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 It's terrifyingly easy to delete all your 'Zelda: Breath of the Wild' saves
You know how you've already spent, like, 90 hours wandering around Hyrule in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild? How would you feel if all that progress disappeared? It's very easy to delete all of your save data in Nintendo's latest Zelda game. Frighteningly easy. All it takes is starting a new game. You get one pop-up message — "Overwrite previous save data?" — and that's it. So here's some friendly advice: if you want to start a fresh save in Breath of the Wild — say, for speedrunning — just create a new user profile on the console. You don't need to pay for any subscriptions or anything to play Zelda. Read more... More about The Legend Of Zelda Breath Of The Wild, Nintendo Switch, Wii U, Nintendo, and Gaming Read More »Unbeatable 'Street Fighter II' combos unearthed after 26 years
Street Fighter II: The World Warriors came out 26 years ago and a series of glitch-assisted combos from the game are only just now seeing the light of day. While fighting against Claw (AKA Vega) in World Warriors, Street Fighter player and YouTuber Desk was able to rack up unstoppable combos with multiple characters by utilizing a specific wall glitch, which involves knocking Claw back from the center of the screen so that he hits the corner. As the screen moves over, there's a small delay during which he's vulnerable to hits and allows Desk to throw more combos at him and take him out without giving him a second to breathe. Read more... More about Esports, Gaming, Capcom, Street Fighter, and Entertainment Read More »Someone invented a desktop robot that’s perfect for DIY techies
Makerarm is a robotic tool with various abilities. Users can operate wirelessly from any smart device. Read more... More about Makerarm, Desk Robot, Real Time Video, Real Time Video, and Wireless Read More »Fake strongman duo pranks local morning shows and the results are glorious comedy
Let's get a slow clap for "Chop" and "Steele," folks. Because this YouTube prank is straight up brilliant. "Chop" and "Steele" are not actually the weightlifting strongman duo they purport to be. They're really a couple of major doofuses. But that didn't stop some earnest local TV morning shows from booking the duo for fitness demonstrations. SEE ALSO: Why can't Colin Kaepernick get a job? From karate-chopping twigs (wow!) to stomping on wicker baskets (impressive!), "Chop" and "Steele" gave local news viewers all the excitement they could handle. The funniest part is watching morning show anchors try to smile and nod along as our strongmen get weirder and weirder. Read more... More about Watercooler, Sports, Entertainment, and Sports Read More »The people behind TLC's 'No Scrubs' just got a writing credit on that Ed Sheeran song stuck in your head
What do a 26-year-old redhead from England and a '90s R&B girl group from the United States have in common? A song, apparently. Ed Sheeran's latest inescapable chart-topper "Shape of You" just got a few new writers — and they're none other than brains behind TLC's hit "No Scrubs." It's not clear why songwriters Kandi Burruss, Tameka Cottle, and producer Kevin Briggs were added to ASCAP's listing for the song, both Burruss and Cottle have confirmed the addition via Instagram. People began to notice the similarities between "No Scrubs" and "Shape of You" weeks ago, sharing their realization on social media through tweets and covers. Read more... More about Conversations, Music, Entertainment, Tlc, and Ed Sheeran Read More »Why great design is the key to landing - and keeping - customers
New technologies come and go at a blistering pace. All it takes is a single swipe of the finger for a smartphone user to end a budding relationship. Large, decades-old companies – from transportation to banking to retail – are now competing head-to-head with Silicon Valley startups. Companies that want their brand to stay relevant longer than a fleeting social media message must prioritize customer experience – with design at the core of every interaction. But why does design matter for the digital age? Visually appealing, consumer-friendly interfaces are essential to making products useful – and delightful. Well-designed content is the keystone to any marketing campaign. In fact, companies that invest in design outperform their peers. Read more... More about Supported, Sponsored, and Business Read More »The keyboard has been reinvented for pro gamers
The 'Shortcut' keyboard was designed to to fix all the problems gamers face with normal keyboards, such as strain on the wrists and hands. Unlike the rigid form of the traditional keyboard, this keyboard can be adjusted and customized to make gaming and typing feel comfortable and natural. Read more... More about Computers, Computer, Keyboards, Keyboard, and Real Time Video Read More »Kellyanne Conway's tweet about Hillary's emails is coming back to haunt her
FBI investigations may come and go, but tweets? Tweets are forever. Kellyanne Conway can surely attest to this, seeing as how one of her tweets from October 2016 — back when she was criticizing Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server — has recently come back to haunt her. FBI Director James Comey confirmed Monday that his agency was currently investigating Russia's attempts to interfere with the 2016 election as well as any collusion with Donald Trump's campaign and Twitter users got to digging. Someone quickly unearthed a Conway tweet that lied dormant in the 140-character archives for months, just waiting to being revived and relevant again in Trump's America. Read more... More about Conversations, Politics, James Comey, Fbi, and Email Investigation Read More »The sensational success of 'Zelda,' explained perfectly
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is good. Really good. Really really good. It's pretty much a lock for Game of the Year in many corners of the industry. But why is it so good? Scores of reviews have pondered that question. Many of them are excellent. But this straightforward breakdown from Turbo Button on YouTube nails it. He breaks down the essence of the Zelda series in such simple terms, then contrasts that foundation against the changes in Breath of the Wild. Well done, sir. Definitely give this a watch if you're loving Breath of the Wild as much as everyone else is. Read more... More about The Legend Of Zelda Breath Of The Wild, Nintendo, Gaming, Entertainment, and Entertainment Read More »7 butt kickin' secrets you probably didn't know about the 'Power Rangers'
1990s nostalgia will hit its peak, when Power Rangers hits theaters, this Friday. Test your knowledge of this after school classic with the obscure Things we share about the show and films in today's episode! Visit CineFix for more episodes and movie-related content. Read more... More about Bryan Cranston, Elizabeth Banks, Saban, Might Morphin Power Rangers, and Power Rangers Read More »That time 'Rogue One' almost brought its villain back from the dead
Another day, another alternate ending to Rogue One. As Disney and Lucasfilm ramp up to the release of the Star Wars standalone movie on digital platforms Friday, we're getting more and more insight into the writing process. Perhaps in a bid to make up for the lack of deleted scenes in that release, these insights include a lot of theoretical ways the movie could have ended. So following The One Where Vader Didn't Kick Ass and The One Where Jyn and Cassian Survive in an Escape Pod, here comes The One Where Vader Killed Orson Krennic. Director Krennic, played with spitting fury and caped glory by Ben Mendelsohn, has almost as tragic a story arc in the movie as the Rebel heroes. Read more... More about Rogue One A Star Wars Story, Rogue One, Star Wars, Entertainment, and Film Read More »Cute grandparents are devoted to 2 things: Each other and In-N-Out
If you are looking for relationship role models, don't turn to celebrities. Turn instead to these grandparents who have been married for 53 years. While they've probably figured out many of the keys to a successful marriage in those 53 years, we'd like to think that number one amongst them is their love of In-N-Out, the California burger chain. They go there a lot. And they have the photos to prove it.
Drake just shattered his Spotify record with an Apple Music record
The people can't get enough of Drake and he has the records to prove it. According to The Verge, in just 24 hours on Apple Music, Drake's new album More Life was streamed 89.9 million times, breaking the record for single-day album streams for any streaming service, including Spotify. Even with 80 million fewer users, Apple Music beat Spotify by more than 30 million streams. (Drake set a record for Spotify, too.) More Life also set records on Beats 1, Drake's free radio station on Apple Music, making Saturday’s episode of OVO Sound Radio the biggest Beats 1 show since its creation. Read more... More about Spotify, Streaming, Records, Album, and More Life Read More »All the details of Uber's 'PLEASE LOVE US AGAIN' phone call
Uber opened up its phone lines to the press Tuesday, but the grand affair of the ride-hailing giant launching their apology tour didn't come without a few bumps in the road. SEE ALSO: Uber's ratings are in the toilet Facing scandal after scandal and the heat of the press at every turn, Uber held a conference call with a select number of outlets, including Mashable, in what it described as providing an "interim strategy update on various efforts underway." The call included:
Arianna Huffington blasts CNN over misleading headline
Donald Trump is known for calling CNN "fake news," and now Arianna Huffington has joined the party. The Uber board member criticized the cable news network during an Uber conference call on Tuesday over what she called a misleading headline. The story in question quoted a CNN interview with the Huffington Post co-founder, in which she detailed the results of an investigation at Uber after an ex-employee detailed allegations of sexism on a public blog post in February. During the conference call Tuesday, Huffington answered a question about sexism at the ride-sharing company and in the same breath called out CNN for its since-corrected headline that originally paraphrased her saying, "Sexism at Uber isn't systemic." Read more... More about Arianna Huffington, Uber, Business, and Media Read More »'Power Rangers' features a superhero on the autism spectrum
Power Rangers reboot is breaking down another barrier. Following Monday's news that the new Yellow Ranger would be Hollywood's first mainstream LGBTQ superhero, actor RJ Cyler has revealed that his character, Billy the Blue Ranger, is on the autism spectrum. In an interview with ScreenRant, Cyler discussed the process of bringing the Blue Ranger to life: Cyler's comments arrive just as other characters on the spectrum are coming to the forefront. On Monday, Sesame Street announced it was adding Julia, the first-ever autistic Muppet, to the regular cast. (Julia had previously been relegated to the show's digital segments.) And Overwatch made headlines earlier this month when game director Jeff Kaplan confirmed Symmetra, one of the playable characters, was autistic. Read more... More about Power Rangers, Entertainment, and Film Read More »Instagram is testing offline functionality
Parts of Instagram could soon work offline. The company is experimenting with offline experiences for users in countries that have low bandwidth, according to a session description on the agenda for Facebook's upcoming F8 developer conference. According to the description for the session, titled "Building Offline Experiences for Instagram," the company is "testing offline experiences that keep the Instagram experience consistent and let people consume and engage with content, even if they don’t have service." Exactly how this will work, or what Instagram features would function offline, is unclear. The description for the session, which is scheduled to run about 20 minutes, notes the team will share their "initial experiences," so it doesn't sound like we'll see an actual launch until after F8. Read more... More about Facebook, Instagram, Apps And Software, Tech, and Tech Read More »Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos becomes Bezosbot and it's pretty epic
Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon, got to control a 13-foot-tall robot at MARS Conference in Vero Beach, Fla. The conference was an invite-only Amazon sponsored event. Read more... More about Mashable Video, Vero Beach, Ceo, Amazon, and 13 Feet Robot Read More »One brewery's latest beer took the trip from the toilet to the tap
If you can get past the idea of "toilet beer" — think of it like bathtub gin! — then you may be able to experience a taste of the future and a damn good beer to boot. Southern California beer makers Stone Brewing unveiled their first beer made exclusively from wastewater this month and, based on the feedback they got, it's another winner for the well-decorated brewery. The brewery recently unveiled a batch of what they're calling Full Circle Pale Ale, beer made from recycled water from the San Diego’s Pure Water project. Read more... More about Beer Is Amazing And Good, Sustainability, Wastewater, Stone Brewery, and Business Read More »'Banana for scale' is put to bed by this very weird apartment listing
Apartment shopping online can be hard when you literally have no idea how big anything is. A picture of an empty room from a weird angle reveals little about what could actually fit inside. A Redditor posted this picture of an apartment listing he found that provided an item to scale the size. A double bed, is the item provided. Fully made. Pillows included. Placed quite nicely, actually. The listers used that for scale. The thing about it is, it's actually really helpful. Like yes, now it's much easier to grasp the width of the hallway and the space available in the kitchen. Thank you. No further questions. Read more... More about Imgur, Reddit, Watercooler, and Watercooler Read More »Confused Mark Cuban called out Clickhole like it was a legit news site
File this under: 'Lol Mark Cuban, what?' On Tuesday, the "serial entrepreneur" (lol) and owner of the Dallas Mavericks apparently confused Clickhole - the internet's favorite satirical website mocking clickbait articles - for a real news site. As part of their "They said what?!" series where the website posts ridiculous made-up quotes from famous faces, Clickhole attributed this parody quote to the Sharktank "Shark":
Target's new swimwear campaign is completely Photoshop-free
Unretouched humans will be shopping for swimsuits this spring, so it makes sense that unretouched models would star in a swimwear campaign, right? In a shoot for its new swim line, Target takes that logical stance. The photos, which debuted Thursday in a press release, are being lauded for featuring a wide range of ethnicities and body types — and for ditching Photoshop entirely. Denise Bidot, a model and activist. Image: Target Also striking: the range of swimwear available. Plus-size offerings aren't just limited to one-pieces with thick straps; instead, intricate criss-cross detailing, bright colors, prints and cutouts are the name of the game. Read more... More about Target, Body Positivity, Watercooler, and Watercooler Read More »Parents everywhere are freaking out about the electronics ban on flights
Long flights can be hard enough for anyone, but for parents of bored children they might just be the worst hours of their lives. Now, with new restrictions banning the use of laptops and tablets on many flights into the U.S. and UK, parents are freaking out on Twitter. Many parents turn to one perfectly distracting weapon of choice on long haul journeys — the tablet, oftentimes the iPad, which can be a lifesaver when it comes to those gruelling flights. As the news sunk in, parents and concerned humans everywhere wondered what it will mean for the future of our bored children on flights. Tantrums were predicted on both sides of the aisle. Read more... More about Uk, United States, Air Travel, Travel, and Plane Read More »Twitter suspends over 600,000 extremist accounts but still manages to feel like a flaming garbage pile
Twitter revealed that it has suspended hundreds of thousands of accounts in an effort "to combat violent extremism." So why does the service still feel like it's chock full of extremist assholes? The numbers, released on Tuesday in Twitter's 10th semiannual Transparency Report, are striking. SEE ALSO: Twitter's new anti-abuse measure stops notifications for threads started by people you've blocked Between Aug. 1, 2015, and Dec. 31, 2016, Twitter suspended 636,248 accounts — with 376,890 of those suspensions coming in the second half of 2016 alone. Of the latter group, the report notes that internal teams were responsible for 74 percent of those suspensions, as opposed to users reporting content. Read more... More about Tech, Transparency Report, Social Media, Twitter, and Tech Read More »No assholes allowed at Facebook's big conference
Facebook's big F8 Developer Conference is right around the corner — and if you're planning on heading to San Jose to attend in person next month, Facebook has a clear message for you: don't be an insensitive, selfish asshole. Visitors to the Code of Conduct section of the event's page have been greeted by an extensive set of community guidelines and policies regarding prohibited behavior. The list encapsulates just about everything you'd hope wouldn't be tolerated in the nearest middle school locker room, let alone a professional conference held by one of the biggest companies in the world: name calling, inappropriate jokes and unwelcome touching are just a few of the outlined behaviors deemed "not ok." Read more... More about Conduct, Sexism, Developers Conference, F8, and Tech Read More »Hackers threaten to wipe out 200 million iCloud accounts
A group of hackers claims it has access to over 300 million Apple email accounts — and they say they're ready and willing to wipe the user data from hundreds of millions of iCloud accounts if Apple won't pay up by April 7. The group, which is calling itself the Turkish Crime Family, demanded a $75,000 ransom in either Bitcoin or Ethereum, another form of online currency, to delete the data, reports Motherboard. The site broke the story Tuesday morning after corresponding with multiple people online claiming to represent the group, which will also settle for $100,000 worth of iTunes gift cards as payment. Read more... More about Hackers, Cyber Security, Icloud, Apple, and Tech Read More »Google finally gives brands more ways to keep ads off hateful Youtube videos
Google has apologized repeatedly to outraged British brands and government groups that found their ads surfacing on hateful YouTube videos. Now it's finally delivering on its promise to do better. The company announced a host of changes to its advertising systems on Tuesday meant to give brands more control over where their ads appear. The move comes after the Times of London set off a firestorm with reports that major advertisers were being featured alongside terrorist sympathizers, Nazis and other extremists on YouTube. Read more... More about Advertising, Youtube, Google, Business, and Advertising Read More »Detailed security footage shows the alleged journey of Tom Brady's stolen Super Bowl jersey
The strange case of Tom Brady's stolen Super Bowl jersey keeps getting weirder. The piece of NFL history was allegedly stolen from Brady after the Patriots quarterback led a comeback win in Super Bowl 51 last month. Now the shirt has been reportedly traced to a Mexican newspaper editor — and security footage apparently shows just how Brady's jersey was allegedly swiped. The New York Times reported Monday that stadium camera footage helped FBI agents identify Mauricio Ortega, a newspaper editor in Mexico City, as its prime suspect in jersey-gate. Then on Tuesday, Fox Sports shared footage from inside Houston's NRG Stadium that allegedly shows Ortega making off with Brady's jersey. Read more... More about New England Patriots, Super Bowl, Super Bowl 2017, Patriots, and Tom Brady Read More »LeBron James to LaVar Ball: 'Keep my kids' name out of your mouth'
We've covered before how LaVar Ball, father of UCLA star Lonzo Ball, has become the talk of March Madness thanks to his big mouth. Now none other than LeBron James has drawn a line in the sand. Lonzo is arguably the best player in college basketball despite being just a freshman. But it's LaVar who's stolen the show repeatedly in recent weeks through his boasts. LaVar said he could've beat Michael Jordan one-on-one back in the day. LaVar said he wants a billion-dollar shoe deal for his three sons (LiAngelo and LaMelo Ball will follow Lonzo to UCLA). LaVar has been roasted on Twitter for his bragging ways, repeatedly. Read more... More about Basketball, Lonzo Ball, Lebron James, Nba, and Sports Read More »There are too many damn iPads to choose from now
Apple's lost control of its product line. The company now offers 17 different iPads thanks to a new group of 9.7-inch devices announced on Tuesday—and boy, that's really too many iPads. So we're clear, there are four distinct iPad models, but there are several versions of each, which means consumers are faced with a mountain of options when they're shopping for one. You can get an iPad Mini 4, a regular ol' iPad, or one of two sizes of iPad Pro. Image: Apple.com That's already quite a bit to sift through, and then you get to the storage and connectivity options: Read more... More about Tablets, Gadgets, Ipad Pro, Ipad, and Apple Read More »You can now search for a doctor using emoji, because 2017 is sorrow
Feeling heartburn? Just type ❤️🔥. Zocdoc, an online service that helps you find doctors and schedule appointments, has revamped its search to be more user-friendly. It's calling the initiative "patient-powered search," and it's all about finding ways to help those in need speak naturally, according to the company's blog post. The revamp aims to address the "disconnect between medical speak and patients' own colloquial language—think 'gyno' not 'obstetrician-gynecologist.'" This also means you can search for doctors with emoji. Read more... More about Emoji, Zocdoc, and Tech Read More »Oculus put March Madness in VR but not on Rift
It's that time of year again, when people who have never dribbled a basketball suddenly start foaming at the mouth with NCAA basketball bracket fever, and now they can obsess over the game in virtual reality as well. For the second year in a row, the NCAA has teamed up with Oculus to offer the free NCAA March Madness Live app, which attempts to immerse users in the excitement of the annual college hoops tournament. SEE ALSO: Super Bowl LI was a bad moment for VR But like so many other sports apps being offered for Samsung Gear VR users via Oculus app, for some reason, they decided to skip offering a version of the app for the people who dropped hundreds (and sometimes thousands) of dollars more to set up higher end Oculus Rift systems. Read more... More about Gear Vr, Oculus Rift, Oculus, Virtual Reality, and Vr Read More »Canada now has a weird Justin Trudeau ban
While other countries are banning most electronics on flights from Muslim-majority countries, Canada has issued their own bizarre ban concerning their prime minister. Life-size cardboard cutouts of Justin Trudeau are no longer allowed. SEE ALSO: Justin Trudeau invited Ivanka Trump to a play about welcoming foreigners and the irony isn't lost Canadian diplomats in the U.S. are supposed to stop using the paper likeness of the country's leader at promotional events, according to CBC News. A Trudeau cutout was spotted at at the South By Southwest festival in Texas last week and at a Canada Day event at the Washington, D.C., embassy last year and Canada is not into it. Read more... More about Diplomacy, Justin Trudeau, Canada, Lifestyle, and Politics Read More »Like Tina Fey? And the ACLU? Do we have the livestream for you.
