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 HELP I read Pamela Anderson's blog about her bae Julian Assange and now I need CPR
Actress Pamela Anderson and super shady WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange are A Thing. If this paring is news to you, rest assured this is no prank, but a mystery the universe has been unraveling before our eyes for some time now. And now, the '90s bombshell has opened up about her love for Assange in sprawling blog post about Sweden, H&M, the book she's writing, sexism, PETA and sensuality ("a sexy kindness"). She loves sensuality! For further reading on the subject, check out her October 2016 blog post, "A Sensual Vote." More about Wikileaks, Julian Assange, Actress, Watercooler, and Conversations Read More »'Black Sails' series finale sneak peek sees Flint and Silver united
After four seasons of alliance and animosity, betrayal and hard-won trust, it all comes down to John Silver (Luke Arnold) and James Flint (Toby Stephens), whose tumultuous relationship has been the foundation of Starz's Black Sails since the beginning. In Mashable's exclusive sneak peek at the Black Sails series finale, airing Sunday, April 2 at 9 p.m., the two share a heartfelt moment of understanding, as Flint expresses his empathy for Silver’s desperation to save Madi, given the pain and sacrifice of his own forbidden love for Thomas Hamilton. More about Starz, Toby Stephens, Luke Arnold, Black Sails, and Entertainment Read More »Scientists have recreated a period — and it's a big deal for women's health
For decades, science maintained an awkward relationship with women as research subjects. Basically, scientists ignored them for logistical and cultural reasons, hoping that studies involving men and male animals would apply to women as well. Here's the not-so-surprising twist: That's actually not how biology works. Sex and gender matter a lot when you're testing a new drug, trying to identify a disease's risk factors or hunting for a cure. This gender blind spot has put women's health at a big disadvantage, but a study published this week in Nature Communications could dramatically change that. Read more... More about Health, Periods, Women, Gender Equality, and Research Read More »Police drones with lethal weapons are one step closer to reality
From the department of Things That Would Make A Terrifying Black Mirror Episode: Connecticut lawmakers want police to be able to arm their drones with lethal weapons. This would be a United States first. Connecticut lawmakers have introduced a bill that basically lets police, and nobody else, shoot bullets from drones so long as they follow certain rules that are TBD. The guidelines would reportedly be developed by Connecticut's Police Officer Standards and Training Council. While Connecticut makes moves to let police weaponize drones, other states such as Virginia and Maine have banned the practiceNorth Dakota allows police drones to use "less lethal" weapons such as stun guns. Read more... More about Weapons, Police, Drones, and Tech Read More »This teen literally jumped out of a plane to ask a girl to prom
With promposal season in full swing, the teens are outdoing themselves left and right. But while most kids are staying Earth-bound for their over-the-top proposals, this teen literally jumped out of a plane for his potential prom date. Set to Ellie Goulding's "Falling For You," the clip shows Ty Myers hopping out of a plane with a sign in hand that reads, "I'm Falling 4 u, PROM?" How Myers plans to top himself for all future proposals remains unclear. Perhaps he should take a page from Felix Baumgartner: More about Viral Videos, Promposal, Watercooler, Watercooler, and Video Read More »This charity is helping kids through video games
The 'Gamers Outreach Foundation' is a charity organization that aims to bring some fun back into the lives of children in the hospital. Through a project called 'GO Karts,' which provides mobile gaming stations, these children are able to play video games even when they can't leave their rooms. Read more... More about Children, Esports Teams, Social Good, Charity, and Real Time Video Read More »Bed Bath & Beyond is the latest chain to dump Trump
Bed Bath & Beyond is the latest retailer to clear the Trump name from its shelves. The homeware chain said Friday it no longer carries the first family's product lines. The news first emerged in an email from a customer service rep posted on Twitter by #GrabYourWallet boycott leader Shannon Coulter, who has helped lead the charge to stop businesses from supporting the Trump brand. The company didn't immediately respond to our request for comment.
