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 This photographer is documenting the resistance — and donating the pictures
David Moriya hasn't had a break from work in weeks. A freelance photographer with a full plate of scheduled headshots and concerts to shoot, Moriya has recently taken on a new gig: documenting the resistance to President Donald Trump and his administration. He calls it the Resistance Photography Project, and he's donating his most striking images to nonprofits, free of charge, to use on their websites and social platforms. Earlier this week, he stayed up until 5 a.m. editing photos from the #NotMyPresidentDay protest in New York City. He took 4,200 photos throughout the course of the Feb. 21 demonstration, but he's struggled to find time to pore over the images between his regularly scheduled shoots. Read more... More about Protests, Advocacy, Activism, Photos, and Photography Read More »Sean Spicer mistakenly announced Donald Trump as the new HUD secretary
On Thursday's installment of "Spice World," White House press secretary Sean Spicer sent out a tweet mistakenly announcing that Donald Trump — the current U.S. president — was confirmed as the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. Our condolences to Ben Carson. Image: Twitter/Archive.is The swiftly-deleted tweet was the latest in a series of Spicer-related technology mishaps, including his extremely public Venmo profile, constant leaks, that time he may have tweeted out his password, his inability to hide his public WHOIS data and his previous gig as the White House Easter Bunny. OK, that last one wasn't a technology mishap, but we had to remind you. Read more... More about Donald Trump, Ben Carson, Twitter, Sean Spicer, and Watercooler Read More »Firefighters rescue mischievous husky from roof twice in 1 hour
A very good dog did some very bad things, but he's still a very good dog. The Nanticoke City Fire Department in Pennsylvania responded to a public assist call on Monday after a mischievous husky managed to break free from its prison for some fresh air on the roof. The dog's humans weren't at home but the firefighters were able to get the dog back inside, then they left. Then it happened again. "About an hour later, firefighters received another public assist call to same location for the dog on the roof," the page wrote on Facebook. "The dog apparently wanted to be back outside again and reopened the window and let himself out again." Read more... More about Funny, Dogs, Watercooler, Watercooler, and Pics Read More »Fun dad allows family dog to get a very unfortunate haircut
The idea behind taking your dog to a groomer's is that the dog will look better afterwards. Sometimes, though, the dog ends up looking worse. Ruff life. SEE ALSO: Grooming their way to doggie Insta-glory This happened to Beau's family dog on Tuesday, when his dad took the dog for an impromptu haircut. It did not go well.
"We didn't even know he was taking him to get a haircut," Beau explained. "He told the girl to have fun with it, then sent that picture in our family group chat." Here's seven-year-old Cooper, before and after the "fun" was had. Read more... More about Twitter, Family, Dad, Dogs Funny, and Dogs Read More »7 March video games to get hype about, plus a new console
At what point can we realistically say the Q1 2017 calendar for video games delivers more quality than holiday 2016? I think we're officially there. March 2017 continues an epic run of game releases that's included Gravity Rush 2 (Jan. 18), Resident Evil VII (Jan. 24), Nioh (Feb. 7), For Honor (Feb. 14), Sniper Elite 4 (Feb. 14), and — most recently — Horizon: Zero Dawn (Feb. 28). How can things possibly get better? We're about to find out. The fun starts on Friday, March 3. With what, you ask? Well... read on! Read more... Nintendo Switch (March 3)More about Gaming, Entertainment, Entertainment, and Gaming Read More »Here's what happened to all the leftover Oscars food this year
Thanks to a group initiative and the help of one inspiring actress, the large amounts of leftover food from this year's Oscars ceremony did not go to waste. Freida Pinto, actress, activist and Global Citizen Ambassador, teamed up with Copia — a San Francisco-based company that uses technology to reduce waste and feed communities in need — to ensure all those leftover appetizers, desserts and salmon dishes from the 89th Academy Awards after parties went to good use. According to an Instagram post from Pinto, she and Copia worked with some of the most popular Oscars after parties to deliver this year's leftover food to various Los Angeles communities in need. Read more... More about Entertainment, Food, Charity, Conversations, and Oscars Read More »'The future that liberals want' is here, it's now and it's a meme
What is the future that liberals want? That's the question everyone's asking (and meme-ing) after rando right wing political Twitter account @polNewsNetwork1—what, @polNewsNetwork was already taken?—sent out a tweet trying to criticize liberals on Wednesday:
The tweet reads "this is the future that liberals want," alongside an image of a man in drag sitting next to a woman in a traditional niqab, a "veil for the face that leaves the area around the eyes clear." This left a lot of people saying, "yeah... kind of exactly." Read more... More about Twitter, Memes, Watercooler, and Watercooler Read More »Ed Sheeran would like to do a digital duet with you
It's time to channel your inner Taylor Swift for an Ed Sheeran duet. Just ahead of the release of Divide, Sheeran has teamed up with Smule's Sing! Karaoke app to give you a chance to make sweet harmonies with him. Here's your first listen of his vocal takes for the app singing "Castle on the Hill." Here's the duet version: And here's Ed Sheeran's best Ed Sheeran: To see how it all comes together, here's Shawn Mendes duetting with some fans: Jason Derulo and Charlie Puth are among the other singers you can duet with on the app. Read more... More about Musician, British Celebrities, Apps And Software, Karaoke, and Ed Sheeran Read More »Amazon's fulfillment centers will soon run on solar energy
Our president might not believe in climate change, but Amazon does. The tech giant on Thursday announced a new commitment to clean energy. Amazon will install solar panels on 15 of its U.S. fulfillment centers this year, and 50 worldwide by 2020. Amazon's solar panels at centers in California, Delaware, Maryland, Nevada and New Jersey could power up to 80 percent of the energy needed at each fulfillment center. Amazon has other renewable energy projects in the works, too. The tech company operates wind and solar farms in Indiana, Ohio, North Carolina, Texas and Virginia to power its Amazon Web Services data centers. Smaller rooftops on regular office buildings have also been converted to green energy. Read more... More about Science, Clean Energy, Renewable Energy, Solar Panels, and Solar Power Read More »Don't be fooled, Snap isn't a 'camera company'
Kudos to Snapchat AKA Snap — it looks like the company has pulled off a successful IPO without a massive technical glitch or the bottom falling out from under it. It's even managed to penetrate the world of "the olds," at least for a day, dominating the conversation on septuagenarian-favored networks like CNBC and Bloomberg. Just don't call it a camera company. But that's exactly what Snap called itself when it filed for its IPO last month, doubling down on the description co-founder Evan Spiegel began evangelizing about a year ago. On the surface, it kind of makes sense. Even though Snapchat doesn't really make cameras per se, it specializes in consumer camera technology. It's in the business of offering users innovative ways to create custom images they can share with friends. Read more... More about Spectacles, Snap, Snap Inc, Snapchat, and Tech Read More »Former 'Dancing with the Stars' competitor named Secretary of Oops, we mean Energy
Rick Perry is now in charge of the very department he couldn't even remember: the U.S. Department of Energy. But don't worry, Perry, everyone else has remembered your embarrassing gaffe for you. In honor of Perry's confirmation as Energy Secretary in President Donald Trump's cabinet, someone on Capitol Hill had some fun with his Wikipedia page. Instead of displaying his new title, "Secretary of Energy" he was briefly described as "Secretary of Oops." Rick Perry's Wikipedia page — briefly. Image: wikipedia The edit came from a computer inside the House of Representatives, which is a glorious turn of events. Read more... More about Oops, Wikipedia, Rick Perry, Secretary Of Energy, and Watercooler Read More »After epic drought, parts of California now have too much snow
Finally. California, which has endured more than five years of epic drought that forced officials to institute unprecedented water use restrictions, now may have too much of a good thing. A snowpack that in some places is twice the typical amount for this time of year threatens to cause spring flooding, depending on how quickly it melts. This snow continues to be dumped on California, resulting from a parade of relentless drought-busting storms that have lined up across the Pacific like airplanes lining up for take off from JFK Airport during the evening rush. More snow is likely to fall in northern California's mountains this weekend. Read more... More about Science, Atmospheric Rivers, Squaw Valley, Lake Tahoe, and Snow Read More »Amazon reveals the cause of massive AWS outage, and it's really embarrassing
