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 This Valentine's Day, give the gift of a hissing cockroach
Still searching for a perfect Valentine’s Day gift for your special someone? Have you considered a hissing cockroach? If you didn't just sprint screaming from the room, hear us out. You're not giving anyone an actual, living insect. Instead you're naming a cockroach after your loved one. And not just any roach, one of the Bronx Zoo’s Madagascar hissing cockroaches. You can't beat that in terms of unexpected romantic gestures. Gothamist reports that the zoo has once again launched their annual romantic gesture, complete with a cute video. You pay $10 (proceeds support the Wildlife Conservation Society), and the zoo sends a digital certificate that you can bestow upon the person for whom you’ve named the roach. If you up your contribution to $35, they’ll include a printed certificate and a box of chocolates (presumably untouched by roaches) or a lovely little stuffed cockroach. If you want both the candy and the plush roach, you can can have the whole package for $50. Read more... More about Gifts, Valentine S Day, Insects, Bronx Zoo, and Watercooler Read More »Dude makes extremely smooth save after face-planting on the stairs
If you've ever walked down a flight of stairs, you probably also share an irrational fear of falling down with an crowd of people watching you. It's OK, it's totally normal. This dude decided to play it real risky and use his phone while walking down the left side on a staircase. Unfortunately, he failed to notice the landing in the center of the staircase, and he tumbled face-first flailing down a few steps before making a miraculously smooth recovery. It seems as if he pulled off the fall without a single soul noticing his embarrassment, except the camera, of course. Read more... More about Funny, Viral Videos, and Watercooler Read More »Brent Musburger, iconic sports broadcaster who lit up internet, retires from ESPN
You are looking live at the end of an era. Brent Musburger — whose sonorous voice and signature "you are looking live" introduction to games were synonymous with sports telecasts — will call his final game for ESPN this month. Musburger became a household name as television grew into the dominant medium of the sports-entertainment industrial complex. On social media, however, his career wasn't quite so cut and dried. While an icon on TV, he sometimes became a lightning rod online. SEE ALSO: My president was a hooper Let's first flash back to college football's national title game in 2013. Musburger provided a bit of drooling commentary when ESPN cameras cut to a shot of beauty queen Katherine Webb, who was then the girlfriend of Alabama quarterback A.J. McCarron. The moment vaulted Webb to celebrity, while video of Musburger's commentary instantly hit viral status on YouTube. If you type "Musburger" into the YouTube search bar today, "McCarron's girlfriend" is still the first autofill to follow. Read more... More about Espn, Sports, and Entertainment Read More »IOC revokes Usain Bolt's gold medal for teammate's banned substance use
Eight-time gold medalist Usain Bolt is now seven-time gold medalist Usain Bolt. The Jamaican sprinter will have to hand back a gold medal he earned in the 4x100-meter relay at the 2008 Olympics. Nesta Carter, Bolt's teammate in the 4x100-relay, tested positive for methylhexaneamin, meaning the International Olympic Committee (IOC) will revoke the gold medals of all four members of Jamaica's 4x100-meter relay team. "The Jamaican team is disqualified from the men’s 4x100m relay event," the IOC's announcement reads. "The corresponding medals, medallist pins and diplomas are withdrawn and shall be returned." Read more... More about Usain Bolt, Olympics, Entertainment, and Sports Read More »9 quick 'Resident Evil 7' Do's and Don'ts to help you survive
You're going to die in Resident Evil 7. Multiple times, probably. Don't worry, it's not your fault! I mean... OK, no, it probably is. But you're meant to fail. You're meant to learn things the hard way. No amount of advice we can give you — short of a detailed walkthrough — will save you. That's the whole point of a horror game, right? You're supposed to be tense. Frightened. Jumping at shadows and unexplained noises. The Do's and Don'ts below won't change that. But they will give you more of a fighting chance as you explore the Baker estate for answers and a safe exit. Read more... More about Capcom, Resident Evil 7, Gaming, and Entertainment Read More »Watch Oprah lose her mind when she meets Mary Tyler Moore
