Read more... More about Monopoly, Gaming, Entertainment, Entertainment, and Gaming Read More »Jimmy Fallon's interview with J.J. Abrams goes horribly, horribly wrong
Late night pros usually don't leave much room for mistakes. But when the stars of the new play The Play That Goes Wrong hijack producer J.J. Abrams' The Tonight Show interview, things go just a bit off the rails. Watch as the players fall over each other, ruin the set and try to recover just in time for the interview to be finished. You can see more antics from The Play That Goes Wrong crew in at the Lyceum Theater starting April 2. Read more... More about Late Night, Theater, Jj Abrams, Jimmy Fallon, and Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Read More »Good luck guessing who John Legend thinks is Chrissy Teigen's 'hall pass'
It's impossible to imagine a life without John Legend and Chrissy Teigen together, but if the day were to ever come, now we might know who might be the lucky guy she ends up with. While hosting a chat with the editor of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit MJ Day and model Samantha Hoopes, Teigen asked who their hall pass would be—aka who they would be allowed to sleep with despite their committed relationships. SEE ALSO: John Legend is proud of Chrissy Teigen's 'powerful' essay on her struggle with postpartum depression While Teigen never really answers the question herself, she did reveal who her husband John Legend believes her hall pass would be, and it's not who you might expect. Read more... More about Zac Efron, Watercooler, Conversations, John Legend, and Chrissy Teigen Read More »MashTalk: Is SXSW finally growing up?
What do Cookie Monster, Bert, Grover and Cory Booker have in common? They were all on Mashable's Twitter Live show at SXSW! On this week's MashTalk podcast, the Mashable tech team recaps the highs and lows of SXSW, dives into exploding headphones (ugh—more exploding tech to freak out about?!) and discusses why the idea of Facezam (a fake app that would have been the "Shazam for faces") should scare you. As always, MashTalk is hosted by Tech Editor Pete Pachal with commentary from Chief Correspondent Lance Ulanoff and Senior Tech Correspondent Raymond Wong. Read more... More about Explosions, Batteries, Headphones, Facebook, and Facial Recognition Read More »Airbus’ new flying car concept looks like it's straight out of ‘The Jetsons'
'Airbus' and 'Italdesign' have revealed a passenger capsule that can either attach to wheels and drive like a car, or be lifted up by a drone helicopter. All of this is based on traffic conditions, cost and time. Read more... More about The Jetsons, Concept Cars, Flying Car Concept, Italdesign, and Real Time Video Read More »Reminder: Lena Dunham doesn’t give ‘the tiniest of shits’ what you think about her body
Lena Dunham has long been the recipient of repeated, unwarranted weight commentary, and this week's proved no different. Photos of the Dunham at a recent press event inspired substance-free, appearance-focused headlines everywhere from The Sun to CNN. In response to the uptick in coverage, Dunham penned a quick reminder that she still doesn't give "the tiniest of shits" about how anyone feels about her body. And yes, that includes those "bullshit before-and-after pictures" tabloids are so fond of.
The internet finds a brilliant way to troll Sean Spicer and his green tie
Poor Sean Spicer just cannot catch a break with his fashion choices these days. First, it was his upside-down House of Cards flag pin, then it was his foot brace with a funky striped sock and now he's at it again with this stained green tie in honor of St. Patrick's Day.
The tie, though sloppy, would've been fine if he wasn't on TV giving a press briefing. Meme genius Jesse McLaren took notice of its color and gave Spicer's tie a brilliant, hilarious green screen treatment. Read more... More about Meme, St. Patrick S Day, Sean Spicer, Watercooler, and Watercooler Read More »Denim-garbed Canadian snowmobile daredevil is your new role model
Welcome to the gratifying world of reckless snowmobile aerobatics. A world very few of us knew existed, and even more few of us actually take part in. But something that all of us can enjoy. Denim-swathed YouTuber Larry Enticer of Canada spends a lot of his time doing insane jumps on his 1979 340 Yamaha Enticer snowmobile and he has the fearless unflinching bravado to match it. Watch him bravely "send it" into the sky, only to land preeeeetty hard. After totally biffing on his two jump attempts, he dismisses the failure with, "Snow's too soft. Another day, another beer." Simple sentiments that I think we can all agree with in these trying times. Read more... More about Daredevil, Viral Video, Snowmobile, Watercooler, and Watercooler Read More »Can this dating app end ghosting for good?