Amazon has finally revealed the cause of the lengthy outage that disrupted service to dozens of internet services for hours — and it's pretty embarrassing. The cause, according to the company, who posted a very wordy explanation on its website Thursday, was "human error." Which sounds bad enough until you find out exactly what the "human error" was: a typo. According to Amazon, the trouble began Tuesday morning when an employee, who was conducting routine maintenance, mistakenly entered the wrong command while trying to take "a small number of servers" offline. Instead, that command took down a "a larger set of servers," including those that support two S3 subsystems. (S3 is a data storage service used by a number of web-based services.) Read more... More about Aws, Amazon Web Services, Amazon, Apps And Software, and Tech Read More »Snapchat teaches investor not to underestimate the power of 🍆🍆🍆 pics
A company going public means a lotta people get rich. Today that means the CEOs, executives and early investors in Snap Inc., the company once better known for its association with dick pics than its decision to be a "camera company." But not everyone was convinced in the power of dick pics. Chris Sacca, outspoken Silicon Valley venture capitalist, has invested early in other successful tech business like Instagram, Kickstarter, Twitter and Uber, but he didn't buy into Snapchat — even when they came knocking. On Thursday, shortly before Snap's first day on the market ended, Sacca shared, on Twitter, an email he had received from Snapchat cofounder and CTO Bobby Murphy from Nov. 2, 2012. Read more... More about Business, Snapchat, and Business Read More »This drone photo shows how much damage was done to a Jewish cemetery
Perspective sometimes requires taking a step back. The FBI is trying to figure out who recently knocked down more than 100 headstones at a Jewish cemetery in Philadelphia. This followed an incident in St. Louis, Missouri, in which vandals damaged 200 headstones at a Jewish cemetery. This week, a Jewish cemetery in Rochester suffered a similar fate. Damage can be hard to visualize in numbers or as a series of incidents, but photojournalist Charles Mostoller brought a different perspective to the vandalism in Philadelphia when he sent his drone into the sky above the cemetery. Read more... More about Camera, Drones, Philadelphia, Vandalism, and Jewish Cemetery Read More »Learn how to speedrun 'Zelda: Breath of the Wild' before it's even out
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild isn't out yet. It'll be released on March 3. But hey, look at that: someone's already got a route laid out for speedruns. Streamer SethBling received an early Switch and a copy of Zelda after he made his speedrun intentions clear to Nintendo. He's been spending a lot of time playing — roughly 12 hours per day for the past week — and he's plotted out a viable speedrun route that he chronicles in a 95-minute video. It's embedded right here, though view it at your own risk: there are spoilers galore, including a playthrough of the game's final boss fight. If you plan to play the game yourself, just wait — but keep this video filed away for future use. Read more... More about Nintendo, The Legend Of Zelda, The Legend Of Zelda Breath Of The Wild, Gaming, and Entertainment Read More »95-year-old comes out as gay and melts all our hearts
It's never too late to accept yourself. In his latest video, popular Youtuber Davey Wavey sat down with 96-year-old Roman, who shares his beautiful coming out story — that took place only one year before. Roman explains that at 95 years old — after being married to his wife for 67 years and having two children and five grandchildren — he finally felt ready to show the world a part of himself he had known since he was only 5 years old: his sexuality. "Certain things I want the world to know," Roman told Wavey in the touching video, "I was born and was all my life gay." Read more... More about Equality, Love, Gay Pride, Coming Out, and Lgbtq Read More »Why does Wendy's want to take spicy chicken nuggets away from us?
Is America's most beloved fast food chain — not McDonalds, heathens, Wendy's — a little bit afraid of love? Last week, Cleveland Local 19 news released a bombshell investigative report, revealing that the chain had been silently removing spicy chicken nuggets from their nationwide menu. Though a few undisclosed cities would be able to keep the nuggets, grief-stricken members of the Wendy's community erupted in an all-too-familiar outrage. This isn't the first time fans of the beloved nug have undergone this trauma, and it likely won't be the last. More about Chicken Nuggets, Wendys, Watercooler, and Watercooler Read More »There's going to be a Trump-inspired dating show. Uggghhh.
Oh noooooo. Just when you thought reality TV was safe. There's going to be a Trump-related dating show. The idea is from David Goss, the man who created TrumpSingles.com. The site, which launched last year and caters to GOP lovers, is a relative newcomer on the dating scene but has racked up some 37,500 users since the election. Goss has partnered with Mark Walker of Boxx Communications to produce a TV series based on the site. The concept is still being finalized, but it will likely be a bit different from the site. It will be a competition, revolving around politics, naturally, but it won't be limited to people from TrumpSingles.com Read more... More about Reality Tv, Tv Shows, Dating, Trump, and Dating Apps Read More »50 million people now pay for Spotify
Spotify should hit play on a celebratory playlist today. On Thursday, the company announced it reached 50 million paid subscribers. That's a lot considering it was at 40 million less than six months ago, and only 10 million three years ago.
While that's a large number of paying subscribers, the streaming service also has more than 100 million total users, including those who listen for free. It hit that milestone in June 2016 — no biggie. Those huge numbers haven't necessarily led to profit. The most recently available report shows the company lost a whopping $194 million in 2015 despite a growing subscription base. Read more... More about Subscribers, Streaming Music, Streaming Services, Spotify, and Business Read More »Peter Thiel's surveillance company reportedly ready to help Trump's deportation operation
Peter Thiel's surveillance company Palantir is reportedly finalizing the digital framework for a potential mass deportation operation, should President Donald Trump decide to go that route. The company is putting the last touches on an intelligence database called Investigative Case Management (ICM), according to The Intercept. The system won't be polished until September, but it's already used by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the agency known for carrying out deportations. Palantir is cofounded by Thiel, who has become Trump's go-to man for all things technology. The company apparently has a $41 million contract to construct and keep up the Investigative Case Management system, which has been deemed so vital to ICE that The Intercept reports the agency doesn't believe it can work without it. Read more... More about President, Donald Trump, White House, Peter Thiel, and Palantir Read More »The outlook for Snapchat: Cloudy with a chance of terrible
We here at the Mashable business section are not stock pickers. We don't offer financial advice, primarily because we have none to offer aside from investing in yourself (<3 you). We do, however, think it's worth looking at what the experts have to say, particularly around Snapchat. Everyone's favorite sexy-time-messaging-app-turned-mobile-powerhouse went public Thursday, meaning we are able to buy ourselves a little piece of Evan Spiegel's brainchild. Let's walk through what the buzz is on Snapchat: User growth isn't great, which is a big worryInvesting.com Senior Analyst, Clement Thibault notes "In order to thrive, Snap has to continue to innovate as well as pull in more users to its platforms." Read more... More about Business, Snapchat, and Business Read More »A millennial reports from the NYSE floor on Snapchat's IPO day
Texts to me: "Why the heck are you at the stock exchange?" It's a great question from a close friend who has known me for 21 years — and knows all too well that I'm not a traditional Wall Street reporter (and definitely didn't change careers to stock trading). But Thursday drew me to the New York Stock Exchange because it was a big day in the world of writing on Snapchat, a once little-known app that I refused to download in college, which has somehow become a huge company that media outlets are betting their future on. This friend knew I was at the NYSE because I had posted it to my Snapchat Story, of course. Read more... More about Apps And Software, Evan Spiegel, Wall Street, Business, and Snap Inc Read More »This is what a spacecraft sees during a solar eclipse
