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 Ultimate Zelda superfan rigs smart home to respond to ocarina
Zelda fan Allen Pan has taken home automation to the next level. Pan set up his home so that different automations are triggered when he plays tunes from the Nintendo 64 hit Zelda: Ocarina of Time on his own ocarina. It's amazing not just for the fan dedication, but for the amount of work that went into the project. The video walks viewers through how Pan set the whole thing up, using note recognition, his own coding, and lots of wires. But it's all worth it to unlock the front door with "Zelda's Lullaby" or water plants simply by piping out "Minuet of Forest." Read more... More about Smart Home, Ocarina Of Time, Home Automation, Zelda, and Tech Read More »This fiery video captures Mount Etna's magical oozing lava
Italy's Mount Etna is still fired up. The Sicilian volcano has been spewing lava and belching ash on and off for nearly three months now. After the latest eruption on March 16, fiery-hot lava began flowing down the volcano's slopes. The video shown above captures the flow only two days later. But as Mount Etna reminded visitors, lava is best viewed from afar. The brilliant red lava recently caused an explosion when it hit snow on the mountainside, injuring 10 people and catching groups of tourists by surprise, the Associated Press reported. Read more... More about Lava Flow, Lava, Volcano Video, Volcano Eruption, and Volcano Read More »Uber president Jeff Jones just went full on #DeleteUber and resigned: Recode
Different day, same tough times at Uber. Uber President Jeff Jones has quit, Recode reported Sunday. The decision to leave directly relates to Uber's last two months of PR hell, anonymous sources told Recode. SEE ALSO: This Uber executive sure sounds defensive about not taking the fall for Uber's harassment crisis Uber didn't immediately respond to our request for comment on the sources' accusations in Recode's report. We'll update here if they do. The straw that broke the camel's back, according to Recode, was CEO Travis Kalanick announcing his decision to hire a chief operating officer to help him put the ride-hailing giant back on track. It wasn't that Uber was looking hire another No. 2, according to these sources; instead, it seems to be the fact that a COO was necessary at all. Read more... More about Susan Fowler, Delete Uber, Ride Hailing, Ride Hailing Apps, and Silicon Valley Read More »Some LGBTQ+ videos are being filtered on YouTube and vloggers want answers
Several popular LGBTQ+ YouTube vloggers have claimed that YouTube is using the site's "restricted mode" to hide some of their videos, according to Gizmodo. The restricted mode for YouTube, according to Google, enables users to filter out "potentially objectionable content," leading some LGBTQ+ vloggers to accuse YouTube of implicitly categorizing their material as not "family-friendly." That's the complaint British vlogger Rowan Ellis made to Gizmodo, saying, “there is a bias somewhere within that process equating LGBT+ with ‘not family friendly.’” Ellis posted her own video addressing the issue after she found dozens of her videos fell victim to the process. Read more... More about Lgbtq, Lgbt Issues, Youtube, Tyler Oakley, and Business Read More »This crazy buzzer-beater from 70 feet doesn't even make sense
I've seen a lot of buzzer-beaters over the years, but this is might be the best ever. I mean, look at this shot from Destiny Slocum. She shoots from 70 feet out with seconds left in the half ... with two hands over her head like a damn soccer throw-in. I didn't even know that was a thing. Let's see Steph Curry try to match that. Destiny's Maryland Terrapins went on to beat the West Virginia Mountaineers 83-56 to advance to the Sweet 16 in the NCAA women's tournament.
These parents left a camera on their twins. What happened next is beyond cute.
Children will do whatever the heck they want, whenever the heck they want. That's the lesson these parents learned when they took a look at some home security footage and saw their twin toddler boys sneak out of their cribs and play in the middle of the night. Andrew and Ryan Balkin are twin 2-year-old boys, and they have plenty of fun when their parents turn off the lights. They even do a little cleaning up after themselves afterwards. But there's no getting around Mom and Dad, who bust them good, eventually. What could the two be chatting about while they lay side-by-side on the love seat? Read more... More about Nest, Kids Are Weird, Sleep, Party Time, and Toddlers Read More »Another day, another Samsung Galaxy S8 leak. But this time, there's colors.
Curious about the Samsung Galaxy S8? Let us direct you to all the leaks, leaks, and leaks. We're just over one week away from the actual launch of the flagship smartphone, and still, the leaks keep coming. On Sunday, mobile reporter Evan Blass shared some purported front and profile images of the Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus in colors he called "black sky, orchid grey and arctic silver." Past clues suggested the phone would also come in violet, so is that what's meant by "orchid grey?" We'll have to wait and see.
Kim Kardashian tweets about 'life changing' robbery before 'KUWTK' episode
Kim Kardashian used the few hours prior to Sunday night's episode of Keeping Up With The Kardashians to tell her fans it's going to be a "tough" one. The episode will center around Kardashian's robbery at gunpoint in Paris last October — an event she says changed her life. Taking to Twitter and Instagram, the reality star said the high-anticipated Season 13 episode will be hard for her to watch, but she wanted to tell the story in her own words, rather than being interviewed by a third party. She tweeted, "I'm not going to hold back when this was probably one of the most life changing experience for me." Read more... More about Kris Jenner, Robbery, Kuwtk, Keeping Up With The Kardashians, and Kim Kardashian Read More »Adele's goofy attempt at dancing like Beyoncé in 'Crazy In Love' is all of us
Adele really can't dance Beyoncé, but whatever, she'll try anyway. It's all part of the goofy charm that's seen Adele make a massive fan out of the whole Australian continent, where her tour concluded on the weekend. The English singer took a few moments to praise a Melbourne audience member on Sunday night, because the wind blowing through her hair made her look like Bey in the "Crazy In Love" video. "Gimmie a beat!" she said, trying to emulate her idol's moves, and adorably failing. "I don't know how she does it," Adele told the crowd. Heck, nobody does. Read more... More about Crazy In Love, Dancing, Beyonce, Adele Singer, and Adele Read More »'The Walking Dead' finally gives Daryl the hug he needs in 'The Other Side'
This recap contains spoilers for The Walking Dead Season 7, episode 14, titled "The Other Side."War is coming to The Walking Dead, and with only two episodes remaining in Season 7, things are escalating quickly — in last week's episode, Morgan took a life and Carol finally got back in the game, so you know that shit is getting real. Episode 714 was mostly about setting the table for the chaos to come in the final two installments, but "The Other Side" did give us some pivotal character moments between the Saviors' showboating and Gregory's latest act of cowardice. Read more... "You're one of the good things in this world."More about Sonequa Martin Green, Lauren Cohan, Norman Reedus, The Walking Dead Season 7, and The Walking Dead Recap Read More »Snapchat just signed a deal with one of this country's biggest sporting codes
Snapchat wants those advertising dollars, and what do people like? Sport, of course. Like Twitter before it, Snapchat's parent company Snap Inc. is chasing deals with Australian sporting codes in an effort to monetise its claimed 4 million daily active users locally. On Monday, it announced a partnership with the Australian Football League (AFL). Snapchat will cover games during the 2017 men's season, including the grand final match, as part of the app's "Our Story" feature that compiles snaps from viewers, players and the league itself. Each team's home stadium will also get a unique Geofilter for fans. Read more... More about Advertising, Snapchat, Snap, Football, and Afl Read More »'I stand with you': Katy Perry's emotional speech for LGBTQ equality
Quinoa Queen and pop icon Katy Perry gave a powerful account of her past struggles with her sexuality in a speech for the Human Rights Campaign Gala on Saturday night. Accepting the National Equality Award, Perry told the audience that as a young person she would "pray the gay away" at Christian conversion camps. "My first words were Momma and Poppa, God and Satan," she told the crowd of LGBTQ community members and allies. "Right and wrong were taught to me on felt boards … When I was growing up, homosexuality was synonymous with the word abomination." She told the audience: "I speak my truths and I paint my fantasies into these little bite size pop songs. For instance, 'I kissed a girl and I liked it.' Truth be told — a) I did more than that, but b) how was I going to reconcile that with a gospel singing girl raised in youth groups that were pro-conversion camps?" Read more... More about Speech, Awards, Human Rights Gala, Lgbtq, and Katy Perry Read More »'Neighbours' might disappear from UK screens, and the Brits are furious
It's a widely-known, weird fact that British people love Australian soap operas more than Australians do. Especially Neighbours. The series, which has been airing in the UK for over 30 years, could be pulled from UK screens completely. And Brits on the internet seem very unhappy about it. So unhappy, they're petitioning and tweeting up a storm. Aside from kick-starting the careers of Australian celebrities like Margot Robbie and Kylie Minogue, Neighbours is an unashamedly dorky staple of television on both side of the Atlantic. Read more... More about Kylie Minogue, Entertainment, Uk, Neighbours, and Television Read More »Stephen Hawking has a message for Trump: Don't ignore climate change