Ghosting is scourge in the world of dating apps, but will it ever die? One app is giving it their best shot. You’ve probably heard of the high-end, exclusive dating app The League. Today they’re launching a new feature for their paid members that they believe is going stop ghosting and cut out the stress of waiting for a reply that never comes. Their trick: read receiptsThat’s it? But, wait, how will knowing someone has seen your message end ghosting? The League founder and CEO Amanda Bradford told us, “We hope this feature will cause our flaky users to be more polite in responding since now it is obvious if they are 'ghosting,' but even if it doesn't, it gives the users on the other end of the match more information to make decisions about who to wait on.” Read more... More about Messaging, Ghosting, Dating And Relationships, Dating, and Dating Apps Read More »Elderly man helps couple take a romantic photo and fails brilliantly
This man is either a brilliant troll or helplessly hilarious. According to Redditor Tyguy462, a sweet old man approached him and his wife on the beach and offered to take their photo. The old man instead took a low selfie, capturing the image of the happy couple in the reflection of his sunglasses. Anyone who has tried to take a photo and opened up their camera app only to see the underside of their chin knows the feeling. Read more... More about Fail, Selfie, Funny, Pics, and Watercooler Read More »Netflix is totally changing up how you rate content
Netflix is ditching its five-star ratings system for good in favour of a thumbs up/thumbs down one. The streaming service's VP of Product Todd Yellin said that thumbs up and down got 200 percent more ratings than the star-rating feature when tested on "hundred of thousands of members" in 2016. "Five stars feels very yesterday now,” Yellin said, according to The Verge. “We’re spending many billions of dollars on the titles we’re producing and licensing, and with these big catalogs, that just adds a challenge." Read more... More about Five Star Ratings, Thumbs Up, Netflix, and Entertainment Read More »U.S. carriers want you to buy the LG G6 so badly, they're giving out free TVs
There's a lot to like about the LG G6. After trying out the whole modular phone thing with the G5 last year, LG's returned this year with a more practical premium phone that fits a 5.7-inch display into a phone body normally designed for a 5.2-inch screen. In many ways, the LG G6 is a look at what's to come for all premium phones: big screens with super slim bezels that fill up most of the front of the phone. For guys like Apple and Samsung, such a phone wouldn't be a hard sell. But for LG, who's seen its phone sales plummet over the years, it's a uphill battle. What's a struggling phone maker to do to drum up interest? Apparently, the answer is to hand out freebies like TVs and Google Home. Read more... More about Smartphones, Android, Lg, G6, and Lg G6 Read More »Robots taking our jobs? Tax them, says Bill Gates
In a drab meeting room of San Francisco's city hall this week, the city's leaders briefly confronted a brave, new world. Robots will upend the very nature of work and further concentrate wealth among their owners, said Supervisor Jane Kim, who's seen as a progressive in a city without a single elected Republican. It's time to consider taxing them. "We must start redirecting a small percentage of these new profits to retrain and then re-employ human beings that are being replaced by these machines," Kim said, calling for a hearing on the matter. Elsewhere in the city, that future doesn't seem so far off. Sleek delivery bots are gliding along sidewalks at a local permit rate of $66 per block, and driverless cars are back on the streets after a scuffle over a $150 state license. Read more... More about Future Of Work, Automation, Bill Gates, Business, and Jobs Read More »Happy birthday to this dog who had the best possible reaction to her treat
The internet is full of dog birthday photos, but this one takes the cake. Here is Lucy. Lucy just celebrated her birthday. And that's not all: she also got a cake. There's more: it's a cake for dogs! And it features an impeccably written birthday message. "I thought ordering my dog a birthday cake would be a waste of money," Redditor and lucky dog owner tastyhouse wrote. "Her reaction was worth every penny." As someone who spent zero money to see this photo, agreed! Image: Reddit/TastyHouse HBD, Lucy. It may have been your birthday, but we feel like we got a gift too. :') Read more... More about Reddit, Dogs, Watercooler, and Watercooler Read More »Google's tool to edit your iPhone's awkward Live Photos just got better
Google Motion Stills is a must-have app for iPhone fans with troves of Live Photos — and it just got even better. The image editor already makes Live Photos less jarring by stabilizing shaky background movement and focusing on the motion at the center of an image's frame. It also converts the pics to more socially shareable formats, converting them to GIFs and videos by weaving multiple Live Photos into one seamless animated image. A new update is giving iOS users even more options to improve their moving pics. Google just amped up the app's editing tools, which should give users improved color depth and better stabilization. Read more... More about Video, Gifs, Photo Editing App, Iphone, and Ios Read More »In honor of St. Patrick's Day, here is the Irish prime minister trolling Trump