"People write me letters, I go 'Who would I think that about?'" Oprah asked herself on the set of her talk show in 1997. "Mary." Mary Tyler Moore, who passed away on Wednesday, was a powerful role model for women in entertainment for generations. 20 years ago, Moore surprised Oprah on The Oprah Winfrey Show, and the host's emotional reaction is beautiful to watch. "Thank you Mary for being such an inspiration to us all, all of us women in television," Oprah said. SEE ALSO: Mary Tyler Moore dies at 80 The clip opens with Oprah discussing how much Moore inspired her to record her own Mary Tyler Moore Show opening to Oprah. When Moore saw the clip, she called a shocked Oprah on the air — and when Oprah revisited the memory, Moore showed up on set. Read more... More about The Oprah Winfrey Show, Oprah, Oprah Winfrey, Mary Tyler Moore, and Television Read More »Firefighters in Dubai are using jetpacks to put out fires
The future of firefighting could include water-powered jetpacks. Dubai is incorporating the packs into their fire safety routines WikiLeaks wants any climate change data that Trump is ignoring
WikiLeaks wants your scientific data. In a post Wednesday, the secret leaking organization asked for data that might get swept under the rug by the President Donald Trump administration. For scientists, the new presidency may signal a difficult period for research, especially as Trump continues to align himself with climate deniers.
Report: Trump is still using his old, unsecured Android phone
President Donald Trump is still using the Android phone he tweeted with during and after his campaign, even though it's an unsecured device, The New York Times reports. The article, which documents President Trump's shut-in lifestyle in his first few days at the White House, is filled with juicy tidbits about our leader's household preferences. But the most interesting (and disturbing) part comes when we learn how he has elected to spend his downtime: The story infers that this access is what led to the President's now-infamous tweet about the "carnage" gripping Chicago, which likely came in response to a segment on last night's edition of The O'Reilly Factor on Fox News. Read more... More about Hackers, Security, Android, Donald Trump, and Tech Read More »Man who lost his testicles while showing off his scuba bong is fake news
The AP is cracking down on fake news, even if it's old and has already been debunked. In September a story surfaced of a man losing his testicles after a freak accident involving a bong and a scuba tank. It appears as if the story first was reported on the site IsThatLegit.com, and let me tell you, it's not legit at all. Here's a couple lines from the original post: The initial story claimed the man was from Calgary, but the post then reappeared on the site BostonLeader.com with the location swapped for Boston. Snopes was quick to debunk the story when it was first being shared, but that wasn't good enough for AP, so they fact checked it themselves five months later. Read more... More about Fake News, Marijuana, Watercooler, and Conversations Read More »Sleep peacefully in these germ-free bed sheets
By infusing copper threading in bamboo sheets, '29 linens' claims they can kill 99.9% of the bacteria on your sheets in just 30 minutes. Read more... More about Real Time Video, Real Time, Copper, Self Cleaning, and Cleaning Read More »31-year-old hottie and his 89-year-old BFF are almost too cute to be believed
If you love unlikely friendships, have we got a story for you: Enter Norma Cook, an 89-year-old California woman, and her BFF, 31-year-old Chris Salvatore. The pair met when he moved into the apartment complex in West Hollywood four years ago. She invited him in for a glass of champagne and they’ve been inseparable ever since. Chris told People, “I love her, she’s my best friend. I would do anything for her."