The UK's most renowned theoretical physicist and cosmologist is still using his exceptional mind to map a theory of how the universe works. But when it comes to matters here on Earth, Stephen Hawking is just as concerned about President Trump's science policies as anyone. During a recent interview with Good Morning Britain, set to air Monday, Hawking bluntly laid out his views on U.S. administration's science policies. "Climate change is one of the great dangers we face, and it's one we can prevent," said Hawking, according to the Guardian. "It affects America badly, so tackling it should win votes for his [Trump's] second term. God forbid." Read more... More about Uk, Science, Donald Trump, Epa, and Climate Change Read More »'Sesame Street' introduces Julia, a Muppet with autism, to regular cast
A couple of years ago, Sesame Street took a major step toward reaching out to even more children by introducing a character named Julia, a Muppet meant to represent an autistic child. But the use of Julia was limited to a digital character. That all ends now, as Julia is about to become a regular member of the Sesame Street cast. The new Muppet was shown off on Sunday on 60 Minutes. Reporter Leslie Stahl was introduced to Julia on set by one of the most popular Muppets, Elmo. "We really like Julia," he said. "She's really special to us." Read more... More about Children S Health, Children, Tv, Sesame Street, and Muppets Read More »Bear witness to the terrifying 'big chicken' that's scaring the internet
What in God's name is this feathered dinosaur King doing in a chicken coop? Somebody call the poultry police. Apparently, the behemoth chicken in the below tweet is not, as one might suspect, a human in chicken costume — it's a real life scary AF chicken. It just happens to have the legs of a Tyrannosaurus wearing flares, okay? Behold: The ultimate chicken killing machine. If you look closely, you'll see there's a second, equally terrifying death bird hiding underneath the coop — presumably waiting for the perfect moment to strike. It should go without saying that Twitter is shook by the chook. Read more... More about Animals, Merakli, Twitter, Big Chicken, and Watercooler Read More »Justin Bieber can't eat lunch without being mobbed by fans and it's sad
The price of fame, hey. Justin Bieber couldn't get away from the hordes of smartphone-armed fans while recently on tour in Australia. Not even on a secret island in Queensland. But when the popstar tried to sit down for lunch at Sydney chicken joint, Chargrill Charlie's on Friday afternoon (you know, as normal people do) but became obvious just how much it would suck to be him. He was met by a large gang of fans, who police kept at bay while he ate. Undeterred, they just stood there — staring at him while he ate his chicken and greens. It looks like the saddest lunch ever. Read more... More about Lunch, Sydney, Fans, Music, and Justin Bieber Read More »Flight attendant nails Britney's 'Toxic' video with onboard dance number
Talk about giving Britney Spears a run for her money. Assraf Nasir, a flight attendant on Malaysian carrier AirAsia, mimicked Britney's iconic mile-high "Toxic" music video — and absolutely nailed it. Nasir is seen in a Tweeted video strutting down and up the aisle of a Airbus A330, singing into the intercom and even pushing a food trolley in true Britney style. Here's the original for comparison: The video, which was originally uploaded by Nasir's co-worker Farhan Rzman, has since gone viral and has been viewed almost 9 million times after it was posted by 9GAG. Read more... More about Airasia, Dance, Britney Spears, Malaysia, and Watercooler Read More »'Mass Effect: Andromeda' is a forgettable, tedious trudge
Mass Effect: Andromeda really blows it. BioWare had an opportunity to reinvent its homegrown sci-fi series with this game. We're five years removed now from Mass Effect 3. All that controversy around the game's ending — which a pressured BioWare eventually altered in its "Extended Cut" DLC — is in the past. It hasn't been long enough, apparently. Mass Effect: Andromeda's story takes no chances. The choices you make have meaning in the moment, but few lasting consequences. You never have to decide, for example, which crew member to sacrifice or how to go about keeping everyone alive during a suicide mission. It's always a more clinical "this or that." Read more... More about Mass Effect Andromeda, Bioware, Gaming, Entertainment, and Entertainment Read More »Qualcomm targets low-end with its first LTE chip for feature phones
Qualcomm is having another go at making a dent in the affordable handsets market, and its latest bet is bringing 4G LTE capability to feature phones. The chipmaker announced on Monday a new line of chips for entry-level phones. The SoC (system-on-a-chip) line is called the Qualcomm 205 Mobile Platform, and is the first time it's bringing 4G LTE capability to feature phones, company executives said. Although feature phones are quickly disappearing from developed markets, they are still very popular in developing regions such as India. Read more... More about Reliance Jio, India, 4g, Feature Phones, and Qualcomm Read More »Major tourist attraction resorts to face recognition scanners because people kept stealing toilet paper
Headed to the public restroom and need TP? If you're at Beijing's Temple of Heaven, you'll need to scan your face first. That's because people have been taking so much toilet paper that the UNESCO World Heritage Site operators decided enough was enough, and installed facial recognition dispensers at its toilets, local reports said. If the same user is detected within nine minutes, the dispenser will deny them a second feed of paper. The machine in action. Image: Weibo Users are required to take off any sunglasses or hats too, to get their feed of about 60cm (23 in.) of toilet paper. Read more... More about Facial Recognition, Beijing, China, Unesco World Heritage Site, and Temple Of Heaven Read More »Vodafone merges with rival to create India's largest phone network
Vodafone's India arm has merged with rival Idea Cellular to form the largest cellular service network in India. The joint entity will have a subscriber base of nearly 400 million and a revenue market share of 41 percent, according to reports. India with over a billion mobile connections is presently witnessing a telecom war triggered by Reliance Jio, a low-cost 4G network started by the country's richest man, Mukesh Ambani. Jio, which claims to be offering the cheapest mobile data in the world, has lured 100 million customers in super-quick time, sending shivers down the spine of its peers. Read more... More about India, Reliance Jio, Telecommunications, Vodafone, and Mergers Read More »Adorable kid struggling to stay awake while eating is all of us on a Monday
Ever get so tired and hungry at the same time? You'll appreciate this kid who is the latest star of a viral video, where he's seen struggling to stay awake to finish his steamed bun (but refusing to let go of it). The boy from Chengdu, Sichuan, was eating at a banquet hall nestled in his mum's arms. Soon, he begins to nod off: At some point, he seemingly tears a huge chunk off while in his sleep: He didn't appreciate being woken up, though, as someone off-screen yells: "Wake up!" His mother knows this is a social media gold mine. She tells the person filming: "Reblog this, get us some clicks.": Read more... More about Cute Kids, China, and Watercooler Read More »Filipino President Duterte says he 'doesn't discriminate' but condemns same-sex marriage
Same-sex marriage has been dealt a blow in the Philippines, with its president dismissing the possibility of legalising marriage equality. On Sunday, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said "you have to stick to where God placed you," reported Rappler. Speaking during a visit to Myanmar, he said same-sex marriage is a Western concept. "That's their culture. That's only for them. That can't be applied to us, we're Catholics," he said, in a translation. He insisted that he was not discriminating against the LGBTQ community, noting that he has family members who are gay, but "the great divide between a woman and a man...would get erased" if you allow same-sex unions, reported SunStar Philippines. Read more... More about Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, Same Sex Marriage, Marriage Equality, and Lgbtq Read More »Airbnb launches Trips in yet another Asian city
Airbnb has launched its Trips platform in India starting with the national capital of Delhi. With this, the service has now expanded to five Asian cities, the others being Seoul, Tokyo, Singapore and Bangkok. Trips is a feature within the Airbnb app that allows users to locate and book local tours and activities (dubbed Experiences) besides home stays. It rolled out in select locations late last year but had been in the works since 2012. Joe Gebbia, Airbnb co-founder and chief product officer, told Mashable in an earlier interview that Trips elevates Airbnb from a place to book accommodation to an "end-to-end" holiday firm. Read more... More about Travel, Hotels, Accommodation, Sharing Economy, and Startups Read More »Chinese teen's acoustic AC/DC 'Thunderstruck' cover will blow you away
AC/DC is hard enough to emulate on electric guitar, but "Thunderstruck" on acoustic guitar is a sight to behold. 13-year-old Liu Jiazhuo is going viral after a schoolmate published his incredible fingerstyle performance of the rock number. Liu was playing Italian guitarist Luca Stricagnoli's cover of the classic rock song. According to local reports, the teenager from the Gansu province picked up the guitar when he was 7. He's been posting covers regularly to Chinese video sites, but his "Thunderstruck" cover started going viral after musician Gao Xiaosong, Alibaba Music's director, noticed and shared Liu's video on Weibo. Read more... More about Rock Music, Ac Dc, China, Watercooler, and Music Read More »J.K. Rowling blasts Trump's awkward handshake moment with 1 perfectly captioned tweet
J.K. Rowling may be able to weave magic over a seven-novel series, but she's also just as effective with 140 characters. On Saturday, Donald Trump met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Following the meeting there was a photo op, which Trump managed to make spectacularly awkward by stubbornly refusing to shake Merkel's hand. Here's the whole, cringe-inducing minute in its entirety. Unsurprisingly, J.K. Rowling had the perfect response:
China has its own version of 'The Hangover' and Mr Bean and Mike Tyson are in it