The U.S. Capitol's St. Patrick's Day rituals did not bring Donald Trump any luck this year. On St. Patrick's Day eve, Trump was put in an awkward position when Ireland's Prime Minister Enda Kenny stood beside him and subtly called out his immigration policy in front of everyone. After Trump discussed the country's "high levels of optimism" and vowed America would remain a loyal friend to Ireland, he introduced Kenny, who explained the tradition of gathering at the White House every year to honor Ireland's patron saint. Read more... More about Immigration Ban, Video, Ireland, Politics, and Conversations Read More »Messenger Day is making me unload randos on Facebook (and maybe that's a good thing)
I don't want to be that person — really, I don't. But Facebook's just-launched Snapchat clone has turned me into a ruthless and deeply unforgiving friend deleter. Since rolling out "Messenger Day" a week ago, the update has wreaked havoc on my formerly uncluttered Messenger feed. Much like Snapchat and Instagram Stories, "Day" allows you to share photos and videos that can be customized with text, stickers and frames. But, there's one problem — my Day feed is brimming with stories by Facebook friends I barely know and should have deleted a very long time ago. And, I cannot stand it. SEE ALSO: Facebook's Snapchat clone is perfect for laying down thirst traps for crushes Read more... This smart gym bag can clean your exercise gear
Paqsule is a smart bag that cleans its contents through a UV-C light and O3 activated oxygen system. Read more... More about Real Time Video, Real Time Video, Real Time, Real Time Video, and Technology Read More »Sonic is really trying to get your attention back in 2017
Sonic the Hedgehog appears to be running headlong into the apocalypse in the first gameplay footage of the upcoming Sonic game, Sonic Forces. As the speedy blue hedgehog dashes through the gritty environment above, a few analogies come to mind. Is Sonic running through a representation of the United States in its current era? Is Sonic running through the burning ruins of its own modern 3D game legacy, signifying an acknowledgment of past mistakes and a race toward a brighter future? Maybe the Sonic series is just going for something a bit grittierBecause that worked so well last time. Read more... More about Gaming, Gameplay, Sega, Sonic The Hedgehog, and Entertainment Read More »We tried so hard and got so far, but in the end, Linkin Park is still a thing
There’s only one thing you should know: Linkin Park is still a thing. Shocking, we know. When we heard the news we became so numb... so much more aware. But here we are — the band that gave your emo heart little flutters in the early 2000s released a brand new lyric video for its new single "Battle Symphony." As you could probably imagine, this particular lyric video is such a lyric video. It's got the usual text in various colors laid over images of the world, as seen through a bunch of different Instagram filters. Good stuff. But hey, we could all use another empowering anthem in our lives and this could be the start of a Linkin Park revival. Read more... More about Entertainment, Conversations, Music, Music Video, and Linkin Park Read More »Trump kicked One Direction out of his hotel because he's not a nice man
Is Trump...bad? All signs point to yes after Liam Payne revealed that POTUS once kicked One Direction out of his hotel while the lads were getting their precious beauty sleep. Trump really, really doesn't like immigrants. “Trump actually kicked us out of his hotel once. You wouldn’t believe it. It was about [meeting] his daughter," Payne told Rollacoaster Magazine. "He phoned up our manager and we were asleep. He said ‘Well, wake them up’ and I was like ‘no’ and then he wouldn’t let us use the underground garage.” This was a deal breaker, since 1D pandemonium on the streets of NYC was too much for the band to handle. Read more... More about Trump, British Celebrities, Celebrities, One Direction, and Watercooler Read More »This gene-editing technology has the potential to bring back the woolly mammoth
'CRISPR' is a gene-editing method developed by Dr. Jennifer Doudna at UC Berkeley that could one day cure any genetic disease. Read more... More about Woolly Mammoth, Jennifer Doudna, Ucb, Real Time Video, and Diseases Read More »Siri keeps sending people looking for escorts to an esports bar
Sometimes, Siri gets it right. Just kidding. Siri, you're a piece of trash. An owner of an esports bar in Toronto says that his establishment has been getting some pretty odd calls recently, and he's pointing the blame at Siri. Alvin Acyapan, co-owner of the bar Meltdown Toronto, says that if you ask Siri to locate a sex worker in the Toronto area, it will suggest their bar.
