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 This lightweight plastic ribbon has steel-like strength and can lift concrete blocks
‘Braeön’ is a lightweight plastic ribbon that’s as strong as steel. It can be styled into several different useful shapes like a splint or even a mouth guard. Read more... More about Real Time Video, Real Time Video, Lightweight, Gadgets, and Recycle Read More »The atmosphere has forgotten what season it is in the U.S.
There was something not quite right about the severe weather outbreak that tore across the Midwest late Tuesday and into Wednesday. At least 24 tornado reports were recorded with more than 162 high wind reports and more than 200 hail reports, and while this wouldn't be a strange occurrence for a weather pattern in March or April, it happened at the end of February. This is not normal. On a typical last night of February in Chicago, snow would be in the air, or at least on the ground. But not this year. In a city where for the first time in 146 years of record-keeping there was no snow on the ground at all in January or February, the skies lit up with streaks of lightning on Tuesday night. Read more... More about Meteorology, Global Warming, Hail, Severe Storms, and Chicago Read More »'Robo Recall' is a free VR game about killing robots as a robot and it's out now
If you've ever wanted to know what's like to be a robot and mercilessly kill other robots by a variety of means, Robo Recall is available to play for free on Oculus Rift. After an appearance during the Unreal Engine keynote at the Game Developers Conference today, Epic Games released Robo Recall for free, exclusive to the virtual reality system Oculus Rift. The game is set in the not-too-distant future where nearly everyone owns a robot.The only problem is the robots start to go bad, so it's your job as a fellow robot to "recall" the robots through various violent means, including shooting them, bashing them and shooting them some more. Read more... More about Virtual Reality, Vr, Gaming, Oculus Rift, and Robo Recall Read More »Spotify takes a cue from Tidal with hi-fi streaming option
Facebook copies Snapchat, and Spotify copies Tidal. The top music streaming service is planning to introduce lossless audio — or CD-quality music — to subscribers for a higher monthly price, according to a report in The Verge. That report was based on a Spotify user source who got the option to sign up in what looked like a test of potential pricing, and some Reddit users who did, too. A Spotify spokesperson told the publication that “We are always testing new products and offers but have no news to share at this time." Spotify gave the same statement to Mashable. The pricing test offered users an upgrade to high-quality audio for between $5 and $10 more per month than the usual $10-a-month Spotify Premium. That would be $15 to $20 a month total for lossless audio Spotify subscribers. Read more... More about Tech, Music Streaming, Tidal, Spotify, and Business Read More »Talented rapper drops a 6-minute nonstop freestyle that's absolutely fire
Freestylin' ain't easy. Even professional rappers struggle to think as fast as you need to pull off smooth rhyming lines that actually make sense. This doesn't seem to be an issue for Harry Mack, who freestyles everywhere he goes. He is so quick on his feet that he also quickly draws crowds anywhere he decides to stop and drop a beat. His latest video shows him rapping up a storm in Venice Beach, California. He pulls in everything from what people are wearing to how great at rapping he is. But when he says that "he flows so dope, bro" he's actually telling the complete truth. There's six minutes of proof right here. Read more... More about Viral Videos, Youtube, Freestyle, Rapper, and Rapping Read More »This is what you need to do at the gym to keep up with Ruth Bader Ginsburg
When you're the oldest justice on the Supreme Court, it's understandable that you are willing to do anything to stay as mentally and physically fit as possible. The country sorta depends on it. Ruth Bader Ginsburg does just that with a rigorous workout that Ben Schreckinger from Politico lived through long enough to share the sweaty journey with us all. If you wanna get swole like Notorious RGB does at the hands of her trainer Bryant Johnson, you first must warm up. The 83-year-old justice kicks things off with five minutes on the elliptical before a series of light stretches. Read more... More about Workout, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Conversations, Watercooler, and Watercooler Read More »Facebook enlists AI tech to help prevent suicide
Can Facebook use all that it knows about us to help stop someone from committing suicide? It's been more than a rhetorical question since January, after a video, pulled from the social media platform Live.Me and shared on Facebook, showed a 12-year-old Katelyn Nicole Davis taking her own lifeFacebook couldn't control the spread of the video and appeared unsure if it even violated its own terms of service. A month later, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's 6,000 word global community manifesto made it clear that Facebook is ready to take on a more parental role, one that acknowledges its incredible influence and impact over nearly 2 billion people around the worldZuckerberg wrote: Read more... More about Suicide, Facebook, Tech, and Facebook Read More »One of the world's best soccer teams is taking the names off their jerseys to make a point
The Swedish women's national soccer team may have won a silver medal in the 2016 summer Olympics, pulling off a huge upset by ousting the Americans from the competition, but that apparently hasn't translated into widespread respect for their skills back home. In the wake of their historic win, the less successful men's team still managed to get a significant share of accolades and media attention. So the players decided to launch an unconventional campaign. In partnership with Adidas, the team created limited edition jerseys that swap the players' names for tweets meant to inspire and empower. Read more... More about Gender Equality, Gender, Women, Soccer, and Sports Read More »Now is the absolute worst time to buy an iPhone
Apple is about to commit infanticide on the iPhone 7. The device—which is great, and just a few months old—will likely be blown to unrecyclable smithereens by the upcoming iPhone 8, if rumors are any indication. Sure, it's always true that a shiny new iPhone's just around the corner, but there's reason to believe the next iteration of Apple's iconic gadget will be such a substantial leap forward that you'd be foolish to invest in a device now. Here's the big thing: A report in the Wall Street Journal Tuesday indicated that Apple will dump the Lightning port on the iPhone 8, replacing it with USB-C. In layman's terms, the cords you currently use to power your phone or listen to music will be rendered useless, doomed to haunt your junk drawer or some far-off landfill forevermore. Read more... More about Iphone 8, Iphone 7, Iphone, Apple, and Tech Read More »Netflix now lets you trick out your subtitles
Unless you're a member of the deaf community or a big fan of foreign films, you probably never think about how drab your default subtitles are. You just queue up your device, press play on your favorite show and relax for the next eight straight hours of binge watching without reading a word. New settings from Netflix might just make you opt for closed captions more often. You can match your subtitles to the content on your screen with new fonts, colors and text effects — or just make everything really weird by watching a period piece matched with a font that looks just like Comic Sans. More about Binge Watching, Closed Captioning, Subtitles, Netflix, and Tech Read More »Inside the shadowy Skype seat selection process
While the early weeks of the Trump administration have been marked by a stormy relationship with the media, the White House press office has managed to institute at least one promising initiative. The office has started using "Skype seats" during press briefings, allowing reporters from outlets that are at least 50 miles away from Washington D.C., to sit in on the briefings and ask questions of Press Secretary Sean Spicer. On the surface, there's lots to like about offering reporters from outside the Washington circle a chance to throw their voices into the mix, asking questions that may get overlooked by the scandal du jour and are of importance to their audiences. Read more... More about Media, Donald Trump, Transparency Report, White House Press Briefing, and Sean Spicer Read More »People are trolling the giraffe birth livestream by saying giraffes lay eggs
There's nothing like a good conspiracy theory to really set off an extremely odd and unexpected internet trend. A group of people are trolling a popular YouTube livestream by saying that giraffes lay eggs. It all started last week when the Animal Adventure Park in New York started a livestream of its pregnant giraffe, April. Intended for educational and promotional purposes, the stream got off to a rocky start when alleged animal rights activists flagged the YouTube stream for removal, citing nudity and sexually explicit content. The stream was briefly taken down by YouTube, then reinstated, but the damage was done. Read more... More about Animals, Funny, Trolling, Livstream, and Giraffe Read More »Now you can order pizza with your shoes, because using your phone is so last year
Constant innovation. It's a well-known motto of the pizza industry. Oh wait. It's not. But with the recent influx of pizza news, it kind of feels like it is. And now Pizza Hut has up and changed the game completely. Introducing the sneakers that double as pizza-ordering devices. Before we give you more information on this wonder-shoe, we want to first assure you that these shoes are real. The Shoe Surgeon, a custom sneaker maker in Los Angeles, has made 64 pairs of these "Pie Tops" to commemorate the 64 teams who will make it into the NCAA March Madness college basketball tournament. Read more... More about Shoes, Tech, Pizza Hut, Pizza, and Conversations Read More »The Oculus Rift and controllers dropped from $800 to $600