Norma, an interior decorator who has had leukemia for 10 years, experienced a sharp decline in her health last year and spent two months in the hospital. After she was released she was given only a few months to live and needed around-the-clock care. Chris, an actor and musician, stepped into the role of her full-time caregiver. Read more... More about Champagne, Keytar, Actor, Elderly Woman, and Norma Cook Read More »Roxane Gay pulls her latest book from Simon & Schuster amidst Milo Yiannopoulos Controversy
One more person has come forward against publishing house Simon & Schuster. Roxane Gay, author of Bad Feminist and An Untamed State, joins Leslie Jones, Bradley Trevor Greive and others in criticizing the publisher for granting Breitbart editor Milo Yiannopoulos a book deal. Gay recently revealed on Twitter this week that she would be pulling her latest book from Simon & Schuster's roster. SEE ALSO: Fellow Simon and Schuster author condemns Milo Yiannopoulos book deal in searing online post Yiannopoulos, who is best known as an alt-right troll banned from Twitter, secured a controversial $250,000 deal to publish Dangerous, and despite claims reported by Buzzfeed that the book would not include hate speech, Gay withdrew her book, How to Be Heard, from S&S imprint TED Books. Read more... More about Milo Yiannopoulos, Conversations, Mashreads, Entertainment, and Roxane Gay Read More »Here's proof that 'Finding Dory' is better with a bunch of swearing
Chronicling Dory the blue tang's journey to discover her roots, Finding Dory is a delightful, earnest animated film perfect for both children and adults. But if what if it had, like, a bunch of swearing in it? Let Ellen DeGeneres show you what you'e been missing — with a perfect assist from co-star and animated octopus Ed O'Neill. Stop everything: the nation's zoos are in a vicious, wonderful #CuteAnimalTweetOff
We interrupt your regularly scheduled selection of depressing news stories and dismaying tweets to bring you the most amazing thing that happened on the internet today. The amount of cute animals you are about to see is almost unhealthy. Almost. Zoos and aquariums across the nation participated in a very important #CuteAnimalTweetOff today. And the winner of the tweet off is everyone. Every single person alive. It all started when Smithsonian's National Zoo released a press release announcing the birth of the most adorable baby grey seal in the world. Read more... More about Twitter, Aquarium, Zoo, Cute Animals, and Conversations Read More »This giant offshore wind farm will be the largest in the U.S.
The largest offshore wind farm in the United States is one step closer to becoming a reality. The 90-megawatt project planned near Long Island, New York, would be only the second offshore wind farm to operate in the country, which lags way behind Europe and China when it comes to wind power. The wind farm cleared a major hurdle on Wednesday after Long Island's public utility unanimously approved a long-term contract to buy its electricity. Without this deal, the project's developers would have a harder time convincing banks to finance the wind farm's construction. More about Climate Change, Governor Cuomo, Wind Energy, Wind Power, and South Fork Read More »This pair of glasses can change focus based on what you look at
If you need different pairs of glasses for seeing different things (say, reading vs. distance) or wear bifocals or progressive lenses, the future is looking bright: Someone has invented a pair of glasses with lenses that can adjust themselves on the fly. A team of computer and electrical engineers at the University of Utah has unveiled a device with lenses that can change focus depending on what the wearer is looking at. That means that, when you put them on, the specs will automatically adjust to give you the clearest possible vision — whether you're reading a book or trying to spot your friend from across the street. Read more... More about Future Tech, Eyesight, Eyeglasses, Prototype, and Smart Glasses Read More »Google purges nearly 200 websites in fake news crackdown
Google has shut out nearly 200 websites from its advertising platform since announcing it would purge fake news publishers last November. The search giant released the number as part of its annual fraudulent advertising report, in which the company recaps its efforts to fight scams, malware and other harmful ads over the course of the past year. Those efforts now extend to deceitful publishers too, thanks to a recent change in the rules governing Google's AdSense network, which places ads across thousands of third-party sites. Read more... More about Fake News, Google, Business, Advertising, and Media Read More »Trump’s political appointees will vet EPA’s scientific work before release
The Trump administration is mandating that any studies or data from scientists at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) undergo review by political appointees before they can be released to the public. The communications director for President Donald Trump's transition team at EPA, Doug Ericksen, said Wednesday the review also extends to content on the federal agency's website, including details of scientific evidence showing that the Earth's climate is warming and man-made carbon emissions are to blame. SEE ALSO: Government scientists are caught between new gag order and their own ethics policies Read more... Fighting game community is in a heated debate over teabagging
The fighting game community is currently embroiled in a heated moral debate: Should teabagging be allowed at the professional level? Ahead of the Killer Instinct World Cup, organizer Brandon Alexander announced Monday that teabagging will not be allowed at the event, igniting arguments on social media over teabagging’s place in professional competitions. Alexander later told Yahoo! Esports that the announcement was a “troll,” but that hasn’t stopped people from voicing their arguments for and against the taunt.