Some of the nation's most beloved celebs — from Tom Hanks to Tina Fey and Amy Poehler — are joining in a Facebook Live telethon on March 31 for the American Civil Liberties Union. A three-hour telethon called "Stand for Rights: A Benefit for the ACLU" will raise money for the organization, Variety reports. It will also star Jon Hamm, Jane Krakowski, Alec Baldwin, Tracy Morgan, Tituss Burgess, Padma Lakshmi, Uzo Aduba and Zosia Mamet. Since Donald Trump was elected president, the ACLU has seen a flood of donations, which it has used to do things like fight the travel ban and provide tools for protest. Read more... More about Charity, Civil Rights, Politics, America, and American Civil Liberties Union Read More »Flight electronics ban will separate passengers from their private data
Boarding an airplane is one of those times you realise just how vital laptops are to modern life. If yours was left behind in a checked bag at some airport terminal, you'd be rendered somewhat useless until you got it back. If you're on a deadline, you need it to work on the plane. They contain so much personal data that being separated from them for an extended period of time is frightening. With new rules enforced Tuesday, you will no longer be able to bring your beloved laptop on flights coming to the U.S. from 10 airports within Muslim-majority countries — and some people are rightfully worried about authorities being able to comb through your data without your consent. So, what happens to your data when it's out of your hands? Read more... More about Bags, Passwords, Data, Privacy, and Turkey Read More »Meet Milo Ventimiglia, your new favorite Apple fanboy *swoon*
Wait a minute — was Apple cool before the scruffy and talented dreamboat Milo Ventimiglia tweeted about it being cool? I mean, I think it was but I honestly can't even remember anymore. All I know is that my stomach is full of butterflies and my heart is racing because on Tuesday afternoon, Ventimiglia blessed his Twitter followers by revealing a trove of tech-related confessions, ultimately revealing himself as a hardcore Apple fanboy. Who. Would. Have. Guessed. Though Ventimiglia has captured the hearts of basically everyone in his recent role of Jack in This Is Us, most of his ride-or-die fans (me) fell in love with him when he played the angsty, book-loving Jess Mariano on Gilmore Girls in 2001 (or even before that breakout role). Read more... More about This Is Us, Entertainment, Tech, Twitter, and Conversations Read More »7 features to look forward to in Android O
The next version of Android, known only as "O" (for Oreo, perhaps?), is here ... but only for developers. Like last year when Google announced Android Nougat out of the blue, months ahead of its I/O developer conference, the company's just dropped the first developer preview for Android O. The first developer build of Android O is available for the official Android Emulator, and can be manually installed on a Nexus 5X, Nexus 6P, Nexus Player, Pixel C tablet, Pixel and Pixel XL. You can find instructions to download and install it here. (But be warned, if you don't know how to flash your device, you're probably gonna screw something up and brick your phone. Again, this version is strictly for developers.) Read more... More about Developers, Software Updates, Google, Android O, and Android Read More »Alec Baldwin gives kid pretty good lesson on his Trump impression
Alec Baldwin rocked the world with his Donald Trump impression on Saturday Night Live. However, he recently said he most likely would not be doing the impression for much longer. That doesn't mean that Baldwin won't pass the torch to someone else. In fact, Baldwin was spotted at the Boss Baby movie premiere teaching a kid the intricacies of a good Trump impression. While it's hard to hear exactly what Baldwin is saying, it's clear his rendition of Trump relies heavily on the position of the mouth. At one point, he tells his young apprentice, "Lower jaw. Lower jaw," while demonstrating the face for him. Read more... More about Boss Baby, Kids, Snl, Trump, and Alec Baldwin Read More »'D*ckhead' escape dog somehow knows how to catch trains all over town
Some dogs are just born to run. And cause their owners headaches. Or in the case of escape artist Boy, a seven-year old Maltese Shih Tzu, they learn how to catch the train. He's hopped a ride five times, in fact. "He is such a big pain in the arse. He is a rotten snot of a dog," Boy's loving, but frustrated owner Janine Ellem told 9 News. Basically, he repeatedly digs his way under the fences of his home in Queensland, Australia. Pot plants, barricades, even an electric fence aren't enough to keep him inside. It's no wonder Boy has been compared to Captain Virgil Hilts, played by Steve McQueen in the film The Great Escape. Read more... More about Escape, Watercooler, Dog, Dogs, and Australia Read More »Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch was just tripped up by a horse-sized duck
What would you rather fight? A hundred duck-sized horses or a horse-sized duck? It's the question that has plagued Reddit for years, and today it stumped the next likely member of the Supreme Court of the United States of America. With silly things like the future of marriage equality and women's reproductive rights on the line, Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake took a moment out of Tuesday's confirmation hearing to ask Judge Neil Gorsuch the aforementioned brainteaser at the prompting of his teenage son. And what was this legal scholar's answer? Was he definitive, like in his 2004 Oxford dissertation that reportedly opposed same-sex marriage? Nope. The man who will be challenged with breaking the current 4-4 Supreme Court stalemate couldn't even answer this incredibly simple question. Read more... More about Supreme Court, Supreme Court Justice, Neil Gorsuch, Reddit, and Tech Read More »Can you tell which picture of a giant cock is actually Donald Trump?
Well, it's that time of day again. Time to take something good and pure in this world and make it irrevocably tied to something awful. This very, very large chicken went viral after being, like, really freakishly gigantic. You don't have to be afraid of birds to feel a pang of shock at seeing this massive cock. That being said, it is beloved. And as all beloved things end up on the internet, it's now ruined:
Is it super important? Is it, @KalvinMacleod? What did this beautiful, prehistoric-sized bird ever do to you? Read more... More about Animals, Trump, Watercooler, and Watercooler Read More »This widly incorrect guess on 'Wheel of Fortune' will leave you screaming
This guy needs a beer, or at least a brief explainer of 20th century American plays. A contestant on "America's #1 game show!" Wheel of Fortune blew what was quite possibly one of the easiest puzzles in game show history on Tuesday night. All he had to do was guess the remaining letter in this title to win the round: "A STREETCAR NA_ED DESIRE." You don't have to be freakin' Tennessee Williams to know the answer, and yet this contestant gave the letter "K." Yes, K! Aren't those moans from the crowd just painful? Naturally, Twitter was ablaze with people wondering just how? How could this happen? Read more... More about Fail, Videos, Video, Television, and Tv Read More »Pray for the Cadbury social media manager who's frantically fending off trolls
Because a hippy dude named Jesus died about 2,000 years ago, everybody gets chocolate in April. Yay! But it's not fun times for all. While we're salivating over delicious creme eggs, the social media manager of a major chocolate company has to deal with a barrage of nonsensical Twitter notifications thanks to fake news. Cadbury has been busy fending off Twitter trolls who can't deal with the fact that their yum yums are halal. Whoever the social media manager behind @CadburyUK is, they're doing their damn best to explain that just because a product is permissible to eat under the religious teachings of Islam, it doesn't mean that: Read more... More about Halal, Trolls, Twitter, Chocolate, and Cadbury Read More »Lyft is being mighty elusive about whether it'll finally come to Australia
Australia is a one ride share company town. Want to take a trip in someone else's depreciating asset? Uber's almost your only option (sorry, GoCatch). Americans, of course, have an alternative: Lyft. So when director of strategic partnerships, Insiya Lokhandwala, appeared on the schedule of Brisbane's Myriad startup festival in late March, you had to wonder: Was Australia's moment finally here? Lyft's communication director was noncommittal. "Nothing to share at this time," Sheila Bryson said in an email. "FWIW our execs speak all over." Read more... More about Sharing Economy, Australia, Ride Sharing, Ride Hailing, and Uber Read More »Trump says people don't know Abraham Lincoln was in the party of Lincoln
Did you know Abraham Lincoln was a Republican? Donald Trump assumes you don't! "Great president," he said of Lincoln on Tuesday night. "Most people don't even know he was a Republican. Does anyone know? Lot of people don't know that." Trump won the presidency as the candidate from the Republican Party, which has long called itself "the party of Lincoln." "We have to build that up a little bit more," Trump said. "Let's take an ad. Let's use one of those PACs."
Here's how Melissa McCarthy ended up playing Sean Spicer on 'Saturday Night Live'
Melissa McCarthy's uncanny impression of Sean Spicer has become a highlight of Saturday Night Live, and now she's spilling the beans on exactly how she ended up channelling the embattled White House press secretary in the first place. (Unsurprisingly, Spicer is not a fan.) In a new interview with USA Today, McCarthy revealed that SNL's co-head writer Kent Sublette was the one who initially pitched the impersonation — and she took some convincing. “It was his idea,” she said. “He called me when he knew I was in New York, so he gets all the credit for that. At first I thought, ‘What are you talking about?’ And he’s like, ‘I just think we have to have an outlet for how so many people are feeling.’" Read more... More about Sean Spicer, Melissa Mccarthy, Saturday Night Live, Entertainment, and Tv Read More »Walking with Neil Gaiman is the best thing you can do in the winter
It's quite a godly year for Neil Gaiman, bard of myth, nerd hearthrob and the lucky bastard who got to marry Amanda Palmer. The appropriately outlandish TV version of Gaiman's bestseller American Gods premieres on Starz at the end of next month — while his Norse Mythology has been in the top echelons of the New York Times bestseller list since it came out five weeks ago. Both star Odin the All-Father, played in the show by Ian McShane. I'm not here to tell everyone they should buy a copy of Norse Mythology and read it cover to cover. It's a simple and straightforward abridged modern retelling of myths first put down by a 13th century writer named Snorri Sturluson. Gaiman himself has called it a "covers album, trying to get them to sound contemporary using electric guitars." Read more... More about Norse Mythology, American Gods, Snow, Neil Gaiman, and Entertainment Read More »Their loss: Gay-owned cafe addresses ignorant customers in Facebook post
Even in this day and age, café owners are can lose customers simply because of their sexuality. That's what happened to Jay Horne, who's the co-owner of the Paradiso Cafe in Cairns, Australia. Horne heard former "regulars" of his cafe say they would not come back because he and his staff are gay. Addressing the former customers in a Facebook post, he asked "Do you think you are going to turn gay (if you're not already) if you eat and drink at a gay owned and operated cafe?" "I’m finding it very difficult to comprehend," Horne told Tropic Now. "The couple had a conversation in which they stated that they wouldn't be coming here any more because we're a gay-owned business. They still walk past every single day but now they refuse to acknowledge us." Read more... More about Paradiso Cafe, Lgbt Rights, Lgbt Issues, Homophobia, and Cairns Read More »Airbnb's on a problematic world tour to make your landlord like them
Landlords have been among the loudest critics of Airbnb, what with its risks of loud parties and expensive repairs, but the company has a plan to win them over. Unfortunately, in Australia, the scheme looks half-baked. Airbnb's director of global multifamily housing partnerships, Jaja Jackson wants to create "solutions that work for the entire community." In Sydney on Tuesday to roll out the company's Friendly Buildings Program, Jackson claimed the initiative specifically addressed the concerns of apartment renters and owners. More about New South Wales, Nsw, Sydney, Renting, and Friendly Buildings Program Read More »Dance on top of the (very high) Sydney Harbour Bridge like no one's watching
The Sydney Harbour Bridge is a popular spot to climb for your average tourist, but celebrities love it too. Zoolander has been up there. So has Oprah. Even the musical genius behind "Sandstorm," Darude, has graced the Australian bridge's great heights. But now you can embarrass yourself and scare the crap out of yourself at the same time, by busting a move on a light-up dance floor installed on top of it. It's called "Dance Floor in the Sky" and across May and June (as part of the city's Vivid Festival), it'll offer locals and tourists alike a chance to pull a Saturday Night Fever on a frighteningly-small looking patch of d-floor. Read more... More about Bridge Climb, Dancefloor, Sydney Harbour, Sydney Harbour Bridge, and Australia Read More »Airbnb is going all out to woo China, and even has a new Chinese name
Airbnb is making a big play for China. Not only is the home-rental company doubling investments in the country and tripling its local workforce — it's also got a new name to match. Airbnb's Chinese name is Aibiying, meaning to "welcome each other with love." The company also announced on Tuesday it's bringing Trips to Shanghai. Trips is an Airbnb feature which allows users to find and book local tours and activities while on holiday. It has recently launched in several Asian cities including Delhi, Singapore and Bangkok. Some of the activities in Shanghai include dough sculpturing and local cooking classes. Read more... More about Trips, Airbnb, China, and Business Read More »People are incensed that an elitist dating app is promoting itself with racist slurs
An elitist, racist dating app is making waves in Singapore — and its founder is defending it vehemently. Herbert Eng is calling his app HighBlood. It promises to filter people based on "accountant-verified information" covering income, profession, and university education. A week ago, it made a Facebook post advertising itself. In the text, it says the app promises "quality", and specifies that it will exclude "banglas", "maids", and "uglies." The post was spotted by journalist Kirsten Han, who tweeted: "I have no words": Read more... More about Dating Apps, Singapore, Racism, Social Media, and Apps Software Read More »Woman took out an ad on 900 taxis to propose to her boyfriend
Here's a slightly unconventional way to pop the question. One woman in China proposed to her boyfriend by displaying her proposal on 900 taxis. The message, which was displayed prominently on the luminous taxi top signs read "Zhang Jian Feng, I want to marry you, do you dare to marry me?" Image: weibo The woman paid the taxi firm over $1400 to get its entire fleet of taxis to display the message from 5-7pm on Thursday last week. Zhang works in an ad agency that runs text campaigns on the taxi top lights. And if you're wondering, he said yes. Read more... More about Wedding Proposal, Taxi, China, and Watercooler Read More »Apple’s cheap iPad is tailor-made for education
Lost amidst the red iPhone and death of iPad Air hoopla was Apple’s latest attempt to turnaround its education market: A $299 iPad. Apple didn’t lead with that news and the pricing for the new 9.7 iPad flagship is only for education institutions, but make no mistake, it’s a critical strategic move and one that could help revive the company’s tablet business. It’s been decades since Apple and Steve Jobs helped drive through state legislation that put Apple computers in every California classroom and helped trigger much wider adoption of the Apple in grade schools across the country. More about Education, Tablet, Tablets, Ipad 9.7, and Ipad Read More »British man walks over 1,500 miles to raise funds for streetchildren
Anything for a good cause! 63-year-old Brit Patrick Baddeley has walked for over 2,500 kilometers (1,553 miles) through India's east coast for charity, Times of India reports. He set out from India's southernmost tip, Kanyakumari, last October, walked six hours a day, and crossed four states and three dozen towns to reach Kolkata earlier this month. Baddeley's K-Walk, named after his late daughter Katie, was started to raise funds for Future Hope, a not-for-profit that cares for street children in Kolkata. And he's managed to raise £11,757 ($12,715) from 124 supporters on fund-raising platform JustGiving, thus crossing his original target of £10,000 ($10,815). The funds will be used for the home, schooling and healthcare of street and slum kids. Read more... More about Social Good, Walking, Ngo, Charity, and British Read More »Man instantly regrets taking retired racehorse for gentle countryside trot
"Whoah, whoah, whoah... Sham, walk... woah... Shamrock!... No, Sham for FUCK'S SAKE!" These are just some of the gloriously panicked sounds made by the man filming the video above, as he desperately attempts to stop his retired racehorse Shamrock from reliving his glory days on the track. "Shamrock is a retired racehorse," wrote rider Nick Bull in the YouTube description. "On this day, he forgot he was retired, or that I'm not that experienced a rider and decided to take me for the ride of my life." No prizes for guessing how the video ends. Read more... More about Uk, Horse Rider, Funny, Racehorse, and Horse Read More »How to make sure your Facebook Messenger friends don't get read receipts
Read receipts, the small confirmation that lets you know your friends on Facebook Messenger have seen your message(s), are supposed to be a good thing for everyone. But they can also be a great source of anxiety, especially when you know that somebody has seen your message and they're not replying backLike, WTF? The same goes the other way around. For whatever reason, maybe you don't want someone to know you've read their messages. While there's no official way to turn off read receipts in Messenger, like you can in iMessage or WhatsApp, there are some workarounds that'll let you ninja your way around. Read more... More about Tech Utility, Read Receipts, Facebook Messenger, Messenger, and Facebook Read More »Durex is launching jeans and people are majorly amused
Condom manufacturer Durex stirred up the Indian web this morning with a tweet announcing its entry into a new product category — denim jeans. Yes, you read that right. #DurexJeans is now a thing. The jeans launch later this week and are being endorsed by Durex India's brand ambassador — popular Bollywood actor Ranveer Singh. And he gets to try the first pair, as the teaser revealed.