An eclipse is an incredible thing to see from Earth, but it's even more epic from space. A new video taken by the European Space Agency's Proba-2 spacecraft on Feb. 26 shows a solar eclipse through the mechanical eyes of the probe, tasked with staring at the sun day in and day out. The eclipse made the sun resemble a "ring of fire" from South America and Africa on Earth. This type of eclipse — called an annular eclipse — occurs when the moon is centered on the sun but doesn't totally blot out the light of the star, which happens during a total eclipse. Read more... More about Space Exploration, Spaceflight, European Space Agency, Sun, and Moon Read More »No, wearables aren't dead, although Fitbit could use a boost
With the downfall of Pebble late last year, it looked like the wearables market could be in trouble. Nope. It hit an all-time high with 33.9 million units shipped in the fourth quarter of 2016, growing 16.9 percent year over year, according to the latest data from analytics firm IDC. The report revealed the diverging paths of two of the most recognizable names in the game: Fitbit and Apple. Fitbit held onto its perch atop the wearables food chain, but it's slipping. Meanwhile, the Apple Watch had its most successful showing since entering the space in April 2015. It's a big reversal from Apple's decline in Q3 2016 — and it shows the wearables market could be in the midst of another shift. Read more... More about Report, Market, Wearables, Fitbit, and Apple Watch Read More »Tinder bans racist, sexist bro for life on National Pig Day
Everyone loves pigs (the animal), but racist pigs (the jerk humans) are a breed Tinder isn't down with. The dating app delivered a mighty smackdown in the form of an open letter Tuesday, slamming "racist rants" and "sexist pigs." Their blog post addressed one sexist pig in particular, who's just been banned from the app for life. And on National Pig Day, of all days. Rewind a day: A San Francisco guy shared his friend's screenshots from Tinder, in which a guy named Nick hurled racist, sexist abuse at her after she ignored him. It was all pretty awful. Read more... More about Online Dating, Sexist, Racist, Tinder, and National Pig Day Read More »Clouded leopard cub is not only beyond cute, but a conservation breakthrough
The Nashville Zoo was overcome with joy a the birth of a male clouded leopard on Wednesday. But it's not just because the tiny feline is adorable. He's also big step for the zoo and the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute. The little guy, who is so new he has yet to be named, His mom, Tula, was born and raised at the Nashville Zoo. Veterinarians induced ovulation with hormones and deposited semen taken a week earlier from a male named Hannibal from the Smithsonian National Zoo. The healthy birth from the frozen "cryopreserved semen" has implications for preserving future clouded leopards from all over the world. The animals are rare out in the wild and difficult to breed in captivity because they are so sensitive, zoo officials said. Read more... More about Science, Artificial Insemination, Zoo, Clouded Leopard Cub, and Watercooler Read More »High school basketball team loses game in worst way possible
Welp, March Madness has finally arrived. Arlington High School played Central Christian Academy on Tuesday night (OK, so it was technically February) in an Indiana state tournament. With 0.5 seconds left to go, Arlington had a one point lead with still a free throw to shoot. So they basically had the game in the bag. But that's when a crucial error occurred. Arlington decided to intentionally miss the second free throw, and.... That suuuuuuuuuuucks. And here's a second angle just for good measure: The decision to intentionally miss the second free throw is a common one in basketball. This strategy doesn't give the opposing team enough to time to run an inbound play, so by intentionally missing, Arlington was basically forcing Central Christian Academy to try a full-court catch-and-heave. Rarely does this work for the unfortunate team doing the heaving. Read more... More about Miracle, Basketball, Viral Videos, Watercooler, and Watercooler Read More »'Rogue One' plot holes exposed in parody video
Once you've watched a Star Wars movie more than a few times, you inevitably start noticing the weak points in its space fantasy plot. And even the taut storytelling of Rogue One isn't immune. But that's good news for the makers of the popular "How It Should Have Ended" video series, which just dropped its latest parody Thursday. Here you'll find the full expression of all sorts of nagging doubts about the movie that you didn't even realize you had. (Obligatory spoiler alert warning for the three or four of you who haven't seen the movie yet.) Read more... More about Parody, Rogue One, Star Wars, Entertainment, and Film Read More »Facebook wants you to ‘explore’ a new News Feed
Facebook is testing a secondary News Feed in the beta version of the app on Android. Some users have noticed a similar feature being tested on iOS in early January. In the latest beta update, the current version of the News Feed remains as the "Home" tab and the new "Explore" tab is a combination of photos, videos and articles that are tailored to the user's interests, notably - from pages they have not liked or followed. The tab is similar to Instagram's Search and Explore tab. For example, my Explore tab is filled with pages closely related to those I've already liked, such as the entertainment vertical of a news site, a video popular with my friends, an article popular in my network and of course, memes. Above video stories, the feed also shows you how many of your friends have watched the video. Read more... More about Facebook App, Facebook Newsfeed, Facebook, and Tech Read More »Couple choo choo chooses each other with wedding proposal on packed subway train
Want to stare ennui in the face? Just catch a peak hour subway train. There you'll find humanity hurtling towards mundanity. Next stop: depression. Unless of course, you're in love. Proving that riding the train can be surprisingly beautiful sometimes, a couple from Melbourne, Australia, just got hitched on one. And it was magical. Ryan Jacka and his partner Hannah met exactly 10 years ago today, according to Metro Trains, who are all over the romantic gesture. Jacka contacted the train company and asked their morning driver to help him pop the question when Hannah least expected it. Read more... More about Proposal, Melbourne, Metro Trains, Train, and Australia Read More »Mike Pence used his personal AOL account for official business, and of course it was hacked
This is Mike Pence: Former governor of Indiana, Vice President of the United States, Chili's patron and AOL user. It's that last bit that seems to have gotten him into trouble, as The Indianapolis Star reports that while serving the Hooiser State, Pence repeatedly used his personal AOL email account for official business. And you better believe it was hacked. As recently as last summer, in fact. Just what was Pence discussing via the two-decade-old webmail service? His passion for Chili's Chicken Bacon Ranch Quesadillas? Read more... More about Aol, Mike Pence, Technology, Tech, and Politics Read More »Kids are loving this tiny Rolls-Royce they get to drive to surgery
There's nothing like a ride in a luxury vehicle to take your mind off things. But if you are well below driving age and in the hospital for surgery that's not really a feasible option — until now. Rolls-Royce this week donated a mini version of one of their vehicles to St. Richard’s Hospital Pediatric Day Surgery Unit in West Sussex, England — the hometown of the car maker. The Rolls-Royce SRH fresh off the factory floor. Image: James Lipman Fittingly named the Rolls-Royce SRH, it's perfect for the young patients to zoom around on their way to surgery. Talk about traveling in style. Read more... More about England, Hospital, Kids, Donations, and Rolls Royce Read More »Guy jumps into a vat of oil and immediately regrets all of his life choices
It's unclear if this dude lost a really awful bet or if he expected a different outcome, but somewhere along the line he really messed up. Even after a solid minute of power washing, the dude is completely covered in oil from head to toe. Let's just hope he has a massive bottle of Dawn soap somewhere. Read more... More about Wtf, Viral Videos, Watercooler, and Watercooler Read More »Picasso the rescue dog is stealing hearts all over the internet (and so is his bro)
Meet 10-month-old Picasso, a pitbull-terrier mix, who's had a bit of a rough start to life. He has a noticeable facial deformity, where his snout twists to the right and his jaw to the left. Otherwise, it's a happy and healthy dog. Picasso was destined for euthanasia at an animal shelter after his breeder was unable to sell him. His brother Pablo was also given up to the same shelter, after his adopted family didn't want him anymore, according to The Dodo. But the pair's plight got the attention of Oregon-based Luvable Dog Rescue, who initially took in Picasso when it went looking for dogs with special needs. Read more... More about Oregon, Watercooler, Dog, Dogs, and Animals Read More »Smash Mouth became the voice of the resistance then threw it all away
In the '60s, they had Bob Dylan. In 2017, for one beautiful moment, Smash Mouth became our voice of protest. "That's not good enough, you need to resign," the band wrote on Twitter after U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions recused himself from any investigation into the Trump administration's ties with Russian. Finally, the people had found their champion.