Trump's voter fraud investigation may want to start with his own daughter
Donald Trump brought out the ALL CAPS Wednesday to show just how seriously he's taking his unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud in the election that he won. "I will be asking for a major investigation into VOTER FRAUD," he wrote over two tweets, "including those registered to vote in two states, those who are illegal and even those registered to vote who are dead (and many for a long time). Depending on results, we will strengthen up voting procedures." But there's a glaring problem with his proclaimed crackdown — his own daughter falls under one of the examples he lists of bad voting behavior: people registered to vote in two states. Read more... More about Steve Mnuchin, Steve Bannon, Voter Registration, Voter Fraud, and Donald Trump Read More »These dogs will have better insurance than 18 million Americans if Obamacare is repealed
In their very first month in office, Congressional Republicans have been busy chipping away at the law that gave 20 million Americans health insurance, then replacing it with their brand-new vision: [blank]. Sure, there are a few wonky replacement plans floating around, but nearly all put the most vulnerable Americans at risk. By choosing to repeal the Affordable Care Act and come up with a replacement plan later, Republicans risk losing anxious insurers from the market, effectively killing the exchange. The Congressional Budget Office recently estimated that 18.2 million Americans would lose their insurance if the Republicans didn't come up with a comprehensive replacement plan, leaving millions sick, bankrupt or worse. Read more... More about Paul Ryan, Dogs, Affordable Care Act, Watercooler, and Politics Read More »There are hidden iPad keyboards in iOS 10.3 that Apple won't let you use
There's one thing you can always count on when Apple releases a new beta version of iOS: Developers digging through its code in search of new features. As always developer Steve Troughton-Smith was quick to discover there are two hidden keyboards for iPad that Apple is likely testing internally within the newly released iOS 10.3 beta. The first is a "floating" keyboard that hovers above apps in a "picture-in-picture"-like window. According to Troughton-Smith, the little keyboard, which seems like it's perfect for one-handed use, can be moved around anywhere on the screen, including when two apps are open in split-screen mode. Read more... More about Beta, Keyboards, Ios 10.3, Ipad, and Tech Read More »Some Facebook users will start seeing ads in an unexpected place
Facebook can only pop so many advertisements into your News Feed before it drives you crazy. But it needs to keep selling more and more of them to keep up its juggernaut growth. And the company is worried that it could run out of ad space in its News Feed this year. That's probably why Facebook is now turning to some untapped real estate: its Messenger platform. The company announced Wednesday that it's testing new ads in Messenger that look a lot like ones you might see in your News Feed. The ads are carousel-style, meaning that users can swipe sideways through posts from several different brands within the same frame. Mercifully, they don't appear in your actual conversations (at least not yet), but rather on the platform home screen below your most recent messages and "favorite" friend column. Read more... More about Facebook Messenger, Facebook, Business, and Advertising Read More »Journalists across the country are using a Slack channel to tackle Trump
In the new era of "alternative facts," journalists will need all the help they can get in covering the Trump administration and administering the correct Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests to hold the administration accountable. So, they're turning to the people they know they can trust the most to help them: each other. And they've turned to a new tool — Slack — to help them collaborate. The messaging site now has several channels where people can seek advice and cooperation on filing FOIA requests and obtaining government documents and other information not publicly available. Read more... More about Slack, Journalism, Foia Request, Donald Trump, and Business Read More »Jordan Peele's chilling new thriller-comedy is the 'Stepford Wives' of racism
When Jordan Peele first described Get Out, his pitch was: "So here's a movie that's never going to get made." Thank the movie gods it was. The thriller-comedy that premiered as a surprise midnight show at Sundance Film Festival is a freaky, entertaining ride that calls out post-racial delusions. Don't like horror movies? See this anyway.
