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 New changes to official White House website worry social justice activists
Changes made to official U.S. government websites in the dawn of Donald Trump's presidency are already alarming people invested in social justice causes. Most of the changes activists have pointed out were made to the official White House website, WhiteHouse.gov, outlining Trump's policies on criminal justice and immigration. There are no mentions of LGBTQ rights. Under the "Top Issues" section of the site is a Standing Up For Our Law Enforcement Community page, which suggests the path to safer communities lies in "more law enforcement, more community engagement and more effective policing." Read more... More about Social Good, Inauguration, Inauguration 2017, Social Justice, and White House Read More »Black Lives Matter app lets social media users mark themselves 'unsafe' in America
A new social media tool is making it extremely and soberingly clear how racism threatens the safety of black Americans. Mark Yourself Unsafe, a web app that Black Lives Matter organizers modeled after Facebook Safety Check, allows black social media users to symbolically mark themselves "unsafe" throughout the entire United States. The tool officially launched on Jan. 17, and it serves to highlight the current threats the black community faces across the nation — from economic inequality to police violence and countless other forms of racial bias. More about Activism Black, Activism, Facebook Safety Check, Social Media, and Apps Read More »Livestream follows 'GTA' characters around San Andreas
A Twitch stream is following Grand Theft Auto V NPCs around today as they walk around the streets of San Andreas, crying hysterically. The last time we saw the San Andreas Community Cam — created as an art project by Brent Watanabe — it was following a deer in a slightly modded version of the game. The deer got into all sorts of antics, including getting shot at and chased by the cops, and somehow surviving pretty much everything thrown its way. The stream makes its return today in time for the inauguration of our 45th president. Watanabe is using the same basic programming as the deer that, in this case, allows the citizens to wander around and make decisions of their own accord. The only difference is the audio recordings (of what surely must be ugly crying) attached to them. Read more... More about Twitch, Grand Theft Auto V, Gaming, and Entertainment Read More »Donald Trump won't let go of his supposed Tom Brady bromance
Donald Trump just became the most powerful man in America. New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady is on the cusp of his seventh Super Bowl appearance and third NFL MVP award. In other words, he's among the most powerful players in football. The two "winners" intersected at Trump's pre-inauguration festivities on Thursday, when Trump gave a shoutout to Patriots owner Robert Kraft, who attended. SEE ALSO: My president was a hooper Trump wished the Patriots luck ahead of their AFC Championship matchup with the Steelers on Sunday, calling out Brady and head coach Bill Belichick. "In the audience we have somebody that’s under no pressure whatsoever cause he’s got a great quarterback named Tom Brady, and a great coach named Belichick — Bob Kraft," Trump said. "So good luck, Bob. Your friend Tom just called, he feels good. He called to congratulate us, he feels good. Good luck. You’re going to do great things." Read more... More about Basketball, Nba, Lebron James, Tom Brady, and Football Read More »Obama's photographer just shared a very poignant farewell photo
Farewell, Obama. Former President Barack Obama's Chief Official White House Photographer Pete Souza has shared thousands of personal photos throughout the years. From Obama playing with kids to serious and intense moments, Souza gave the world a sneak peek inside the life of Obama and his family during their eight years in the White House. Now, Souza has shared a final farewell. It's a picture of now-former President Obama looking out of a helicopter window at the White House down below. It's Aaron Rodgers' NFL and everyone else is just playing in it
Perhaps you missed that final pass during Sunday's Packers vs. Cowboys playoff game. Rodgers rolls left, eludes a deluge of defenders, buys all the time in the world — as he often does — and then hits a streaking Jared Cook running across the field, all with just seconds on the clock. It lets kicker Mason Crosby come out to break a tie as time expires and, thus, propels Green Bay into Sunday's NFC Championship game. It was the kind of play only a Hall of Fame-bound quarterback could complete. But what makes the toss even more impressive — and demonstrates why Rodgers is in a class of his own right now — is that he made the whole thing up. Read more... More about Aaron Rodgers, Green Bay Packers, Nfl, Football, and Sports Read More »'Overwatch' players give touching tribute to friend who passed away