But then the tweet was deleted. Did they lose their nerve? Did Trump goons stop by and ruffle their goatees? Read more... More about Jeff Sessions, Smash Mouth, and Watercooler Read More »Sistagirls' Indigenous trans community are about to slay the Mardi Gras parade
No amount of rain will wash away the enthusiasm of the Tiwi Islands' Sistagirls. 30 of the Indigenous transgender community have travelled 3,212 kilometres (1,195 miles) from their home off the coast of northern Australia, especially to slay their Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade debut. The journey comes after an incredible fundraising effort. "It's a privilege and it means a lot to us," Anastasia Virgona said. "We're using this as a big eyeopener for the other girls that want to get involved with the Mardi Gras and the walk." Read more... More about Lgbtq, Transgender, Sistagirls, Sydney Mardi Gras, and Sydney Read More »Facebook won't force you to chat with its chatbots anymore
Enough with the small talk. Contrary to their name, Facebook's hordes of third-party Messenger chatbots have never been the strongest conversationalists. Try to get one to, say, order a pizza and too often you'll find yourself stumbling through a drawn-out back-and-forth that'll make you pull your hair out. That's only after you've gone through the confusing hassle of finding the bot and, in some cases, awkwardly making the first move. Facebook, it seems, gets that. It knows you don't always relish these intimate encounters of the bot kind. Read more... More about Automation, Chatbots, Facebook, Business, and Advertising Read More »McDonald's in trouble after pregnant woman allegedly finds dead lizard in her fries
Alright, this is appalling! Burger giant McDonald's has been accused of serving a deep-fried lizard in a plate of fries in an outlet in India, a top market for the Chicago-headquartered company. A resident of Kolkata, eastern India's biggest city, took her daughter on a food outing to the McDonald's outlet at EM Bypass. After her order was served, the sight of the dead reptile made the woman, who's reportedly pregnant, sick. She immediately called the store manager to look into it. However, his nonchalant response annoyed her. Read more... More about Eating, Retail, Business, India, and Mcdonald S Read More »End of road for LeEco in India? Chinese company lays off most of Indian staff
Things aren't working out for China's conglomerate. LeEco may soon exit its India operation, less than an year and half after the company entered the country. The company’s top level executives in the country have resigned and the vast majority of staff has been laid off, according to a former employee. LeEco entered India in January last year with a range of smartphones and attempted to replicate Xiaomi’s business model for success in the country. The company's Le 1s handset, which sports a 5.5-inch display and 3GB of RAM, created buzz in the market. The smartphone was priced at Rs 10,999 ($165). Read more... More about Chinese, China, Xiaomi, India, and Leeco Read More »Philippine president's daughter gives birth and everyone joked about the poor kid's name
This kid's name kind of rocks. President of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, has a new grandson: Marko "Stonefish" Digong Carpio. Like his siblings "Sharky" and "Stingray," little Stonefish was nicknamed after a sea creature because his mother loves the sea, local papers reported. Stonefish was born to Duterte's daughter and mayor of Davao City, Sara Duterte-Carpio, and her husband, Manases Carpio on Friday. Although his name isn't technically Stonefish, the popular press have referred to him and his siblings nearly exclusively by their nicknames, leading to some sharp reactions online. Read more... More about Names, Duterte, Philippines, and Watercooler Read More »This house was 3D-printed in just 24 hours
As we start to 3D-print everything — including houses, of all things — it's pretty impressive that a company built one in just 24 hours. Located in Russia, this 400-square-foot home (37 square meters) was built in just a day, at a cost of just over $10,000. 3D-printing company Apis Cor built the house using a mobile printer on-site. Image: APIS COR Image: APIS COR The main components of the house, including the walls, partitions and building envelope were printed solely with a concrete mixture. Fixtures like windows and furnishings were later added on, and a shiny coat of paint added to the exterior of the house. Read more... More about Construction, Russia, 3d Printing, and Tech Read More »This ridiculously over-engineered whisky flask will cost you $2,500
Is it acceptable to drink fine Scottish whisky from a flask? Well, if you're using the new Flask 2, a crazy-expensive, over-engineered flask created by watch maker Urwerk and whisky maker Macallan, then yes, yes it is. The Flask 2, spotted by A Blog to Watch on Friday, features way more technical accomplishments and features that you'd expect from a flask. Made of 156 parts, it has two separate titanium tanks (so you can enjoy two whisky varieties), a stainless steel mouthpiece that makes it easy to switch between those tanks, deployable winglets that create a stand for the flask as well as cask indicators that remind you what you're currently drinking. Read more... More about Whisky, Macallan, Urwerk, Flask 2, and Tech Read More »The starfish have spoken, and they hate your stupid microchips
How cool are starfish? They have no brain, they can regenerate, and when you flip them upside down they're like, "Screw this, I'm flippin' myself back over!" But turns out they also really, really like their privacy. A recent study in the journal of the National Centre for Biotechnology Information found that starfish have a pretty cool way to avoid microchip tags. When Danish biology students Frederik Christensen and Trine Olson tried implanting the asterias rubens (common starfish) with microchips, they found the creatures would simply draw them through their bodies internally before "spitting" them out from their arms. Outrageous. Read more... More about Denmark, Microchips, Microchip, Science, and Starfish Read More »If you like piñatas and cakes, you'll love candy-filled smash cakes
You like piñatas. You like cakes. Now you can have them together in a Sydney creator's smash cakes, which are both edible and designed for those with an appetite for destruction. Like a piñata, inside each of her smash cakes is an assortment of candy that'll spill out when you crack open the chocolate shell. You can get them on Claudia Abrahams' SydneySmashCakes, and videos of them getting wrecked on Instagram have been quite the hit — and fair enough. More about Food, Cakes, Cake, Watercooler, and Australia Read More »Lenovo rides the nostalgia wave, promises to bring back Motorola name
Well, hello Motorola. After being unceremoniously killed by its Chinese owner Lenovo in 2016, the Motorola brand name might be coming back. SEE ALSO: The next big trend in phones? Nostalgia. This is according to Cnet, which spoke to Motorola Chairman and President Aymar de Lencquesaing on Sunday. According to de Lencquesaing, the brand name will return because Lenovo now has "clarity on how we present ourselves." We suspect, however, that it might have something to do with the buzz generated by BlackBerry and Nokia, both of which have successfully played the nostalgia card at the Mobile World Congress this year Read more... More about Smartphones, Moto, Motorola, Lenovo, and Business Read More »The robots studying the Fukushima nuclear waste site keep failing
The robots sent in to investigate the nuclear fallout at Fukushima just aren't good enough. Tokyo Electric Power Company's (TEPCO) head of decommissioning admitted on Thursday that more creativity was needed in developing its robots sent to the reactive zone. The Fukushima nuclear power plant was massively damaged in 2011, when three of the six nuclear reactors suffered meltdown after being struck by a 9.0-magnitude earthquake and associated tsunami waves. More than 100,000 residents of the nearby Fukushima Prefecture had to be relocated, and the government has spent the last five years struggling with the aftermath. The incident is regarded as the world's largest nuclear disaster since Chernobyl. Read more... More about Nuclear, Robots, Fukushima, Japan, and World Read More »Here's what happens when you tell Tinder matches your dad just died
Mourning the loss of a parent can be one of the most difficult times in a person's life—a time when swiping on Tinder is literally the last thing on your mind. Welch found herself thinking about Tinder in the days following her dad's death, as she really wished wasn't going through this difficult time on her own Patrick Stewart shows you don't need to be an X-Man to fight Donald Trump
Sir Patrick Stewart has announced he's applying for U.S. citizenship to step up the fight against President Donald Trump. The X-Men star recently tweeted during a trip to Washington D.C. that he had "the worst night's sleep for years and years and years", joking that Trump was responsible for that.