Daniel Kaluuya shines as Chris, a black photographer from New York City who visits his white girlfriend's upper-class family for the first time. He's apprehensive as Rose (Allison Williams) hasn't told her parents he was black, but she charms him into believing it will all be OK. Besides, she reassures him, her dad would have voted for Obama for a third term if he could! Read more... More about Sundance Film Festival and Entertainment Read More »All the times the former president of Mexico shut down Trump's f**king wall
The former president of Mexico really, really wants Donald Trump to know his country isn't paying for that f**king wall. On Wednesday, Vicente Fox Quesada once again had an angry message for Trump — this time with a useful hashtag. (He addressed the tweet to Trump's press secretary Sean Spicer, possibly to ensure he doesn't go around spreading more "alternative facts.")
Kid has priceless reaction when he realizes what's stuck to his head
Losing something is a terrible feeling, but finding that thing you lost can be a glorious moment of relief and victory. Unless you have no idea you lost that thing in the first place and it's actually stuck to your head, like this kid. ABC News used a fake image of Trump in the White House and is anything real?
Fake news, "alternative facts" and now fake images? Boy, politics sure has gotten a lot more complicated these past few months. The latest media source under fire is ABC News, who used a mocked up image of Donald Trump in the Oval Office to promote anchor David Muir's interview with the president. ABC News actually grabbed the image straight from a September 2016 article in The New Yorker, who created it to imagine how Trump's first term would pan out. ABC News cropped the photo and added its logo and the words "No questions off limits." However, there was a telltale sign the photo illustration, created by Ji Lee, isn't from Trump's presidency. It's the weather outside the window. Read more... More about Business, Interview, New Yorker, Pics, and Abc News Read More »I don't want to be dramatic but Ansel Elgort's new single has the creepiest cover art of all time
Ansel Elgort, the actor best known for bringing to life young adult novels like The Fault In Our Stars and Divergent, is also a DJ, a fact you could probably sense somewhere in your bones. This budding musical talent has a new single out, and the '80s-inspired cover art has certainly taken our breath away.
Elgort's smoldering gaze provokes questions and gives no answers. Here are some of our key concerns about the scene taking place:
Private emails are back! But this time Hillary Clinton's not involved.
There was a time, not so long ago, when cybersecurity seemed to be a major concern to the Republican Party. The GOP railed against Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server while she was secretary of state. This was careless, they said, and should disqualify her from the presidency. Surely it's also careless then for senior White House staff to use a private email server that was hacked during the presidential campaign, which they are, according to Newsweek. Kellyanne Conway, Jared Kushner, Sean Spicer and Steve Bannon all have email accounts through the Republican National Committee, which was hacked along with the Democratic National Committee last year, according to the federal government. However, the latter never had the spoils from the cyberattack released. Read more... More about Hack, Email, Republicans, White House, and Android Read More »Horny nuns, Hulk Hogan and other recaps from Sundance Day 3
Straight from the Sundance Film Festival Mashable's Clint Gage, Ti Lovelace and Josh Dickey give us an update on the latest batch of films they've seenBand Aid, about a couple that writes songs to get over fighting so damn much, was a winner for Lovelace, while Gage gushes over The Little Hours, a star-studded and raunchy comedy about 14th century nuns. Visit CineFix for more episodes and movie-related content. Read more... More about Movies, Cinefix, Sundance, Sundance Film Festival, and Entertainment Read More »This woman rode through the sky in a bathtub when a tornado hit her house
When a tornado was heading toward her house, 75-year-old Charlesetta Williams climbed into a bathtub with her son and just ... let it happen. And somehow this is a happy tale. Bathtubs are known as being a safe bet for tornadoes, but only in houses where the tub is built into the ground. Williams's trailer was only connected by PVC piping, which quickly separated from the trailer after the tornado took off her roof. The tub, still containing Charlesetta and her son, was picked up by the tornado and landed in the woods more than 25 feet away from their trailer. "It felt like somebody just had their hands on us and just placed us on the ground," her son told KSLA. Read more... More about Inspiring, News, Videos, and Watercooler Read More »Don't believe the gruesome rumors about this MLB pitcher's death