Oculus is drastically reducing the price of its Rift virtual reality headset and Touch controllers to a combined cost of $600 — $500 for the headset and $100 for the controllers — the company announced today. The Rift was first released a year ago this month, and the Touch controllers came out in December, for a combined cost of $800. It's a pretty steep price to pay to experience VR considering it requires a high-end (read: expensive) PC to run games and programs effectively. The 25 percent cut in costs makes the system a bit more appealing to people interested in VR but deterred by the high price of entry. Read more... More about Virtual Reality, Gaming, Tech, Vr, and Oculus Rift Read More »Giant spider crabs ripping apart a squid has all the makings of a horror movie
If you needed any more proof that nature is ruthless, scary and unforgiving, take a peek at this video of giant spider crabs ripping a poor squid to shreds. Spider crabs usually migrate to Port Phillip Bay, Australia from May to July as waters cool down, so seeing this kind of migration in February is surprising. Chiharu Shimowada, the diver who provided this video to Storyful, said in his 10 years of scuba he has never seen anything like this. At least we know they're eating well on the way to their new home. Yikes. Read more... More about Rip, Scary, Crabs, Animals, and Nature Read More »Clippy is back, and this time it's coming for your browser
Clippy is backAgain. The world's most infamous paper clip is back in the form of a Chrome extension called Clippy Everywhere! Once installed and activated, the extension creates (or, more accurately, recreates) Clippy's creepy/cute animate antics every time you visit a web page. It asks you with those weird eyes, "Hi I'm Clippy! I'm the browser assistant and my job is to help you navigate this page. Do you need assistance?" Image: Screenshot Its usefulness, or rather its lack thereof, ends there. Unlike the Microsoft version, which actually did provide assistance when asked (not that we ever did), the only other thing this Clippy can do is stare at you with those creepy eyes. Occasionally I saw it dart its eyes over the yellow paper, and just about five seconds ago it appeared to have turned itself into a... hole-puncher? a stapler? a frog? You be the judge: Read more... More about Chrome Extensions, Clippy, Microsoft, Nostalgia, and Digital Assistants Read More »Snapchat shares will likely cost $17 each on their debut
Snapchat officially announced on Wednesday that its shares will begin trading at $17, according to numerous media reports. The news marks the last major piece of the puzzle before Snapchat officially becomes a publicly traded company on the New York Stock Exchange. The $17 price tag is above the initial expected range of $14-$16, meaning Snapchat saw considerable interest in its offering. The pricing puts Snapchat's valuation at $24 billion. The pricing also means that Snapchat will officially be the biggest U.S. tech company to go public since Facebook in 2012. Snapchat, of course, remains well within Facebook's sizable shadow, but is also seen as the company that Facebook has been most desperate to vanquish. Facebook has repeatedly copied Snapchat features, and is also starting to invest more in high-quality content in order to attract the big brand-based ad budgets. Read more... More about Snapchat, Business, and Business Read More »Accountants in Oscar mistake off the show
The president of the film academy says the two accountants responsible for the best-picture flub at Sunday's Academy Awards will never work the Oscars again. New leaked photos show the full display of Samsung's Galaxy S8
Samsung's big Galaxy S8 unveil is still a month away so, naturally, it's time for leaks to kick into high gear. We've now gotten what seems to be our best look yet at the phone thanks to a series of new leaked photos from BGR. The photos show what BGR says is the smaller 5.8-inch Galaxy S8 (Samsung will also release a larger 6.2-inch Galaxy S8+, if rumors are to be believed) and it certainly looks like the real deal. It matches with earlier leaks we've seen as well as the latest design render posted by reputable leaker Evan Blass. Read more... More about Samsung Galaxy S8, Galaxy S8, Samsung, Mobile, and Tech Read More »Watch this massive block of icicles come crashing down
Icicles may look pretty neat, but you might not want to get too close. The Mount Baker Ski Area in Washington had a pretty significant amount of snowfall this winter, so they had to do a little bit of icicle maintenance because their roof heaters couldn't keep up. Watch as Mother Nature's glorious creation comes crashing down. Read more... More about Icicle, Viral Videos, Climate, Watercooler, and Watercooler Read More »Snap told gun safety group to buy ads on its videos or NRA might, leaked emails show
A gun safety group was in talks to run a free promotional campaign on Snapchat last year when it was hit with an alarming sales pitch. If Everytown for Gun Safety didn't buy up each of the ad slots within its video campaign, a Snapchat ad salesman warned, there was a good chance the National Rifle Association would. SEE ALSO: Snapchat gets serious about advertising That's the scoop via a series of leaked emails, published in part by Mic on Wednesday, which offer an inside look at Snap's aggressive sales tactics. The news comes, of course, the day before the company's public offering is set to drop. Read more... More about Snap Inc, Nra, Snapchat, Business, and Advertising Read More »5 Lego sets that should exist if there's any good in the world
After a successful pass through the Lego Ideas review board, a Lego Women of NASA set will hit toy store shelves at the end of 2017. Designed by science writer and editor Maia Weinstock, her set includes minifigures of women who've broke ground in space exploration: Katherine Johnson, Mae Jemison, Sally Ride, Margaret Hamilton and Nancy Grace Roman. Like Weinstock's Women of NASA set, fan-designed Lego sets have led to some truly delightful additions to the toy retailer's product lineup. But of course, there are still plenty of sets — even the unlikeliest of candidates — that we're still holding out hope for. Read more... More about Lego, Pics, Watercooler, Watercooler, and Pics Read More »Nike finally releases plus-size clothing line for women
Way more women will be able to comfortably and stylishly head out for a jog or kick a ball around if Nike has anything to say about it. The athletic brand launched a plus-size clothing line with new sizes 1X through 3X on more than 200 products, including athletic shirts, pants, shorts and jackets. New sports bras will go up to size 38E. Finally. Strong is indeed beautiful. Image: nike Women have been clamoring for more "extended" sizing for years. When Nike posted a plus-size model sporting exercise gear on the Nike Women's Instagram in July 2016 everyone thought the new sizing was imminent. But then it never came — until now. Read more... More about Fashion, Clothing, Women, Workout, and Athletic Read More »This Messenger app will keep your friends anxiously waiting for your reply
There's about to be some drama in the group chat. Godotify is a simple app you can use to mess with your friends. All you have to do is download it on your computer and let it run in the background. Then, whenever a friend messages you on Facebook Messenger, the app will make it look as though you're typing indefinitely. It also tracks how long your friends have been waiting. Devious! We tried the app, and it works perfectly. Just download the app, send your friend a serious-sounding message like "hey, we need to talk," and sit back and let it work its magic. The cleverly-named app is a reference to the Samuel Beckett play, Waiting for Godot, in which two characters wait for someone named Godot who never arrives. Read more... More about Facebook Messenger and Tech Read More »This website is the Facebook for scientists, and it's growing with a $50 million raise
Across plenty of social media sites, facts and hard evidence aren't always easy to come by. On ResearchGate, however, the search for such truths is at the heart of everything the social network does. It's been called a "Facebook-style" platform for a scientists, a place where they can come to share and discuss the studies they're completing and connect with other experts in their field. With the Tuesday announcement of a $52.6 million raise, the site appears to be experiencing some pretty healthy growth, New York Times reports. That round of funding was actually secured in 2015, but the company couldn't make it public until this week, in accordance with corporate accounting rules in Germany. Read more... More about Study, Academia, Social Media, Science, and Researchgate Read More »Blind: The hot app where all the best Silicon Valley gossip is read right now
There's a handful of apps that every techie in Silicon Valley has on their phone: Google Maps, Lyft (#DeleteUber), Slack, Facebook, and Twitter. But scroll past that first screen, and somewhere in their smartphone, you're gonna find a far lesser-known app: Blind. Crack it open, and you'll get a sense for whatever the tech community cares about at this very moment, via Blind's anonymous message board, where insiders dish dirt, spill beans, and trade advice. In a channel exclusively available to Uber employees, you may see a discussion about sexism in the workplace. In a separate section called "Tech Lounge," you'll see a poll about Snap Inc.'s upcoming IPO: Read more... More about Tech, Workplace Culture, Workplace, Business, and Apps And Software Read More »Marissa Mayer is giving up a ton of money over Yahoo's data breach
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is giving up her valuable annual bonus and equity grant this year as a result of a major security breach at the company, she announced in a Tumblr post Wednesday. Mayer's decision to forgo the extra compensation was also disclosed in a document Yahoo filed with the United States Security and Exchange Commission the same day. While it's not exactly strange for a CEO to forgo a gigantic bonus after their company has a terrible year, what is weird is the way that Mayer described Yahoo's major security breach in her statement. Read more... More about Marissa Mayer, Yahoo, and Business Read More »The real stories of the NASA women celebrated in Lego form
NASA wouldn't be what it is today without the women that helped build the agency. Now, a soon-to-be released Lego set celebrates a handful of the many women who have contributed in significant ways to all aspects of America's space program. From astronomy to spaceflight, the five women immortalized in Lego form for this set each helped make NASA the world's preeminent space agency.
A member of Trump's cabinet rocked slippers that cost at least $495 because why not?