Willem Den Toom, Overwatch player and contributor at Too Much Gaming, passed away Jan. 15 and his friends paid tribute to him in one of his favorite games. YouTube channel Too Much Gaming performed the Overwatch version of a 21-gun salute in "a tribute to a fallen gamer and friend." "We decided to do a gun salute in one of Will's favorite games featuring the characters he most frequently used (... and Hanzo)," Too Much Gaming said. Toom's friends also sent him off with some well wishes. "Wherever you are," they said, "may the payload be always moving, the point always contested, no one trickles out, and may there always be a healer on your team. We miss you, big guy. This play of the game is for you." Read more... More about Blizzard Entertainment, Tribute, Overwatch, Esports, and Gaming Read More »Apple files $1 billion lawsuit against major iPhone partner
Apple just did the unthinkable: The tech giant is suing Qualcomm, which makes the iPhone's baseband processor — basically the smartphone's modem for connecting to mobile networks — to the tune of $1 billion. First reported by CNBC, the lawsuit is related to another legal action from earlier this week, when the FTC filed an antitrust lawsuit against the chipmaker, alleging Qualcomm was using its patents to strong-arm competitors into paying exorbitant royalties, even for devices that didn't use Qualcomm-made modems. Apple was specifically cited in that lawsuit, which also alleges Qualcomm pressured Apple in specific ways to guarantee it would use its modem tech exclusively for a five-year period, from 2011 to 2016, essentially shutting out every other manufacturer of baseband processors from the world's most popular smartphone. (With the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus, Apple began producing some iPhones with Intel modems.) Read more... More about Lawsuit, Apple, Qualcomm, Iphone, and Tech Read More »One of the most popular White House website pages is a petition seeking Trump's tax returns
As President Donald Trump assumes the oval office, an anti-Trump petition is climbing up the popularity charts on whitehouse.gov. The second-most popular page on the site as of this writing is a petition calling for the release of Trump's tax returns, according to an analytics website that tracks the webpages of U.S. federal government agencies. As of this writing, again, around 7,500 people were on the petition's page, and the petition was approaching 3,000 signatures. The only page eclipsing the petition is the White House's home page. Read more... More about Petition, Donald Trump, Taxes, White House, and Tech Read More »Thousands form human chain across Golden Gate Bridge in powerful message to Trump
A human chain formed across the Golden State Bridge in San Francisco Friday in just one of the many powerful displays of resistance to Donald Trump's inauguration. While other protests took hold around the world, San Francisco's bridge protest stood out for the incredible image it gave to the rest of the nation. Thousands of people locked hands and stood in unity for the two-hour event — a demonstration that was organized by a local group Bridge Together Golden Gate, according to ABC 7 News. Around 2,200 people stood together as parts of the chain, the Marin County Sheriff tweeted, showing their objection to the new U.S. president just as he was officially being sworn into office. Read more... More about Inauguration, Trump, Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, and Social Media Read More »Here's what everyone was dying to know during Trump's inauguration
While Donald Trump was being sworn in as the country's 45th president on Friday, the American people were busy searching Google with one burning question. And that very important query was: How old is Trump’s youngest son? Yes, Barron Trump, Trump's youngest son — who is in fact, 10 years old — has once again stolen the hearts and attention of Americans. People seem to relate to Barron, who, like basically everyone else, looked extremely tired during his dad's presidential victory speech back in November, and pretty unimpressed with today's drawn out ceremony. Read more... More about Watercooler, Politics, Google, Google Trends, and Inauguration 2017 Read More »This 'Overwatch' player basically stole Junkrat's identity
It's not very often that someone using Overwatch's voice chat turns out to be helpful and entertaining. YouTuber Rinsenpai was one of those lucky few to experience just such a thing, joining a game with a player named Junkrat who was, appropriately, playing Junkrat. Not only that, he sounded exactly like Junkrat. The impression was so good that it wouldn't be surprising if we learned that he was the actual Junkrat voice actor. While affecting the voice of everyone's favorite Australian anarchist, Junkrat responded to his teammates, made some jokes and even called out plays and locations of enemy players. What a team player. Read more... More about Impressions, Esports, Gaming, Blizzard Entertainment, and Junkrat Read More »Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy are finally an official couple