A bunch of guys go on a vacation, they get lost and Mike Tyson makes a cameo. Sound familiar? It's the plot of Top Funny Comedian, a movie which has just premiered in China. So don't go mistaking it for The Hangover. For one, Rowan Atkinson (as his most popular character, Mr Bean) makes an appearance, and Mike Tyson gets his ear chewed in a fight. Yeah, we're equally confused. The movie follows four guys and one girl who travel to Macau, the gambling capital of China, for a vacation. Crazy things happen along the way, but eventually one of the group's members go missing, as the others try their best to save him. Read more... More about Mike Tyson, Rowan Atkinson, The Hangover, China, and Macau Read More »Should you install solar panels on your roof? Ask Google
In 2015, Google launched Project Sunroof, a map that shows which houses have enough sun exposure for solar panels to be a viable energy source. However, the original map was very limited, covering only the San Francisco Bay Area, Fresno, California and Boston. Now, Google has greatly expanded the project to cover all 50 U.S. states, with a total of 60 million buildings in the database. The project uses imagery from Google Earth and Maps as well as some machine learning magic to get a good idea of how much sunlight each portion of each roof is getting. According to Google, weather patterns, sun positioning changes and possible shade from nearby buildings is taken into account. Read more... More about Solar Energy, United States, Solar, Project Sunroof, and Google Read More »John Boyega and Mark Hamill troll 'Star Wars' fans with hilarious Twitter exchange
When it comes to gleefully trolling Star Wars fans with potential spoilers, Mark Hamill is a force to be reckoned with. SEE ALSO: Mark Hamill shared 'perhaps the very first' photo of Luke Skywalker and it's a real nostalgia trip Remember his birthday tweet to John Boyega last year, where he referred to Boyega as "sonsational", then followed it up with: "Typo or spoiler? YOU decide"? Well, this year he's at it again. On Friday, Hamill tagged his young co-star in the following tweet:
After bagging Shah Rukh Khan, Netflix nears deal with Aamir Khan
Three months after Netflix signed a deal with one of India's most popular film stars Shah Rukh Khan, the company is hard at work on bringing another Indian superstar onboard. Netflix is in advance talks with Aamir Khan to bring the entire catalogue from Aamir Khan Productions to Netflix, said two people familiar with matter. When contacted, Netflix declined to comment on the matter. SEE ALSO: Netflix partners with India's leading carriers as it faces the heat from Amazon Prime Video The partnership, when finalized, will include exclusive digital rights for Aamir Khan's upcoming movie "Thugs of Hindostan," said one source. The company wants to market "Thugs of Hindustan" as a Netflix original. Read more... More about Bollywood, Amazon Prime Video, Shah Rukh Khan, Netflix, and India Read More »People think this ad for pink kitchen gadgets is sexist
A kitchen gadget company has been accused of sexism after posting an advert on its website for a range of pink appliances aimed at women. The ad featured the words "KitchenAid for Women" alongside the pink products, which were part of a limited edition colour range to raise money for UK charity Breast Cancer Haven. Hazel Davis was first to spot the ad and she took to Twitter, labelling the ad an example of "#everydaysexism."
Stephen Hawking says we don't need science to prove that women are equal
He's one of the most renowned theoretical physicists but when it comes to feminism, Stephen Hawking believes general acceptance, not scientific proof, is badly needed. During an interview with ITV's Good Morning Britain Piers Morgan, who called people attending the Women's Marches in January "rabid feminists," asked Hawking about his views on gender equality. The TV host asked Hawking whether the fact that the five most powerful people in the UK — the Queen, Prime Minister Theresa May, Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, Home Secretary Amber Rudd and Met Police Commissioner Cressida Dick — are women is "scientific evidence" of gender equality. Read more... More about Gender Equality, Feminism, Piers Morgan, Stephen Hawking, and World Read More »India's Silicon Valley gets a seriously impressive vertical garden
Vertical greenery is a thing now. After China last month, India's Silicon Valley, Bangalore, now has a vertical garden. Local NGO SayTrees has set up the city's first organic garden on one of the pillars of a popular flyover. Over 3,500 saplings from 10 different species have already been planted, according to a Facebook post by SayTrees. The organisation aims to cover all pillars of this 9-kilometer (5.5 miles) long flyover with such creatively designed green patches. Vertical gardens not only beautify a city and improve biodiversity but also check pollution, reduce smog, act as sound barriers and improve foot traffic. Read more... More about Bangalore, China, India, Conservation, and Organic Read More »Footballer thanks his wife and his girlfriend live on TV, backtracks awkwardly
It's always sweet when famous people thank their families, isn't it? Well, almost always. Mohammed Anas plays football in South Africa's Premier Soccer League for a team called the Free State Stars FC. On Saturday, after scoring twice against AJAX Cape Town, he was named "Man of the Match". The speech he made after the game has since gone viral in a big, big way. "And I appreciate my fans, also," Anas says the start of that clip. "My wife and my girlfriend... yeah, I mean my wife. Yeah, sorry to say... I'm sorry... I'm so sorry, my wife... Read more... More about South Africa, Awkward, Interview, Live Tv, and Soccer Read More »This dictionary has found a brutal way to catch cheating students
Teachers of the world, unite! An online Romanian dictionary has found a brilliant though slightly cruel way to deal with cheaters at exams. During a mock test for the National Evaluation last year, the DEX online dictionary noticed a spike in searches for certain words, arising fears that Grade 8 students were using it to cheat. So this year, during the same preparation exam, they did something radical: they took the three most-searched words and altered the definitions for each one. The word "pretutindeni" means "everywhere" but anyone looking up for the word between 9 and 11am last Monday would have found it defined as "eternal or forever," according to the DEX online administrators. Read more... More about Students, Cheating, Romania, Dictionary, and Watercooler Read More »Say hi to Samsung Bixby, the new voice assistant in the Galaxy S8
Samsung has a new voice. And it has world-changing ambitions. In the upcoming Galaxy S8, users will find an extra button on the left side of the phone, just below the volume controls. Pressing it will activate Bixby, Samsung's new voice assistant. Once activated, Bixby will help you navigate what's arguably the most sophisticated piece of technology you own — the smartphone in your hand. If Samsung gets its wish, though, Bixby will eventually do much more than just help you order Lyfts or set up complex calendar appointments. The long-term vision is for Bixby to act as a kind of uber-interface for all of Samsung's products: TVs, wearables, washing machines, even remote controls. Read more... More about Bixby, Galaxy S8, Samsung Galaxy S8, Samsung Bixby, and Samsung Read More »Stunt SUV pulls a 'Transformer' and gets around gridlock
Some people build tunnels to deal with traffic, others reinvent the car. Hum Rider is that vehicular reinvention and, perhaps, the answer to all your traffic congestion frustration. It looks like a standard Jeep Cherokee Wagon SUV, but when it gets stuck in traffic, the car body can lift up, the wheel base widens and then the car can drive right over other bumper-to-bumper- cars. It's really a shame that this cool, smart idea is is just a very well-executed marketing stunt. Thinkmodo (best known for its Devil Baby viral video) cooked up the concept to promote Verizon Telematic's Hum platform. Hum comprises of a dongle that plugs into the OBD port on any car made after 1996 and a Bluetooth speaker. It adds diagnostics, road-side assistance, location and speed tracking and geo-fencing. Verizon's hardware costs $29 and the monthly service costs $10 a month. Read more... More about Car Stunt, Verizon, Thinkmodo, Tech, and Marketing Read More »China's newest glass bridge overlooking a gorge will put you on the edge
It's made of glass and hangs hundreds of meters above ground. And it's not the first of its kind. China is revitalizing tourism with its dizzying glass structures that offer incredible vantage points in magnificent mountainous regions. Read more... More about Fear Of Heights, Mount Langya, See Through Glass Bridge, Gorgeous, and Travel Tourism Read More »Adele stopped mid concert to help fan propose to his longtime boyfriend
Hello from the other side of being engaged. During her concert stop in Melbourne, Australia, Adele managed to outdo her kindness streak by helping one of her fans get engaged on stage to his longtime boyfriend. Wade Nicholson-Doyle told BBC News that he took his boyfriend, Chris, to the concert as a 40th birthday present. When the 'Hello' singer spotted them in the crowd and brought them on stage, Doyle dropped to one knee to propose. Chris said 'yes' which caused the crowd, and Adele, to cheer. Doyle, a former medic for the Royal Australian Navy, posted a sweet photo of the proposal to the Instagram account of his cafe, Hello Sailor. Read more... More about Proposal, Adele, Watercooler, and Watercooler Read More »Disney's live-action 'Mulan' won't have songs so what's the point of anything
Another day, another egregious misstep in the world of remakes and reboots. Disney's upcoming live-action remake of Mulan will reportedly have no songs, according to the film's director. SEE ALSO: The 10 best Disney villain songs "No songs right now, much to the horror of my children," director Niki Caro (Whale Rider) told Moviefone. The same reporter spoke with Disney's President of Motion Picture Production, Sean Bailey, who pointed in the same direction. “Mulan is clearly an empowered-female story but we can also do something new in this reimagining, make it a little more muscular, stronger, with touch of Ridley Scott,” Bailey told Vulture. Read more... More about Disney, Mulan, Movies, Entertainment, and Entertainment Read More »Trump wants the border wall to be tall, strong and hot. Smoking hot.