In Donald Trump's America, you really don't have to think twice before wearing ridiculously expensive velvet slippers to a presidential address. Just ask recently confirmed Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross, 79, who is believed to have donned a pair of Stubbs & Wootton smoking slippers customized with the Department of Commerce's emblem to hear Trump speak on Tuesday night. Snazzy, eh? Now, you may be asking yourself, "Who pays more than like $50 for a good pair of slippers, let alone $495 to $650?" Wilbur Ross does.
Ancient fossils may hold the oldest known signs of life on Earth
Ancient rocks in northwestern Canada may contain the oldest evidence of life on Earth. Scientists have discovered remains of microorganisms that likely thrived around 3.8 billion years ago near volcanic vents on the seafloor, according to a study published Wednesday in Nature. Iron-dwelling bacteria left behind tiny, rusty filaments and tubes, which were found encased in layers of quartz in the Nuvvuagittuq supracrustal belt near Quebec. "The fact we unearthed them from one of the oldest-known rock formations suggests we've found direct evidence of one of Earth's oldest life forms," Dominic Papineau, the study lead and a lecturer at University College London (UCL)'s Earth Sciences department, said in a press release. Read more... More about Quebec, Geology, Microorganisms, Microbes, and Australia Read More »Ridiculous attack ad blasts congressional candidate dressed as Han Solo
I'm not saying I'd vote for Han Solo, I'm just saying I'd hear him out. The United States of America just elected an aging reality TV star to the presidency, yet a Republican-backed super PAC believes constituents in Georgia will be startled by a Democratic congressional candidate who dressed up as Han Solo in college. SEE ALSO: New Han Solo movie details and this awesome first photo are enough to make your heart stop Former Capitol Hill staffer Jon Ossoff is barely out of his 20s, which appears to be the main point of this attack ad just released against him. He's young and the youngs are silly and bad. Read more... More about Star Wars, Han Solo, John Lewis, Congress, and Jon Ossoff Read More »This public library is offering 'Adulting 101' classes for Millennials
When you're a kid you think grownups have it all figured out. Then you become an adult and realize most people have no clue what they're doing. The North Bend Public Library in Oregon is starting a new program called "Adulting 101," which is essentially a bunch of classes geared towards helping people become functioning adults without having to call mom for help. Classes range from financial advice, such as setting a budget and filing taxes, to cooking, getting a job, talking to your landlord and basic handy work. More about Adulting, Watercooler, and Conversations Read More »The great Garfield gender debate ends after Wikipedia edit war
Garfield's first appearance was on June 19, 1978. Garfield was created by Jim Davis. Garfield is a tabby cat. Garfield is male. These are all things you will learn about Garfield at first glance of the Wikipedia page "Garfield." But what you don't learn is the story behind why there are four cited sources for the cartoon cat's gender. Image: wikipedia It all started when Twitter user, and Chapo Trap House podcast member, Virgil Texas found an old Jim Davis interview from Mental Floss that seemed to indicate that Garfield has no gender. More about Twitter, Comics, Garfield, Watercooler, and Watercooler Read More »Dev Patel has a girlfriend and everyone feels personally victimised
Hands up: Who feels personally victimised by Dev Patel's new girlfriend? If your hand isn't raised, you're a liar and a fraud. While Australian actress Tilda Cobham-Hervey seems really cool and nice, the fact remains — she has burst our collective bubble by dating the internet's fantasy boyfriend, Lion actor (who does a mean Australian accent) and known Longbottomer, Dev Patel. Why cruel fate?! The dreamboat and his Hotel Mumbai co-star/lover were snapped in L.A. Tuesday, with Patel's adorable mother also in tow. Read more... More about Girlfriend, Dating, Twitter, Australia, and Tilda Cobham Hervey Read More »Beer bottle sand could save New Zealand's beaches
Paid Content By DB ExportIf you hadn’t noticed, New Zealanders really give a damn about the environmentThey care for their rivers and lakes, half the country’s a national park and they throw themselves at whaling ships on a daily basis. They do environmentalism well, and now they do it even better. To help combat the global sand shortage (the world’s running out of sand, fyi), New Zealand brewer DB Breweries has designed some very cool machines. Each machine lets drinkers instantly turn their empty beer bottles into sand. The beer bottle sand is then distributed to construction companies, concrete manufacturers and anyone else who needs it, reducing the country’s dependence on coastally dredged sand. Read more... More about Supported and Tech Read More »'Moonlight' director reveals powerful speech he wanted to deliver at Oscars
The #envelopegate episode that turned the last 10 minutes of this year's Oscars awards show into absolute chaos also wrecked havoc on the real winners' acceptance speeches. SEE ALSO: How 'Moonlight' made Oscars history The Moonlight producers and directors ended up rushing through their words of thanks amidst a cloud of confusion after it was determined that La La Land had wrongly been announced Best Picture winner. Now though, after the dust has somewhat settled, the winning film's director Barry Jenkins has shared what he planned to say in the event his movie received the top honor — which, as we know now, it did. And his planned speech was brief yet powerful. Read more... More about Moonlight, Barry Jenkins, Oscars 2017, Academy Awards 2017, and Entertainment Read More »Little kid aims his pro stink eye at a chip thief
Do not mess with someone's chips and guac, even if they're too young to do anything about it. Check out this little dude named Julian, the ultra-relatable toddler who has mastered the stink-eye despite his young age. His cousin Leanna captured the moment some jerk stole some of his munchies, and her tweet has since racked up over 16,000 retweets. Twitter found Julian pretty relatable, because nobody likes a chip thief.
Amazon escapes the internet outage caused by its own cloud computing service
When Amazon's cloud computing service failed on Tuesday, more than half of the internet's top 100 e-commerce websites were affected. Which site didn't get burned? Amazon.com, of course. The AWS S3 cloud computing service backs more than 150,000 websites, so the disruption left a wide swath of the web in shambles — with S&P 500 companies losing an estimated $150 to $160 million as a result, Business Insider reports. E-commerce sites really felt the burn, with the websites for retailers like Express and Lululemon down completely while load times for the Disney Store were 1,165 percent longer than normal. Nike, Target and Nordstrom all experienced delayed load times as well, according to estimates from the web-monitoring company Apica. Read more... More about Internet, Zappos, Retail, E Commerce, and Cloud Computing Read More »'Arrow' finally reveals Prometheus' identity, but when will Oliver find out?
Arrow finally revealed the identity of its Season 5 big bad, Prometheus — and it probably wasn't who you thought it would be, considering the character's comic book alter-ego is something entirely different. But it turns out that the person emotionally torturing and manipulating Oliver this whole time has been Adrian Chase (Josh Segarra), the Star City District Attorney. Yes, in the comics Chase is actually Vigilante, but executive producer Wendy Mericle told Mashable and a small group of reporters that the plan to turn him into Prometheus on the show has been in the works for a year. "We knew that’s what we wanted him to be, that’s how we wanted to build it," she said. Read more... More about Prometheus, Wendy Mericle, The Cw, Arrow, and Entertainment Read More »PayPal tells users to donate, then allegedly sends money to the wrong charities
PayPal wants its users to give to charity, but it's allegedly messing up the details. A federal class-action lawsuit against PayPal says the payment platform is encouraging charitable giving among its users — but that the funds don't always reach the intended nonprofit. Money earmarked for specific charities through PayPal's Giving Fund is often redirected to other causes when the charity it was meant for doesn't have a PayPal account, the lawsuit says. The Giving Fund allows users to donate to over a million charitable organizations, and encourages giving with perks like a 1 percent matching donation from PayPal. Read more... More about Nonprofits, Charity, Paypal, and Business Read More »NBA player learns the hard way that maybe Instagram isn't the best place to find tacos
What we have here, folks, is a play in two acts about the consequences of taking advice from strangers and the questionable decisions we all sometimes make. Our tortured protagonist: NBA point guard Ty Lawson, who plays for the Sacramento Kings. ACT IOn Tuesday night, Lawson asked his Instagram followers to recommend a "bomb taco Tuesday spot in Sacramento." Image: tylawson3, instagram Seems simple enough. But ... *cue ominous music* ACT IIThe Kings had a game Wednesday night at home against the Brooklyn Nets. But according to a tweet shared by sideline reporter Kayte Christensen, Lawson was listed as questionable for that game as of several hours before tip-off. Read more... More about Sacramento Kings, Instagram, Nba, Ty Lawson, and Entertainment Read More »Dude applauded for buying elderly woman's groceries when her card declines
For all the bad stuff that's happening around the world, there's still plenty of good. Like this guy, who paid for an elderly lady's groceries, after her card kept being declined at a grocery store checkout in Wyoming, Australia. A picture of the moment was snapped and uploaded to Twitter on Feb. 28. "This guy at Wyoming Coles who just went through the register with his two kids paid for this ladies groceries when her card kept declining," it said.