Your internet privacy is gone and more sad news in podcast form
If you're reading this, I'm sorry — your internet provider now knows you're a fan of Mashable and they could sell that information. Please don't blame us. This week, the U.S. government ripped apart the rules former Federal Communications Communications Chairman Tom Wheeler put in place to protect your privacy while browsing the web. Now, thanks to a new administration, who you are — based on what you do online — is now for the taking... for a price. Verizon, AT&T, Time Warner Cable, all the companies you hate to hate, can sell information about your privacy to the highest bidder, a.k.a. advertising giants. Read more... More about Business, Net Neutrality, Politics, Internet Privacy, and Internet Read More »Chance the Rapper announces new arts and literature fund for Chicago students
When Chance the Rapper sets his mind to something, it's clear he doesn't let anything slow him down. The Chicago native is continuing to spearhead efforts to improve Chicago Public Schools (CPS)—and while he's still campaigning for $215 million for Chicago's students, he's also kicking things up a notch with a new fund specifically for helping fund arts education. "As a parent and a proud CPS graduate, I'm committed to helping Chicago's children have quality learning experiences and quality in the learning space," he said at a press conference on Friday afternoon. Read more... More about Entertainment, Conversations, Public Schools, Chicago, and Chance The Rapper Read More »Kendrick Lamar's lyrics about photoshop and stretch marks are sparking a lot of feelings
Kendrick Lamar snuck up on the world yet again, dropping a music video for new single "Humble" Thursday. If the 4 million views on YouTube in less than 24 hours is any indication, the majority of people seemed to lap up new work from the Compton rapper. But, like most things, there is room to appreciate and critique an artist at the same time—which is exactly what people on Twitter have been doing. "I’m so fuckin’ sick and tired of the Photoshop / Show me somethin’ natural like afro on Richard Pryor / Show me somethin’ natural like ass with some stretch marks / Still will take you down right on your mama’s couch in Polo socks," Lamar raps on "Humble," all while a women appears on a split screen—half of her in flawless makeup with straight hair, and the other half with no makeup and curly hair. Read more... More about Twitter Reactions, Kendrick Lamar, Conversations, Watercooler, and Watercooler Read More »The software that could prevent ISPs from selling your browsing history could also just make things worse
Pour another one out for online privacy. Then do a half-assed job of mopping it back up with a virtual private network. In what is only the latest assault on the right not to be creeped on, both the House and the Senate voted to permit internet service providers to sell customers' browsing history to the highest bidder — all without the customers' knowledge. In response to this, virtual private network (VPNs) have become the talk of the digital town. VPNs work by encrypting your traffic and running it through a third party server. That way, anyone snooping on your web browsing would theoretically just see an encrypted connection to your VPN provider — not mashable.com, not plannedparenthood.org, and definitely not Pornhub. Read more... More about Congress, Fcc, Isp, Privacy, and Vpn Read More »Business is booming for viral star April, the very pregnant giraffe
April the giraffe has been expecting a baby for more than a year, but it wasn't until near the end of her very long pregnancy that people all over the world started to notice her. The overdue giraffe at Harpursville, New York's Animal Adventure Park has been the star of a livestream since early February, with hundreds of thousands of viewers watching her stand in her pen with her bulging belly. It's been an opportunity ripe for monetisation. In addition to the spoofs, conspiracy theories and plenty of online chatter (she has her own hashtag #GiraffeWatch), April now has her own website, crowdfunding campaign, emoji collection for purchase, sponsorships and official merchandise galore. Read more... More about Merchandise, Sponsorship, Business, Livestream, and April The Giraffe Read More »Trump walks out of executive order signing ceremony without signing executive orders because help
The President of the United Staes of America is feeling really tired today and just wants to be left alone, okay? On Friday, President Trump was scheduled to sign executive orders in front of a press gaggle. Instead of actually signing the orders, Trump seems to have gotten a little bit cranky and walked straight out of the signing ceremony, leaving the orders unsigned. Trump didn't even respond to Vice President Pence's desperate pleas for the President to come back and sign the orders. Like a good boy, Pence then proceeds to gather the orders in a nice little folder for the president to sign later. Read more... More about Executive Order, Donald Trump, Politics, Watercooler, and Watercooler Read More »Hey Crayola, quit dragging on this elaborate crayon saga. We've had enough.