On a day that has not been wonderful for many, the LGBTQ+ community just scored one minor win. Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy have officially joined a small – but important – group of queer superheroes in on-panel relationships, per The Advocate. Written by Marguerite Bennett and drawn by Tess Fowler, DC Comics Bombshells #79 puts Harley and Ivy front and center, where their relationship is a key plot point in the story. (Harley and Ivy have kissed in previous issues of the 1940s pinup-style Bombshells series.) These two have been together for a very long time. Their unique friendship in the '90s show Batman: The Animated Series and in the Gotham City Sirens books brought many to believe that there was more between them than met the eye. Read more... More about Comics and Entertainment Read More »Apps aren't dead — they're thriving to the tune of $89 billion
In case there were still any doubts, we now have more proof than ever that the app business is as strong as it's ever been — $89 billion strong, to be precise. That's the finding of a new report from app analytics firm App Annie, which said that usage, downloads and revenue were all up significantly in 2016, compared with the previous year. That runs counter to reports that came earlier in 2016 that led some onlookers to suggest the app business was on the decline. We now know that's not the case. Let's start with revenue. Developers worldwide raked in more than $35 billion in 2016 across the App Store and Google Play, App Annie reports. But, when you factor in revenue from advertising and third-party app stores, the total shoots up to more than $89 billion, according to the firm. Read more... More about Google Play, App Store, Apps And Software, Tech, and Apps Software Read More »Someone at the National Park Service is obviously not happy about Trump's inauguration
Today's peaceful inauguration of President Donald J. Trump won't stop disgruntled government employees from passive aggressively using Twitter. Though today is supposed to represent a calm transition of power, at least one branch of the government decided to flex its social media presence and point out some negative aspects about the incoming administration. The National Park Service, the government agency that manages all U.S. national parks, or at least the person running its Twitter account, decided not to take Trump's oath of office lying down. Though not directly tweeting anything, after the official swearing in, the account retweeted two tweets that carried a definite partisan bias, pretty unusual for a government agency. Read more... More about Twitter, National Parks Service, Trump, Inauguration, and Inauguration 2017 Read More »Here's George W. Bush trying his best to figure out how ponchos work at the inauguration
Former President George W. Bush attended the inauguration of Donald Trump on Jan. 20 and tried his best to deal with the rain. Unfortunately, Bush wasn't able to figure out how ponchos work in time to stay dry. Images of the 43rd president struggling to figure out a one piece slip-over poncho led to some of the day's best jokes.
Barack and Michelle Obama send their first post-inauguration tweets
It's been a veeeery emotional day for America. Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th president of the United States, which means the now-former POTUS and FLOTUS, the great Barack and Michelle, had to step down after eight blissful years in the White House. As Obama said in a speech following the inauguration, he and Michelle have been "milking" their goodbyes, but we wouldn't have it any other way. From Michelle's emotional final Instagram posts and the touching final wave Barack gave us before boarding a chopper to leave D.C., the couple has been making us reach for the tissues all week long. Read more... More about Politics, Inauguration, Inauguration 2017, Twitter, and Michelle Obama Read More »6 scientists are living like they're on Mars for the next 8 months
A group of researchers have just begun their eight-month-mission on Mars. Well, kind of. On Thursday, six crewmembers entered the geodesic dome that will be their home on Hawaii's Mauna Loa volcano for the next eight months as they live out a simulated mission on the red planet. SEE ALSO: This is what you look like from Mars This marks the start of a mission funded by NASA to help the space agency figure out how people might behave during a real long-duration trip to the red planet. "During the eight-month HI-SEAS Mission V the crew will perform exploration tasks such as geological fieldwork and life systems management," the University of Hawaii said in a statement. Read more... More about Health, Space Station, Scott Kelly, Astronauts, and Mars Mission Read More »No one attended this teacher's class, so he tweeted his confusion and heartbreak
Nothing excites a student more than when a teacher doesn't show up to class 15 minutes after it's supposed to start. But have you ever wondered what happens when none of the students show up? Well, it happened to teacher and Twitter user @avitable and he tweeted the entire saga under the hashtag #Classwatch2017. It's equal parts heartbreaking and hilarious.