Cutest nosy neighbor ever is one pouncing pooch
Where is this dog located and is science advanced enough to clone it and distribute it worldwide? This planet needs more pups this jumpy. One very nosy pooch just had to know what was going on over its fence. And so it made that happen. While at first it looks like this bouncy dog is on a trampoline, upon closer investigation it becomes apparent that he's probably just jumping. Like, on his own. A good six feet in the air. The video, posted on UK-based dog day care Safe Paws's Facebook page, is worthy of a lot of hard looks: Read more... More about Videos, Animals, Watercooler, and Watercooler Read More »The painstaking process behind making strategy guides, from the guy who’s spent his life doing it
Ancient map-making required mastery over the disciplines of mathematics and astronomy, the means and courage to venture into dangerous uncharted territories, inhuman patience, artistry and attention to detail, and the ability to perch on the cutting edge of every new technological advancement your culture’s most talented minds could muster. David Hodgson’s job is arguably more difficult — and certainly more tedious. Hodgson makes video game strategy guides which, much like ancient cartography, is a lost art of primitive methods and painstaking processes. Not that Hodgson would complain. He started working at gaming magazines in the ‘90s, but was always drawn back to the world of strategy guides. Currently working on contract for Prima Games, the largest strategy guide publisher in the US, he gets access to some of the biggest games in the world months before the public. And he slaves over their every detail, spending months and months gorging on each new obsession. Read more... More about Gaming, Entertainment, Entertainment, and Gaming Read More »The feud between Britain and Sean Spicer is getting ridiculous
Things have gone pretty bonkers between the U.S. and the UK. It all started after the White House press secretary Sean Spicer repeated an allegation — which was originally made by Fox News media commentator Andrew Napolitano — that GCHQ, the British intelligence agency, helped former president Barack Obama "wiretap" Donald Trump during the 2016 election. "There’s no question that there were surveillance techniques used,” Spicer said from the White House briefing room podium on Monday. "He didn’t use the NSA, he didn’t use the CIA, he didn’t use the FBI, and he didn’t use the Department of Justice. He used GCHQ." Read more... More about Wiretap, Donald Trump, Gchq, Theresa May, and Uk Read More »Have the time of your life playing with this 'Dirty Dancing' inspired makeup palette
If you've ever fantasized about dancing into the arms of your very own Johnny Castle, you'll flip over Sola Look's new Dirty Dancing inspired beauty palette. Image: Sola Look Riding the popularity of their Flashdance palette, the beauty company has collaborated with Lionsgate to create this new nostalgic set to commemorate the 30-year anniversary of Dirty Dancing's 1987 release. 1,000 of the palettes will be available for pre-order on Saturday, March 18 at noon PST on Sola Look's website, but they won't ship to those early birds until April 12. The official release date when everyone else can purchase it is April 22, 12:00 PST. Read more... More about Palette, Makeup, Dirty Dancing, Watercooler, and Watercooler Read More »The search is on at SXSW for the bands everyone will be buzzing about
SXSW has long been the breeding ground for music’s next big thing – a sort of preview of what’s to come. It’s no secret then that festivalgoers visiting Austin are searching for new sounds, fresh tracks and a chance to catch bands before they’ve exploded. For three days at at Drafting Room + L'estelle on Rainey Street, TBS hosted the In Search Of Marketplace – an al fresco gift shop and boutique meets backyard music venue and bar that brought to life the network’s dark comedy Search Party. Image: Catalin Abagiu for MASHABLE Set in the heart of Brooklyn, the show follows the story of Dory (Alia Shawkat) and her four, self-absorbed friends (John Early, John Reynolds, Brandon Micheal Hall and Meredith Hagner) as they become entangled in an ominous mystery. When a college friend goes missing, Dory gets obsessed with trying to track her down. Read more... More about Supported, Sponsored, Sxsw, Mystery, and Tv Read More »Cry of the week: Barry and Iris' tragic love story has us sobbing through 'The Flash'
Welcome to our weekly series "Cry of the Week," in which we highlight whatever moment made us ugly cry on our couches the most in the past seven days. This week’s episode of The Flash was a particularly rough one for Barry Allen (Grant Gustin), who ventured into the Speed Force to try and rescue Wally West (Keiynan Lonsdale) from an eternity of emotional torment after the young speedster was trapped there by the villainous Savitar in last week's installment. Barry was probably anticipating that Wally’s jailbreak would be a simple grab-and-go operation, but instead he found himself confronted by the ghosts of failures past (or at least the Speed Force representations of them): Eddie Thawne (Rick Cosnett), Ronnie Raymond (Robbie Amell) and Leonard Snart (Wentworth Miller). Read more... More about Candice Patton, Grant Gustin, The Flash, Cry Of The Week, and Entertainment Read More »White House sends satirical news story by accident in daily newsletter and do you guys even read