Cut the crap, Crayola. You can't just declare war on all of our childhoods and then drag it on foreverrrrrrr. Have a freaking heart. In case you've been lucky enough to miss the straight-up drama that is Crayola-gate 2017, we'll fill you in. For the past two weeks, the formerly innocent art supply company has taken fans on a wild and emotionally taxing ride, messing with history and crushing the hopes and dreams of aspiring young artists everywhere. What began with a ruthless announcement declaring a single crayon from the classic 24-pack would be retired on Mar. 31 (a.k.a. National Crayon Day,) soon spiraled out of control into a mess of social media warfare, a disappointing promotional event and ultimately, a whole bunch of unanswered questions. Read more... More about Childhood, Watercooler, Conversations, Pr, and Crayons Read More »Livestream of a pregnant cat isn't a marketing stunt, so relax and wait for kittens
The end of March is hell as we sift through each morsel of content to determine what is real and what is a marketing stunt. Looking at you, April the giraffe. And dammit, we deserve kittens. This livestream with a cat who actually appears to be pregnant has stepped in to provide a cuddly distraction. Her name is Evolene, and she's stunning. Here she is just sitting and breathing: She has some pretty cool toys, but she's not trying to sell them to you. According to Tiny Kittens, the shelter behind the livestream, Evolene was pregnant and in poor health when they rescued her from a feral cat colony. Now that she's in prelabor, they hope the livestream will raise awareness of the importance of spaying and neutering. Read more... More about Cats, Livestreaming, Cute Animal Videos, Cute Animals, and Watercooler Read More »Qatar Airways launches smart workaround for electronics ban
Electronics ban be damned, Qatar Airways is going to get its hard-working business travelers typing away on laptops no matter what. Less than a week after U.S. officials banned electronics larger than a smartphone on certain U.S.-bound flights from certain Middle East and Africa airports, the Doha-based airliner figured out how to get out of the snarly mess that is the ban. The airline is offering loaner laptops since in-flight entertainment systems just don't cut it for people traveling for work. Writing up reports or endless work emails on a smartphone is headache — sometimes you just need the real thing. That performance report isn't going to write itself during your 15-hour flight. Read more... More about Business Travel, In Flight Entertainment, Air Travel, Qatar Airways, and Electronics Ban Read More »Major ISPs now say they won't sell your browsing history. Yeah. Right.
Internet service providers are in an awkward spot. After getting all dressed up for the sell-your-data dance, it turns out they'll be staying home. Or so they claim. Reuters reports that representatives from Comcast, Verizon, and AT&T all came out today to assure worried consumers that the companies will not in fact sell customers' browsing histories to the highest bidder. "We do not sell our broadband customers’ individual web browsing history," writes Comcast Chief Privacy Officer Gerard Lewis on the company's blog. "We did not do it before the FCC’s rules were adopted, and we have no plans to do so." Read more... More about Eff, Privacy, Internet, Comcast, and At T Read More »What happened to our 'Grimm' favorites after the series finale?
Spoiler warning: This interview contains plot details for the series finale of Grimm.After six seasons and 123 episodes, Grimm came to a close Friday night. As a fan throughout the show's run, I was sad to see it go, especially since so many other genre shows are wrapping up this season (The Vampire Diaries, Bates Motel, Teen Wolf). But Grimm is going out at the top of its game. The last two seasons have been stellar, with a good mix of standalone stories and mythology episodes. For the uninitiated, Grimm follows Nick Burkhardt, a Portland homicide detective. He discovers he is a Grimm, one of a long line of hunters who fights supernatural creatures, known as Wesen, that are eerily reminiscent of fairy tale creatures. But let's be honest: if you’re reading this, you’re familiar with the show. So let's talk about that series finale. Read more... More about Nbc, Grimm, Entertainment, and Tv Read More »Amazon is recruiting social media celebrities to start their own stores on its site
Amazon is seeking social media celebrities. The online shopping giant quietly launched a new program this week in which influencers with "large followings" can apply to host their own stores on its site in exchange for a commission on products sold. TechCrunch first reported the news on Friday. The program, currently in its beta testing stage, appears to be a more exclusive version of Amazon's existing affiliating marketing service. The latter allows anyone to earn a cut of sales profits by posting product links in blogs or websites, launching customized stores and otherwise promoting goods on the site. Read more... More about Amazon, Business, and Advertising Read More »MashTalk: Samsung's Galaxy S8 is here, but does it live up to all the hype?