'House of Cards' dropped its season 5 teaser and it will give you chills
Netflix released a promotional clip for season 5 of its hit political drama House of Cards just ahead of Donald Trump's presidential inauguration, stirring powerful fan reactions. Read more... More about Real Time Video, Real Time, Presidential Election, President, and Inauguration Read More »Amazon plans to train thousands of veterans for work in the tech industry
Amazon is teaming with the Labor Department to launch an apprenticeship program for veterans looking to break into tech fields. The partnership will offer former military members year-long paid internships at the e-commerce giant with the possibility of a full-time job afterwards. The move follows Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos' announcement last May that he planned to hire 25,000 veterans or spouses of military personnel over the next five years and train 10,000 more in cloud computing. Bezos took the pledge as part of Michelle Obama and Jill Biden's Joining Forces Initiative, which aims to provide resources for military families. Read more... More about Amazon and Business Read More »For the strategy vets at Creative Assembly, 'Halo Wars 2' is a fresh challenge
The most exciting thing we know about Halo Wars 2 right now? The Creative Assembly is making it. There are few development teams on the planet with more real-time strategy chops than Creative Assembly. You might know the studio best for its 2014 survival horror game Alien: Isolation, but this is also the team behind the long-running Total War strategy series. Where Total War features a cast of thousands and an emphasis on historically authentic warfare, Halo Wars 2 pits the ragtag crew of a single battleship against an alien threat. With smaller armies and a "space marines vs. aliens" sci-fi bent, the new game feels about as far from Total War as you can get. Read more... More about Microsoft, Creative Assembly, 343 Industries, Halo Wars 2, and Halo Read More »Who pulled the bigger crowd: Trump or Obama?
President Donald Trump is all about big crowds, especially when they are gathering for him. There is no doubt the new president would have been thrilled on Friday as hundreds of thousands of people poured into the National Mall in Washington D.C. to witness a Trump presidency in real life. Despite the yuge gathering, many people shared side-by-side photos on social media to show Trump's crowd compared to Obama's first crowd back in 2009. The shots appear to show a much thinner crowd at Trump's inauguration. But keep in mind photos from earlier in the day can make it look way emptier than it actually was by the time Trump was taking the oath of office. Read more... More about Barack Obama, Donald Trump, Crowds, Inauguration 2017, and Entertainment Read More »Newborn baby becomes ideal wingman in father's surprise proposal
If rom-coms have taught us one thing, it's that babies are the best wingmen. Susan Medina and Darick Mead, a couple from Nebraska, welcomed their first child, Ryder, into the world last week. Just hours after his birth, Ryder did his dad the ultimate solid: helping him propose to his mom. After two years of being together, the father slipped the pair's newborn into a onesie bearing the paramount question, "Mommy, will you marry my Daddy?" Medina documented the proposal in the adorable photos below.
This article about WhatsApp made security experts furious
Last week, The Guardian published a bombshell "exclusive" report claiming to reveal disturbing information about a "backdoor" into WhatsApp's encrypted messaging platform. According to the story, the vulnerability could potentially expose the service's user base of over a billion to "snooping" by prying eyes. The article was met with near-immediate backlash from information security experts and cryptologists, who took to Twitter to voice their complaints. Many alleged the article misrepresented a feature of the encryption WhatsApp's parent company, Facebook, called "expected behavior." Read more... More about Signal, Encrypted Apps, Messaging Apps, Security, and Encryption Read More »Flight attendant shouts out all the 'nasty women' headed to the Women's March on Washington
As hundreds of thousands of women head to Washington, D.C. ahead of Saturday's Women's March, shows of solidarity are making the rounds on the internet. Twitter user @FlorBlake shared a clip from her Spirit Airlines flight to Baltimore, where a flight attendant on board offered a show of solidarity for passengers headed to the march.