Per usual, we can blame the internet for snowballing absurd, ghastly theories. Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Yordano Ventura died in a car accident early Sunday morning in his native Dominican Republic. By Monday, rumors that Ventura was alive after the crash, looted and left for dead propagated the digital airwaves. But, according to a report from the Kansas City Star, those claims were undoubtedly false. One Spanish-language publication said Monday that robbers stripped various valuables from Ventura after the crash. MLB legend and Domincan-born pitcher Pedro Martinez posted a series of tweets on Tuesday, making similar claims and calling for an investigation into the robbery. Read more... More about Baseball, Mlb, Entertainment, and Sports Read More »'Band Aid' and 'The Little Hours' among favorites from Sundance day 3
Straight from the Sundance Film Festival, Clint, Ti and Josh give us an update on the latest batch of films they've just seen. Looks cold guys, come back to L.A.! Visit CineFix for more episodes and movie-related content. Train crashes into a FedEx truck and sends packages flying
Well, some FedEx customers are not going to be getting their packages on time. A FrontRunner train collided with a FedEx double tractor trailer truck in North Salt Lake, Utah, on Saturday, completely destroying the trailer and sending packages flying in the process. Luckily, the train did not make contact with the tractor. The gate and light warning system typical for train crossings was not engaged during the accident, leading the driver of the truck to believe they had the all-clear to cross the tracks. According to the Salt Lake Tribune, if there is a power or signal issue, the gates are supposed to drop into the "down and active" position as a safety precaution, but clearly something went wrong here. The Utah Transit Authority is investigating the accident. Read more... More about Dash Cam, Train, Fedex, and Watercooler Read More »Everything you need to know to master Snapchat's new search bar
For years, one of the biggest criticisms of Snapchat has been that the app's intentionally unintuitive design makes it difficult to use, particularly for new users. While longtime users are well-acquainted with the app's swipe-based interface and other quirks, it could be difficult for newcomers (and, let's be honest, older users) to grasp. Some of that is now changing. Earlier this week, Snapchat officially rolled out its latest update, which added a search bar that makes it much easier to find things within the app — although it does take some time to get right. More about Snapchat Stories, Snapchat, Apps And Software, Tech, and Apps Software Read More »Bernie Sanders' digital team offers a way for people to call the White House
With the White House comments phone line still closed, the digital team from Bernie Sanders' campaign have built a convenient workaround. For anyone who has been trying to make a call only to be redirected to the White House website or Facebook page, now there's a calling tool to deliver you to the businesses run by the same man currently running our country. WhiteHouseInc.org was created last year with a PAC to push Trump to divest from his businesses while in office. The team that worked on Sanders' digital presidential campaign, Revolution Messaging, is behind the project. Read more... More about Bernie Sanders, Donald Trump, Divestment, Business, and White House Read More »These Chinese festive food mashups are blowing our minds
If you've spent any time in Southeast Asia over Chinese New Year, you'd be well familiar with festive treats like pineapple tarts and barbecue pork. These good ol’ favourites may never go out of style, but those pecking around for more creative eats may satisfy their tastebuds with these new mashups that have hit the market. Barbecue pork + pineapple tartsImage: old seng choong Wait, these are black. But don't let that put you off: each buttery nugget encases a filling made of pineapple jam and barbecue pork (bak kwa) bits. The pastry is black because charcoal powder is mixed into it. We found the salty barbequed meat to be the perfect counter-balance to the sweet jam. Each tart is huge, so take your time to savour it; you may not have space for a second. Read more... More about Food, Chinese New Year, Malaysia, Singapore, and Lifestyle Read More »This bag of chips can sense if you've been drinking and call you an Uber
Tostitos' new bag wants to chaperone your Super Bowl party. In honor of the big game, the chip maker is launching a special-edition version of its packaging with a built-in sensor that can detect trace levels of alcohol in your breath. If it decides you've been drinking — regardless of how much — an image of a red steering wheel appears on the otherwise stark black bag along with a reminder not to drive and a code for a $10 Uber discount (valid only on Super Bowl Sunday). And if you've had so much to drink that the mere act of hailing an Uber becomes a difficult chore, the bag will even do that for you. The package is equipped with near-field communication technology that will automatically order a ride when tapped with a smartphone. Read more... More about Uber, Tostitos, Super Bowl 2017, Business, and Advertising Read More »Facebook just hired a big shot to run its virtual reality division