Stewart, who is a British citizen, defended his tweet in an interview on The View, calling it "fairly innocent" and adding he "did not directly insult your president". Read more... More about Logan, X Men, President Trump, American Citizenship, and Patrick Stewart Read More »Play this hilarious voice-activated 'Flappy Bird' that's going viral
If you thought Flappy Bird was frustratingly addictive, you're going to love this voice-activated version. Eight Note is rapidly going viral across Asia, with thousands of players literally screaming at their phones. SEE ALSO: Farewell, Flappy Bird The game sounds pretty simple. The character has to jump across blocks and avoid falling. The only catch? The character's jumps are controlled by the volume of your voice. It's pretty great to watch. A small murmur will cause the character to shuffle slightly, whereas a shrill scream will result in a huge leap. The game has two modes: Endless and Stages — which are pretty self-explanatory. Read more... More about App Store, China, Japan, Game, and Watercooler Read More »This smart bus stop has charging plugs and books for sharing, but people ruin everything
SMDH, really. We probably don't deserve what could be the coolest bus stop in the world. Built last year in August, this high-tech bus stop in Singapore has free Wi-Fi, charging ports, interactive display maps, a solar panelled roof, and even a swing. But its bookshelf, meant to be stocked with books for swapping with others, was empty when Mashable visited. The bus stop is a project in the west of Singapore, and is being trialed by the government as part of a broader technology testbed. Image: Ng Yi Shu/Mashable Project Bus Stop's interactive wall displays weather information, local news headlines and bus arrival times. Read more... More about Community, Book Exchange, Bus Stop, Singapore, and World Read More »A single Bitcoin is now worth more than an ounce of gold
If you own Bitcoin, rejoice: A single unit of digital cryptocurrency is now worth more than an ounce of actual, physical gold. According to CoinDesk's Bitcoin Price Index, the price of 1 Bitcoin is $1,281.95 at the time of this writing, while the gold spot price is $1,227.66 per ounce, according to Bloomberg Markets. The two prices met after a shoddy day and a flat year for gold, in contrast to the amazing year Bitcoin has had in terms of price — exactly a year ago, the cryptocurrency traded at around $200 per one Bitcoin. Image: Coindesk Read more... The mechanism behind booking a ride on your phone is actually really complex
Every time you click to book a ride on the Grab app, the machinery that clicks in the background crunches some serious numbers to pair you with a driver. It's "staggeringly complex," as Grab's head of engineering, Ditesh Gathani, put it in an interview with Mashable. Underneath the seemingly simple process of booking, the system has to achieve a few goals, such as: providing the passenger with a driver, at reasonable cost within minutes; and to do this with as few buttons to press, and fields to fill in as possible. It also runs predictive analytics in real-time to figure out where demand will be, so the app can tell drivers where to go in the next few hours. Add that to machine-learning, with the system figuring out your routine and filling in where you want to go on some days. Read more... More about Uber, Singapore, Ride Hailing Apps, Grab, and Tech Read More »Woman filmed on CCTV putting hair in her meal before writing angry TripAdvisor review
Among the worst dining experiences is to find a hair in the meal — but nothing is what it seems in this case of an Italian restaurant in Brisbane, Australia. SEE ALSO: After 2016 of pushing hard on self-driving cars, Uber started 2017 building for human drivers A disgruntled customer left an angry review of Casa Nostra Ristorante on TripAdvisor, claiming she found hair in her food and the owners refused to take the meal off the bill. Image: screengrab/tripadvisor But Casa Nostra owners, Sarah Biuso and her husband, hit back by posting a CCTV camera video on Instagram showing a woman who appears to grab a piece of hair from her head and put it on the half-eaten plate. Read more... More about Italian Restaurants, Australia, Tripadvisor, Hair, and Cctv Read More »Seth Meyers breaks down the latest upheaval in the Trump camp
If you've been having trouble keeping up with the latest upheaval in the Trump administration, don't worry, Seth Meyers has got the breakdown for you. In the video above, Meyers takes us through a blow by blow account of what's happening in the Trump camp — including the controversy over Attorney General Jeff Sessions' undisclosed meeting with the Russian ambassador last year while he was a senator. As Meyers says, the public needs answers. Read more... More about Attorney General, Vladimir Putin, Jeff Sessions, Late Night With Seth Meyers, and Seth Meyers Read More »This heartwarming video urges you to care for the lonely and 'forgotten'
Alzheimer's is one of the leading causes of death in the U.S. Globally, nearly 47 million people are affected by the degenerative disease and that is likely to reach 131 million by 2050. Hindustan Unilever (HUL) might not have considered these stats. Or perhaps, they did... before creating this ad for the Indian market. There are more than 4 million Alzheimer's patients in India. And a lot of them, like the woman in this video, are neglected by their own families. Forgotten creates a touching narrative around Alzheimer's, elderly loneliness in urban centers, and the country's undying love for tea — a prime leveler in Indian society. Read more... More about Communication, Indigenous, Tea, Alzheimer S, and Healthcare Read More »Company of software engineer held at JFK hits back on LinkedIn
The incredible odyssey of Celestine Omin, a Nigerian software engineer who at New York's JFK airport was told he didn't look like a software engineer and asked to take a coding exam, has caused quite an uproar on social media. Now his company Andela— a tech startup that connects developers in Africa with U.S. employers — has penned a passionate LinkedIn post hitting back at it. "This past weekend, an Andela engineer from Nigeria named Celestine Omin made his first trip to the United States," Jeremy Johnson, co-founder and CEO of the company wrote. Read more... More about Start Up, Andela, Jfk, Linkedin, and Software Engineer Read More »'Lilo and Stitch' dubbed with Scottish voiceovers is comedy genius
The Scottish Lilo and Stitch aren't anything like the originals, but they are just as funny. In the video above, YouTuber Lee Gilmour took scenes from Disney's Lilo and Stitch and dubbed them with some hilariously profane Scottish dialogue. The video is a consistent onslaught of dirty comedy. For example, we don't remember Lilo calling Stitch a "furry blue cunt." The internet loves a good comedy voiceover and this video is definitely a hilariously unique take on the Disney tale. Read more... More about Funny, Scottish Accent, Scotland, Disney, and Lilo And Stitch Read More »Russell Brand shares nuggets of wisdom while taking on a hot wing challenge
Russell Brand is known for his comedy and enlightened thinking. He isn't known for his ability to withstand spicy food. As he so eloquently put it, "Even just the concept of hot food began to hurt my mouth a bit." In the video above, Brand puts his taste buds to the test as he takes on a board of hot wings with increasingly spicy sauces. During the challenge, he chats about his love for the West Ham football team, a bizarre interaction he had with Trump, and the powerful relationship he shares with his dog, Bear. Read more... More about Youtube, Russell Brand, Uk, Watercooler, and Watercooler Read More »This old Mike Pence tweet on Hillary Clinton emails is coming back to haunt him
It's been revealed that, while serving as governor of Indiana, Vice President Mike Pence used his personal AOL email account for official business. As The Indianapolis Star reports, the emails discussed sensitive matters and homeland security issues. It also reported that the account was hacked last summer. SEE ALSO: Mike Pence used his personal AOL account for official business, and of course it was hacked Many people accused Pence, who heavily criticised Hillary Clinton during the presidential campaign for her use of a private email server while she was U.S. secretary of state, of double standards and hypocrisy: Read more... More about Hack, Clinton Emails, Vice President, Hillary Clinton, and Aol Account Read More »Yelp will now show you which businesses have gender inclusive restrooms
Yelp will soon be able to tell you about a new aspect of restaurants and businesses that is often overlooked: whether its restrooms are gender inclusive. The company is rolling out a new feature that will identify businesses that have "gender-neutral restrooms," similar to how it identifies establishments that are wheelchair accessible or accept credit cards. With the update, Yelp will officially add "gender-neutral restroom" to its list of business attributes, which appear on a business' page, alongside their hours, reviews and other details. Yelp says it defines these restrooms as those that are "accessible to persons of any gender and are a locking, single-stall bathroom." Read more... More about Social Good, Yelp, Apps And Software, Tech, and Tech Read More »7 'Zelda: Breath of the Wild' tips the game won't tell you about
There's so much you can do in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild that the game never explicitly teaches you. That points to one of the great delights in this new Zelda: discovering cool stuff. I've spent close to 40 hours playing now and I'm still learning new things about what Link is capable of doing on a regular basis. I'm not here to spoil the fun — or story — for anyone, but if you're just starting out in Breath of the Wild and want some ideas, I've pulled together this short list of things that you might not pick up on so quickly. Read more... More about The Legend Of Zelda, The Legend Of Zelda Breath Of The Wild, Nintendo, Gaming, and Entertainment Read More »Mobile 3D printer can build an entire house in just 24 hours
This is the first residential house 3D-printed onsite with a mobile printer. It only took 24 hours and costs $10,134. The company, Apis Cor, hopes that this can provide an alternative to traditional construction methods and create affordable housing. Read more... More about Apis Cor, Move In Ready, Entire House, 24 Hours, and 3d Print Read More »What to do if your Nintendo Switch suddenly won't turn on
Is your Nintendo Switch not turning on? Don't freak out. It might just need a reset. In the week since we got Nintendo's new console here at Mashable, I've come across a handful of instances where the Switch just wouldn't turn on. Didn't matter if it was in tablet mode or TV mode — press the power button, no response. The fix turned out to be easy: it needed a hard reset. The process is very simple, and similar to what you'd do to reset other electronics.
How does VR alter your brain?