Japan moves closer to acceptance, with another city recognising same-sex couples
Sapporo, the biggest city in Hokkaido, northern Japan, has announced it will officially recognise same-sex partnerships from June this year, according to the Japan Times. This makes it the largest city in Japan to do so, after the smaller districts of Shibuya and Setagaya in Tokyo legally recognised same-sex couples in 2015. But this isn't marriage equality, per se. Couples get the city's "proof of partnership" so that they get some rights, such as visitation in hospitals, and discounts offered to families. People can also nominate their partners as recipients of life insurance policies, for instance. Read more... More about Same Sex Marriage, Sapporo, Japan, Lgbtq, and World Read More »This train-themed marriage proposal will probably make your heart burst
There's something uniquely sentimental and nostalgic about revisiting the place you first met your partner so planning a proposal there seems like the next logical step - even if that place was a train station. Commuters shared a bit of their fellow commuter's excitement while passing through Glasgow Central train station on Saturday evening when a man named Craig arranged a very special message to be displayed on the Special Notices board for his girlfriend Linsay.
Lyft's 'anti-Uber alliance' was quietly called off
In late 2015, an "anti-Uber alliance" was formed between four global ride hailing companies. Now at least two of those partners have quietly dropped out. Lyft and China's Didi Chuxing's roaming arrangement, to allow users to book rides on each other's platforms, was suspended in January, a Didi spokesperson confirmed. Lyft's similar arranagement with Southeast Asian firm Grab, is also over. Ola, in India, has been approached for comment. The original agreement was hailed at the time as a way for the foursome to stymy some of Uber's ravenous global growth, but that's all done now. Read more... More about Ride Hailing Apps, Grab, Ola, Uber, and Lyft Read More »Cisco's 'Spark' board is basically a giant iPad, but it makes sense
When was the last time you used a dedicated video conferencing room over a video call on Skype, Slack, or FaceTime? This realisation has seemingly hit Cisco Systems, which is pushing a new "smart" whiteboard to the market. It's basically a giant iPad mounted on the wall. But it makes sense. Over the years, Cisco and its competitors have struggled to push deluxe video conferencing gear as widely as they hoped. By Cisco's estimates, only 1 percent of small firms have dedicated video call equipment, like high-definition screens with microphones. That figure is 5 percent and 15 percent, respectively, at medium and large firms. Read more... More about Video Calling, Workplace, Cisco Spark, Cisco, and Tech Read More »Artist makes amazingly realistic miniatures of old buildings
From a discarded milk carton on the ground, to slightly worn-out posters, the details on Joshua Smith's models are so realistic it's hard to believe they're not real. Smith, a miniaturist, has been creating tiny intricate models of dilapidated buildings and objects around the world for the past two years. His latest project? A miniature model of a building in Hong Kong. Image: joshua smith Image: joshua smith Smith, who is based in South Australia and has never been to Hong Kong, said he was viewing buildings in the city using Google Street View when he came across this one, located on Temple Street. Read more... More about Models, Building, Miniature, Hong Kong, and Watercooler Read More »This deeply unsatisfying video will make you want to scream out loud
If you can make it through the entirety of the above video without feeling a deep sense of rage, you're clearly some sort of superhuman. SEE ALSO: 45 Most Annoying Office Habits German YouTuber Luksan Wunder shared "The Most Unsatisfying Video in the World ever made" last month. It basically features a montage of someone cutting cakes wrong, peeling eggs wrong, and just generally doing little everyday things in the most frustrating way imaginable. Frankly, we think it should come with some sort of warning. Read more... More about German, Viral Video, Unsatisfying, Frustrating, and Watercooler Read More »40 people watched an alleged sexual assault video streamed live on Facebook — but no one did anything
Chicago police are looking for five or six men who reportedly sexually assaulted a 15-year-old on Facebook Live. None of the roughly 40 people who watched the live video reported the attack to police, authorities told The Associated Press. Police only learned of the assault when the girl's mother approached the head of Chicago police department, Superintendent Eddie Johnson, as he was leaving a department station on the city's West Side. The mother told him her daughter had been missing since Sunday and showed him screenshots of her being gang-raped, according to department spokesman Anthony Guglielmi. (We are not naming the mother or the daughter to protect their privacy.) Read more... More about Sexual Assault, Facebook Live, Chicago, and Tech Read More »Grab goes where no Uber has gone before—Myanmar
Southeast Asian ride-hailing powerhouse Grab is now launching in a country where no Uber has driven yet — Myanmar. Grab, which has expanded rapidly since its launch in Malaysia in 2012 — is now in 35 cities across Southeast Asia. SEE ALSO: Bike-sharing companies are flooding the market, but this one insists its bikes are smartest Myanmar marks the first new market for the company since its launch in Indonesia in 2014. The company has launched a trial of its ride-hailing service in Yangon, Myanmar's biggest city, and it is working with a "small group" of taxi drivers. The trial is expected to scale up "gradually" so Grab can test and improve its service in the city. Read more... More about Yangon, Myanmar, Ride Hailing Apps, Grab, and Business Read More »This marathon was about meeting more than just milestones
Do you have any goals that seem difficult to achieve? For many of us the idea of running a marathon is a daunting one, but it’s still on the goals list for a lot of people. Goals go much beyond our ability to cross a marathon finish line. We’re not all cut out to run a marathon, but the only way to know if you’ll finish is to get started. Taking those first steps - be it towards a marathon or towards your personal goals - is a major part of personal development. This year’s Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon brought 40,000 athletes together, who took their first steps towards a marathon success. Their grueling training hours finally paid off. Read more... More about Goals and Lifestyle Read More »Women's mansplaining experiences will make you want to throw things
Mansplaining is the worst. Even in 2017, men are still "explaining" things to women in a condescending and patronising manner. Not cool. Host of the "Another Round" podcast at Buzzfeed, Tracey Clayton, asked women to share their everyday experiences of mansplaining and — somewhat depressingly — the responses flooded in.
From women being told how to pronounce their own name, to men explaining women's jobs to them; these stories will make your blood well and truly boil 'BBC dad' announces CNN interview with the perfect dad joke
This could well be the final swansong for the sweet, viral phenomena that was BBC dad. It's now been 12 days since the glorious video of Professor Robert Kelly's children gatecrashing his BBC interview went massively viral, and — after numerous parodies, think pieces and an eventual press conference — Kelly appears to be returning to life as normal. That didn't mean there wasn't time for one final Twitter joke before his appearance on CNN, though.
Adorable story of star-crossed babies born in the same hospital goes viral
Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is the quintessential story about young love. However, this is possibly the youngest Romeo and Juliet tale of all. Photographer Cassie Clayshulte was working at the Coastal Carolina Hospital in the US when she came across two infants born within twenty four hours of each other. She posted photographs of the babies along with a special message: The sweet Facebook post went viral with many people making light-hearted jokes about the fate of the Shakespearean characters. Image: Facebook/Ryann Elizabeth Schmoyer Read more... #DeleteUber campaign inspired 500,000 to delete accounts in one week: NYTimes
Uber executives, on a phone call with reporters Tuesday, seemed to imply that the social media campaign #DeleteUber had not affected their business's bottomline. The New York Times then reported, via three anonymous sources with access to the internal metrics, that about 500,000 people had requested to delete their accounts in the week following the campaign's origin. There's a chance that many of the people in the group of 500,000 did not delete their accounts for the reasons behind the #DeleteUber campaign. There are plenty of reasons to delete Uber. Check out this Mashable piece from 2014 by our own chief critic Chris Taylor. Read more... More about Business, Tech, Ride Hailing, Ride Hailing Apps, and Muslim Ban Read More »Small child stuck inside vending machine is the definition of instant regret
When it comes to getting their hands on toys, small children can be pretty darn determined. During a recent trip to a play centre in Nenagh, Ireland, Damien Murphy's 3-year-old son proved exactly how determined. Murphy broke down exactly what happened in a nice, succinct Facebook post. Here's another angle:And here's a bigger version of the video:Oh dear. Murphy's son eventually managed to escape, the Daily Edge reports, after he was advised by an off-duty fireman to crawl out the way he'd crawled in. At least he got two stuffed green dragons out of it. Read more... More about Vending Machine, Funny, Kid, Watercooler, and Pics Read More »A teen who made a website where kittens punch Trump. So, Trump unleashed his lawyers.