The Trump administration has made progress on the border wall that was at the center of Trump's presidential campaign. By 'progress' we mean that they've compiled a wish list. On Sunday, preliminary border wall requirements were announced. They want it to be 30-feet high, hard to climb or cut and attractive looking. SEE ALSO: The White House doesn't want to call it Trumpcare, so Stephen Colbert's going to call it Trumpcare
All of these points fit what Trump has been proclaiming in his rallies (except maybe the bit about how tasteful it will look), but that won't stop the internet from mercilessly making fun of it from all angles. Read more... More about Border Wall, Trump, Twitter Reactions, Watercooler, and Watercooler Read More »Dan Stevens' daughter helped create Emma Watson's 'Beauty and the Beast' dress
We can't imagine there are many people out there who would turn down the opportunity to help Emma Watson design a dress for Beauty and the Beast — especially the glorious yellow dress Belle wears in that iconic dancing scene. Well, it turns out Dan Stevens' 7-year-old daughter had exactly that chance. "Emma Watson came over to our house for dinner," explains Stevens in the clip above. "And so we're talking about the dress and the dress design, and Willow — who was 5 at the time — she kind of overheard the conversation, and we were talking away... and she nipped off next door, pen and paper, and came back about half an hour later with five different dress designs." Read more... More about Uk, Itv, This Morning, Emma Watson, and Dan Stevens Read More »The ultimate clap back: Richard Spencer got owned on Twitter over a song from 'Cabaret'
People are still looking for reasons to clap back at alt-righter Richard Spencer and, over the weekend, he set himself up for a great one. Spencer, who leads a movement that mixes racism, white nationalism and populism, was engaged in a Twitter scrape with Talking Points Memo editor Josh Marshall, which itself had branched off from a brief Twitter spat with Bloomberg columnist Eli Lake. Marshall slammed Spencer as "a Nazi and a stain on this country's greatness." Spencer responded with a snide reference to a bizarre tweet Marshall sent out in December, which criticized the incoming Trump administration with a tweet containing porn. Read more... More about Josh Marshall, Cabaret, Richard Spencer, Entertainment, and Politics Read More »Jeff Bezos suits up in giant robot armor as Amazon prepares to take over the world
Looking for another terrifying 2017 moment to keep you up at night? We can't imagine why, but here ya go: Jeff Bezos in a giant mechanical robot suit. Woo! The filthy rich Amazon CEO and Oscars attendee (lol) suited up in the 13-foot-tall mechanical armor to get a taste of the supervillain life and I guess try to ease everyone into this new weird world we live in where very little makes sense. Anyways, Bezos hopped in this mechanical robot, known as the Method-2, and went full-on Avatar to demo the technology at Amazon's annual MARS conference — an elite gathering that offers a glimpse at innovative Machine-Learning Automation, Robotics and Space Exploration technology. Get it? MARS. Read more... More about Supervillain, Conversations, Tech, Robot, and Ceo Read More »LGBTQ 'Power Rangers' lead is a first for a mainstream superhero movie
Power Rangers may be based on an old property, but it's breaking new ground. The upcoming reboot features a character who's being touted as the first LGBTQ protagonist in a big-budget superhero movie. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the second act features a scene in which Trini (the Yellow Ranger, played by Becky G) is having trouble with her love life. One character assumes she's talking about "boyfriend problems" before realizing she's actually referring to "girlfriend problems." Speaking to the publication, director Dean Israelite described the scene as a "pivotal" one that ties into the film's overall themes: Read more... More about Power Rangers, Entertainment, and Film Read More »People are up in arms over the new Wonder Woman's armpits
Gal Gadot has a number of extraordinary scenes in the trailer for the upcoming film Wonder Woman. As the lead superhero, she is fierce and brilliant while discovering her powers, fighting in the woods and stopping bullets effortlessly. But there's one moment in particular has everyone talking...and it's probably not what anyone in the DC universe expected to be discussing. In the trailer, Gadot is seen lifting a car, hurling it down a street—only her armpits, and lack of armpit hair, is the moment that stood out to many fans. 🤔 John Oliver lists the biggest 'f*ck you' funding cuts in Trump's budget
Last week, President Trump unveiled his new budget proposal for the federal government. John Oliver took the time on Sunday's Last Week Tonight to break down exactly what's in the proposal, and explored what that actually means for Americans. The biggest takeaway is, of course, that many departments and programs will be losing funding. Some of the cuts in the budget actually affect places that voted for Trump the most. Oliver explains that the budget was directed by Mick Mulvaney, who created it by somehow culling policy from incoherent statements Trump has made throughout his campaign. Spoiler alert: Trump rally speeches do not make good policy. Read more... More about Federal Budget, Trump, Last Week Tonight, John Oliver, and Conversations Read More »A Backstreet Boy named his new baby 'Lyric,' obviously
Sigh. Another celebrity baby has fallen victim to the undying weird name trend. The Backstreet Boys' A.J. McLean and his wife Rochelle welcomed their second daughter on Sunday, March 19. And they named the baby girl Lyric Dean McLean. Yep, of course a singer in a '90s boy band named his daughter "Lyric" because we all know how meaningful and deep words are in pop songs. Also, her middle and last name kind of rhyme so that's... something. Little Lyric weighed in at eight pounds, three ounces and measured 22-inches long. She joins her 4-year-old sister Ava Jaymes in this "Larger Than Life" family. Read more... More about Lyrics, Baby Names, Babies, Boy Band, and Backstreet Boys Read More »FBI director: There's 'no information' to support Trump wiretapping tweets
FBI Director James Comey believes President Donald Trump tweets unsubstantiated information. Earlier this month, Trump fired off a series of tweets accusing former President Barack Obama of wiretapping him during the 2016 presidential campaign. Comey searched for such information, but found none. "I have no information that supports those tweets, and we have looked carefully inside the FBI," Comey said Monday. He then confirmed that the Department of Justice didn't have any proof of those accusations either. Read more... More about Wiretapping, Barack Obama, President, Donald Trump, and Twitter Read More »Kim Kardashian 'fully mentally prepared' to be raped and killed in Paris
In last night's episode of Keeping Up With the Kardashians, Kim Kardashian recalls the horrifying details of the night she was robbed at gunpoint in Paris. "I just knew that was the moment. They're just totally going to shoot me in the head," says Kim to her sisters. "I just prayed that Kourtney's going to have a normal life after she sees my dead body on the bed." Prior to the episode's premiere, Kim tweeted about how important it was to tell her side of the story. "I took a tragic horrific experience and did not let it diminish me, rather grew and evolved and allowed the experience to teach me," she wrote. Read more... More about Celebrities, Kardashians, Crime, Keeping Up With The Kardashians, and Kim Kardashian Read More »Reviewers find Dave Chappelle still at the top of the game in new Netflix specials
12 years is a long time to be out of the game, but Dave Chappelle would never forget how to play. Though he hasn't recorded a live special in over a decade, Chappelle has toured and used footage from recent performances in his new Netflix specials. In "The Age of Spin" and "Deep in the Heart of Texas" (both folded into one Dave Chappelle listing on Netflix), reviewers say he's true to his comedy origins as critical observer, provocateur, and of course, wildly funny. Complex — and often uncomfortableJason Zinoman, The New York Times: Read more... More about Conversations, List, Lists, Reviews, and Dave Chappelle Read More »These are the two most important letters in esports
Esports culture has a language of its own, but there is no term more important or more well known than this one. Read more... More about Real Time Video, Real Time Video, Real Time, Real Time Video, and Real Time Read More »Richard Hammond confirms motorbike crash rumours in blog post
Richard Hammond has shared an online post confirming the recent rumours that he'd been involved in a crash while filming for an episode of The Grand Tour. Hammond posted on DriveTribe, the online motoring community he launched with his co-stars last year, to reassure people that he's OK.