After months of daily leaks, Samsung finally announced its next flagship Android phones, the Galaxy S8 and S8+. Do the new phones live up to their hype and can they restore confidence in Samsung after the disastrous Galaxy Note 7? Mashable Tech Editor Pete Pachal, Chief Correspondent Lance Ulanoff, and Senior Tech Correspondent Raymond Wong weigh in on this week's MashTalk podcast. New smartphone releases can feel underwhelming these days with most annual releases being only slightly better versions of the previous. Read more... More about Twitter, Facebook, Elon Musk, Spacex, and Podcasts Read More »We don't need April Fools' Day anymore because we're living a fake news nightmare
I remember the halcyon days when April Fools' Day was a bit of harmless fun. We'd read fake stories from the newspaper over our cornflakes and have a good chuckle. Fake news was just something that happened once a year. But, those days are gone "April's Fool Day is a day when you have to constantly engage the critical and sceptical part of the brain so you don't get duped," says Claire Wardle, Director of Research and Strategy of First Draft News. "Now that we are increasingly encountering information that has been fabricated, manipulated or is downright misleading, we need to be engaging those same parts of our brains every day and questioning what we're seeing in our social feeds." Read more... More about Krispy Kreme, Business, Media, Politics, and Presidential Election Read More »5 pages from 'The Art of the Deal' that explain exactly what Trump's doing
President Trump has called his 1987 book, The Art of The Deal, the best selling business book of all time. Unsurprisingly, that is not true. What is true, however, is that the book (that POTUS did not himself write) could give readers a better idea of how Trump thinks and where his ideas come from. As it so happens, we recently took a look through the book and did in fact discover some things that explain why Trump is doing what he's doing. These incredibly real pages will blow you away, make you question your judgment, and have you asking, "Wait, so he wanted to be bad at this?" Read more... More about Art Graphics, Politics, Donald Trump, Humor, and Watercooler Read More »Never gonna give you up: The surprising resilience of the Rickroll, 10 years later
Against all odds, the Rickroll still hasn't turned around and deserted us. The prank meme, ancient by internet standards, has had plenty of reasons to say goodbye, of course: the internet's short attention span, YouTube autoplay ads that ruin the surprise, and a live performance at the 2008 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, to name a few. But it hasn't. Armed with that sweet, sweet drum opening and a relentlessly catchy (let's be real) chorus, it remains the meme that keeps on meme-ing. Rick Astley's 1987 chart-topper "Never Gonna Give You Up" is so ingrained in our collective consciousness that when Melania Trump uttered the words "He will never, ever give up," at the 2016 Republican National Convention, thousands of brains thought instantly of the Rickroll — a meme that debuted nearly a decade ago. Read more... More about Youtube, Rickroll, Rickrolling, Watercooler, and Watercooler Read More »Homeless? Starving? Cheer up! These Great Depression billboards told poor Americans how lucky they were
1937 African-Americans displaced by the Great Ohio River Flood line up at a relief station in Louisville, Kentucky. Image: Margaret Bourke-White/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images In January 1937, while covering the disastrous flooding of the Ohio River in Louisville, Kentucky for LIFE Magazine, Margaret Bourke-White captured an image that quickly became famous and eventually rose to become an icon of the Great Depression. The photo features a simple but sharply ironic juxtaposition: African-American flood victims line up for relief below a billboard with a beaming white family proclaiming WORLD’S HIGHEST STANDARD OF LIVING. Read more... More about Great Depression, Propaganda, Advertising, History, and Retronaut Read More »4 tech tips to epically prank your friends on April Fools' Day
Want to mess with your friends on April 1st? Get creative and hack into their phones. Read more... More about Technology, Tech, Trick, Tricks, and Iphone Hack Read More »The first zero emissions ship looks pretty badass
The Energy Observer is the first ship to run on hydrogen gas and will sail around the world to promote the development of renewable energies. Read more... More about Renewable Power, Renewable Energy, Science, Technology, and Coal Read More »April Fools' Day pranks to play on your gullible kids