President Trump is busy this week helping to make sure millions of Americans don't lose their health insuran — -sorry, I mean, shutting down a teenage girl. 17-year-old Lucy from San Francisco recently designed a site called TrumpScratch.com, where users get to punch Trump's face with tiny little kitchen paws. It seemed like a pretty harmless, anti-Trump site (the kittens don't even scratch!) — until she got a letter from the lawyers of certain "well known businessman," The Observer reports. That "internationally known" and "famous" businessman (his lawyers words, not mine) is, of course, Donald Trump. In the letter, Trump's general counsel encourages the teen to cease and desist and shut down the website. Read more... More about Kittens, Trump, Watercooler, Watercooler, and Politics Read More »Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 is a top-notch productivity tablet
Remember when tablets were just about content consumption and fun? Now being a portal to digital good times isn’t enough. People are doing real work on these devices. It’s mostly Apple’s fault. The company started a revolution 7 years ago, with the first iPad and, when the market saturated and sales declined, it pivoted to the iPad Pro, a giant tablet masquerading as an ultraportable with optional keyboard and pencil. Soon after Apple delivered the 9.7-inch iPad Pro, thereby solidifying the iPad’s transition to a full-on productivity tool. More about Tablets, Tablet, Samsung, Tech, and Gadgets Read More »This app can help spot signs of skin cancer just by taking a photo
The SkinVision app photographs, analyzes and tracks changes in moles to help detect signs of skin cancer. Read more... More about Cancer From Tanning, Dermatologist, Abcd, Real Time Video, and Real Time Video Read More »A shop in Wales is selling chocolate orange and lettuce sandwiches for a very nice reason
Wales is famed for many fine culinary delights, like Welsh cakes, Welsh rarebit and Bara brith. But, Wales could be about to add another gastronomic gem to its list of national dishes — a Terry's Chocolate Orange and lettuce baguette. The sandwich is the brainchild of Phil Daly who runs Channings Newsstand in Cardiff, Wales, who seems to be running a series of sandwich experiments featuring some pretty unusual ingredients.
Stephen Colbert and Ryan Reynolds ask each other shower thoughts on a cozy blanket while staring at the stars
It's good to stop every once in a while, and truly ponder some of the bigger, scarier, existential questions in life. That's what Stephen Colbert did on Tuesday night's Late Show but unlike us, he did it laying on a flannel blanket with Ryan Reynolds. Together, they discussed what they would do if they had one day left to live, what cats dream about and how we'll deal with overpopulation in the future. Spoiler alert for that: We'll be fighting to death in a thunderdome. Read more... More about Shower Thoughts, Late Show With Stephen Colbert, Late Night, Stephen Colbert, and Ryan Reynolds Read More »GQ Magazine suffers the internet's ire for not naming Serena Williams 'the greatest tennis player of all time'
You messed up big time, GQ. Tennis star Roger Federer is currently gracing the cover of GQ Magazine's 2017 Style Bible in which he posed for pictures and was interviewed about what comes next in his impressive career. The magazine promoted the issue on Twitter with several tweets including one where they wrote about catching up with "the greatest tennis player of all time." And that didn't sit well with many people.
Attractive people like Zac Efron run down the beach in slow-mo in new 'Baywatch' trailer
What will it take to restore the Baywatch brand? If you ask Paramount, a little bit of Dwayne Johnson, a little bit of Zac Efron and a whole lot of raunchy jokes. The two take to the beach in the first trailer for upcoming cinematic reboot, which takes a page out of the 21 Jump Street playbook by adding a shiny action-comedy spin on an old 1990s property. Alexandra Daddario, Ilfenesh Hadera, Kelly Rohrbach, Jon Bass and Priyanka Chopra also starBaywatch is in theaters May 26. Read more... More about Priyanka Chopra, Zac Efron, Dwayne Johnson, Baywatch, and Entertainment Read More »Is ghost-shaming the new ghost-hunting? One dating app thinks so.
Disappearing dates are everywhere these days, and dating apps have gone into full ghost-hunting mode. Coffee Meets Bagel is the latest app to join the fray. It previously distinguished itself by giving women the upper hand, allowing them to select each date from a pool of matches who’ve already expressed interest. Now they’re launching a new premium membership program that offers several features designed to put an end to chats that go nowhere. They're doing this after a survey of their users revealed that 52 percent of them said that “lack of response” was the most frustrating part of their experience. So how are they planning to stop ghosts in their tracks? Unfortunately, there is no sage burning involved. Read more... More about Sex And Relationships, Ghosting, Dating And Relationships, Coffee Meets Bagel, and Dating Apps Read More »Google Maps adds location sharing so you can keep track of late friends
As a chronically late person, one of my worst habits is telling people I'm late to meet that I'm "just around the corner" when in reality I'm not even close (five blocks counts, right?) But those days could soon be behind me. Google just unveiled a new location sharing feature that allows friends to share their location inside of Maps and it could help users keep their obnoxiously-late friends accountable. Set to roll out "soon" across Google Maps on iOS, Android and the web, the new location sharing feature lets you send your location to friends while you're navigating to a destination so they can keep tabs on your whereabouts (and know when you're lying about how close you really are.) Read more... More about Google Maps, Google, Apps And Software, Tech, and Tech Read More »Electrify your LEGO constructions with these conductive bricks
'Brixo,' a startup created by physicists, created chrome-coated bricks that can conduct electricity and breath life into your old Lego constructions. It has already raised over $1,300,000 in one of its crowdfunding campaigns. Read more... More about Lego Blocks, Real Time Video, Circuit, Innovation, and Indiegogo Read More »Chuck Barris, creator of 'Gong Show,' dies at 87
Chuck Barris, whose game show empire included The Dating Game, The Newlywed Game and that infamous factory of cheese, The Gong Show, has died. He was 87. Barris died of natural causes Tuesday afternoon at his home in Palisades, New York, according to publicist Paul Shefrin, who announced the death on behalf of Barris' family. Barris made game show history right off the bat, in 1966, with The Dating Game, hosted by Jim Lange. The gimmick: a young female questions three males, hidden from her view, to determine which would be the best date. Sometimes the process was switched, with a male questioning three females. But in all cases, the questions were designed by the show's writers to elicit sexy answers. Read more... More about Game Show, Obituary, Entertainment, and Tv Read More »Is immersive storytelling the antidote to apathy?
When does innovation become revolution? When it starts turning fantasies into reality. That’s the essence of immersive storytelling. Using digital devices to conjure objects and transform environments is a dream as old as science fiction. Now, with the explosive rise of 360, VR and AR, consumers are finally seeing that dream come true. Clearly, they’re into it. An impressive 52% of consumers are already engaging with 360 video at least once a week, with 30% expecting to experience more 360 or immersive videos this year than in 2017. And even though VR is still a fresh novelty for many consumers, 31% of consumers expect to watch more videos in VR this year. Read more... More about Supported, Entertainment, and Us Read More »Once again, Trump makes one of his old tweets 'fake news'
Anyone who has ever spent any amount of time on Twitter knows that other Twitter users are really just ravenous, blood-thirsty beasts who are waiting for you to slip up and contradict yourself so they can rub it in your face and taunt you about being a hypocrite. Ask Mike Pence. And Kellyanne Conway. Hell, this goes double if you're President of the United States. He's already had numerous tweets "come back to haunt him." And here comes another one: a tweet sent by Trump in the days after the election, which insisted he wasn't trying to get security clearance for any of his kids (not even Tiffany!) as it would have created a conflict of interest, especially with regards to the family businesses they control. Read more... More about Ethics, Security Clearance, Trumpgrets, Donald Trump, and Ivanka Trump Read More »How four innovators use nature as inspiration
When the Earth is the focal point of your work, it’s inevitable that the subtle details and nuances of the planet will make their way into your research and influence the direction of the outcome. Nature influences science in myriad different ways, from a plant’s barb leading to the creation of Velcro, to a bird’s wings inspiring the design of the airplane. Nature has proven time and time again to be the gold standard in innovation, allowing engineers, designers and researchers to bypass the roadblocks in their way and create something that’s extraordinary in its ties to the natural world. Read more... More about Supported, Tech, and Climate Read More »Tra-la-laaa! It's the first 'Captain Underpants' trailer
Move over, Spider-Man. Sit down, Batman. There's a new superhero in town. Based on the children's book series, Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie features the voices of Kevin Hart and Silicon Valley's Thomas Middleditch as two fourth-grade BFFs who hypnotize their overbearing principal (voiced by Ed Helms). To their own surprise, they manage to turn him into a kind-hearted (if extremely dim-witted) caped crusader known as Captain Underpants. Needless to say, a whole lot of nonsense ensues. Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie is in theaters June 2. Read more... More about Captain Underpants, Kevin Hart, Captain Underpants The First Epic Movie, Entertainment, and Film Read More »Big Bird flies into your stories with Sesame Street's first Snapchat filter
Follow that bird... to Snapchat. Big Bird celebrated his 6th birthday (for the 47th time) on March 20, and to mark the big day, Sesame Street has collaborated with Snapchat to create a lens fitting for a friendly eight-foot yellow bird. The lens will transform you into a more Muppet-y state with feathers, pink and blue eyeshadow and a felt beak, but be sure to sing your ABCs for full effect. Duck-face bird. Overly excited bird. The Big Bird lens marks Sesame Street's first official foray into the filters of Snapchat. (Although, you know Elmo would love the dog face lens.) Sesame Street reaches millions of fans across various social platforms, but the partnership with Snapchat needed the perfect moment to materialize. And what better moment than Big Bird blowing out six candles on a birdseed cake? Read more... More about Big Bird, Snapchat, Sesame Street, Watercooler, and Apps Software Read More »Meet the Ethiopian community getting access to clean water for the first time
For two months out of every year, villagers in Adi Etot live comfortably. Crops flourish in the northern Ethiopian community, and natural springs teem with water. Though the water isn't clean, it's easy to collect. But for the remaining 10 months of the year, water is scarce. The ground and springs dry up, and families struggle to collect water from sources hours away. This water needs to be poured through cloth to filter out leeches and worms, and even then, it's still contaminated by disease-causing pathogens. This is life in Adi Etot — or it was, until December 2016 when nonprofit charity: water built a clean water well for the community. Now, the organization wants you to connect with Adi Etot in an effort to make the global water crisis personal. Read more... More about 360 Video, Virtual Reality, Nonprofits, Charity, and Ethiopia Read More »Brilliant cat shows off its ball-finding skills, proving it's smarter than us all
Cats are mysterious creatures. You think they just lie around and don't know anything, but that's all just a facade. They know what's up. Youtube user AJIL AJIL K J posted this compilation of a brilliant cat named Snow outsmarting his human and putting our intelligence to shame. Snow's favorite game is is the cup-and-ball game and he's clearly the champ. Watch as his owner hides a ball under a cup, switch the cups around and Snow find the hidden ball every time. And though we're all impressed by Snow's skills, Snow looks like he couldn't care less. Cats, am I right? Bonus cute fact about Snow: he has ears that look like they're inside out, making him look kind of like a mouse. Check out more of his greatness on his Instagram. Read more... More about Ball, Cup, Smart, Game, and Cat Read More »Vital lessons for first time homebuyers
When you were younger, the promise of a little house with a white picket fence in no-name suburbia seemed attainable — easy even. You didn’t have to consider factors like insurance and property tax, because you didn’t know they existed. Flash forward to adulthood, when you’re about to make the jump from your criminally small loft to an actual house (fence not included). While the complicated moving process may seem overwhelming, there are a couple of vital things you can do to get the most out of your first home. There are a wealth of perks, benefits and life-lessons you can stockpile as a homeowner and plenty you can do to save your future-self from a total headache. Read more... More about Supported, Lifestyle, and Home Read More »Twitter finally finds a way to silence Piers Morgan — and for a good cause
It is safe to say that Piers Morgan has stirred some controversy lately, from calling people attending the Women's Marches in January "rabid feminists" to his Twitter feud with J.K. Rowling. So when he pledged to go silent on social media for 24 hours if the British public raised £5,000 ($6,225) for Comic Relief, somebody saw an opportunity. After the announcement, Lord Sugar, the host of the UK edition of The Apprentice, posted a video on Twitter offering to pay the entire sum to shut him up.