Google's Assistant might not be exclusive to Pixel for much longer
You might not have to buy a Google Pixel or Pixel XL to get the company's intelligent Assistant after all. LG's upcoming G6 smartphone might be the first non-Pixel phone to include Assistant, according to a report from BusinessKorea. LG is also said to be in talks with Amazon to possibly incorporate Alexa into future phones. SEE ALSO: 7 reasons Google’s Assistant stomps Siri When Google launched its Pixel phones in October, it touted Assistant as one of the main selling points. Google CEO Sundar Pichai called the Assistant "your own personal Google." In Mashable's testing, Assistant bested Siri in a number of ways. Read more... More about Rumors, Android, Lg, Digital Assistant, and Assistant Read More »Kid casually drains 3 half-court shots in a row
North Carolina recruiters, take note. At halftime during the Tar Heels' matchup with NC State earlier this month, ball kid Asher Lucas sank three straight half-court shots, much to the delight of fans watching. What looks like a regular shoot-around with all of the ball kids turns into a spectacle of young athletic prowess. And it's not like North Carolina needed any help that game. The Tar Heels won by an absurd 51 points. But it's never too early to start recruiting. A robotic implant that hugs your heart could help it keep beating
A soft robotic sleeve made of silicone could help a human heart keep beating, according to a new report published Wednesday. For the millions suffering from heart failure and other cardiac issues, that could mean a beating heart without the blood clotting complications of the current mechanical heart pumps called ventricular assist devices, or VADs, according to a statement from the National University of Ireland Galway. The research, published in the journal Science Translational Medicine, was led by Ellen Roche of that university. It took place at Harvard and at Boston Children's Hospital. More about Science, Heart, Robotic Sleeve, and Tech Read More »Video of viral alt-right star Richard Spencer getting punched in the face goes viral
Lots of people do not like alt-right leader Richard Spencer. One of them just took that dislike to a violent extreme, by punching Spencer in the face, on camera. Spencer is a white nationalist who rose to fame via a viral video of a speech he ended with a Nazi salute, calling for his audience to "hail Trump." He's also called for a "peaceful ethnic cleansing" of the United States—which he wants to turn into an "ethno-state" for people of European descent—and has since become something of a celebrity among the alt-right. More about Inauguration 2017, Richard Spencer, White Nationalism, Alt Right, and Us World Read More »Lucky rocket just left Trump's America behind
The day Donald Trump was sworn in as president, this rocket was busy ditching Earth. The rose gold-hued Atlas V lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at 7:42 p.m. ET on Friday. The rocket's payload — the Air Force's Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) GEO Flight 3 satellite — is designed to help detect missile launches worldwide. The SBIRS mission is "considered one of the nation's highest priority space programs," according to the United Launch Alliance (ULA), which sent the rocket into space. While the ULA launch and the presidential inauguration weren't related, it didn't stop people (including this reporter) from making jokes about the timing of the two events. Read more... More about Donald Trump, Space Exploration, United Launch Alliance, Rocket Launch, and Rockets Read More »Don't cry, all your favorite Vines will live on here
While the Vine we once knew is no more, at least Twitter is keeping around your favorite six-second videos for posterity. The company just debuted a new version of Vine's website, which now acts as an archive for all the Vines created between 2013 and 2016. On the new site, which is described as a "time capsule" for all things Vine, you can search for a specific user's profile or browse the archives by category or year. Twitter has curated a number of "highlights" in some of its most popular categories, like animals, art, comedy, music and "weird." Read more... More about Twitter, Vine, Apps And Software, Tech, and Apps Software Read More »Trump's piano guy and cello player just trolled Hillary fans, bigly
In case supporters of Hillary Clinton haven't had a bad enough day, Donald Trump's camp just rammed the message home one last time in the cruelest possible way. At one of the many inaugural balls on Friday night, The Piano Guys—yes The Piano Guys, for pete's sake—decided it would be the perfect time to troll the opposition. Because who doesn't love punching the poor person who is sobbing in the corner? In an instrumental tune, The Piano Guys played the summer anthem of the Democratic National Convention: Rachel Platten's empowering track, "Our Fight Song." If the melody doesn't destroy your bleeding soul, the smug smiling face of cello player should do the trick. Read more... More about Music, Fight Song, Inauguration 2017, President Donald Trump, and Hillary Clinton Read More »People are freaking out that Twitter made them follow Trump's account