Here's Hammond's DriveTribe post in full:Hammond was badly injured in a car crash back in 2006 while filming or an episode of Top Gear. Read more... More about Uk, Drivetribe, Top Gear, The Grand Tour, and Richard Hammond Read More »A Spring Google Doodle has FINALLY sprung 🌷
Winter is leaving — hallelujah! In true Google fashion, the site is celebrating the 2017 spring equinox in the Northern Hemisphere with an adorable Google Doodle that's sure to put a spring in your Monday step. Complete with beautiful, colorful flowers, the animated design shows a cute little critter decorating its underground home and heading back to bed, because daylight savings time. Ugh. A broom is also conveniently placed, Google's little nudge to encourage your Spring cleaning.
This guy made a genius dating résumé, and everyone wants to go out with him
We have résumés to get jobs, so why not use them for dates too? That's just what one very smart college kid has done, and he's fast becoming America's most wanted man. Last week, Joe Adams, a junior at Michigan State University, was tagged in a post in a Facebook group. Someone in his class was helping their roommate find a date to a formal, and Adams realized this was his chance. He commented on the post with an enthusiastic "I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS MOMENT," and added his dating résumé. It's really more of a work of art. Image: joe adams It's similar to a professional résumé, in that he lays out his education and career info—he's a lubricants consultant, which he is careful to explain is "not a euphemism." He lists his skills (crying during Marley & Me, replying to long texts) and some "moderately interesting" personal factoids ("has never lost a Snapchat streak," "makes great small talk with parents"). He even gives a detailed breakdown of how he spends his time ("academic grind," "Facetiming with my mom"). Are you googling him yet? Read more... More about Love, Careers, Resumes, Dating, and Sex And Relationships Read More »Adele has no time for this security guard who told her fans to sit down
Sassy Adele is the best Adele. The "Love in the Dark" singer is currently touring throughout Australia, leaving a trail of Instagram worthy moments behind her like meeting Elmo and sharing the stage with a very adorable little girl in cat ears. While performing in Melbourne last night, a fan caught Adele on video calling out a security guard who was telling fans to sit down and stop dancing. She wasn't having it. Read more... More about Concert, Adele, Watercooler, and Watercooler Read More »Here's why everyone's obsessed with that Missing Richard Simmons podcast
In the past few weeks Missing Richard Simmons has shot up the charts — the podcast charts. It's turning into a Serial-level obsession, but this time everyone's talking about an aging fitness guru. The show follows a simple premise: a filmmaker, who says he knows the '80s fitness video star Richard Simmons, is trying to figure out why Simmons has disappeared from the public eye and retreated deep into his private life. Spoiler alert, Simmons isn't actually missing in the "call 911 and put up posters with his picture" sense. It's more that his presence is missing from charity events, TV appearances, workout sessions, social events, videos, social media, the internet — everywhere. Read more... More about Podcasts, Richard Simmons, Business, and Media Read More »The universe reached down and blessed us all with a new Meryl Streep meme
Cherished actress, political activist, wonderful eye-roller: Meryl Streep is a woman of many cultural roles. Now, she joins the ranks of other greats as a big, bright, beautiful meme. An old picture from the 2015 SAG awards shows the inimitable actor shouting through closed hands. The internet wisely chose to use this pic as a way to shout out the things they most want to shout.
Fave songs everywhere are getting a Meryl accompaniment. Read more... More about Meryl Streep, Memes, Watercooler, and Watercooler Read More »Food blogger creates Easter egg made of the most delicious substance in the world
Ugh, whatever, chocolate is fine. But why does it have to dominate all the major holidays? Can't the savory fans among us get some love? SEE ALSO: Happy Easter, let's turn up! Gin & tonic Easter eggs are real and they look ridiculously good Food blogger Annem Hobson is sick to death of chocolate being the center of attention. She's created the ultimate Easter egg—they're called "Cheester Eggs"—to give chocolate Easter treats a run for their money. They're made from a solid block of cheese. And, unlike chocolate Easter eggs, these eggs aren't hollow in the middle You now have some extra time to buy AppleCare+ for your iPhone, you klutz
Good news for all you clumsy Apple lovers out there: You now have a little bit longer to take the plunge to insure your shiny new iPhone. Apple just extended the window for iPhone owners to opt-in to AppleCare+ coverage from 60 days after buying their phone to a full year after purchase. The insurance package gives enrollees two years of hardware repair coverage and technical support, along with two prorated repairs for "accidental damage" like cracked screens. The plan itself isn't changing at all — it still costs $129, with repair premiums of $29 for screen damage and $99 for anything else you might need fixed if you really thrash your phone. The extension brings the iPhone's protection plan in line with those offered for AppleTV and Macs, which are also available to owners for a full year after purchase. Read more... More about Iphone, Extension, Insurance, Applecare, and Apple Read More »Here's the one place where Google Glass is actually thriving
Google Glass died in 2015. And while there have been numerous rumblings about a second-generation version, it has yet to materialize in any official capacity. But, as it turns out, Glass isn't completely dead. Sure, for you, me, and all the cool Spectacles-wearing teens, Glass will never be cool (it still looks as dorky today as at did in 2013). But for factory workers, the smart glasses are more practical than tablets. SEE ALSO: Google patented a mysterious camera hat Heather Erickson, a tractor engine assembler at the farm equipment manufacturer AGCO, is one such factory worker who has found Glass to be quite useful for her job, NPR reports. Read more... More about Smart Glasses, Wearables, Factories, Factory, and Augmented Reality Read More »Offbeat Adventures: The thrill seeker's guide to Europe
PAID CONTENT BY ICELANDAIRThis post was brought to you by Icelandair. Click here to begin your travel to over 25 European destinations!There’s more to Europe than what you see on postcards. If your idea of the perfect vacation is to explore the road less traveled, then look no further. There’s so much to see and do in cities like London, Paris, Amsterdam and Copenhagen – we’ll help you get started. With faster travel times to many European destinations, Icelandair helps connect you to some of the most exciting cities on the planet. And with the ability to stay for up to seven nights in Iceland at no additional airfare with Icelandair's Stopover program, there's no excuse — it's time to take off. Read more... More about Supported, Sponsored, and Lifestyle Read More »'Mass Effect: Andromeda' reviews are in: Bad game is bad
No one wanted a bad Mass Effect game, but the universe had other plans. Mass Effect: Andromeda is here, and BioWare's five-years-later return to the gleaming sci-fi RPG series is... a little disappointing. I sure didn't like it. Let me set the stage: Mass Effect is BioWare's homegrown take on Star Wars, Battlestar Galactica, and other "space opera" storiesAndromeda takes the series to a new galaxy — literally — picking up 600 years and millions of light-years away. The major alien races of the Milky Way sent an exploration force off to colonize a new galaxy, and you — as the "Pathfinder" — are the vanguard. If you're familiar with other BioWare RPGs, Mass Effect is very similar, it just has more laser guns. Read more... More about Mass Effect Andromeda, Bioware, Electronic Arts, Gaming, and Entertainment Read More »Watch the behind-the-scenes 'SNL' makeup team transform Kate McKinnon in 4 minutes flat
Saturday Night Live is giving us fans a backstage peak at the well-oiled machine in their "Creating Saturday Night Live" behind-the-scenes series. In this installment, watch the brilliant SNL makeup team completely transform Kate McKinnon from Jeff Sessions into her 'Shud the Mermaid' character in four minutes flat. McKinnon runs straight from the "Weekend Update" desk to the makeup chair, where the team has only one commercial break to apply face and hand prosthetics to McKinnon to turn her into the unfortunate looking sea creature. It's obvious this isn't the team's first rodeo when it comes to this kind of true TV magic. Read more... More about Jeff Sessions, Kate Mckinnon, Makeup Transformation, Makeup, and Snl Read More »'Homeland' star mastered WhatsApp to reconnect with refugee family he helped rescue