Instagram had a crazy 2016. With 1 million advertisers, here's what's up in 2017.
2016 was the "defining year for Instagram," says James Quarles, Instagram's VP of Business. The Facebook-owned app got a new interface (black and white), a new logo (bright colors) and a new product that sounds and looks quite a bit like Snapchat Stories. To sound like a TV ad (or an Instagram spokesperson), that's not all! It's true: Instagram unleashed more updates last year than it ever had before. But now we're in 2017, and Instagram wants to make sure all those changes and its future steps help the app grow more and, importantly for Wall Street, support a lucrative and sustainable business. Ad sales on Instagram are expected to reach nearly $3 billion by 2017, according to eMarketer, up from $60 million in 2015. Read more... More about Tech, Apps And Software, Business, Online Shopping, and Instagram Stories Read More »Lorde, Chance the Rapper and the Killers will headline Lollapalooza
Lollapalooza has revealed the 2017 lineup and Chance the Rapper will be headlining his hometown festival this year. The Killers, Lorde, Arcade Fire, the XX, DJ Snake, Run the Jewels and blink-182 are also among the headliners blessing Chicago this summer.
The festival will take place from August 3-6 at Grant Park in Chicago. Individual day tickets are currently on sale but four day passes have already sold out. Read more... More about Arcade Fire, Lollapalooza, Music Festival, The Killers, and Lorde Read More »Critical LastPass security hole would allow hackers to steal your passwords
LastPass, an online service that keeps your passwords safe behind one master code, isn't nearly as secure as it should be right now. According to Google's vulnerability researcher Tavis Ormandy, there's at least one unpatched vulnerability in LastPass that would allows attackers to steal passwords "from any domain." Ormandy recently reported a few other LastPass bugs, including vulnerabilities in the LastPass add-ons for Firefox and Chrome.
‘Follow your passion’ is wrong, here are 7 habits you need instead
It’s common wisdom. Near gospel really, and not just among young people and founders. Across generational lines, sentiments like those from Steve Jobs’ 2005 commencement at Stanford have been engraved into our collective consciousness: “The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle.” In other words, follow your passion. There’s just one problem: “‘Follow your passion’ is dangerous advice.” That’s a troubling claim, but it comes straight from Cal Newport’s investigation into “the details of how passionate people like Steve Jobs really got started” as well as what scientists say predicts happiness and fuels great accomplishment. Read more... More about Business, Work Life, Careers, and Business Read More »Indian startup is using banana fibre to make cheap, biodegradable sanitary pads for women in need
Saathi is helping women who can’t afford commercial sanitary pads by using natural banana fibers to make a sustainable, cheaper alternative. Read more... More about Banana Fibre, Period Pads, Periods, Saathi, and Saathipads Read More »Bella and Edward fall hilariously in love in comedic 'Twilight' spin
With Beauty and the Beast delighting audiences in theaters, let's take a look back at another pairing of unlikely lovers: Edward Cullen and Bella Swan. But what if this angsty teen-romance was nothing more than a goofy high school comedy? It's not that hard to imagine... Visit CineFix for more episodes and movie-related content. Read more... More about Anna Kendrick, Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Goofy Comedy, and Twilight Read More »Why some people think cilantro tastes like soap
Cilantro hate is real and well reported in science. It comes down to a variation in a smell-related gene close to OR6A2. Read more... More about Mashable Video, Real Time Video, Cool, Funny, and Picky Eating Read More »This startup is turning waste plastic into the very roads we use every day
Plastic is a problem. It’s a problem that Scottish startup MacRebur is taking on one mile at a time. MacRebur is aiming to challenge three major world issues: Repurposing millions of tonnes of waste plastic, saving millions in the cost of road repairs and strengthening our existing roads. The idea for the startup was born when CEO and co-founder Toby McCartney - who happens to live on a road plagued by potholes himself (delete ‘himself’) - visited India and witnessed people melting down plastic they found on local landfill sites to repair potholes. While the method he witnessed on that trip wasn’t particularly environmentally practical, McCartney left with the idea of using waste plastic to replace and reinforce the roads here in the UK and beyond. Read more... More about Supported, Sustainability, Uk, Innovation, and Business Read More »The 'Love Actually' sequel trailer will make you feel giddy, and then ancient
Christmas may have come and gone, but NBC's got one last holiday gift for us this summer. The network has dropped the first promo for the Love Actually Red Nose Day special, which reunites all your faves from the 2003 holiday classic and gets you caught up on what they've all been up to. It's not a full-length movie or anything, but it's nice to check in with the gang. Some of the cast members have barely aged, while others look like they've lived every minute of the 14 years (!!) that have passed since the original Love Actually. But nothing, nothing in this trailer will make you feel older than realizing that cute little moppet Sam is a fully grown adult man now. Where has the time gone? Read more... More about Love Actually, Entertainment, and Film Read More »Over-excited little girl steals the Pope's hat off his head
Little kids have 10 times the energy most adults have. Put them in contact with a famous person, and anything can happen. MountainButorac, a Catholic blogger, recently took his goddaughter to see Pope Francis II in Rome. And the lucky little one didn't just get to see him, she got close enough to receive a kiss from the head of the Catholic Church. But she wanted so much more than that. Overwhelmed by energy, she reached out, desperate to discharge it somewhere, and pulled the Pope's hat off his head. The Pope's hat is technically called a zucchetto. Read more... More about Watercooler Viral Videos, Cute Kids, Pope, Watercooler, and Watercooler Read More »With this special dock, the Galaxy S8 could transform into a 'real' computer
The whole turn-your-phone-into-a-desktop-PC concept isn't quite dead after all. When Microsoft tried to turn your phone into a desktop PC with Continuum, it ultimately failed because, well, Windows 10 Mobile flopped. Now Samsung's reportedly planning to take a stab at the idea with its upcoming Galaxy S8. Leaked images of a "DeX Station" from WinFuture.de suggest the Galaxy S8 will have some kind of desktop PC-like mode when connected to the dock. Like Continuum docks, you'll reportedly be able to pop the Galaxy S8 into the DeX Station, which is hooked up to a computer display, mouse and keyboard. Read more... More about Desktop Pc, Dex Dock, S8, Galaxy S8, and Samsung Read More »For the next week, 'Pokémon Go' makes it easier to find Water-type critters
It's time for a Pokémon Go pool party. The latest in-game event for The Pokémon Company's hit mobile game connects to the Water Festival. If you're on the hunt for more Water-type Pokémon, you'll want to fire up the game starting on March 22 at 4 p.m. ET. Magikarp, Squirtle and Totodile (plus their evolved forms) will all appear with greater frequency until the event ends on March 29 at 4 p.m. ET. In addition, all Water-type Pokémon that were added to the game back in February will appear more frequently wherever Water-type Pokémon are normally likely to pop up. Read more... More about Pokemon Go, The Pokemon Company, Gaming, Entertainment, and Entertainment Read More »Netflix's 'Death Note' teaser trailer opens the book on horror and destruction
Netflix is ready to open up a new world of death and destruction. The streaming service has debuted the first teaser trailer for Death Note, a creepy horror flick from The Guest and Blair Witch director Adam Wingard.
Based on the Japanese manga series, Death Note follows a young man (Nat Wolff) who comes across a book that allows him to kill anyone in the world, simply by writing their name in the pages. He decides to use this power to unleash his own brand of vigilante justice, but as the bodies pile up, his actions attract the attention of an mysterious detective known only as L (Lakeith Stanfield). Read more... More about Death Note, Netflix, Entertainment, and Film Read More »Australian daily under fire for comparing cricketer to Donald Trump
Australia's The Daily Telegraph kicked up a storm on social media by anointing Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli "the Donald Trump of world sport." The Daily Telegraph noted, "The Indian captain is a law unto himself with no one – not even the ICC [International Cricket Council] or his own board – holding him accountable for his continual perpetuation of fake news... Just like President Trump, Kohli decided to blame the media as a means of trying to hide the egg smeared right across his face." Read more... More about Twitter Reactions, Controversy, Trump, India, and Australia Read More »Tech workers: Donald Trump's America is forcing us to address diversity
Diversity and inclusion shouldn't be political, but in 2017, it is. Software company Atlassian came out on Wednesday with one of the first surveys about diversity to be published under the Trump Administration. And things are different now than they were five short months ago. Almost half of tech workers — 48 percent — told Atlassian that Donald Trump's election as president made them care more about diversity. Forty-six percent of tech employees said they cared the same about diversity before and after Nov. 8. More than just opinions, one in four tech employees said Trump's election made them do something related to diversity and inclusion. For tech workers who were spurred to action — as many people have been across industries and across America — 56 percent said they tried to learn more about the experiences of colleagues who were different from them. Half said they engaged their company leaders in conversations about how to create a more inclusive work environment, and 41 percent said they "positively changed [an] attitude towards coworkers different from me." Read more... More about Atlassian, Inclusion, Diversity, Tech, and Business Read More »A woman apologizes to a drive-thru attendant with the kindest inspirational note
Being kind and paying it forward always brings good karma. That's why one woman turned a heated encounter with a Starbuck's drive-thru attendant into an opportunity to right the wrong and show her gratitude. Reddit user CircleAddict posted the sweet note Tuesday the woman gifted him after their less than pleasant meeting. The letter reads: Included with the note was a very generous $50 bill for the barista. The woman's compassion for the young man is inspiring. Maybe her actions will influence others to take the time to be a little kinder to everyone today. Read more... More about Barista, Drive Thru, Starbucks, Note, and Kindness Read More »OnePlus 3T in Midnight Black is the phone Batman's been waiting his whole life for
What's better than a OnePlus 3T, which gives you high-end features and performance for only $440? A matte black OnePlus 3T. The startup phone maker announced on Wednesday plans to sell a "Midnight Black" version of its flagship OnePlus 3T. As part of a limited run, the Midnight Black version of the OnePlus 3T will only be available with 128GB storage for the standard $480 price tag. OnePlus hasn't announced a firm release date, but says it'll be revealed at a later date. Aesthetic-wise, it's identical to the special Colette edition — sans logo, of course — that was announced last week. Read more... More about Smartphones, Android, Oneplus, Oneplus 3t, and Tech Read More »How comedian Dave Hill stumbled on "the most accidental career ever"
Comedian Dave Hill has appeared on @midnight and Inside Amy Schumer. He is also a rock musician. Read more... More about Rock Musician, Rock Music, Stand Up, Stand Up, and Dave Hill Read More »This student's hilariously bizarre campaign video escalates so damn fast
Running for a position at your students' union is a competitive business, so it's always good to find a way to stand out from the competition. Aoife O'Brien, a student at the University of Limerick in Ireland, seems to have figured out the key to setting herself apart from the crowd. As part of her campaign for VP Academic officer—a sabbatical position at the students' union—O'Brien shared the following video. "Hey guys, just a quick video to get to know me!" she wrote. "Some may say it's out of this world." To be fair, it is pretty great. Read more... More about Facebook, Viral Video, Video, Campaign, and Ireland Read More »Security hole lets burglars knock out your smart home camera
Smart home systems are supposed to make our lives easier and safer — but some of the most popular connected security cameras could make your place an easy target if your neighborhood is visited by a tech-savvy burgling crew. Security researcher Jason Doyle recently published a set of three vulnerabilities he found in Google's Nest cameras. The flaws, which take advantage of the camera system's always-on Bluetooth, allow anyone within the devices' Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) range to overwhelm them and shut them down. Doyle claims he reported the flaws to Google back in October when he first found them, but the company has yet to offer any updates to fix the issues. He decided to go public with the information last week to inform Nest users of their potential vulnerability. Read more... More about Internet Of Things, Google, Nest Cam, Camera, and Security Read More »The GOP is terrible at playing 'Dungeons & Dragons,' if you believe the internet
We thank Twitter often for the humor it drops into our lives, but a new recent hashtag has actually cast a spell over us because of its sheer greatness. #GOPDnD has become a topic on Twitter, a hashtag that explores how members of the Republican party would play Dungeons & Dragons. People have expertly captured the attitude of the GOP and channeled it into how they would navigate this beloved tabletop game. Spoiler alert: You don't want to play with them. First, they try to make up their own rules.