Virtual Reality is evolving fast, but are we evolving along with it? We asked a scientist to see how our brain works in VR. After digging into the video above, feel free to see what it's like to go 380 mph in VR. Take that VR journey in the latest episode of 'The Possible' by downloading the app here. Read more... More about Virtual Reality Headset, Neuroscience, Drones, Virtual Reality, and Vr Read More »Emma Watson politely pauses interview to gently wipe pen mark off reporter's chin
Emma Watson: talented actress, actual Disney princess, detail-oriented makeup artist. The Beauty and the Beast star performed a gentle show of kindness when she paused an interview to touch up the interviewer's makeup. "You would do this for me, and I would do this for you. You've got pen on your chin, and you're going to be so sad when you see this, and I just have to do this for you," she said as she leaned over wipe away the smudge. "I'm sorry, I know what it's like to have something on your face." Read more... More about Videos, Watercooler, Watercooler, and Video Read More »Patrick Stewart reveals what his superpower would be and it isn't mindreading
Patrick Stewart may play the world's pre-eminent telepath in the X-Men series, but in real-life the actor would never want to read another person's mind. "How horrible would that be?" he told Mashable in an interview for Logan, immediately dismissing telepathy in favor for teleportation. In Logan, Professor X's (Stewart) powers are as strong as ever, but amplified during violent seizures that affect everyone in his immediate vicinity. Stewart's ideal superpowers would be much more practical in the modern world, while his costar Hugh Jackman opted for a classic answer: Flight. Read more... More about Exclusive, Video, Patrick Stewart, Hugh Jackman, and X Men Read More »Sarcastic kid has the most cynical joke about what will happen when she turns 100
Cynical. Sarcastic. Ironic. All words not typically used to describe the contents of a kid's drawing. For Redditor Full_Metal_Cardigan, they're pretty much the defining words of this prompt response, done by his daughter: Full_Metal_Cardigan titled it, "My daughter, the eternal optimist..." So it's pretty clear where she gets it from. Either that, or this kid is spending a lot of time with a grandmother that says things like "just my luck" every time her napkin falls off her lap. It might also be worth noting that Keira drew herself wearing a crown—is she a queen at 100?—but didn't feel that was worth mentioning. Read more... More about Watercooler and Watercooler Read More »Google says the Pixel 2 will launch this year and it'll be pricey
If there was ever any doubt that Google would release a successor to the Pixel and Pixel XL, its best smartphones ever, you can now lay those fears to rest and sleep easy at night. Speaking with Android Pit, Rick Osterloh, Google's Senior Vice President of Hardware, confirmed the company will release a new Pixel smartphone this year. "There is an annual rhythm in the industry. So, you can count on us to follow it," Osterloh said. "You can count on a successor this year, even if you don't hear a date from me now." He also reaffirmed the Pixel will remain a premium device with a premium price, which means it likely won't start at a price that's lower than the current $650 for the 32GB Pixel (a 128GB version sells for $100 more). In other words, Google's really done with selling premium phones at affordable prices, like it did for years with the Nexus devices. Read more... More about Premium, Smartphones, Pixel, Pixel 2, and Android Read More »Stephen Colbert skewers Jeff Sessions for lying, as expected
We were all waiting for this. After it was revealed that Jeff Sessions gave false information about his involvement with the Russians during his confirmation hearing, government officials have been in an uproar calling for Sessions to recuse himself from the Russian investigation. Some have gone farther, asking for him to resign. This embarrassing debacle of course became a topic of discussion for Stephen Colbert on Thursday night's The Late Show. He points out that Sessions essentially "volunteer[ed] to lie" during his hearing. Colbert also touches upon the fact that Sessions has decided to recuse himself from the investigation, saying, "You don't have to recuse yourself, because you already f*cked yourself." Read more... More about The Late Show, Stephen Colbert, Trump, Jeff Sessions, and Conversations Read More »The internet refuses to let Pence forget about his email scandal
Oh, how the tables have turned. Vice President Mike Pence — aka one of the people who made a huge stink about Hillary Clinton's private email scandal during the 2016 campaigns — has now found himself in a similar situation. On Thursday, The Indianapolis Star reported that during his time as governor of Indiana, Pence apparently used his personal AOL email address to discuss sensitive political matters and homeland security issues. On top of that, it turns out the account was also hacked. After having lived through Trump's campaign discussing Clinton's emails ad nauseam, claiming the actions made her unfit to serve the country, you'd better believe Democrats aren't passing up the opportunity to call out Pence for his hypocritical actions. Read more... More about Politics, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, Reactions, and Twitter Read More »Google will soon let you try games while you're playing other games, because phones have ruined us
Android game developers will soon have a new tool to lure more players to their games. At the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco this week, Google announced a new feature called "Playables," which allows users to test-drive a lightweight version of a game within an advertisement. In other words, there's no app download required—and it all happens while you're in another game. So much for our attention spans. Playables is one of the formats available in Google's Universal App Campaigns, a tool that allows developers to have their ads placed across several Google properties just by writing a few lines of text. It's currently available to some advertisers, but the tech giant plans to start rolling it out to all Universal App Campaign clients soon, a spokesperson for Google said, so you can expect to see the feature more often. Read more... More about Google Apps, Google, Developers, Advertising, and Downloads Read More »Guy throws up in the middle of marriage proposal
Everyone gets a little queasy before a proposal, but this guy's nerves got the better of him. Darrell Hamilton Jr. was about to give his girlfriend, Rheanna Faye, the picture-perfect proposal. He’d planned a romantic helicopter ride over Reedley, California. And then… he got motion sickness. Hamilton, a video journalist, had the event taped, and you can see him becoming increasingly uncomfortable as the flight goes on. Then he hastily pulls the ring out of his pocket and proposes. She was surprised, but she got an even bigger shock when just seconds later, he started to vomit. SEE ALSO: Couple choo choo chooses each other with wedding proposal on packed subway train Read more... Banksy has opened a hotel in the West Bank and just look at the pictures
Banksy is back and more thought-provoking than ever. The British graffiti artist has decorated a Palestinian guest house in the West Bank city of Bethlehem with his artwork, aimed at bringing Israelis and Palestinians together. People pass by the "The Walled Off Hotel" and the Israeli security barrier in the West Bank city of Bethlehem. Image: AP/REX/Shutterstock Named "The Walled Off Hotel," the establishment features 10 rooms with — as Banksy billed it — "the worst view in the world" as they overlook the West Bank separation barrier erected by Israel. Read more... More about Hotel, Palestine, Israel, West Bank, and Banksy Read More »Catch up on all things Wolverine before 'Logan' opens this weekend
Spoiler alert: CineFix's Clint brings the office up to speed on all of Wolverine's cinematic adventures before they make a field trip to the theater this weekend. Catch up on all the Wolverine drama as Hugh Jackman gets ready to hit the screens as Logan one last time. Visit CineFix for more episodes and movie-related content. Read more... More about X Men Apocalypse, Logan, James Mangold, Hugh Jackman, and Wolverine Read More »One lucky high school just made $24 million in Snap's IPO
It wasn't just Evan Spiegel who got rich in Snap Inc.'s IPO yesterday. A California high school has made millions of dollars from the initial public offering of shares in Snap Inc., the company behind Snapchat. The board of the Saint Francis high school in Mountain View agreed to invest $15,000 in seed money in Snap in 2012, when the company was just getting started. They had been invited to do so by one of the student's parents, a venture capital investor with Lightspeed Venture Partners, the high school president said in a letter issued to the school community Thursday. "We didn't have real high expectations," the school's former president, Kevin Makley, told CNNTech. "We collectively decided that this was going to be a ... small investment. So we'll take a shot at it." Read more... More about Snap Ipo, Snap Inc, Snapchat, Business, and Startups Read More »Women are 'weaker, less intelligent' says Polish politician during pay gap debate
Someone needs to remind Polish politician Janusz Korwin-Mikke that's its 2017, not 1717. People are furious after Korwin-Mikke, a member of the European Parliament, remarked that women are "weaker," "smaller" and "less intelligent" than men, and therefore should be paid less. The incident occurred during a gender pay gap debate in the European Parliament on Wednesday. Parliament was nearly empty at the time, but people can be heard gasping and even laughing at Korwin-Mikke's remarks.