It's been six devastating years since the start of the Syrian war in March 2011. Coincidentally, it's been six years since the first season of Homeland, where Mandy Patinkin plays the role of CIA chief Saul Berenson. As the show progressed into its fifth and six season, the war and the subsequent refugee crisis in Europe were weaved into the plot. But for Patinkin, 64, playing the part of a fictional character wasn't enough. "I needed to get back to the real world – not the fictional world that I work in," Mandy Patinkin said after returning from a trip along the refugee route across Europe with the International Rescue Committee. Read more... More about Whatsapp, Mandy Patinkin, Homeland, Syria, and Refugee Crisis Read More »Get ready for all sorts of augmented reality wizardry on your iPhone
We know that Tim Cook loves augmented reality. He loves it so much that he declared the technology might be as big as an idea as the smartphone. Now, a new report from Bloomberg sheds some light on what, exactly, Apple is working on in the field of AR, and what it might mean for the company's upcoming iPhone. According to the report, which cites multiple sources familiar with Apple's plans, Apple has built a large team of engineers—a combination of their own experts and teams that joined through acquisitions of smaller AR companies such as Metaio—to work on both hardware and software augmented reality products and solutions. Read more... More about Iphone, Augmented Reality, Ar, Apple, and Tech Read More »London startup Nested raises a wee bit of money to buy your home and skim from the sale
Just ask anyone, anywhere, ever, and they'll tell you: Buying and selling homes is a risky business. But help's supposedly on the way, in the form of yet another attempt at disrupting a business ostensibly in desperate need of a paradigm shift. At least, if you ask the people behind the startup. That's what the people at Nested, a London-based endeavor, are thinking. Nested guarantees it'll sell your house within 90 days (at 95 to 98 percent of market value), or offer you a cash advance against the sale. Now, it's raised €8 million euro ($8.6 million USD) to do so, bringing its total funding to €11 million, TechCrunch reported. Read more... More about Housing Market, Housing, Opendoor, London, and Startups Read More »Neil deGrasse Tyson helped create a cosmically punny NYT crossword puzzle
The New York Times' crossword puzzle has been challenging minds for 75 years now, and our favorite astrophysicist is pretty psyched about it. To celebrate the 75th anniversary of the crossword — which began on Feb. 15, 1942 — the Times has kicked off a series of puzzles co-constructed by famous fans of the activity. For Monday's puzzle, Neil deGrasse Tyson and his old college acquaintance, veteran Times puzzle queen, Andrea Carla Michaels, had the honor of teaming up to create an out-of-this-world puzzle to stump fellow fans. More about Conversations, Science, Space, Crossword Puzzles, and New York Times Read More »Assholes try like hell to pin new 'Mass Effect' game's crappy animations on a woman
Mass Effect: Andromeda's facial animations are pretty bad. No one's denying that. But a certain subsect of the internet decided to take the ribbing and eye-rolling a step further and resorted to an actual witch hunt against a woman who they gathered had been the lead facial animator on the game. Screenshots from Allie Rose-Marie Leost's social media and resume, which listed her as the lead facial animator at EA working on Mass Effect: Andromeda, was all it took for people to launch a hate campaign against her, following disgusting accusations on right-wing website The Ralph Retort.
New 'Hearthstone' quest, dino and legendary cards look like meta changers
Hearthstone's upcoming expansion Journey to Un'Goro is changing up the game, and a handful of new cards revealed over the past few days are showing just how much the dinosaur-themed set of cards is going to do so. Blizzard revealed nearly 20 new cards during a Twitch stream on Friday. Adding those to the 14 cards they revealed a couple weeks ago still just equates to a sliver of the 135 incoming cards, though. Among the new cards are a handful of legendaries, a second quest card and a few interesting new minions and spells to shake up the meta. More about Blizzard Entertainment, Esports, Gaming, Journey To Un Goro, and Hearthstone Read More »Why using voice recognition to identify refugees is controversial
Germany plans to use voice recognition software to verify the many asylum applications it receives — but the technology is far from perfect, experts warn. According to the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF), around 60 percent of people who sought asylum in the country in 2016 didn't have identification papers with them. Now, German authorities are planning to use new voice recognition software to verify the asylum seekers' country of origin, according to a report on Die Welt. The test, which will begin in two weeks and roll out widely in 2018, aims at analysing and identifying the dialects of people seeking asylum using recorded speech samples. Read more... More about Refugees, Software, Voice Recognition, Germany, and Tech Read More »In the first 'Rogue One' script, these two characters survived
This post discusses the ending of Rogue One. Stop reading now if you care about that sort of thing and you somehow still haven't seen it. Three months after it was released in theaters, it's fair to say the ending of Rogue One is no longer a spoiler: Everyone in the Rogue One team dies in the process of getting the Death Star plans. But that wasn't always the case. In the original treatment and first script, fearing that Disney wouldn't like that dark ending, Rogue One's first writers had two of the crew making a daring escape. More about Rogue One A Star Wars Story, Rogue One, Star Wars, Entertainment, and Film Read More »BBC America is trying to keep 'Top Gear' alive with a new U.S. spinoff
The original Top Gear may have hit the skids without Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May at the wheel, but BBC America has no intention of giving up on the beloved franchise. The network just greenlit eight episodes of Top Gear America, a U.S.-based spinoff featuring three new presenters: racing enthusiast and veteran film and television actor William Fichtner, British automotive journalist Tom “Wookie” Ford, and world champion drag racer Antron Brown. William Fichtner, Tom "Wookie" Ford and Antron Brown. Image: bbc america The original series — now hosted by Matt LeBlanc, Chris Harris and Rory Reid — is currently airing Season 24 on BBC America, but has thus far failed to spark with critics or viewers, while Clarkson, Hammond and May have taken their schtick over to Amazon's The Grand Tour (which hasn't fared much better with reviewers). Read more... More about William Fichtner, Top Gear America, Bbc America, Top Gear, and Entertainment Read More »This drunk burglar stuck in the window of the store he robbed is all of our worst decisions
Somehow, this makes perfect sense to us. Authorities in France reported that an intoxicated burglar who returned to the scene of his crime ended up stuck inside the hole he created in a window. (I mean, of course.) Here he is, in all his glory:
The Gendarmerie of the Pyrenees-Atlantiques explained in a Facebook post that police were dispatched to a store after a break-in was reported on Wednesday night, but the suspect fled the scene before their arrival. Read more... More about France, Window, Stuck, Burglary, and Robbery Read More »‘Beauty and the Beast’ cast tell us their characters’ musical guilty pleasure
Luke Evans and Josh Gad stop by to tell us what kind of music the 'Beauty and the Beast' characters would listen to today. Read more... More about Classic, Characters, Guilty Pleasure, Songs, and Playlists Read More »Northwestern's crying young fan is all of us watching our brackets get busted
March Madness can be absolutely brutal. At the end of the day, only one team is going to earn the national title. This means 63 sets of hopes and dreams will get crushed along the way. Northwestern's journey through the madness was the program's best ever, considering they've never made it to the NCAA tournament before. But the road ended on Saturday when Northwestern fell to top-seeded Gonzaga 79-73. While the loss was sad, it became gut-wrenching after a controversial call by the game's officials. Northwestern was in the midst of a game-changing scoring run when a dunk was blocked by Gonzaga. Replay showed that Gonzaga's defender had reached through the net to block the shot, which should have been ruled a foul. Read more... More about Basketball, March Madness, Fan, Kids, and Northwestern Read More »Very brave leopards take on a giant python in an intense battle