The cutest great-grandma busts out the best moves at her 100th birthday party
When you've reached 100 years old, you've lived longer than most, so why not take the opportunity to completely turn up and celebrate the milestone. That's exactly the approach this grandma took with her centennial bash, and her dance moves are absolutely precious. Thankfully, her great-grandchild had the sense to capture and share the now viral video so the world could bask in the groove of the birthday girl as she showed off her fancy footwork to the sounds of Bruno Mars.
Want to leave an angry comment? This site forces you to take a test first.
You see an infuriating headline, skim through some paragraphs just enough to know this story is terrible and you head straight to the comments section, your fingers itching to fly across the keyboard in utter rage. But wait — it's test time! That's the safeguard Norwegian public broadcaster NRK is putting on their online stories. Anyone who wants to comment must answer three multiple-choice questions beforehand. The questions are pretty simple and have to do with the content of the article. For instance, here are the questions for a story translated by Google to "Renaissance for Facebook's super tool for search. Should you be terrified?" Read more... More about Online Abuse, Online Harassment, Comments, Business, and Media Read More »Medium's new feature is the thinking person's Snapchat clone
If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then Snapchat should consider itself one of the most beloved companies in Silicon Valley. Publishing platform Medium released a new feature on Wednesday that might look awfully familiar to any Snapchat user. That or any of the services including Instagram, Facebook and Tinder that have have ripped off Snapchat's popular "Stories" feature. Medium's new "Series" tool — the company at least had the decency to switch up a couple letters — isn't an exact clone of Snapchat's trademark feature, which strings together video clips and photos, but there is certainly a strong resemblance. Read more... More about Stories, Snapchat, Medium, Business, and Media Read More »Saint George Michael to watch over LGBTQ community at Mardi Gras pride parade
George Michael is gone, but his impact on the LGBTQ community won't be easily forgotten. The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras is on Saturday, and the final touches are being applied to the 180 or so floats set to travel down Oxford Street, in one of the world's biggest pride parades. Among them is DIY Rainbow, the group known for chalking city streets with rainbows in support of marriage equality. In tribute to the late pop star, they've created "Freedom! The Float." And we are here for it. "George was obviously a trailblazer for our community and his death over Christmas was shocking," DIY Rainbow's founder James Brechney, said. Read more... More about Diy Rainbow, Sydney Mardi Gras, Mardi Gras, Music, and George Michael Read More »Global warming made Australia's record-breaking, sizzling summer 50 times more likely
Millions of Australians just endured a sizzlingly hot summer, with three blistering heat waves enveloping much of southeastern Australia during January and February sending temperatures soaring as high as 48.2 degrees Celsius, or 118.7 degrees Fahrenheit. New South Wales, located in southeastern Australia, had its warmest summer on record, with numerous temperature milestones shattered in Sydney, Brisbane and Canberra, among other locations. Now a new quick-turnaround analysis from an international group of climate researchers found direct ties between global warming and this summer's heat. In completing the study, the researchers utilized the computing power of hundreds of volunteers' laptops and desktops worldwide, through a project known as weather@home. Read more... More about Science, Climate Research, Brisbane, Sydney, and New South Wales Read More »Nintendo Switch cartridges taste disgusting but that's not stopping anybody
There's plenty of intrigue and excitement when it comes to the imminent launch of the Nintendo Switch. But please, don't put the cartridges in your mouth. According to reports, the game cartridges themselves taste goddamn awful. While the question of why people started putting them in their mouths to begin with remains, it turns out Nintendo's made them taste bad intentionally. It's to dissuade children from trying to eat them. Makes sense considering the cartridges are pretty small, and well, children eat everything in their sight. Read more... More about Cartridge, Entertainment, Gaming, Nintendo Switch, and Nintendo Read More »Social media influencers, it's time to be truthful about your #ads
If you've been turning a profit on Instagram, it's time to get your #ad house in order. A new provision in the code of ethics, issued by the Australian Association of National Advertisers (AANA), seems aimed at brands and influencers who hawk their wares on social media. Coming into effect Wednesday, the code states that sponsored content "must be clearly distinguishable as such to the relevant audience." Some bloggers are using hashtags like #sp or #sponsored on Twitter and other platforms. The world of influencer marketing, where celebrities, public personalities and bloggers get paid to promote brands across their social media accounts, is a nebulous one and notoriously difficult to regulate. Read more... More about Kim Kardashian, Influencers, Instagram, Australia, and Business Read More »Drones and UAVs are going to help inspect our subway tunnels
Singapore is keen to start using drones and unmanned aerial vehicles to inspect its extensive underground subway tunnel network. The transport regulator put out a request for companies on Wednesday to design and develop suitable trial technologies, including 360-degree video mapping of the tunnels, as well as software that would automatically detect defects and provide their location. These smarter technologies are hoped to supplement the current manual inspection process, which take about three hours at a time, the Land Transport Authority said in a press release. Read more... More about Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Drones, Subways, Singapore, and Tech Read More »Breeze through 32 locations in Asia in this breathtaking hyperlapse video
Ever wanted to see more of Asia? Now you can live vicariously through two backpackers, who spent six months travelling through 32 locations in Asia. Swiss couple Sylvain Botter and Jenny Gehrig of Lytchee TV visited Singapore, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, China and Myanmar to make this hyperlapse video. Watch as these nine countries whiz by in a blur, and dream about your next trip in the region. Read more... More about Hyperlapse, Travel, Watercooler, Travel Leisure, and Videos Read More »Japan's biggest messenger is taking on Amazon's Alexa
Amazon's Alexa may be up against big competition. South Korean internet giant Naver, which runs Line, Japan's biggest messaging app, unveiled on Wednesday its own AI virtual assistant. The new assistant is called Clova, and will be entirely voice-based. It'll be available as a smartphone app as well as a hardware speaker called Wave, similar to Amazon Echo and Google Home. Clova is scheduled to be available in Japan and South Korea between April and June this year. Naver is also tying up with huge conglomerates Sony in Japan and LG Electronics in South Korea, to get the Clova into toys and home appliances down the road. Read more... More about Google Home, Alexa, Siri, South Korea, and Naver Read More »Stephen Colbert and Patrick Stewart hilariously mock Trump's Obamacare announcement
Samuel Beckett's most celebrated play may offer some hilarious clues on President Trump's next steps, at least according to Stephen Colbert and Patrick Stewart. The duo performed a cheeky version of Waiting for Godot called Waiting for Godot's Obamacare's replacement for Colbert's Late Show. The absurdist drama is the perfect commentary on Trump's much-awaited announcement for the repelling and replacement of the Affordable Care Act. “If we wait, it will come,” says Stewart. "Why hasn't it come already?" responds Colbert. "He said it was more complicated than anyone thought," Stewart said, quoting the U.S. president. Read more... More about Waiting For Godot, Obamacare, Samuel Beckett, Stephen Colbert, and Patrick Stewart Read More »Meet one of Indonesia's most unlikely YouTube celebrities: The president
He's got more than 100,000 subscribers, livestreams events, and even vlogs about what he eats. We're talking about Indonesia's president — Joko Widodo. Affectionately known as Jokowi, the president has amassed thousands of fans, and even has his own hashtag, #JKWVLOG.
Widodo's latest YouTube video, which features him having a meal with Saudi Arabia's King Salman who is currently in Indonesia on a visit, has already racked up almost 600,000 views in less than 18 hours. Read more... More about Joko Widodo, Youtube, Indonesia, and World Read More »Gmail finally doubles email attachment limit, but it means nothing
It’s 2017, and we're still stuck with email clients that refuse to accept attachments going north of 25MB. Gmail is changing that. Well, sort of. Google has announced that it is doubling the attachment size for all Gmail users — going up from 25MB to 50MB. It’s a welcome move and should worry rivals Outlook and Yahoo (a lot of people use it!). Except, they don’t really need to worry ... yet. You see, Gmail users can receive emails with attachments that are as big as 50MB in size. But they still can't send an email that big. The attachment size is still capped at 25MB, Google said in a blog post. Read more... More about Emailing, Emails, Gmail, Google, and Tech Read More »WhatsApp might be testing a business feature in its biggest market
WhatsApp might be working on a business feature for small enterprises that will soon pilot in India, its biggest market, according to reports. WhatsApp for Business, a version of the app, will help enterprises with 10 employees or less to manage their clients better. This is also the instant messaging giant's first attempt at monetization after eight years of ad-free, subscription-free existence. It comes soon after WhatsApp hired its first COO, Matt Idema, who was reportedly brought in to monetize the platform, three years since Facebook's $22-billion acquisition. Read more... More about India, Apps And Software, Technology, Google, and Enterprise Social Networks Read More »Sorry Queen Elizabeth, this American claims to be your rightful heir
British people pride themselves in their royal independence from their more powerful American cousins, but what if we told you that a Colorado man might be the rightful King of England? If it sounds a bit far-fetched it's because it is. But Allan V. Evans is not someone who gets discouraged easily. He took out a giant ad in The Times of London detailing with maniacal precision why he should, by right of blood, ascend the throne once Queen Elizabeth II dies.