The people are revolting. Donald Trump took the oath of office Friday and in part with that transition he has taken over the @POTUS account. Without any doing of your own, Twitter has made it so that if you followed @POTUS under Obama you're automatically following his now archived account at @POTUS44 in addition to the @POTUS account under Trump. That shouldn't come at a surprise — if you read Mashable or The White House's official blog earlier this week. But if you weren't prepping for the Twitter transition, you might have been a little put off seeing tweets from Trump as @POTUS in the timeline. Even more off-putting, Twitter users are reporting that even if they weren't following the account, Twitter has made it so. Read more... More about Apps And Software, Jack Dorsey, Potus, Donald Trump, and Twitter Read More »Why Londoners are standing in solidarity with the U.S. at the Women's March
LONDON — This Saturday tens of thousands of people are expected to take part in Women's Marches around the world to protest Donald Trump's first day in office. People in 160 cities —including Washington D.C. and London — from 60 countries are expected to take part. The organisers of London's march say that hosting a sister march was "instinctive" because the city has long been a "bastion of liberal values and championing those values across the world". "I think we are at a particular point in history when it is becoming increasingly important for people to step up and get out of their comfort zones and confront prejudice in all its forms," explains Kerry Haggerty, one of the women behind the London march. Read more... More about Activism, Politics, Equality, Womens Rights, and Women S March On Washington Read More »How to watch the Women's March on Washington
Today, tens of thousands of people will descend on Washington, D.C. for the Women's March on Washington, the viral protest for equality organized in the wake of Donald Trump's ascension to the White House. But if you can't make it to Washington, or you want to keep track of it while participating in one of the hundreds of sister marches, you'll have some options. TVGiven the size and publicity of the march, you can be sure that major cable news networks like CNN, MSNBC, and Fox News will give the march some coverage throughout the day. C-SPAN will also have coverage live starting at 10 a.m. ET. Read more... More about Live Streaming, Women S March On Washington, Business, and Politics Read More »7 strategies for raising confident girls in the Trump era
For girls, women and their allies who believe in gender equality, the presidency of Donald J. Trump marks a terrifying moment in modern American history. With President Obama's departure, the White House loses a man who wrote emphatically about being a feminist and focused on policies that provided equal opportunity to all girls and women. Trump, on the other hand, insists he respects and champions women, but has made a sport out of rating their physical appearance and was recorded making comments that indicate he's sexually assaulted women. He also gleefully threatened to imprison Hillary Clinton, the first woman to run for president on behalf of a major political party. Read more... More about Social Good, Gender Equality, Donald Trump, Family, and Parenting Read More »1940s: Classic New England summers at Cape Cod's Provincetown
Image: Library of Congress Nestled on the far northern tip of Cape Cod, Provincetown, Massachusetts is a tiny resort town which swells from 3,000 to 60,000 residents during the summer months. Its deep harbor provided shelter for the Mayflower in 1620 and was the site of the Mayflower Compact’s signing. After the American Revolution, the town grew with the whaling and fishing industries and became home to a sizable community of Portuguese seamen and their families. By the turn of the 20th century, Provincetown had become a popular summer destination, with thousands of tourists taking day trips from Boston by car and boat. Read more... More about Beach, Summer, Fsa, Cape Cod, and Massachusetts Read More »Sundance documentary 'Legion of Brothers' reveals the heroism and horror of war
Immediately after the September 11 attacks, the U.S. government initiated a secret war in Afghanistan. Fewer than a hundred Special Forces soldiers, building a coalition with the rebels of the Northern Alliance, faced off against the Taliban and the terrorist organization al-Qaeda and succeeded in driving them out of power by the end of the year — with minimal coalition casualties and without conventional, large-scale military operations. Despite this victory, the U.S. and its allies soon became mired in a seemingly never-ending war, the impact of which is still being felt to this day. More about Special Forces, Sundance 2017, Sundance Film Festival, Taliban, and Al Qaeda Read More »Here's how the key CS:GO Major teams have performed recently
The ELEAGUE CS:GO Major is upon us, and it is set to be one of the most exciting tournaments to date. We break down how the top teams have been performing and who to watch out for heading into the event. Read more... More about Csgo, Pc Games, Competitive Gaming, Eleague, and Counter Strike Read More »Thousands gather at the Women's March on Washington
With attendance projections now around 500,000, people are gathering in swaths for the Women's March on Washington. According to the Washington Post, packed Metro stations and hour long waits to board trains — you know, the kind of stuff that would generally make commuters behave like their worst selves — are not fazing marchers.