April Fools' day as an adult (or like, semi-adult) can be a real drag: you've seen it all. You've seen the thumbtack on the chair, and the stapler in the Jell-o. You know who hasn't seen it all? Kids. Babies. Children. Innocent li'l kids who have no idea what fiendish delights are out there, waiting to at first embarrass them, but then make them laugh a little bit, hopefully. When making sure the kids in your life have a healthy and responsible appreciation for pranks, it's kinda hard to know where to start. You want to establish that a prank is not, in fact, bullying. Or, like I thought in 4th grade, just pretending that you have a sprained wrist for the day. You may come off like an Embarrassing Old, but at least you're teaching them to prank at all. Read more... More about April Fools Day, Pranks, Watercooler, and Watercooler Read More »'Planet Earth II' is the best 4K Blu-Ray ever made
4K Blu-Ray disks are what you go for if you absolutely have to have the best TV experience available on the market right now. This new format offers 2,160 lines of resolution, which is double what you get in regular Blu Ray HD. It can also support the more lifelike 60 frames per second. Sorry, streaming services: For crispness, color and clarity, and for the Dolby Atmos sound, 4K disks will beat the already-impressive 4K content on Netflix every time. But like all new entertainment tech, 4K Blu Ray suffers a chicken-and-egg problem. It's expensive and the price will only come down when more people buy it (plus the necessary 4K TVs), which will only happen when there's something worth buying that was shot especially for the format, which will only happen when more people are able to play it. Read more... More about Planet Earth Ii, Blu Ray, Entertainment, and Tv Read More »George Takei joked about running for Congress but we want it to be real
Sometimes an April Fools joke makes you sad — not because you fall for it, but because you really wanted it to be trueStar Trek icon George Takei tweeted an article on April 1st that listed him as running for Congress in 2018, which will sadly not happen, according to Takei himself.
"I want to be a champion for all people, but especially those whose voices are not heard often in the halls of Congress," Takei is quoted as saying in the DailyBuzz article. "We need to build a majority again in Congress, too, to be a check against the Trump Administration’s excesses, assuming he’s even around by then to keep making horrific mistakes." Read more... More about Twitter, April Fools Day, George Takei, Movies, and Entertainment Read More »Fancy cats make their owners give them food by ringing bells
The Japanese cat Twitter account @b_ru_ru has a whole lot of adorable cat content that deserves your undivided attention, but one tweet stands out among the rest. This video of two cats ringing bells for their dinner was posted on Thursday and has been really blowing up ever since, for good reason. It shows two cats adorably chiming to get their owners to gift them a delicious snack. See for yourself. Beautiful intelligent amazing creatures! It's reminiscent of every high school psychology student's favorite experiment with Pavlov's bell, where a dog was trained to associate a ringing bell with food. Read more... More about Cats, Animals, Watercooler, and Watercooler Read More »All the terrible April Fools pranks brands want you to laugh at this year
In a year when every day feels like a cruel joke, it isn't really the time for April Fools' Day. Maybe brands subconsciously realize that, because their April Fools' Day pranks this year are pretty tame. At least they're amusing themselves with fake ways to watch TV and hail cars. Here are the notable ones so far: Amazon PetlexaPetlexa: Alexa, for your cat. Petlexa, "allows dogs, cats, and other animals to communicate with Alexa just like you do." Great! Netflix LiveImage: screenshot/netflix Netflix uploaded its April Fools' Day prank a day early and then canceled it the day of. Read more... More about Netflix, Hulu, Duolingo, Tech, and Google Read More »Snapchat drags Instagram so hard with its April Fools' Day filter
Every April Fools' Day joke this year is pretty bad. Snapchat's, however, isn't. It's true. Snapchat has an actually hilarious prank in a year when it's pretty much impossible to outdo the jokes of our daily lives. The app is offering a filter that lets you make any Snapchat look like an Instagram post. If that weren't enough of a prank against the app that copies every feature Snapchat creates, the filter also makes it look like your photo was liked by three people — "my_mom and 2 others." AKA the people Snapchat thinks are using Instagram. The photo also has the hilarious, Instagram-appropriate caption: 😂😂😂. Read more... More about April Fools Day, April Fools Day, Instagram, Snapchat, and Business Read More »1937: Alabama farmers find community in a good old-fashioned square dance