James Corden has the perfect explanation for Trump's well-done steak
James Corden opened up his Tuesday night show with some comedy gold. Understandably, the late show host couldn't help but take a few jabs at Trump in the process. In the video above, Corden suggests Trump and select cabinet members be sent to the moon, reveals what Kellyanne Conway was watching on her phone, and comes up with the perfect explanation for Trump's heinous steak order (well-done steak with a side of ketchup). Corden's explanation seems to be as valid as any other. Read more... More about Trump, Comedy, Late Late Show, James Corden, and Uk Read More »Netflix cuts out the chill with an integrated personal trainer
Netflix just got a whole lot less chill. The popular video-streaming service has published a detailed instruction guide for making your own Netflix-themed personal trainer. Like, in the get-off-the-couch-and-go-to-a-gym sense of the word trainer. The Netflix Personal Trainer has some of the features you might find in its flesh-and-blood counterpart, and some you definitely won't. According to the company, it "connects to your phone or tablet via Bluetooth and uses an accelerometer to monitor your activity level during your workout." If you start slowing down, "your selected Netflix character will deliver motivational words to keep you going." Read more... More about Technology, Netflix And Chill, Netflix, Tech, and Media Read More »Japan is planning toilets for all genders at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics
Tokyo's city government is seeking to install universal-use toilets for all genders in Olympic and Paralympic venues, according to the Asahi Shimbun. The city, which will host the upcoming 2020 Olympics and Paralympics, will consider building at least one unisex toilet in seven of the 11 venues being built by the city government. Larger facilities will see a few of the transgender-friendly toilets installed. Japan already has daredemo toire — unisex, wheelchair-accessible toilets — but wheelchair-accessible toilets require more space, hence the plan for more toilets. Read more... More about Transgender Bathroom, Transgender, Tokyo Olympics, Japan, and Asia Read More »Nintendo just reinvented 'Zelda' in the best damn way
So long, Link to the Past. Peace out, Ocarina of Time. A new "best Zelda" has joined the fray, and it makes quite a case for itself. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild — out for Switch and Wii U on March 3 — is a ground-up reinvention. You haven't ever played a Zelda game like this before, though you've likely played one or more of the games that seem to have inspired this Zelda. I'm referring to blockbusters like Dark Souls and Skyrim. Those comparisons have already been drawn in preview looks at Breath of the Wild, and they bear out across the vast expanse of the full game. Read more... More about The Legend Of Zelda, The Legend Of Zelda Breath Of The Wild, Zelda, Nintendo, and Gaming Read More »Seth Meyers has no time for media 'salivating' over more presidential Trump
For his latest Closer Look segment, Seth Meyers has a new target: the media that “salivated over the possibility of a more presidential Trump" after his first address to Congress. Meyers, who last month slammed Donald Trump for his inconsistencies about the wall, mocked the media for "obsessing" over Trump's tone. He responded to pundits who said Trump "became the president of the United States" after the address: “I bet there are some Muslims and undocumented immigrants that would tell you he became president back in fucking January." Read more... More about Congress, Media, President Trump, Seth Meyers, and Entertainment Read More »Here's a device that make dads feel pregnant. Hey, why are you running away? Come baaaack!
Every pregnant woman has wished she could transfer the bizarre and often painful experience of carrying a watermelon-sized creature in her abdomen to her partner. But has an ambitious startup finally figured out a way? Ehhh, sadly, that's a big fat nope. The Fibo, which was created by Danish company First Bond Wearables, is essentially a bracelet that's meant to give a sense of how a baby is moving inside its mom. This snazzy wearable was initially created by three jewelry students at Copenhagen School of Design and Technology. Image: Fibo It's meant for fathers (and other non-carrying partners) who obviously can’t experience the magic of hosting life first-hand. The company told the Huffington Post that the intention was to get them more involved in pregnancy since “they sometimes tend to get a little left out when the mother is going through all the changes with her body.” Read more... More about Fatherhood, Dads, Jewelry, Bracelet, and Wearables Read More »Emma Watson is being called a 'hypocrite' because of this braless photo
Emma Watson has been labeled a "hypocrite" after posing braless in a high fashion cover shoot for Vanity Fair. It seems that, even in 2017, people are still confused about what it means to be a feminist.
Why this Indian state banned Pepsi and Coke and then revoked it
First, a ban was announced. Then, it was effected. Now, it has been lifted within a day. Yes, the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu cannot make up its mind on how to deal with international beverage-makers Pepsi and Coca-Cola that were accused of exploiting ground water resources. The ban, which was effective on March 1, has been revoked by the Madras High Court which found that there was sufficient water in the river and only the surplus was being channeled for commercial purposes, the Times of India reports. In January, the Tamil Nadu traders’ association announced that it would stop selling soft drinks manufactured by MNCs including Pepsi and Coke from March 1 and promote local beverages instead. Six thousand affiliated member associations agreed to the decision. Read more... More about Courts, Beverages, Coca Cola, Pepsi, and Protests Read More »Ed Sheeran will sing about going 90 mph, but doesn't condone driving that fast
Ed Sheeran's latest album features an ode to his home of Suffolk called "Castle on a Hill." In it, the singer reminisces about friendship, coming of age, and drives down open country roads. One of his lyrics goes, "I'm on my way, driving at 90 down those country lanes." In response to the new hit, Sgt. Chris Harris of the Norfolk Police tweeted a clever message to Sheeran and anyone listening to "Castle on a Hill."
Fed up Indian IT professionals want to be able to leave their jobs sooner
India’s major IT firms have long required their employees to give a three-month, "non-negotiable" notice before leaving the company, but they could be soon forced to change that. Fed-up IT professionals from across India have reached out to the government, complaining that it is "unrealistic" for anyone to plan that far ahead. Over 28,000 professionals have signed a petition, addressed to the ministry of labor, to take immediate action on the matter. "It is unrealistic for anyone to plan that far ahead for their future actions and resign in advance not knowing state of the issue in next three months," reads the petition. Read more... More about Employees, Business, It Support, Technology, and India Read More »Man opens bag of crisps to find only one inside. Yes, you read that right.