Canada might follow the U.S. and U.K. with flight 'laptop ban'
Traveling to Western, English-speaking countries is getting more difficult by the hour for passengers from Muslim-majority nations. According to reports, the Canadian government may follow the United States and the United Kingdom in banning certain electronic devices on flights departing from a number of airports in Muslim-majority countries. The U.S. began enforcing the ban on Tuesday for flights to America from select airports in Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Turkey, Morocco, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. The ban encompasses electronic devices larger than a smartphone, meaning laptops, e-readers, and more. The U.K. followed suit soon after, banning such devices on direct flights to the U.K. from Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Jordan, Tunisia and Egypt. Read more... More about United Kingdom, Intelligence, United States, Canada, and Ban Read More »We tried to post fake news on Facebook, this is what happened
Facebook is rolling out its new tool against fake news. The feature, announced in December is the result of collaboration with "third-party fact-checking organisations." Designed to combat to the spread of misinformation on the platform, it warns users when they try to post fake stories. The fact-checker is working for some US based users who tried to share a story that falsely asserted thousands of Irish people were brought to the United States as slaves. The story entitled "The Irish slave trade — the slaves that time forgot" was published by the Rhode Island blog Newport Buzz and widely shared ahead of St Patrick's Day on 17 March. Read more... More about Irish, Slaves, St Patrick S Day, Fake News Tool, and Fake News Read More »Once again, Ted Cruz's face is a meme
Have you ever seen anyone more meme-able than Sen. Ted Cruz? He's been the "ultimate humiliation" guy, the Zodiac Killer and now his loving glare at Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch has caught the internet's eye and sent it, once again, into a full meme-ification spiral.
During Gorsuch's confirmation hearing, something about him seems to have struck Cruz in the most pleasant way. Huh. Are we witnessing the next big political bromance brew? Could they possibly be the new Biden and Obama? Read more... More about Confirmation Hearing, Neil Gorsuch, Twitter, Ted Cruz, and Memes Read More »The #CupBlowingChallenge is about to blow up your timeline
It's been a while since a viral challenge really caught on, but teens may have finally found their new #BottleFlip, #AndysComing or #MannequinChallenge with the help of plastic cups. The #CupBlowingChallenge has been taking off on both Twitter and Instagram this week, and it looks like this one's really here to stay. (Finally, teens.) Here's how this new challenge works: A person places one cup directly inside a second cup. Then, the participant blows on the two stacked cups, rocketing one cup into the air - hopefully landing in a third separate cup, or a larger stack. Read more... More about Teenagers, Challenges, Instagram, Twitter, and Challenge Read More »Doctor performs hilariously graphic rap about safe sex for senior citizens
Who knew that old people + sexually transmitted diseases = comedy gold? Shannon Dowler, a family doctor in North Carolina, took it upon herself to make an excellent rap parody — to the timeless tune of Vanilla Ice's "Ice Ice Baby" — about the dangers of elder sex. It's a tour de force of sexual education, and Dr. Dowler (aka RapDktaD) manages to cram a lot of super graphic stuff into four and a half minutes. There's a heavy emphasis on condoms and lube, but it's the phrases "vaginal atrophy" and "why can't you wear your little love mittens?" that really stick with you. SEE ALSO: When it comes to sex, older people are just like the rest of us: Horny as hell Read more... Once and for all, people: Stop bringing snakes on planes, because stuff like this happens
Snakes are not allowed in the cabins of planes. That very sensible and safe rule should be a comfort to passengers everywhere, and yet, here we are. Another damn snake on another damn plane. Snakes are, somehow, able to be snuck on planes when their owners are hellbent on traveling with their companion—a comfort to them, perhaps, but absolutely no one else. That owner can then super casually forget said snake in the overhead compartment, letting it slither free right on through to the next flight. That's exactly where this story begins: a forgotten snake peeking out during a flight to Alaska, according to the Associated Press. Read more... More about Plane, Snake, Watercooler, and Watercooler Read More »The trailer for 'Mystery Science Theater 3000' is everything you want it to be
Get ready for the new robot roll call. Netflix on Wednesday dropped a trailer for the anticipated reboot of Mystery Science Theater 3000. The new series stars Jonah Ray, Patton Oswalt and Felicia Day. It includes Baron Vaughn and Hampton Yount as robot voices. The not-too-distant-future will be available to stream on Netflix April 14. Read more... More about Jonah Ray, Felicia Day, Patton Oswalt, Mystery Science Theater 3000, and Netflix Read More »What's coming to Netflix in April 2017
The snow is melting, and so, apparently, are Netflix's contracts for fantastic genre shows like Angel, Buffy and Firefly. Come April, those titles will leave the streaming provider, along with Dollhouse, The X-Files and several Superman movies. But take heart, dear reader, because Netflix might just be making room for its growing slate of original programming — there's less Joss Whedon, but with new shows and movies and comedy specials from Louis C.K. and Richard freaking Pryor, you might find something new to love. Here's what's coming to and going from Netflix this month. More about Netflix, Entertainment, Tv, and Film Read More »In a first for U.S., this bumblebee is now officially 'endangered'
This might be the Trump administration's first pro-environment move. The rusty patched bumblebee is now on the endangered species list, making it the first bee species in the continental United States to be considered endangered, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) announced this week. The species is "balancing precariously on the brink of extinction," the agency said on Tuesday. "Just 20 years ago, the rusty patched bumblebee was a common sight, so ordinary that it went almost unnoticed as it moved from flower to flower, collecting nectar and pollen." Read more... More about Politics, Endangered Species, Endangered Animals, Pollinators, and Wildlife Conservation Read More »Speed demon pigeon is hell-bent on racing cars down the highway
This pigeon's just another one of us on the grind. A driver and passenger caught this pigeon doing 90 kilometers (about 55 mph) on the highway, flying right alongside of the other cars. It's weaving in and out of lanes without using his turn signal and being an overall reckless flyer. It's flying this fast presumably to get to some big important meeting or to the hospital to get there just in time to witness the birth of its first child. It could also be trying to get to a movie on time. At least it doesn't miss the exit. Read more... More about Fast, Driving, Highway, Birds, and Animals Read More »Finally, there's a reason to play 'Diablo III' on consoles again
Blizzard finally took enough time away from its baby, Overwatch, to give the console version of Diablo III some extra love that was long overdue: Seasons are finally happening. For anyone unfamiliar with the PC version of Diablo III: Seasons are short-term in-game events that usually last for around three months. They give players an opportunity to earn rare gear that isn't otherwise available and compete on special, Season-specific leaderboards. To participate, you need to start a new game from scratch with a "seasonal" character — though once the season ends, you keep both the character and any gear you earned. Read more... More about Diablo 3, Blizzard Entertainment, Gaming, Entertainment, and Entertainment Read More »Kiss your sane news feed goodbye, everyone can now use their computers for Facebook Live
Give your Facebook news feed one last long, indulgent scroll. It's going to be a much busier, more ridiculous place very soon. Facebook is rolling out the capability for all members to broadcast live directly from their personal computers via web browser, expanding the service that was previously only available on mobile devices. Computer-based live access was granted to publishers back in January after page managers requested the feature, which helped streamline the production process for professional crews using the service. Facebook reps told us then that the capability would soon be given to the general user population, too. Read more... More about News Feed, Broadcast, Desktop Computer, Facebook Live, and Tech Read More »Someone reinvented the guitar and it's super easy to learn
Magic Instruments let you skip taking expensive lessons and learn to play music with a simple app. Read more... More about Real Time Video, Real Time Video, Real Time, Real Time Video, and Magic Instruments Read More »Blizzard's latest reveal paves the way for powerful elemental builds in 'Hearthstone'
We knew Un'Goro was teeming with dangerous elementals, but apparently its also infested with the most pervasive, aggressive and menacing species of them all: Murlocs. Hearthstone has revealed another new batch of Journey to Un’Goro cards over the past day, including new murlocs, a murloc-related quest, elementals and a couple other cool new cards. Let's dive in and see how the new cards will shift the meta. Murloc madnessMurlocs aren't going anywhere, baby. Take a look at this Shaman quest card, Unite the Murlocs, which plants the flag for murloc-stacked Shaman builds in Journey to Un'Goro. Read more... More about Esports, Gaming, Blizzard Entertainment, Hearthstone, and Entertainment Read More »Adobe Summit 2017: How brands stay relevant, informed and awesome
The annual Adobe Summit in Las Vegas has become a destination for digital marketers looking to transform their business – click by click, content by content. In a packed room nestled within the Venetian Hotel, thousands of people eagerly awaited marketing wisdom and advice to kick of this year’s conference. Lucky for them, Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen was on hand to provide just that and more. Narayen took the stage just after 9:00 am to give the 12,000 attendees some insight on the biggest things to hit the digital scene in 2017 and spoke about brand awareness, brand experience, and how disruption is vital for growth. Read more... More about Supported, Tech, and Apps Software Read More »7 heartwarming predictions we have for the 'Love Actually' reunion
Love Actually will soon be all around again, thanks to NBC's Red Nose Day Special. The trailer for the special dropped on Wednesday. But NBC is still making us wait until May 25 (or in March 24 if you're across the pond in the UK). Until then, here are 7 of our dream predictions for the special. 1. Billy Mack's new hit: 'If you really love Red Nose Day'Billy Mack (Bill Nighy) feels it in his fingers and in his toes every Christmas. Now we think he'll feel it on a Red Nose Day, NBC Universal's charitable event in the U.S. and U.K. that raises money for global nonprofits like Oxfam and Save the Children. Read more... More about Bill Nighy, Keira Knightley, Liam Neeson, Colin Firth, and Hugh Grant Read More »New 'Fargo' trailer gives us double the Ewan McGregor
FX has become a one-stop drama shop for crime, intrigue and really weird wigs. In the Season 3 trailer for Fargo, the subject of those pastimes is Ewan McGregor playing brothers with deep history and a big grudge. McGregor plays Emmit and Ray Stussy, a successful businessman and his younger brother who's still stung by their disparate lives. Ray (that's the one who looks like he borrowed a wig from The Americans) decides to commit a robbery, and the rest...well, we'll see. The cast also includes Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Carrie Coon, David Thewlis wearing fake teeth and Michael Stuhlberg. Read more... More about Video, Trailer, Fx, Fargo, and Television Read More »Bow down to these teen BFFs, masters of internet deception
Our story begins with a simple question from a Twitter user named Jada: "Is your best friend really your best friend if she's not willing to be this extra to make your man jealous?" The answer, of course, is no. But Jada's best friend is really her best friend. And she is willing to be that extra. Please observe. Jada wanted to make a dude jealous, so she enlisted her friend to put on a hoodie and stand in the background of her mirror selfie. Therein lies the prank: someone who came across the selfie on Instagram might think Jada had a dude in the room with her. Perhaps even ... a lover. Read more... More about Pranks, Twitter, Teens, Watercooler, and Watercooler Read More »Watch this Florida hero pull a full-grown alligator out of a suburban sewer
It's always cool and super chill to find out there's a 9-foot alligator just living in the sewers of your suburb. It definitely doesn't sound like the first act of a Syfy movie or a shelved Stephen King novel. The schools in the area are so great! According to Storyful, Floridian John Ruel was walking his dog when he noticed the massive gator sticking out of the sewer. As you do, because you have eyes. Ruel called animal control and filmed as the trapper wrangled the alligator out of the sewer. He was assured that the gator was not going to be euthanized. May his next sewer be more welcoming—so welcoming that our alligator friend doesn't emerge. Read more... More about Florida, Alligator, Viv, Watercooler, and Watercooler Read More »NASA's origami-inspired robot can operate on Mars-like surfaces
This is 'PUFFER' and the tiny bot could represent a big leap in scientific advancement for NASA. It's designed to get to hard-to-reach areas that large rovers can't reach. 'PUFFER' has even been tested on Mars-like terrain. Read more... More about Nasa Earth Science, New Robot, Cute Robot, Nasa Pet, and Nasa S Read More »Crush your soul with these children's books rewritten for a Trump presidency
Curl up for reading time, America. (Hide under a blanket if you need to.) Teaching kids the ABCs of politics and current events without terrifying them is a challenge. So we've made it easier with a series of children's books reimagined for Donald Trump's presidency. Image: bob al-greene/mashable Image: BOB AL-GREENE/MASHABLE In the coming weeks, we'll roll out the full text for each book because we could all use a break from reading the news. Image: BOB AL-GREENE/MASHABLE Image: BOB AL-GREENE/MASHABLE Image: BOB AL-GREENE/MASHABLE Image: BOB AL-GREENE/MASHABLE Image: BOB AL-GREENE/MASHABLE Read more... 'Twilight' as a goofy comedy makes for an even better love story
With Beauty and the Beast delighting audiences in theaters, let's take a look back at another pairing of unlikely lovers: Edward Cullen and Bella Swan. But what if this angsty teen-romance was nothing more than a goofy high school comedy? It's not that hard to imagine... Visit CineFix for more episodes and movie-related content. Read more... More about Anna Kendrick, Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Recut Movie Trailer, and Recut Trailer Read More »Ansel Elgort's cover of the unofficial 'La La Land' anthem is the song you didn't know you needed
Need a pick-me-up to get you through the day? Ansel Elgort is here for you. The actor—and EDM DJ turned burgeoning pop star—gave the world exactly what it was missing all this time: a cover of Ryan Gosling's song "City of Stars" from the film that didn't win Best Picture at the Oscars, La La Land. A crystal necklace dangling from his neck and an awesome shirt on his body, Elgort plays a piano while crooning along to the film's gentlest number, a far cry from his track "Thief."