Uber is done giving lucrative incentives to drivers in its fastest growing market
Uber is finally opening up about the ongoing cab strikes in Indian cities and publicly addressing drivers' demands. Ever since Uber left China, the ride-hailing company has grown more focused on India, its fastest growing overseas market. However, it is struggling to keep its drivers happy in the country, who have gone on multiple strikes in various major cities in the past two months. Uber is blaming some drivers for the strikes, claiming that a small pool of people are disrupting the work of others. Amit Jain, president of Uber India, assured its driver partners and riders on Friday that the company is working to resolve the issues. Read more... More about Transportation, Ola, Uber, India, and Business Read More »Gigi and Bella Hadid share a sisterly nod after running into ex The Weeknd
Sister powers activate! Running into an ex can stir up a lot of emotions, as supermodel Bella Hadid has learned from interactions with ex-boyfriend The Weeknd. For the most part, the pair have been very cordial to one another when it's happened – like when they were reunited at the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. However, it seems like seeing the R&B singer can still be awkward for Hadid. The model was walking in the H&M show during Paris Fashion Week where The Weeknd performed during their final catwalk. But, Hadid was in good hands as big sister, Gigi, was there to get her through it. Read more... More about Paris Fashion Week, The Weeknd, Bella Hadid, Gigi Hadid, and Watercooler Read More »VR film series shows how you can help save young lives in 360 degrees
One organization wants to share the stories of nonprofits helping young people survive and thrive, and it's using an innovative medium to do it. Epic Foundation, which aims to "disrupt the philanthropic industry" through digital tools, has launched a collection of virtual reality short films highlighting the impact of 12 youth-focused organizations around the world. The series, called #Epic360, is an effort to change how the nonprofit world uses 360-degree video, and ultimately change how people give to good causes. Alexandre Mars, founder and CEO of Epic Foundation, said the VR short films further the idea that technology can connect people with important projects — putting you on the frontlines, even if you're thousands of miles away. Read more... More about Charity, Humanitarian Aid, Nonprofits, Film, and Short Film Read More »Pence's real crime is that he still uses an AOL email account
By now you've probably heard that Vice President Mike Pence's personal email account was hacked, revealing he's chatted about sensitive political matters and homeland security issues while serving as governor of Indiana. That's scandalous and all — especially considering the backlash Hillary Clinton received during the presidential campaign for her use of a private email server while Secretary of State — but according to internet users, the real crime here is the fact that Pence still uses an AOL account. Really though. Joe Biden was so cool he wore aviators every chance he got and now we have a Vice President who still uses AOL? Read more... More about Reactions, Twitter, Watercooler, Conversations, and Hack Read More »Someone made Windows 98 for your wrist, because why not?
Nostalgia tech seems to be all the rage lately. There's the recent re-launch of the Nokia 3330, which comes with the much-beloved game Snake. Then there's a wireless keyboard that looks and feels like an old-school typewriter. And someone recently made a browser extension that brings Clippy back to life. Following the trend, Michael Darby, a self-described "amateur technology project maker" who blogs at 314reactor.com, recently decided to create a wristwatch that runs Windows 98. Darby used QEMU, a processor emulator, to run Windows 98 on a Raspberry Pi A+. He also attached a 2.4-inch touchscreen to the DIY device and used Python to enable a series of external buttons. Read more... More about Diy, Raspberry Pi, Smartwatches, Nostalgia, and Windows Read More »Katy Perry says exes can be still be friends, sheeple
Katy Perry has a little Twitter wisdom for those of you who that think exes can't be friends. After releasing a joint statement with Orlando Bloom on Tuesday that, after around a year of dating, the pair is "taking respectful, loving space at this time," the pop star wants people talking about them to take a seat. The "Chained to the Rhythm" singer tweeted about her breakup on Thursday.
Emma Watson wants a nanny, or at least she wants you to believe that
Emma Watson stopped by The Ellen Show to chat about her turn as a Disney princess in Beauty and the Beast and to also join in on DeGeneres' favorite pastime: pranking people. The always polite star interviewed an unsuspecting woman for a position as her personal nanny, inspired by the delightfully villainous Bachelor contestant Corinne and her real-life nanny. Watson channeled her best toddler impression as she snacked on a giant lollipop and had the woman tend to her "owie". Thankfully the woman was a good sport when Watson revealed the prank. The Bachelor's Corinne really left a lasting impression on the world. Inspiring. Read more... More about Emma Watson, Ellen Degeneres, The Ellen Degeneres Show, Watercooler, and Watercooler Read More »'For Honor' review: a unique blend of hack-and-slash and fighting games, but little else
A samurai stands with her katana drawn, cautiously stepping backwards as an axe-wielding viking barrels toward her. The viking's axe swings in a deadly downward arc, but the samurai meets it with her own weapon, parrying the attack and following up with a flurry of quick cuts. She charges into the viking, briefly opening up his guard and punishing his slow reflexes with a powerful blow. Nearing death, the viking rolls to the side to run, but the samurai, eyes locked on her foe, launches a knife at him. The viking topples and the samurai runs off to find the next fight. For Honor is a hack-and-slash style fighting game featuring samurai, vikings and knights where it's all about the fights — the thrill of going up against an opponent and carving your own combative path to outwit and outmaneuver them with a series of attacks, blocks, dodges and punishes. Read more... More about Ubisoft, Esports, Gaming, For Honor, and Entertainment Read More »Riz Ahmed spoke to the British government about representation, and he nailed it
Don't you love when your fave isn't problematic? Riz Ahmed, the latest actor to be in literally everything, stopped by Britain's House of Commons on Thursday to speak to the Culture Minister about the importance of diversity in the media. "Prominent successes can mask structural problems," Ahmed said in a speech peppered with film and TV references and hard facts about minority representation. "Obama was in the White House and you still needed the Black Lives Matter movement. I'm getting on a plane to L.A. to attend the Star Wars premiere, and I still get that second search before I board the plane." Read more... More about Parliament, Uk, Riz Ahmed, Video, and Watercooler Read More »Facebook adds new City Guides so it can own your vacations, too
Some people won't plan a trip without combing through travel sites and hitting up friends familiar with the area. If Facebook has its way, soon you'll be able to do both without ever leaving its app. Facebook is testing out a new City Guides feature for select iOS and Android users. It's Facebook's answer to TripAdvisor, providing curated suggestions for local attractions, events, restaurants and more. To keep the experience properly social, it also shows you a list of friends who've visited the city and what they did when they were there. More about Tourism, Planning, Travel, City Guides, and Ios Apps Read More »'Destiny 2' will not carry over your character progress from 'Destiny'
Say goodbye to all the gear and currency you've spent hours and hours (and hours) farming for in Destiny, because the sequel won't let you transfer any of it over. In a blog post today, Bungie announced that in order to make the second Destiny game feel like a true sequel, Destiny 1 players will not be able to bring any of their earned items or abilities over to the new game. This was previously rumored by Kotaku, whose sources also noted that Destiny's sequel will be coming to PC as well as Xbox One and PS4. The team won't completely forget about players who've spent hundreds or even thousands of hours with their Guardians, though. If you've reached level 20 on a Guardian and finished the Black Garden story mission, you'll be able to carry over that Guardian's class, race, gender, face, hair and marking selections. Additionally, you will receive "honors that reflect your Destiny 1 accomplishments." Read more... More about Bungie, Destiny 2, Destiny, Gaming, and Entertainment Read More »Daisy the dog gets a second chance at motherhood after losing her puppies
Meet Daisy Woodruff—this adorable, happy dog from Roseburg, Oregon: IT ME DAISY THE DOG HELLO HI! Image: Daisy Woodruff/Facebook According to Daisy's mom, Jessica Woodruff, Daisy unfortunately lost all seven of her puppies in a barn fire on Feb. 20. "We had a nice bed made for Daisy to have her pups inside but she found her own spot down at the barn. We noticed the fire and it was too late," Woodruff stated. They also lost four goats, one pig and the entire barn in the fire. After she lost her puppies, Daisy just wasn't the same. "Daisy wondered [sic] the 80+ acres lost, sad and confused," she said. "As a mother, I couldn't fathom her loss." Read more... More about Foster, Motherhood, Animals, Dog, and Puppies Read More »Google Photos has a brand new feature to magically improve your pics
Google Photos, the company's much-loved photo storage app, is introducing yet another way to improve your snapshots without any hassle. The company announced a new "auto white balance" feature on Thursday. Now, when users select a filter, the Google Photos app will correct the white balance in an image in addition to the exposure and saturation. Users can tweak things further by going into "Color" and adjusting the warmth and tint. Simply put, white balance is a tool used to render colors correctly. Sometimes due to lighting, photos can turn out too yellow, as in the example bellow, or eerily blue. Auto white balance is a staple feature of most cameras and photo-editing tools, and it helps your pictures look better and more natural. Read more... More about Photography, Google Photos, Google, and Tech Read More »Taylor Swift is cool and super pumped for Lorde's new song
We are all very excited for Lorde's new song, but don't you dare for a second think that you can match Taylor Swift's enthusiasm. Swift, of course, congratulated her bestie on the new single "Green Light" with the Apple Music screenshot version of an excited squeal, writing, "g2g brb just gonna make up an interpretive dance to this magnificent bop for the ages."