There's a special place in hell for brands that don't fill crisp packets. But this is beyond words. A guy from Nottingham just wanted to eat his Waitrose crisps. He opened the pack to find one miserable crisp inside. One. Just one. Yes, that's correct. ONE. "That's a new sort of scrimping on crisps, innit?" he said in a video shared on Facebook by Helen Abbott. She said she also posted it to the Waitrose site. We've reached out to Waitrose and to the crisp consumer to find out how such an unfortunate encounter with a crisp packet came to pass? A crisp update shall be provided accordingly. Read more... More about Crisps, Bag, Waitrose, and Watercooler Read More »Apparently Unreal's gaming engine can render realistic cars on film in real time
By combining a modular, motion-capped car, a 360-degree camera and some real-time work from Unreal Engine 4, Chevrolet created an impressive short film featuring two augmented reality cars racing against each other. The behind the scenes video above shows off On the surface, the short film — called The Human Race — doesn't seem super special, until you learn that the cars aren't rendered in post production, they are being rendered in real-time with Unreal's engine. Here is an example that Unreal, Chevrolet and car-designer The Mill showed off at GDC today using the game engine and the Mill Blackbird: Read more... More about Cars, Augmented Reality, Tech, Gaming, and Unreal Read More »Backstreet Boys are still 'Larger Than Life' as they kick off Vegas residency
After 24 years on the road together, the Backstreet Boys are most assuredly still larger than life, and now they have the residency to prove it. On the opening night of their 26-show stint at Planet Hollywood's AXIS auditorium in Las Vegas, the quintet (Nick Carter, Brian Littrell, Kevin Richardson, A. J. McLean and Howie Dorough) powered through an energetic setlist of 20 fan favorites, replete with costume changes, backup dancers and pyrotechnics worthy of an arena tour. Unlike some other Vegas residencies we could name, the band weren't content to lip-sync through their hits, belting their signature tunes live and still managing to pull off those chair-swinging "As Long As You Love Me" dance moves like it was 1997 again. Read more... More about Brian Littrell, Kevin Richardson, Howie Dorough, A.J. Mclean, and Nick Carter Read More »Wedding dress made from Taco Bell burrito wrappers is anything but mild
Diane Nguyen is on a quest to prove her love ... of Taco Bell. The bride-to-be and her fiancé, Nick Ward, want to win a wedding at Las Vegas' Taco Bell Church, a prize currently up for grabs in the fast food chain's Love and Tacos contest. So, to stand out from the crowd, Nguyen did what any ambitious bride would do: she made a wedding dress out of burrito wrappers. Talk about living más, right? According to a Reddit post from Nguyen, the wrappers were donated by a local Taco Bell manager. (They were fresh ones, BTW, so don't fret.) Read more... More about Weddings, Taco Bell, Instagram, Watercooler, and Watercooler Read More »Look under the hoods of the fastest cars on the planet
The fastest cars in the world race every year on the salt flats of Bonneville. We took a look into the science of creating these cars. After digging into the video above, feel free to see what it's like to go 380 mph in VR. Take that VR journey in the latest episode of 'The Possible' by downloading the app here. Read more... More about Cars, Science, Racing, Virtual Reality, and Vr Read More »Flame-throwing drones make for badass trash removers
That has got to be the most intense way to clean a power line. Chinese companies have engineered an fiery way of removing trash that hangs from power lines. They're literally torching them with flame-throwing drones. Right, that's not scary at all. Read more... More about Power Line, Drone, China, Torching, and Torch Read More »India is launching its second moon mission early next year
India is gearing up for its second moon mission next year, a decade after its first. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is now testing out its lunar landing system to be sure it can safely touchdown on the lunar surface. Chandrayaan 2, as the mission is titled, is expected to launch in the first quarter of 2018, ISRO chief AS Kiran Kumar reportedly said at an event Wednesday. Chandrayaan 2 will deliver an orbiter, lander and rover to the moon. It is an advanced version of the first lunar (Chandrayaan-1) mission that India launched in Oct. 2008. Read more... More about India, Science And Technology, Science, Space Agency, and Isro Read More »Mom taking a secret selfie gets caught in the act by her nosey daughter
Who said selfies are just for the teens? Twitter user Itati lopez posted this video of her mom taking a selfie thinking no one was around. Her reaction is absolutely priceless:
Note the sunglasses, the lighting and the angled peace sign pose: all the makings of the perfect selfie. Not sure why, but taking a selfie is a very vulnerable act. You think you look good, you try to sneak a pic, someone catches you, they point it out to everyone. It becomes a whole embarrassing thing. Read more... More about Parents, Picture, Caught, Mom, and Selfie Read More »Celebrate the northern lights in the UK with these beautiful images
The mesmerising northern lights made an appearance Wednesday evening in the northern parts of Scotland and England. Social media flooded with pictures of the beautiful light show, which scientists say could become a less frequent sight in the UK. In an interview with the BBC, Mathew Owens of Reading University said the sun's cyclical activity could be heading toward its lowest period of activity in 300 years. "If so, the northern lights phenomenon would become a natural show exclusive to the polar regions, due to a lack of solar wind forces that often make it visible at lower latitudes," said Owens. Read more... More about Aurora Borealis, Northern Lights, England, Scotland, and Uk Read More »Jimmy Fallon challenges Jennifer Lopez to the weirdest dance battle you'll ever see
If anyone can convince us a dance move based on "putting on skinny jeans" is the new nae nae, it's Jennifer Lopez and Jimmy Fallon. The two showed us what they've got with a dance battle that involved a lot of imagination when the musician stopped by The Tonight Show Wednesday night. Lopez and Fallon engaged in a fierce competition that involved making up a dance move based on random phrases drawn from a velvet bag, giving you all the inspiration you need next time you hit the dance floor. Read more... More about Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Jennifer Lopez, Jimmy Fallon, Conversations, and Watercooler Read More »Denny's tweets pretty clever, internet-approved 'zoom in on the nose' meme
Brands, especially fast food brands, are usually pretty terrible at using pop culture references to sell their product. Any time they try to use a meme, it just comes off as sad and derivative. But every once in a while, we see a brand apply a meme so effectively that we just have to give them the respect that they are due. Denny's has earned this distinction for a tweet that they shared on Wednesday. It uses the "zoom in on the nose" meme everyone has been obsessing over so accurately and so hilariously that it got over 100,000 likes. More about Twitter, Memes, Breakfast, Denny S, and Conversations Read More »Twitter will live stream more than a dozen esports tournaments in 2017
Twitter is teaming up with two of the biggest esports organizations in the world to live stream more than a dozen esports events as well as original esports content including a 30-minute weekly show. Twitter announced a partnership today with esports tournament organizations ESL and DreamHack to stream more than 15 ESL One, Intel Extreme Masters (IEM) and DreamHack tournaments throughout 2017, including this weekend's IEM Katowice with competitions in League of Legends, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, StarCraft II and Heroes of the Storm. The events are not being streamed exclusively to Twitter and will still be available to watch on other platforms. Read more... More about Tech, Esl, Dreamhack, Esports, and Twitter Read More »Jennifer Lopez's backup dancers stole the show and got engaged during a concert
Backup dancers finally come to the front of the stage. During JLo's Las Vegas show earlier in the week, fans were treated to an unexpected surprise when Lopez's longtime backup dancer Lake Smits took over the microphone to propose to fellow dancer Tera Perez. Smits and Perez were center stage as he dropped to one knee and pulled out a ring. Perez seemed a bit shocked at first but, ultimately, she said yes. SEE ALSO: Jennifer Lopez as a teen is so ew
Schoolchildren honor their dead goldfish with a fiery Viking-style sendoff to Valhalla
The children of the Papdale Primary School in Kirkwall, Orkney, decided that a toilet bowl funeral wasn't good enough for their beloved class pets — two goldfish named Bubbles and Freddy. Instead, they decided to give the fish the fiery Viking-style sendoff they deserved. The Primary 3 and 4 classes received Bubbles and Freddy for Christmas. Unfortunately, the pair died after a few short months. Luckily for the dead fish (and the internet), the children were learning about Vikings the week of the untimely deaths of Bubbles and Freddy. Read more... More about Vikings, Pets, Kirkwall, Orkney, and Scotland Read More »Evan Spiegel is worth $5 billion thanks to Snapchat
Evan Spiegel is already a very rich man. But by the end of the day today, he'll be a an even richerman. Snap, Inc. — the company behind Snapchat — started trading Thursday morning in its initial public offering at the New York Stock Exchange. Going public means that $SNAP can start publicly trading as a stock, meaning you can go buy some right now. Before, the company was privately held, meaning there was no public market to buy and sell Snap shares. Spiegel's stake in the company he co-founded is already valued in the billions, and could be worth even more if Snap shares see a lot of interest in their first day of trading. Read more... More about Evan Spiegel, Snap Inc, Snapchat, and Business Read More »'Logan' is dark, desperate and violent — and critics love it
Welcome back, bub. This weekend marks the opening of Logan, the tenth official X-Men film and Hugh Jackman's last turn in a career-defining role as Logan/Wolverine. With an R rating and copious, furious fight sequences, Logan is already being compared to last year's superhero anomaly and to classic Westerns and road movies. It's performing in the ninetieth percentile on Rotten Tomatoes and stunned fans at early screenings. The critics are satisfied and you can read on to know exactly why. The A.V. Club's A.A. Dowd wastes no time in briefing you on the basic facts of the movie: This is not the X-Men franchise you once knew. Read more... More about List, Reviews, X Men Franchise, X Men, and Marvel Read More »Subway swears its chicken is chicken and releases its own study
The subway chicken war isn't over. A poultry analysis of various fast food restaurants from CBC Marketplace last week found that Subway's chicken may actually contain less chicken DNA than one would hope. Obviously, Subway wasn't too pleased with this study, and after releasing multiple statements disputing the report and demanding the piece be retracted, it released its own study. The original CBC report conducted by Matt Harnden, a researcher at Trent University's Wildlife Forensic DNA Laboratory, found that the chicken used in some of Subway's wraps and sandwiches contains less than 50 percent chicken DNA, with the remaining majority being soy. Of the six sandwiches tested from various restaurants, Subway's oven roasted chicken and chicken strips were the worst offenders. Read more... More about Food, Chicken, Subway, Watercooler, and Watercooler Read More »Hillary supporters will probably get pretty angry after reading this
The spokeswoman for President Trump's attorney general Jeff Sessions has reportedly used her personal Gmail account for a statement to the media. The statement was in response to a Washington Post report that Sessions met the Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak during the U.S. presidential campaign, despite telling his confirmation hearing he had "no communications with the Russians." Sarah Isgur Flores, who is director of public affairs at the Department of Justice, confirmed to the media that the meetings took place but denied any connection to the election campaign. Read more... More about Department Of Justice, Gmail Accout, Spokeswoman, Jeff Sessions, and Tech Read More »The new Interior secretary rode a horse to work because why not
Most people might don a sharp suit or iron their shirt on their first day at a new job. But Ryan Zinke is not most people. He prefers a horse. On Thursday morning, the newly confirmed U.S. Interior secretary arrived to his office on horseback. The Montana politician, who also sported a cowboy hat, trotted toward the Interior Department building alongside officers from the U.S. Park Police.