Detecting skin cancer with computer vision
When the term “Artificial Intelligence” gets thrown around, images are immediately conjured of fire-spewing killer robots playing chess against a post-apocalyptic backdrop. And when they aren’t busy terminating, they’re swamped winning millions of dollars on a certain trivia-based game show. Yeah, film isn’t too friendly to the kind of high-level technology that’s making waves across the world. However, fiction is no reason to discount the amazing benefits technologically advanced computer systems are making in the world of healthcare. Enter Watson, IBM’s next generation technology that can understand natural language, reason with confidence and learn from its mistakes. Read more... More about Supported, Tech, and Health Fitness Read More »The new normal: Arctic sea ice hits record low for 3rd straight winter
Welcome to the new normal: For the third straight year, Arctic sea ice peaked at a record low level during the winter season, scientists said Wednesday. Arctic sea ice cover reached its annual peak extent on March 7, the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) said, at 5.57 million square miles. This is the lowest in the 38-year satellite record, and very likely far longer than that based on other data. This year's peak was about 37,000 miles less than the 2015 record. When compared to the 1981-2010 long-term average, sea ice extent this year was a staggering 471,000 square miles below the average annual maximum. This means a chunk of ice about the size of Texas, California and Kentucky combined was missing from the top of the world. Read more... More about Hottest Year, Airpocalypse, Arctic Amplification, Science, and Ice Melt Read More »There is only one man worse at Twitter than Donald Trump
Donald Trump's frequently misspelled tweets put the increasingly fragile world order at risk. Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee's, by contrast, pose a far greater danger: They threaten America's comedic leadership in a world increasingly dominated by "funny" reddit photoshops and bad homemade cat GIFS. Huckabee might have failed to secure his party's nomination for president, but he's determined to stay relevant, no matter the cost to our Twitter feeds. Take a look at his most recent round of tweets and how viral they've become. At first, they might seem impossible to interpret — Huckabee can be inscrutable, like a Jaden Smith of the American right. Read more... More about Twitter, Mike Huckabee, Watercooler, Watercooler, and Politics Read More »Joe Biden met a puppy named Biden and for a moment, the entire world stopped
Hello, and welcome to your Wednesday afternoon moment of zen. Former Vice President and presidential-level heartthrob Joe Biden (don't @ us) met a 4-month-old Golden Retriever named Biden and for a moment, the entire world stopped spinning, and everything was right again. SEE ALSO: There are many great Obama-Biden bromance memes, but only one made the VP laugh for an hour Biden, the world's most adorable dog™️️, made an early trip to the Capitol on Wednesday in hopes of catching a glimpse of the former VP - there to celebrate the seventh anniversary of the Affordable Care Act. More about Cute Dogs, Golden Retriever, Cute Animals, Affordable Care Act, and Joe Biden Read More »Awkwafina talks shit about Jeff Sessions and 'healthy' chips
Over the course of our conversation, Awkwafina will call Jeff Sessions a "cunt" six times with mounting glee, "Jeff Sessions is a cunt!," she squeals. "It's so fun!" The rapper and comedian turned movie star is discussing the new season of her web series, Tawk, which regularly features the people you might not know yet who will be, "running the industry." SNL's Pete Davidson and adult entertainer Asa Akira are among the standout episodes season. Her favorite people to feature are writers like Akila Hughes and anyone typically "unseen." Awkafina (born Nora Lum) would really love to have the Attorney General on the show, though, "to ask him why he's a cunt." Read more... More about Comedian, Actress, Rapper, Oceans 8, and Awkwafina Read More »Footballer who shouted out wife and girlfriend on live TV has totally logical explanation here
Surely you recall the footballer who recently shouted out both his wife and "girlfriend" on live TV during a post-match interview. It was an own-goal for the ages. Except our protagonist, Ghanaian striker Mohammed Anas, says there's a very wholesome, perfectly logical, totally believable explanation for all this. We'll let you judge for yourself, though. Anas plays for Free State Stars FC in South Africa's pro league. He scored two goals against Ajax Cape Town recently, which led to the fateful post-match interview. Read more... More about Soccer, Watercooler, Sports, Entertainment, and Sports Read More »Confirmed: Nintendo Switch Joy-Con sync issues have been fixed
Nintendo has finally explained just what was going on with Switch Joy-Con controllers — particularly the left one — de-syncing in wireless mode. It was a "manufacturing variation," a statement from the company confirms. In other words: something happened at the factory level that left some Joy-Con controllers — not all, Nintendo maintains — more susceptible to wireless interference. Also: yes, this issue is apparently specific to the left Joy-Con, according to Nintendo's statement. Early investigations suggested otherwise, so hit up Nintendo support if you're seeing the same issue with the right Joy-Con. Read more... More about Nintendo Switch, Nintendo, Gaming, Entertainment, and Entertainment Read More »Female faces of student loan debt
Student loan debt may not be exclusive to gender, but women have a tougher time paying it off than men. Women earn just under 80 cents on the dollar compared with men, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, and they’re paying more out of their pockets to service debt. One year after graduation, 47% of women working full time were using more than 8% of their earnings to repay their student loans, compared with 39% of men, according to a 2012 report by the American Association of University Women. Eight percent or less is, according to the report, how much borrowers could reasonably manage to pay toward student loan debt. Read more... More about Business, Student Debt, Student Loans, Careers, and Work Life Read More »Team Z is back for 'iZombie' Season 3
What's better than brains? FRIENDSHIP — probably. Liv and her human colleagues are back for a new season of iZombie, where there's blood, bonding, and yes — brains. Season 2 ended with the discovery of a whole team of zombies in Seattle, and Season 3 looks poised to pit the undead against the living — though probably not, if Liv has any say in it. iZombie returns April 4. Read more... More about Video, Trailer, Izombie, Cw, and Television Read More »This phone decal company is going in hard on Apple's new red iPhone, and we're here for it
Apple announced a new red iPhone Tuesday — the latest in the company's decade-long partnership with (RED) to combat HIV and AIDS. If you've got several hundred dollars to spare, you're in luck. Part of the proceeds from the new iPhone 7 and 7 Plus devices will go to the organization, so buying one is for a good cause. (Sort of, anyway: Apple's contributed $130 million from sales of (RED) products over 10 years and made $45.7 billion in profit just last year, so, uh, the margins are pretty slim.) SEE ALSO: The iPhone is finally going (RED) For those of us who don't have big bucks to shell out on a new iPhone, decal company dbrand has a solution. In a tweet Tuesday, dbrand ribbed Apple's shiny new device with the offer of a $10 red skin you can wrap around any iPhone: Read more... More about Phone Case, Apple, Iphone 7 Plus, Iphone 7, and Tech Read More »Scientists can now print lifelike organs that feel, look and bleed just like the real ones
Physicians at University of Rochester have developed a new way to 3D-print lifelike artificial organs for surgical training and education. Read more... More about Mimic Organs, Kidney, Muscles, Intestine, and Doctors Read More »Terrify the children in your life with this weeping unicorn candle
Ever wanted to make a unicorn cry tears made from its own horn? Well, that's messed up, but you can — thanks to this candle. Simply light the wick of Firebox's new, aptly-named "Crying Unicorn Candle," and soon the creature's horn will start to melt into hot rainbow wax. Then, the wax will drip through the unicorn's head and seep out of its eye sockets. Hell yeah! It's all very horror Lisa Frank. Image: Firebox Love creepy, kitschy stuff / want to scare someone pure of heart? The candle is $24.79 on Firebox and comes with two extra horns. Read more... More about Weird Products, Watercooler, and Watercooler Read More »Guys: It’s now possible to test your sperm via smartphone
When a man suspects his sperm isn't hitting home runs, the only way he can be certain is to go to a lab to get tested. You know the scene as a Hollywood gag: a man walks into a closet-sized room with a stack of X-rated magazines and delivers a sample to a lab tech, but not before doing or saying something wildly embarrassing. SEE ALSO: Instead of telling women who might get pregnant they can't drink, study suggests trusting them While filmmakers play it for laughs, experts say the costly lab visit and prospect of humiliation, or at the very least, awkwardness, might be keeping men from learning more about their fertility. Read more... More about Relationships, Infertility Treatment, Infertility App, Sperm, and Infertility Read More » | ||||
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