Mark Zuckerberg isn't kidding around about virtual reality. The CEO of Facebook announced late Wednesday Hugo Barra is joining as the vice president of virtual reality (VPVR, in case you were curious). The role covers Oculus and all other VR-related products at the company, according to Zuckerberg's Facebook post announcing the news. The post included an image of Zuckerberg and Barra in Facebook's own VR social network, virtually celebrating the hire. From Google to Xiaomi to FacebookSo who exactly is Barra? He last served as vice president of international at Chinese smartphone company Xiaomi, known as the "Apple of China," where he was the face behind the products. Read more... More about Tech, Oculus Vr, Oculus Rift, Virtual Reality, and Hugo Barra Read More »In their own words: What 'Invasion Day' means to a rural Indigenous community
In Australia, the date of Jan. 26 goes by many names. "Australia Day" is what you might hear in media and on TV. But for many people, Indigenous or otherwise, it also goes by "Invasion Day" or "Survival Day" and it's often called the "Day of Mourning." Marking the beginning of colonialism and the cultural loss, genocide and systemic racism that came along with it, the anniversary is a bank holiday marked by increasingly large protests and calls on social media to #ChangeTheDate. Or hell, even simply #CancelTheDate. The town of Wilcannia — found in rural north west New South Wales and belonging to the Barkandji people — is made up of 600 residents with diverse and deep-rooted emotions stirred around this date. Read more... More about Justine Muller, Wilcannia, Survival Day, Australia Day, and Indigenous Read More »Man cycles home only to realise he'd gone 310 miles in the wrong direction
A Chinese man who didn't have enough money for a train ticket decided instead to spent a month cycling home — only to find he was going in the opposite direction. The migrant worker, who had cycled some 500km (310 miles), was trying to make it home for Chinese New Year. He set off from the Chinese city of Rizhou towards his home up north in Qiqihar, which is over 1,700km away. Wait, what do you mean this isn't the right way? Image: people's daily The man only found out he was going the wrong way after he was stopped by traffic police in the city of Anhui for riding illegally on the highway. Read more... More about Chinese New Year, Bicycle, China, and Watercooler Read More »Facebook is changing how it talks about privacy
Facebook is now making it easier to keep your information private and secure. As part of Data Privacy Day on Jan. 28, Facebook is launching a new version of its Privacy Basics page to help people understand how to take control of their information on the site. SEE ALSO: Your friends might be spying on your Facebook when you're not looking The new site is mobile-friendly and redesigned based on user feedback. Facebook is also partnering with state attorneys general, privacy experts and others to help users understand how to manage their privacy online. There are 32 guides in 44 languages on the site, covering topics like managing your privacy, customizing who can view different parts of your profile and ways to increase account security. Read more... More about Security, Privacy, Facebook, and Tech Read More »One man has tirelessly put up decorations for his neighbours for 10 years
There are friendly neighbours, and then there are amazing ones like this guy. One man has put up elaborate festive decorations for his neighbours for the past ten years. And he's even generously funded each effort himself. Tan Koon Tat, a carpenter from Singapore, typically puts up the decorations at the corner of the carpark and lobby area of his apartment block. The 56-year-old does this for major holidays each year — he's done Christmas, Eid al-Fitr or Hari Raya Puasa, and Diwali. Tan Koon Tat setting up part of the decorations. Image: ng yi shu/mashable Read more... You can now point your phone at Japanese text and get an instant translation
Google's Word Lens is a smartphone app that lets you point your camera at text and get an instant translation on-screen. That's nifty enough as it is when you're navigating a foreign country, but it gets far more useful when you're dealing with an alphabet or characters you can't even read. On Thursday, Google announced that Word Lens now supports Japanese, meaning you can go to Japan, point it at kanji characters — of which there are thousands — and see what the heck they mean right on your phone's display. As Google points out, you could already take a photo of Japanese text and get a translation with the Google Translate app, but Word Lens shows you the translation live as you move the phone around. Even better, it works when you don't have internet connectivity. Read more... More about Japan, Japanese, Word Lens, Google, and Tech Read More »Google I/O 2017 dates are revealed by this freakishly hard puzzle
Google's annual I/O developer conference will take place May 17 - 19 at Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View, California. Google being Google, it chose an unconventional way to reveal the date and the location for the conference: via a 5-part puzzle first announced on the Google Developers Twitter account.