Image: Library of Congress In the 1930s, the federal government established dozens of experimental cooperative farm settlements across the United States in an effort to provide relief and employment to farmers displaced by the Great Depression. One of these was Skyline Farms, located on 13,000 acres in Jackson County, Alabama. The settlement was divided into 181 farms, with government-supplied housing and farming equipment to help the tenants work the land. Like much of the Jim Crow South, the project was only open to white families, though a similar cooperative settlement was created for black families in Wilcox County. Read more... More about Great Depression, Square Dance, Alabama, Farm, and History Read More »Okay, fine fine, Google's April Fool's Day pranks are pretty great this year, here are all of them
April Fools' Day is the only "fake news" day that's almost welcomeAlmost. And one of the longstanding masters of the tech prank, Google, is at it again with a fresh batch of trickery. This year, the jokes are more obviously fake this time around in what appears to be an effort to avoid anyone actually thinking these products actually exist. Nevertheless, some of these products would be kind of cool, despite how wildly impractical they are. Here's the running list of what Google's "rolled out" today so far: Read more... Google GnomeMore about April Fools Day, Google, and Tech Read More »12 tweets that simultaneously drag April Fools and the Trump presidency
"The Trump Presidency" is a pretty obvious, easy setup for an April Fools joke. Many people aren't fans of starting the month off with lies and pranks (we're among them), but at least there's some quality, topical work being done about how stupid this "holiday" is.
'Ghost in the Shell' VR, like the film, misses opportunity to be great
I don't care if you're tired of hearing it, it bears repeating: The studio behind the new Ghost in the Shell movie got the casting wrong. Nevertheless, if you're among the many longtime fans of the franchise who may be feeling apprehension about spending cash to see the movie, there's a way to get a taste of it for free — in virtual reality. Paramount Pictures teamed with Oculus to release a short VR experience for the Oculus Rift and Samsung Gear VR that takes you into the mind of Major Kusanagi as played by Scarlett Johansson. Read more... More about Movies, Film, Virtual Reality, Vr, and Ghost In The Shell Read More »Will we see Professor X in 'Legion' Season 2?
Have you wrapped your head around that epic Legion finale? Did you walk away feeling as mentally empowered as David Haller, or was it crazy-making enough to have you ready to check into an asylum? Either way, star Dan Stevens and showrunner Noah Hawley are satisfied with the results, even if the finale's surprising mid-credits sequence might leave you with more questions than answers heading into Season 2. "In terms of putting it as a post-credits sequence, I think there's a proud tradition of that on the Marvel features side," Hawley told reporters in a conference call. "It's the beginning of another thought. I wanted to give people the end song and the feeling of watching the credits, to let them absorb the complete story they just watched. And then I wanted to tease them as to what chapter two is going to be. Read more... More about Noah Hawley, Dan Stevens, Fx, Legion, and Professor X Read More »Even Russia's got jokes on April Fools' Day. Oh, and they're about the election.
Russia, it will always be too soon. The Russian Foreign Ministry actually posted an April Fools' joke making fun of its alleged involvement in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. An audio file on the ministry's Facebook page played the joke, which sounded like an answering machine recording, the Associated Press reported. A ministry duty officer confirmed to the AP that the recording was an official joke. The FBI, of course, is still investigating the Trump presidential campaign's connections with Russia. And President Donald Trump is still calling the investigation a "total scam" in his early-morning tweets. Read more... More about April Fools Day, April Fools Day, Trump, Russian Hacker, and Russia Read More » | ||||
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