Wondering what to make of that proposed Trump budget that cuts arts funding, hampers climate change research and destroys Wheels on Meals funding in favor of rockets and war? Well, it'll be great news for America. The White House said so, in an email sent out Friday morning and posted on its website. It's proof? A link to a Washington Post article vigorously defending the budget. The only problem: the piece, titled "Trump’s budget makes perfect sense and will fix America, and I will tell you why," was a merciless and frankly blindingly obvious satire. More about Budget, Trump, White House, and Watercooler Read More »Twitch should be worried about YouTube's latest esports deal
Twitch is the veritable king of esports broadcasting, with nearly every tournament worth its salt streaming its competitions live on the platform. Twitch is the host platform to all sorts of tournaments: from the few dozen viewers checking out a community Rocket League tournament to the over 1 million fans tuning into the grand finals of a Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major. Of course, some tournaments are broadcast on other platforms like MLG.tv, Twitter or YouTube, but they're rarely exclusive from Twitch. Until recently, that is. Within the past two months, YouTube has landed two exclusive deals with popular Counter-Strike leagues — ESL Pro League and the Esports Championship Series. The internet video behemoth is planting its flag in esports, and if it keeps buying exclusive streaming rights out from under Twitch, Twitch could lose its throne. Read more... More about Youtube, Twitch, Gaming, Esports, and Entertainment Read More »Rude NYC duck holds up commuters for a little jaunt on subway tracks
The latest addition to an ever-growing list of animals who do not belong on public transit is Subway Duck, the rude little guy who held up New Yorkers this morning while trying to catch a train into Manhattan. Per Gothamist, NYPD officers rescued a lonesome duck wandering the tracks in Brooklyn's Jefferson Street subway stop on Friday morning. Aaron L. Morrison, a writer for Mic, spotted the bird earlier Friday morning attempting to gain access to the train platform through a service entry.
Paul Ryan spent college just like you: Drinking beer, dreaming of taking healthcare from poor people
Best four years of every young man's life: Hanging out with some bros, drinking beers, dreaming about a wonderful future where healthcare is less available to the poor. Oh, sorry, that's just Paul Ryan and his forever-friend, conservative pundit Rich Lowry:
Politico reporter Adam Cancryn tweeted the quote from the National Review Institute Ideas Summit, a biennial conference about the future of conservatism, and the clapback was nothing short of immediate. Read more... More about Twitter Reactions, Paul Ryan, Watercooler, and Watercooler Read More »Trump makes handshakes even more awkward by skipping them entirely
Fifty nine seconds is just shy of one minute, but if you're spending those fifty nine seconds in a photo op with President Donald Trump, they could very well seem infinite. At the White House on Friday, German Chancellor Angela Merkel had the misfortune of learning this first hand, and as a result, we now have a video that could easily win an award for the most uncomfortable interaction in history. After meeting with Merkel and several German business leaders on Friday, as is customary with White House guests, Trump and the Chancellor posed for some photographs. Read more... More about Handshake, Awkward, Conversations, Politics, and Germany Read More »Danny Rand is a bad person, and 18 other thoughts I had while watching 'Iron Fist'
Iron Fist might pack a powerful punch, but lately he's been on the receiving end of a critical pummeling. The first reviews for Netflix's latest Marvel superhero show have not been good, to put it mildly. In most normal circumstances, I'd stay the hell away from a series with reviews that bad. But Iron Fist has the Marvel name on it, and I'm a Marvel obsessive. That's how they get you. So when Iron Fist finally hit Netflix this morning after months of loud buzz – some of it good, most of it bad – I fired up my television to give the show a go. Read more... More about Netflix, Marvel, Iron Fist, Entertainment, and Film Read More »Coachella sues Urban Outfitters because karma is real