Pro tip: don't try picking a fight with a snake unless you're a leopard. A member of a safari tour group in South Africa's Kruger National Park caught a mother leopard picking a fight with a rock python, the largest species of snake in Africa. The leopard's cub first spies something in the bushes and assumes an attack position. The mother then investigates and takes a swipe at snake, causing it to lunge at her with its mouth wide open. The leopard first jumps back, but then is ready to square off. The mama leopard is completely fearless as the battle continues between her and the slippery creature. Although the video ends before we find out the winner, National Geographic reports that the leopard emerged victorious and dined on her opponent with her cub. Read more... More about Nature, Fight, Battle, Snake, and Leopard Read More »Jeff Bezos got richer in 2016 while the rest of us are just chumps, I guess
Amazon chief, Washington Post owner, and budding super-villain Jeff Bezos had one heck of a 2016, going from super-mega-rich to super-duper-mega-hella rich. We know this thanks to Forbes' annual billionaire list, or as it's known in my house, Forbes' annual "My God, what have I done with my life, I am so incredibly inadequate and I will never amount to anything because look at these rich jerks" list. According to the list, Bezos boosted his total worth from his 2016 number of only $45.2 billion to his 2017 number of $72.8 billion. It's good enough to bump him up from fifth in the rankings to third, the first time Bezos has cracked the top three. Read more... More about Rich People, Forbes, Amazon, Jeff Bezos, and Business Read More »The 5 suspects who might have stolen Tom Brady's Super Bowl jersey
Finally, our long, national nightmare is over: Tom Brady's stolen Super Bowl jersey has been found. It took a manhunt that used more resources than would be involved if you or I were to go missing (including the FBI, the Texas Rangers, and even Mexican authorities). But the jersey, a piece of clothing that a human wore for a few hours, was finally—FINALLY—located. Now the mystery deepens as we try to figure out who—WHO INDEED—would besmirch the honor of Tom Brady—nay! AMERICA!—and presume they could get away with such a dastardly deed. Read more... More about Fbi, Jersey, Tom Brady, Entertainment, and Sports Read More »The ballon house from Disney Pixar's 'Up' is in 'Battlefield 1'
When fighting on the battlefields of World War I, most people wouldn't expect to see a house attached to huge balloons floating through the air. In the Battlefield 1 DLC They Shall Not Pass, players discovered an easter egg reminiscent of the floating house from the movie Up. If you enter the map Verdun Heights, shoot three bottles of wine and three weather vanes, the house will appear on the horizon. YouTuber Jackfrogs gives a good walkthrough of the easter egg in the video above, and you can try it out for yourself on Verdun Heights to distract your enemies. Read more... More about Easter Egg, Disney, Gaming, Up, and Battlefield 1 Read More »What's left for Disney to remake?
How far can Disney's remake magic go? This weekend's Beauty and the Beast was the latest Disney live-action reboot to cast a spell over the box office — $174.8 million domestic, a March record — and it won't be the last. We'll be seeing remakes, reboots, and re-imaginings for the foreseeable future. But even Disney has its limits, right? With so much of its success built on existing intellectual property, and given the pace at which they're burning through their top IP right now, is it possible they'll eventually just ... run out? More about Disney, Movies, Entertainment, and Film Read More »Not getting credit for 'Key & Peele' hurt Dave Chappelle's feelings
Dave Chappelle's latest Netflix special takes what appears to be a loving poke at Key & Peele, but in an interview with CBS, Chappelle got more in-depth. He told Gayle King that it "hurt [his] feelings" to see Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele excel in a format that Chappelle himself worked on for years at Comedy Central. “When I did Chappelle’s Show, there were certain conventions of the show that the network resisted," Chappelle tells Gayle King around 7:50 in the video. "I fought the network very hard so that those conventions could come to fruition.” Read more... More about Keegan Michael Key, Jordan Peel, Key Peele, Comedy Central, and Dave Chappelle Read More »Kiernan Shipka reveals the biggest difference between 'Feud' and 'Mad Men'
The apple, as far as acting talent, actually fell pretty far from the tree back in 1962, when the tree was Bette Davis and the apple was her aspiring-starlet daughter B.D. Fortunately, Feud found an accomplished actress with the meta-skills to merely act like she was acting badly in Kiernan Shipka, who got her big break at age eight on AMC's Mad Men. Now 17, Shipka is one of the leading actresses of her generation, but as B.D.’s story reveals, not every wannabe star’s path to success is as clear as Shipka’s, even when they’re Hollywood royalty. Born Barbara Davis Sherry to Davis and her third husband, artist William Grant Sherry — then adopted in infancy by the actress’ fourth husband and All About Eve co-star Gary Merrill — B.D. initially used the stage name B.D. Merrill during the period depicted in Feud. Read more... More about Fx, Mad Men, Feud Bette And Joan, Feud, and Kiernan Shipka Read More »Calvin Harris breaks down exactly how he made 'Slide' with Frank Ocean and Migos
All you Calvin Harris wannabes, take note. On Sunday, the Scottish DJ was kind enough to give everyone a lesson on what exactly goes on behind the creation of a hit song. In a video shared on Twitter, Harris broke down "Slide," his latest song with Frank Ocean and Migos, revealing how everything came together. The entire production is slowly built, starting with that super catchy piano hook and layering bass, drum sounds and more. Harris layers Frank Ocean's vocals, adjusts pitches and makes magic in an all-around mesmerizing process to watch. Read more... More about Frank Ocean, Watercooler, Conversations, Twitter, and Behind The Scenes Read More »Devastated Snapchatters talk about the heartbreak of losing a Snapstreak after hundreds of days
No one likes losing things. Especially when you've worked on them every single day for a year and a half. But that's the reality college student Amy Strawser is currently facing, as she lost a 571 day "Snapstreak" with her sister on Snapchat. A Snapstreak is achieved when two people send Snaps back and forth on Snapchat for a consecutive number of days. And it's definitely A Thing. In order to keep a streak going, you've got to send a Snap back and forth to a friend within a 24-hour window. And, yes, you've got to do it every. Single. Day. Read more... More about Teenager, Teens, Friendship, Social Media, and Tech Read More »Natalie Portman's unborn baby is the star of James Blake's new video
2017 is truly a banner year for underwater maternity shoots. Thanks for kicking that off, Beyoncé. Natalie Portman swirls around underwater in (Bey collaborator) James Blake's new video for "My Willing Heart." According to a press release, the moody clip — this is, after all, a James Blake video — was shot "just days" before Portman gave birth to her second child. Amalia Millepied, whose dad choreographed Black Swan, seems fully prepared to embrace the family business and offers a couple elegant kicks for the camera. Read more... More about Music Video, James Blake, Natalie Portman, Celebrities, and Entertainment Read More »Gorgeous video takes you on a trip above Mars
At the moment, NASA and other space agencies are operating satellites in orbit around Mars. The spacecraft are continuing to beam amazing images of the red planet's surface back to Earth, and some of the probes have even solved Martian mysteries in the process. But what would it look like if you were up in space, flying above Mars yourself? A beautiful new video making use of a high-resolution camera orbiting Mars aboard a NASA spacecraft shows you just that. SEE ALSO: We might be able to make Mars habitable "I would love to see images taken by a landscape photographer on Mars, especially from the polar regions. But I'm afraid I won't see that kind of image during my lifetime," Jan Fröjdman, the creator of the video said in a description. Read more... More about Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, Spacecraft, Marsh Videos, Mars Photos, and Mars Exploration Read More »New fitness app offers accessible workouts for people of all abilities
A new app is making fitness more accessible and inclusive — and it's all for a worthy cause. The video-based app, called CPF Challenge, allows people with a diverse range of motor abilities to participate in specialized workouts. The app is part of a dedicated fundraiser challenge created by the Cerebral Palsy Foundation, a nonprofit supporting people with cerebral palsy through research and innovation. The goal of the challenge is to "raise your pulse, raise awareness of cerebral palsy and raise dollars for the Cerebral Palsy Foundation." Read more... More about Fitness, Apps, Disability, Cerebral Palsy, and Social Good Read More »College students stage buzzer beater that's almost more thrilling than actual March Madness