Future iPhones may have something in common with Fruit Roll-Ups
Apple's far-flung concepts for a future iPhone seem to be inspired by a famous snack food. The company's latest patent filing, brought to light by AppleInsider, describes a bold new build with a super-flexible OLED screen that retracts into a compact package like a scroll—or better yet, a Fruit Roll-Up. It would allow future iPhone owners to hide their screens anytime they like. A quick deploy command would control the device, unfurling the display, while a retract command would bring it back into its casing. The phone's internal components would be stuffed into the two rounded housings at either end. That's not a ton of space for the speakers, camera, battery, processors and the rest, but this is the future we're talking about—we'll figure it out later. Read more... More about Display, Oled, Patent, Iphone, and Apple Read More »Cool, cool there are ghost sharks in the new 'Pirates' trailer
Captain Jack is back and fighting an army of undead sailors — again. 14 years after Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl introduced the world to Johnny Depp's scalawag hero and made pirates cool again, the franchise is still inexplicably plodding on, but now toward a clear finale. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales brings Jack Sparrow to the screen once more, this time facing off against the undead Spanish pirate-hunter Salazar (Javier Bardem), and like, a whole lot of other shit. More about Disney, Javier Bardem, Geoffrey Rush, Johnny Depp, and Pirates Of The Caribbean Dead Men Tell No Tales Read More »Trans teen gets some big-time tech support in Supreme Court case
Transgender teen Gavin Grimm has received the backing of dozens of corporations — including heavyweights like Amazon, Apple, Microsoft and Twitter — have signed on to a "friend of the court" brief backing Grimm in his case against his school district over bathroom choice. The brief, put together by the Human Rights Campaign, features 53 corporations in all and should be filed on Thursday in support of Grimm's case, G.G. v. Gloucester County School Board. Besides the aforementioned corporations, the brief boasts several other big tech companies, including Airbnb, Box, Lyft, Tumblr, and Yahoo. The brief also includes the support of non-tech corporations like Gap, MAC Cosmetics, and Warby Parker. Read more... More about Amazon, Apple, Supreme Court, Transgender Bathroom, and Gavin Grimm Read More »Elon Musk just took advice from a super smart 5th grader
Is Elon Musk smarter than a fifth grader? In some respects, sure. But apparently not when it comes to advertising. On Wednesday night, Bria, a fifth grade "green fan" of Musk's company, Tesla, blew the billionaire's mind by writing him a letter suggesting an innovative advertising idea. After Bria's father, "an auto writer for InsideEVs.com and U.S. News & World Report," shared a photograph of the letter to Twitter, explaining it was written for a school project, Musk gave it a read. And let's just say, he was seriously impressed. Read more... More about Advertising, Business, Tech, Conversations, and Child Read More »Turkeys ritualistically circling a dead cat is as beautiful as it is frightening
Prepare yourself. You are about to witness probably one of the weirdest, confusing things you will ever see. This is not a joke. I'm freaking out. Twitter user J... saw a group wild turkeys circling a dead cat in the street, as if they were performing some kind of death ritual, and we are so lucky he documented it.
French far-right leader at risk of jail time after tweet of violent images
The leader of the French far right may yet have her career derailed by a few tweets. Marine Le Pen, who regularly denounces Islam and leads the far-right National Front party, has a legitimate shot at the presidency. But she's been under investigation for tweeting graphic photos related to the Islamic State in December, including an image of the beheading of James Foley, a journalist from the United States who was held hostage by ISIS militants. French law punishes the publication of certain violent images by up to three years in prison, but Le Pen had been under immunity because she's a member of the European Union Parliament. The French judiciary had asked for her immunity to be revoked, and on Thursday they got their wish. Read more... More about President, Eleciton, France, European Union, and Immunity Read More »What it’s like to set a land speed record at the Bonneville Salt Flats
The Possible: "Speed Machine"For the past 100 years, world records have been broken at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah. After receiving a postcard from the Flats when he was a boy, Keith Copeland found his calling: building and racing cars — and going very, very fast while doing it In Episode 3 of The Possible — directed by Jiro Dreams of Sushi’s David Gelb — we take you inside Copeland’s car to ride with him as he attempts to set a new land speed record — all in virtual reality Watch "Speed Machine" and explore the workshop where his cars come to life, and meet the crew at Bonneville as they prepare for more innovation and record-breaking to come. Then, stay tuned for GE’s “Fighting Fire With Fire.” Read more... More about Racing Car, Racing, Cars, Speed, and Within Read More »Disney drops fun first 'DuckTales' trailer
Huey, Dewey, Louie and the gang are ready for their close up. Cable channel Disney XD teased the anticipated TV revival of DuckTales on Thursday with a new trailer (above). Season 1 of the show, executive produced by Matt Youngberg, will be 21 half-hour episodes and two one-hour specials. The series stars David Tennant as Scrooge McDuck; Danny Pudi, Ben Schwartz and Bobby Moynihan as the voices of Huey, Dewey and Louie, respectively; Kate Micucci as Webby Vanderquack; Beck Bennett as Launchpad McQuack and Toks Olagundoye as Mrs. Beakley. Read more... More about Ducktales, Reboot, Cartoon, Animated Tv, and Disney Read More »Nintendo Switch brings back the widely reviled Friend Codes
No one rains on Nintendo's parade quite like Nintendo itself. While the gaming internet raves about how sensational the new Zelda game is, Nintendo's just-deployed day one update for the Switch — out March 3 — exposes a darker truth about the new console. Friend codes are back. Here to ask the most pressing question of all, Mr. John Stewart.... Nintendo's 12-digit codes — which are 14 characters on the Switch, with an "SW" at the front — are used to sync up with friends online. So where services like PlayStation Network, Steam and Xbox Live employ user-selected nicknames, Nintendo uses a jumble of numbers. Read more... More about Nintendo Switch, Nintendo, Gaming, Entertainment, and Entertainment Read More »Restaurant owner won't let scathing Yelp review get away with 'alternative facts'
Not everyone knows how to act when in restaurants. Sorry, folks, but the customer isn't always right. While business review services like Yelp and Trip Advisor can offer valuable insight and influence your night out on the town, anyone with a computer can write a negative review. There's bound to be some inaccurate accounts from both patrons and restaurant owners defending their establishment. Regardless, there's no greater internet drama than when an owner goes shows up on Yelp to duke it out with a reviewer. More about Drama, Yelp, Watercooler, Watercooler, and Conversations Read More »Wearable for your dick wants to measure thrusts, girth and warn you about STIs
These days you can track just about anything with the aid of a wearable device — your steps, your calories burned, and even how soundly you sleep at night. So, it makes sense that you should also be able to measure what your penis gets up to during sex. That's precisely what the i.Con aims to achieve. The i.Con (manufactured by British Condoms) is a wearable condom ring which uses a nano-chip and sensors to measure and remember a number of different variables during sex. Bluntly put, those variables include penis girth and the "average velocity" and total number of thrusts, as well as other useful info, such as calories burned, average skin temperature and the frequency of sex sessions. Read more... More about Lifestyle, Std, Penis, Penis Ring, and Sex Read More »Snap had a very special, very Snapchat lens for its IPO day that you can't get
On the outside of the New York Stock Exchange Thursday, Snap Inc.'s IPO looked rather boring. A yellow background. A black font. Simply the name: Snap Inc.