Hillary Clinton to marchers: I'm with you
On the campaign trail, Hillary Clinton hoped that her supporters would be proud to say I’m With Her. Now, with women across the country (and the world) marching to protest her former opponent, now-President Donald Trump, she’s saying she’s with them. Clinton's account tweeted in support of the Women's March on Washington today, repeating one of her most consistent messages from the her presidential run:
Celebrities share the empowering reasons they're marching for women today
Women are banding together to lead a powerful march for equality, respect and peace in Washington, D.C. today, and celebrities are using their social platforms to help spread the word. Thanks to the hashtag, #WhyIMarch, celebrities like Sophia Bush, Connie Britton, Cher, Katy Perry and Zendaya, to name a few, were inspired to share the empowering reasons they're taking part in the Women's March on Washington. As the march begins, prominent names in Hollywood have started sharing photographs and video of themselves at the march and iconic women from history, along with the powerful reasons why this peaceful protest and expression of togetherness is so important. Read more... More about Washington Dc, Politics, Conversations, Twitter, and Instagram Read More »Dad uses HTC Vive to give daughter immersive VR tour of her dollhouse
Because the technology is so new to mainstream users, the benefits of virtual reality are still being discovered. But we're increasingly finding that VR can bring families together in new ways. The latest example comes from an HTC Vive user who decided to give his daughter a tour of her dollhouse in a way that's never been possible before. Using a Ricoh Theta SC 360-degree camera, Toby Newman captured all the rooms in his daughter's dollhouse and then gave her the unique opportunity to stroll around alongside her dolls inside the tiny structure. Read more... More about Family And Parenting, Children, 360 Photos, Ricoh, and Virtual Reality Read More »All the best protest signs from Women's Marches across America
Hundreds of thousands of protestors showed up Saturday to demonstrate at Women's Marches across the globe. And, naturally, they brought their best sign game with them. As crowds pack cities around the world, here are just some of the poignant, artful, witty messages protestors want to get across. Image: Mashable/Peter Allen Clark
Inauguration crowds are looking puny compared to Women's March crowds
Sorry, Trump, but these Women's March crowds are YUGE. Ladies from around the world got in formation to take part in the Women's March on Washington following Trump's inauguration, and the crowds are downright bigly. With attendance projections for the D.C. March now at over 500,000, many can't help but compare today's attendance to Friday's underwhelming inauguration numbers. While hundreds of thousands did show up to watch Trump be sworn in as the 45th President of the United States on Friday, visible empty bleachers and photos of Obama's packed 2009 inauguration ceremony,which had an estimated turnout of around 1.8 million, proved Trump's gathering was far from record setting. Read more... More about Pics, Protests, Politics, Watercooler, and Conversations Read More »Watch the Women's March on Washington streamed in 360 degrees on Facebook
The Women's March on Washington is already proving to be a historic event, with the massive number of marchers from around the country far outpacing the attendance of Friday's inauguration event in Washington, D.C. And while there are still thousands of women (and men) streaming into the nation's capital, there are many who for various reasons weren't able to attend and are offering support from afar. For those supporters, the next best thing to a local city march may be a series of 360-degree immersive videos being produced by RYOT from the site of the march. Read more... More about Women S March On Washington, 360 Video, Ryot, Facebook, and Tech Read More »Twitter apologizes for mistakes around @POTUS account
There was a mistake made on Inauguration Day. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey apologized Saturday for accidentally making it so that Twitter users followed @POTUS and other administrative accounts even when they tried not to. It was a complex ordeal during which Twitter told Mashable on Friday, following reports of users saying that they were automatically following @POTUS under Trump even when they were not before or had unfollowed prior to Inauguration (as Twitter outlined they could do), that there was no glitch. That is still true, in part. But Twitter engineers orchestrated settings that violated what they had said to do. Read more... More about Politics, Apps And Software, Tech, Jack Dorsey, and Potus Read More »Hundreds of thousands of women around the world march in solidarity with Americans
From London to Sydney, hundreds of thousands of women around the world marched in solidarity with Americans. People of all ages in 160 cities in 60 countries mobilised on Saturday to show their support for those attending the Women's March on Washington The largest marches took place in London, Paris, Berlin and Sydney. LONDONMore than 100,000 people took to the the streets of London and marched from the U.S. Embassy in Grosvenor Square to Trafalgar Square. Read more... More about Womens March, Politics, Women S Rights, Lifestyle, and Watercooler Read More »Sundance review: 'Tokyo Idols' paints a creepy picture of J-pop super fans
PARK CITY, Utah — There's a scene in Tokyo Idols where Rio Hiiragi, a pop star trying to make it big, bikes to small provinces as a publicity stunt to meet her fans. She's wearing a cute yellow helmet and live streaming her trek. Trailing behind her are a handful of older men. They are her biggest fans. The documentary premiering at the Sundance Film Festival spotlights the world of young female performers — "idols" — who dress like anime characters and sing and dance for adoring crowds, even though many aren't very good at singing or dancing. It's more important for idols to be cute and tender to fans than sing well. Read more... More about Tokyo, Movie Reviews, Sundance, Movies, and Entertainment Read More » | ||||
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