We just found the technical definition of "one shining moment." In a humble little classroom at UNC Charlotte, one group of students pulled off the ultimate no-look, over-the-shoulder crumpled paper toss of March Madness. And the crowd goes wild. It's unclear how many times this stunt was tried before it actually worked, but the celebration afterwards is absolutely and deservedly insane, just like after a real buzzer beater. The overlay audio of a real commentator from a past tournament losing his mind during buzzer beater makes for the perfect finishing touch. Read more... More about Viral Videos, Classroom, College Students, Basketball, and March Madness Read More »Season 2 of 'Stranger Things' is going to be lit according to these fan theories
Everyone is freaking out over the next season of 'Stranger Things.' Here's what they predicted. Read more... More about Real Time Video, Eleven, Will, Stranger Things Season 2, and Stranger Things Read More »FBI director tries to help congressman understand how elections work
Ralph Nader notwithstanding, presidential elections in the United States pretty much come down to two people. There's a Republican candidate and a Democratic one. That's how it works. When one wins, the other one loses. The Oval Office has one chair behind the desk. You get the idea, because you are a person able to compute ideas like "if I win that means someone else loses." FBI Director James Comey is also a person able to compute such an idea. Rep. Mike Conaway was not such a person on Monday. Perhaps he did not eat breakfast. More about Elections, Hearing, Mike Conaway, Fbi Director, and Fbi Read More »Zoo sues advertising agency for using raccoon in 'erotic' video
A petting zoo in Russia claims to be suing an advertising agency that used their raccoon Thomas to film an "erotic" television advert. Last August, the Teatr Zoo in Moscow, Russia, rented Thomas out to the advertising company Art-Msk. They've since said in an Instagram post that they weren't warned about the nature of the video, which featured a semi-naked model holding Thomas while sitting on a hotel bed. Teatr Zoo said they only became aware of this after seeing photos from the shoot shared online last August. Read more... More about Moscow, Russia, Advertising, Nudity, and Model Read More »Turn your whole hand into a musical instrument with these gloves
'Remidi' are smart gloves that will let you play an infinite number of sound combinations. Read more... More about Real Time Video, Real Time Video, Real Time, Entertainment, and Music Tech Read More »YouTube apologizes for hidden LGBTQ videos
After several popular LGBTQ vloggers like Rowan Ellis and Tyler Oakley said YouTube was incorrectly censoring their videos using its "Restricted Mode," the site has addressed the error and finally offered an apology to those impacted. On Monday afternoon, the YouTube Creators Twitter account released a short statement apologizing for the "confusion" users were experiencing with the site's Restricted Mode — a feature that allows users to filter out "potentially objectionable content," according to Google. YouTube Creators admitted that several videos were incorrectly labeled on the site, which led to them being hidden. Furthermore, the account admitted that the error was "not right" and explained they are working to address the problem. Read more... More about Vloggers, Lgbtq, Conversations, Business, and Apology Read More »This could change the way you use live videos on Instagram
Instagram just made a pretty significant change to its live videos. While live videos will continue to disappear from the app after the stream ends, broadcasters can now opt to save the clips to their camera roll. In the past, people may have been discouraged from live streaming via Instagram since they wouldn't be able to keep the videos after their broadcast had ended. This move could encourage the app's more influential users to take advantage of Instagram's live streaming abilities. With the update, which is out now on iOS and Android, a "save" button will appear in the top right corner of the app after you finish a live video. Read more... More about Facebook, Instagram, Apps And Software, Tech, and Tech Read More »Attention, world: Chrissy Teigen and John Legend's daughter has uttered her first word
When two very important people have a kid, it's safe to assume that the first words will be brilliant. I'm here to report that Luna, daughter of Chrissy Teigen and John Legend, has thankfully not disappointed us at all. Teigen shared her daughter's precious attempt at communicating with the world in an adorable Instagram video. Spoiler alert: she succeeds. SEE ALSO: John Legend is proud of Chrissy Teigen's 'powerful' essay on her struggle with postpartum depression "Ah!!! So many firsts," Teigen captioned the video, in which she and Legend coach the little human on how to say "cat." Here's how DJ Khaled could manage his Snapchat Stories AND his Instagram Stories
Snapchat's far from the only app with 24-hour Stories these days. Facebook released Instagram Stories, Messenger Day, WhatsApp Stories and Facebook Stories. The struggle of which ten-second video to post and where to post it is so real (for celebrities, social media "influencers," and the rest of us garden-variety narcissists). That's why entrepreneurs Sebastian Dobrincu and Jordan Gonen created Storyheap, a platform for uploading stories to both Snapchat and Instagram, and visualizing analytics. The entrepreneurs were inspired, in part, by Facebook's big push in Snapchat-like features. "With Facebook involving so heavily in the stories market recently, we are sure that this is the new gold mine for influencers and brands to reach wider audiences. Stories are the new newsfeed," Dobrincu told me via Twitter DM. Read more... More about Dj Khaled, Apps And Software, Business, Whatsapp Stories, and Facebook Stories Read More »50 ways Link can die in the new 'Zelda'
There are oh so many ways Link can die in the new Zelda. Observe as YouTube user PeanutButterGamer discovers 50 of these deaths, usually thanks to an earlier, weaker stage in Link's health progression. Really, though, this video is a better showcase of all the silly antics you can get up to in Breath of the Wild. Funny deaths are just an added bonus. Read more... More about Legend Of Zelda Breath Of The Wild, Gaming, Entertainment, Entertainment, and Gaming Read More »The country where people devour pasta, wine and olive oil is the world's healthiest. Really.
Special shout-out to my octogenarian cousins still living it up in the Italian hillside. The Mediterranean nation was ranked the world's healthiest country in the Bloomberg Global Health Index. The index, released on Monday, graded 163 countries based on variables such as life expectancy, causes of death and health risks such as high blood pressure, malnutrition, the availability of clean water and tobacco use. Italians are in better shape than their peers in other developed nations, with lower blood pressure and cholesterol, Bloomberg found. Those two factors are likely attributed to the classic Italian diet that's rich in vegetables, extra virgin olive oil, lean meats and fish (and so, so many carbs). Read more... More about Health, Bloomberg, Life Expectancy, Health Care, and Mediterranean Cuisine Read More »A designer creates a sustainable fashion line that grows with your kids
'Jake + Maya Kids' created a clothing line called 'Metamorphosis' that can grow with your kids. The secret? Adjustable waistbands, sleeves and an extension pack. Read more... More about Fashion, Children, Children Clothes, Children Clothing, and Clothes For Children Read More »Tbh, this dog really is the employee of the year, and we quit
There are good dogs and then there are really good dogs. And when you have one of the latter—especially a really good, hardworking, business-minded kind of dog—you'd better appreciate it. Michael Reeg's Meeka is one such canine. After Reeg started working from home in his job as district sales manager with the equipment supplier Accuride, he realized just how committed Meeka was to making sure he was never lonely when on the grind. "I remember looking at her lying in my office, which she did faithfully every day, and thinking about how happy she was when I was home and how excited she was when I said, 'Let's go to work,'" Reeg told us. "It struck me that she deserved to be rewarded for her consistent attendance and enjoyment for that quarter." Read more... More about Cute Animals, Work From Home, Employee, Dogs, and Conversations Read More »6 persistent phone charging myths, debunked
Charging your phone should be easy — just plug it in and forget about it. Unfortunately, there's a lot of bad advice out there that is actually doing more harm than good. Let's debunk it, shall well? First, a note about exploding phones: Almost all smartphones these days use lithium-ion batteries, and yes, those batteries have been known to blow up occasionally. The thing is, the dangerous batteries — at least in the widely publicized case of the Samsung Galaxy Note7 — were a result of too-small battery cases and manufacturing problems. More about Battery Pack, Battery Life, Smartphones, Cellphone, and Tech Read More » | ||||
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