It seemed so stale for a company beloved by millennials (including me) for its puppy filters and rainbow-vomiting lenses. But, turns out there was a surprise hidden inside. It was a discovery, only made, with the help of Twitter: Elite Daily political reporter (and friend) Alexandra Svokos had mentioned me on Twitter in response to Shane Ferro's question on the matter: Read more... More about Business, Wall Street, Evan Spiegel, Puppy Filter, and Snap Inc Read More »Meet the 35-year-old guy who is running the NYSE’s Snapchat account
When I arrived at the New York Stock Exchange check-in Thursday at the crack of dawn (a.k.a. 8 a.m.), I told the security guard, Juan, I was there to be a guest on live-streaming media outlet Cheddar and to interview a so-called “Matthew Kobach.” He grinned and said, “Oh, you mean Snappy?” I laughed at the nickname, though it didn't at all surprise me. We had scheduled this whole interview on Snapchat. Kobach casually slid into my DMs on Twitter when he noticed me screenshotting and tweeting out his snaps. Kobach is the guy, among the sea of almost entirely white men on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, who can't stop taking selfies. That's partially because it's his job — he runs the NYSE Snapchat. Read more... More about Spectacles, Snap Inc, Stock Market, Stock, and Business Read More »America's dad Tom Hanks gifts the White House press corps a new coffee machine
Tom Hanks — actor, director, national treasure — cares about you and wants you to stay well-caffeinated when you have an important job to do so, naturally, he's sent yet another espresso machine to the White House press corps. SEE ALSO: America's Dad Tom Hanks wrote a book A few members of the press corps tweeted about the breaking development in the break room on Thursday morning, seemingly thankful for a boost of energy to accompany all of the developments that went down late Wednesday night about Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
Patrick Stewart and Hugh Jackman reveal what they'd tell their 'X-Men' characters
Hugh Jackman and Patrick Stewart having been playing their X-Men characters for 17 years. That much time creates an indelible relationship between character and actor, and if they could meet their alter-egos, they'd want to say thanks. "This has been a character that I've loved playing. I would say thank you to him, and I'd also like to just put my hand on his shoulder and go 'You're okay, man,'" Jackman told Mashable, before adding that the hotheaded Logan might "punch me in the head." The two actors take their final adventure with these characters in Logan, out March 3. Read more... More about Logan Movie, Logan, X Men Franchise, X Men, and Exclusive Read More »Young fan saves the day during intense college basketball game
We've got a new sports hero on our hands that will could join the same ranks as Ali, Ruth, Robinson and DiMaggio. After the ball was knocked over the backboard and got stuck behind the rim at a Fresno State- Boise State basketball game, this young kid saved the day when he was hoisted onto the backboard framework and retrieved the stuck ball. The players tried everything to get the ball down, including a broomstick. But, it wasn't until this boy worked his magic that the game could continue. MVP! MVP! Read more... More about Sports, Kids, Ball, Game, and Boy Read More »Kristen Stewart says text messages are kinda ghosts and who are we to argue?
In a way, Kristen Stewart texts you every single day just to see how you're doing. And in another, actually real way, your relationship with Kristen Stewart is completely in your head but still yours to keep. The actress, who is promoting her new film about a girl haunted by her brother's ghost, Personal Shopper, thinks text messages and social media are pretty much just that — your projections. And that's fine. "When you speak to someone on the phone, that is a decipherable, understandable exchange," she explains to V Magazine. "But with text and social media, it’s essentially a dialogue with yourself and your interpretation of a shadow. It’s not invalid; it’s a new language.” Read more... More about Actress, Celebrities, Social Media, Kristen Stewart, and Watercooler Read More »Netflix teases Dave Chappelle's return
It's almost time. Netflix on Thursday uploaded a very short teaser to promote comedian Dave Chappelle's upcoming specials for the streaming service, his first in 12 years. The first special will be an original produced by Chappelle and director Stan Lathan. Netflix said in November that two more never-before-seen episodes will come directly from Chappelle's "personal comedy vault." The comedian's specials drops March 21. Read more... More about Release Date, Trailer, Comedy Specials, Netflix, and Dave Chappelle Read More »Meet Orisa, the 24th 'Overwatch' hero
This is Orisa, a quadrupedal robot with an automatic projectile cannon for an arm, and she is the latest hero to join the Overwatch roster. Revealed today, Orisa is a new, versatile tank hero playable on the public test region on PC now and coming soon to all platforms. She is an omnic modeled after OR-15 defensive bots and was built by Efi Oladele, an 11-year-old genius who has only recently popped up in the Overwatch universe. Orisa's self-professed primary function is "to keep you safe." Orisa has a wide range of abilities as a tank, all of which are laid out on her hero page on the Overwatch website. You can check them all out below: Read more... More about Blizzard Entertainment, Orisa, Overwatch, Esports, and Gaming Read More »Apple's USB-C plans might not kill the Lightning connector
Calm down, Apple fans. We're probably not going to lose the Lightning connector — not with the iPhone 8, at least. The Wall Street Journal dropped a bombshell on the tech world earlier this week with a report claiming Apple's upcoming iPhone 8 will ditch the company's standard Lightning connector in favor of a USB-C port. This would be a huge move for Apple – on par with the iPhone 7 killing the headphone jack – as a shift in charging ports would leave loyal iPhone adherents with piles of Lightning-dependent accessories in the lurch. However, new information claims all three of this year's iPhone models will keep the the Lightning connector, but they'll adopt USB-C Power Delivery technology for super-fast charging speeds. Reliable Apple insider Ming-Chi Kuo of KGI Securities shared the news in his latest research note, which first surfaced on MacRumors. Read more... More about Rumors, Lightning Port, Usb C, Iphone 8, and Apple Read More »Somebody made a spot-on Facebook Friendversary video for Trump and Putin
If anything can help us through the terrifying political warzone that is 2017, it is poignant Facebook satire. The Nix Bros., who are known for their short and often political comedy videos, put together one of those Facebook Friendversary videos (that we all love and always view and publish whenever the option is available) of the two most notorious friends in the world right now. And though the very real thought of Trump and Putin being friends is absolutely horrifying, we have to admit this video is incredibly, however sadly, spot on. Read more... More about Viral Videos, Facebook, Putin, Donald Trump, and Watercooler Read More »How Derek Jeter's once-mocked startup became a sports media powerhouse
CHRISTOPHER MINESES/ MASHABLE For the better part of 20 years, Derek Jeter ruled New York like few celebrities before or since. He wore the Yankees’ pinstripes from 1995 to 2014, racking up more hits than anyone who wore them before. Was called “Mr. November” for his habit of coming up huge en route to five World Series titles, and “The Captain” because that’s what he was. Deep in the belly of the American media machine, he became renowned -- and resented -- for exercising meticulous control over his public image: Late-inning heroics in the Bronx, exiting the clubhouse looking fitted for a GQ shoot, whisked through the side-door of a Manhattan hotspot as a pack of reporters shouts futile questions. Read more... More about Players Tribune, Derek Jeter, Sports, Entertainment, and Sports Read More »Lorde is back with a euphoric breakup song, 'Green Light'
Lorde as a woman scorned is furious, yes, but thriving. After an appropriate dose of mystery, Lorde dropped her new single, "Green Light," Thursday, the first off her album, Melodrama. "She things you love the beach, but you're a damn liar," she sneers. In the video, she dances around town shaking her legendary head of hair under lights of varying colors. "I realized this is that drunk girl at the party dancing around crying about her ex-boyfriend who everyone thinks is a mess," Lorde told Zane Lowe when she premiered the song on his Beats 1 radio show on Apple Music. "That’s her tonight and tomorrow she starts to rebuild. And that’s the song for me." Read more... More about Music, Pop Star, Lorde, Entertainment, and Music Read More »Watch a bewildered Jaden Smith share facts about the universe
The world's deepest teen on Twitter has made some time with the good folks at Vanity Fair to bestow even more wisdom upon us. Jaden Smith kindly decided to share a series of random universe facts with us while looking completely baffled, a facial expression that is probably not far from his normal demeanor. We have no idea how accurate these facts are but if Smith tells us sharks have been around longer than trees, then we're inclined to believe him. Read more... More about Universe, Jaden Smith, Conversations, Watercooler, and Watercooler Read More »Google really, really wants you to try messaging with Allo, please
While it's not clear if anyone still uses it—a poll from Droid Life suggests maybe not—Google announced three new features for its messaging app Allo on Thursday. The app now includes GIF search, animated emoji and one-tap help from Google Assistant. Google Assistant isn't exactly a new feature. Previously, users could access it by typing "@google" into the chat window. Now, there's a dedicated button for it. Image: google While this may seem like a small change, it makes using Google Assistant frictionless and easier to discover. Next, there's GIF search. This is practically required in messaging apps today, so it's about time Allo offered it. The feature also comes with a feature reminiscent of "I'm feeling lucky"—users can tap on a smart reply with the "lucky" icon or type "@lucky" followed by a phrase to share a randomly selected GIF with friends. Read more... More about Messaging Apps, Allo, Android, Google, and Tech Read More »Susan Fowler to Uber: Come at me bro
Uber just doesn't know when to quit. And Susan Fowler Rigetti is ready. The former Uber engineer whose explosive blog post detailed alleged sexual harassment and HR negligence at the company, claims the ride-hail giant is now blaming her for the rash of account deletions following her Feb. 19 post and has hired a law firm to investigate her. In turn, she's hired a law firm of her own. "Uber names/blames me for account deletes, and has a different law firm -not Holders - investigating me," Rigetti wrote on Twitter Thursday morning. She then noted that she has hired Baker Curtis & Schwartz, a firm specializing in employment law, to represent her. Read more... More about Susan Fowler, Travis Kalanick, Uber, Technology, and Tech Read More »Those Peeps Oreos are apparently turning tongues (and other stuff) hot pink
Some Oreo fans are learning that there can, for sure, be too much of a good thing. According to a few frantic tweets, new Peep-flavored Oreos are turning tongues (among other things) pink. The cookies, inspired by the marshmallow treat, features a hot pink creme filling with potential to temporarily render mouths totally neon. You know, like the lollipops of your youth.
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