Dying author pens heartbreaking dating profile for her beloved husband
We’ve all read a lot of online dating profiles in our time, but you’ve probably never read one as heartbreakingly good as this one. Amy Krouse Rosenthal, who is terminally ill with ovarian cancer, penned a stunning essay for this week's Modern Love in the New York Times in which she glowingly recommends her husband, Jason, and urges someone to swipe right on him. It’s as beautifully written as it is soul-crushingly sad. Perhaps that's not surprising, since Rosenthal is the bestselling author of many classic children’s books — Little Pea, Spoon, and Duck! Rabbit! among them — and a memoir, Textbook Amy Krouse Rosenthal. Read more... More about Marriage, Death, Dying, Love, and Dating Read More »To Oakland, With Love: The ultimate guide to California's East Bay
PAID CONTENT BY BRITISH AIRWAYSSure, San Francisco is a quick ride across the water on the BART, but there’s so much to do in the East Bay, you’ll never want to leave. Thanks to a new direct flight from British Airways linking London and Oakland, the East Bay is more accessible than ever. Consider this your ultimate guide to Oakland’s vibrant and exciting neighbourhoods, full of delish eats and fun activities that will keep you entertained (and well-fed) all day long. From world-famous restaurants and breweries to a high-flying trapeze school and a museum dedicated to classic arcade games, Oakland just may be the Bay Area’s best-kept secret – until now. Read more... More about Supported, Sponsored, and Lifestyle Read More »The East Bay Bucketlist
Paid Content By British AirwaysCalifornia is a big place — like, really big — which means you can’t expect to see the entire state in one day. In fact, you need to make an educated decision before you even get on the plane and decide whether to visit northern or southern California. For those interested in getting the genuine California experience and getting off the beaten path, the East Bay is a good place to start Now that British Airways is offering direct flights from London to Oakland International Airport, the opportunity has never been better to explore Northeast California in all its grandeur. Read more... More about Supported, Lifestyle, and Travel Leisure Read More »Everything you need to know about Wolverine before watching 'Logan'
SPOILER ALERT FOR ALL X-MEN MOVIES! Clint brings the office up to speed on all of Wolverine's cinematic adventures before they journey to the movie theater. Catch up on just how much baggage Logan is dragging with him into Hugh Jackman's final turn as the Wolverine! Visit CineFix for more episodes and movie-related content. Read more... More about Patrick Stewart, Hugh Jackman, James Mangold, X Men, and Wolverine Read More »Alligator interrupts golf game while noshing on a huge fish
You guys mind if I eat my lunch here? Cool. While the rest of America has its fair share of nature annoyances, Florida has alligators, and they really like to watch humans golf. Sometimes they even wander onto the course to get a better look, like this gator that decided to have a little bit of lunch by the tenth hole at the Seven Springs Golf and Country Club in Trinity. The gator passed through the course without incident and went to his enjoy his massive lunch in peace. Read more... More about Animals, Alligator, Watercooler, Watercooler, and Videos Read More »#BoycottTheBefore wants you to rethink what eating disorder recovery looks like
Just a few months ago, Lexie Louise deleted a photo from her Instagram that compared her body during her eating disorder to her body after recovery. She realized these popular side-by-side images, which spread widely across social media to increase awareness and promote the benefits of recovery, can actually do more harm than good. So, she created an empowering hashtag campaign called #BoycottTheBefore to call them out. "I deleted my 'then' vs. 'now' recovery photos from social media today," Louise wrote in a post explaining her decision. "Why? Well, because I am seeing I am so much more than just a comparison photo." Read more... More about Neda, Social Media, Social Good, Instagram, and Eating Disorder Read More »New report provides inspiration for digital economy skill building
How can communities lead in the race for technical innovation? What will the next decade hold for your region? Will there be new and different jobs requiring expanded digital skill sets, an influx of residents – perhaps investments that will pave the way for smart city services and urban innovation? Navigating change and preparing for the future doesn’t happen overnight – these things must evolve person by person, one community at a time. Across the country, the sheer pace of change makes such preparation urgent – to close gaps in education, skills and earnings to empower opportunity for all. Read more... More about Supported, Sponsored, and Business Read More »Cry of the week: Viola Davis wins an Oscar and inspires us so much it hurts
Welcome to our new weekly series "Cry of the Week," in which we highlight whatever moment made us ugly cry on our couches the most in the past seven days. You cannot stop a queen. Viola Davis' win at Sunday's 89th Annual Academy Awards was a career milestone and a victory for artists and women of color around the world. At 51, the actress is one step from an EGOT, starring in a hit TV show and has cemented herself as one of the powerhouse performers of a generation. We cry pretty much every time she does anything and the Oscars were no exception. More about Academy Awards 2017, Oscars 2017, Oscars, Viola Davis, and Fences Read More »The next skill for Amazon Echo could replace a 50-year-old home gadget
Amazon reportedly has new tech in the works that could let you talk to anyone in any room in your house. Yes, Amazon just re-invented the intercom, only this time it's going to be built into the Echo. Rumors surfaced last month that pointed to Amazon and Google's plans to bring home phone functionality to their smart hub assistants, the Echo and Home. It's a logical step for the household-based smart devices — but it might not end there. Multiple anonymous sources told Recode that Amazon is moving forward with its telephony project and is also working to turn Echo devices into a smart intercom system for the home. The sources claim the devices, which are currently in beta testing within the company, could be announced in the coming months. Read more... More about Communications, Intercom, Echo Dot, Echo, and Amazon Alexa Read More »Thanks, Trump: I guess we are cool with George W. Bush now
Here's a fun reality in Donald Trump's America: the new crown jewel of our talk show circuit is painter, president and poncho enthusiast George W. Bush. Yes, as Trump subjects the country to his vast, festering ego, some people are noticing that Bush, who's on the road promoting his new art book Portraits of Courage: A Commander in Chief’s Tribute to America’s Warriors, suddenly seems kind of ... endearing? Not because of anything he's done, necessarily, but because of good old contrast. Thanks, contrast!
Boom, this little girl just dropped a hilarious, explosive truth bomb on Nigel Farage on live TV
Out of the mouths of babes, as it goes. On Friday, Nigel Farage, the British warm ale to Donald Trump's skunked American keg beer, ended up on the receiving end of a stone cold diss. By a young girl. Holding an inflatable sword. On live television. Farage was making an appearance on Russia Today on Friday. RT, as its better known, is widely considered to be a propaganda arm of the Kremlin. Farage was on a news segment where RT apparently invites guests to see what kind of inane setups they'll agree to. Whatever the case may have meant to be, it wasn't what happened here. It seems maybe the young girl was supposed to say something else, as the camera cuts right to her. But whatever was actually meant to happen, we can absolutely guarantee you, this is way, way better. Read more... More about Rt, British, Nigel Farage, Watercooler, and Business Read More »Moon missions continue Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk's rocket-measuring contest
Another day, another unhinged-sounding plan to fly to the moon announced by an eccentric billionaire. According to a report from the Washington Post, Blue Origin — the spaceflight company founded by Amazon.com's Jeff Bezos — is planning to set up an "Amazon-like" service to send cargo to the moon in the hopes that people will eventually settle there. The first "Blue Moon" mission — conducted with NASA's help — could launch as early as July 2020, according to the report. The Blue Origin news hits just days after SpaceX's Elon Musk announced that his spaceflight company plans to send two unnamed people on a trip around the moon at the end of next year. Read more... More about Spacex, Private Spaceflight, Spaceflight, Space Exploration, and Nasa Read More »Lena Dunham is having a Rihanna moment with her new tattoo, whether you want her to or not
Lena Dunham's tattoos have always been in the public eye – along with the rest of her skin, as critics love to mention – so her recent Instagram post showing off a new chest piece comes as a not-huge surprise, really.
However, her latest ink addition is getting some attention because of its placement, which Lena herself points out is "copying [Rhianna's]." Read more... More about Rihanna, Instagram, Tattoos, Lena Dunham, and Watercooler Read More » | ||||
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