Is imitation the sincerest form of flattery? Coachella doesn't think so. The music festival on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against Urban Outfitters and Free People for trademark infringement. Like most of their fast-fashion competitors, Urban Outfitters and Free People sell tunics, shorts, hats and other clothing both inspired by and made for the summer music festival circuit. But a top from Free People — the chain that, along with Anthropologie, is owned by Urban Outfitters — went a step too far with its designation as the "Coachella Valley Tunic." The tunic's description also referenced a "summer music festival." Read more... More about Free People, Coachella, Urban Outfitters, and Business Read More »Toy Joy is a toy store that brings out the best from Austin's unique oddities
If there's one word that describes the city of Austin, it's authenticity. And if there's one store that captures that character, it's Toy Joy – a 30-year-old, not-your-average store for all things fun. Read more... More about Real Time Video, Real Time Video, Real Time, Real Time Video, and Real Time Read More »Teen makes perfect school-approved shirt to respond to a dress-code violation
18-year-old Isabella Villegas defended her 13-year-old sister Grace from a school dress-code violation in the most crafty, big-sisterly way we've ever seen. Grace changed out of this off-the-shoulder shirt and into a different one after she said received some "not nice looks" and comments from teachers. Upon hearing about the supposed violation, Isabella responded, by making this school-approved t-shirt for her 7th grade sister that makes somewhat of a different statement:
Now you can skip the opening credits while watching Netflix
Not for the first time, the people asked — and Netflix answered. In part of a series of announcements Friday about small but crucial changes to its platform, Netflix revealed a "Skip Intro" button that does exactly what it says. As soon as the credits start — whether they're at the beginning, like one of Netflix's Marvel shows, or after a couple minutes — a little rectangular button pops up giving you the option to SKIP INTRO. After that, the decision is yours: Watch the blood pour over Daredevil's city or cut to the chase (probably literally). It's ideal for when you're burning through a show and can already recite the cast's full names in order and hum a perfect cover of the theme song on command. Read more... More about Netflix, Television, Movies, Entertainment, and Entertainment Read More »Thinx founder responds to reports of her company's terrible work environment
Thinx founder and former CEO Miki Agrawal is trying to salvage the good name of her period underwear startup. Agrawal founded the heavily marketed and feminist-branded company, which took over subways with its ads for "people with periods," but stepped down as CEO a week ago to become "chief vision officer." After her departure, Racked published an account of what it was really like at the buzzy startup: producing marketing that co-opted feminism, with terrible maternity leave policies and other kinds of less-than-feminist workplace behavior behind closed doors. Read more... More about Business, Miki Agrawal, Thinx, and Business Read More »Google Chrome is definitely not judging you and your 100 incognito tabs
Google, well-known for hiding Easter eggs in its apps, has a little treat for those of us with an uncontrolled tab-opening habit. If you reach 100 tabs on the Chrome app, the tab count on the upper right becomes an adorable old school smiley—":)"—on iOS and ":D" on Android. AndroidiOSImage: Google And then, if you do the same using the incognito mode on iOS, you get the same thing—a nice, sweet ":)" But things get spicier on Android. While we wouldn't presume to know what you do with your incognito tabs, we'll just say the Easter egg here seems... suitable: Read more... More about Ios, Android, Easter Egg, Chrome, and Google Read More »Let footage of glowing microorganisms in the sea sooth you into the weekend
This is a pretty chill side of nature. A new video taken this week shows bioluminescent organisms making the waters off the coast of George Town, Tasmania glow as onlookers splash about. The bright blue of the bioluminescence may look alien, but it has an earthly explanation. Many organisms, like fireflies, actually create their own light for various reasons. The microorganisms causing the sea to glow in Tasmania might actually be using their light to hunt out food in the dark. Video credit: CollingsCreative via Storyful Read more... More about Bioluminescent, Bioluminescence, Science Videos, Nature, and Science Read More »Sleeping toddler can be bothered neither by live March Madness game nor pumped-up dad
Maybe you're one of those people who just doesn't get that into March Madness. Everyone else is babbling about brackets and buzzer-beaters, and you just can't be bothered. If so, you and this tyke would get along quite well. Virginia Commonwealth fans were pumped for their team's Thursday night game against St. Mary's (VCU lost). Take, for instance, this dad who really brought the passion and noise — but the star of our story is his young daughter, who just wanted to catch some Z's in the middle of a raucous NCAA Tournament game. Read more... More about March Madness, Sports, and Entertainment Read More » | ||||
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