The puzzle reads like something from a spy movie: It includes location coordinates, an unlisted YouTube video, a corrupted image and a riddle. Read more... More about Developers Developers Developers, Google, Google I O, Google I O 2017, and Tech Read More »Chinese New Year stickers to get egg-cited over this year of the rooster
It's nearly Chinese New Year, so you're gonna need stickers to fully express your festive joy. They'll also come in handy if you need to figure out a variety of greetings for your Asian friends. Chinese New Year Animated Stickers by SupEr App Co (iOS)Image: Ng Yi Shu/Mashable These animated firecrackers and lion dance figurines will set your screen — and your friend's — ablaze. You can download them here. Chinese New Year Sticker Pack by Howtobewebsmart (iOS)Image: Ng Yi Shu/Mashable No time to print a greeting card this year? This one will help you look good, just in time. You can download the sticker pack here. Read more... More about Chinese New Year, Facebook Messenger, Stickers, Apple, and Imessage Read More »These convincing Trump and Kim lookalikes are going viral for obvious reasons
Now here's an image we thought we'd never see. U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korea's supreme leader Kim Jong-un greeted a large audience outside the U.S. consulate in Hong Kong, hugging and kissing each other to raucous applause. Of course, the unlikely duo were impersonators. Both were played by musicians who were there to film a series of videos. The duo was met with an adoring crowd Image: youtube/hkfp "I think he's a great leader and he's much like me, he's a dictator," said Hong-Kong based Australian Kim-lookalike who only goes by his first name Howard, in a video captured by Reuters. Read more... More about Donald Trump, Hong Kong, Kim Jong Un, World, and Politics Read More »Madeleine Albright has a strong response to President Trump's immigration policies
Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright said she’s ready to register as Muslim amid reports that Donald Trump is ready to take executive action affecting immigrants traveling to the country. "I was raised Catholic, became Episcopalian & found out later my family was Jewish. I stand ready to register as Muslim in #solidarity," Albright tweeted.
She also tweeted a picture of the Statue of Liberty with the quote: "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me. I lift my lamp beside the golden door." Read more... More about Donald Trump, Us Secretary Of State, Muslim Registry, President Trump, and Madeleine Albright Read More »Here's the one thing about the new 'Star Wars' title you may have missed
You may think there's only so many clues you can glean from one three-word episode title, but frankly you'd be mistaken. It's still a horribly long time before Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi blasts its way onto our screens, so what better way to fill the void than with furious speculation? Since the title was announced on Monday, social media has been buzzing with possibilities — but amid the frenzied conjecture about who exactly "The Last Jedi" could refer to, it was easy to overlook one simple fact:
This country is raising $600 million to counter Trump's anti-abortion policy
The Dutch government is setting up an international safe abortion fund just days after President Donald Trump signed an executive order to cut U.S. foreign aid. On Monday, Trump reinstated the Mexico City Policy — known as the global gag rule — which prevents non-governmental organisations working abroad from receiving federal funding for family planning if they perform abortions or even talk to their clients about abortion. Up to 20 countries and several foundations have already said they would support the Netherlands in setting up an international abortion fund to plug a $600 million funding gap caused by the reinstatement of the global gag rule, according to Lilianne Ploumen, Dutch minister of foreign trade and development cooperation. Read more... More about Politics, Foreign Policy, Women S Rights, Reproductive Rights, and Abortion Rights Read More »A controversial Nazi-themed cafe is finally shutting down in Indonesia
A Nazi-themed cafe in Indonesia that faced widespread criticism for years has finally been shut down — for now. The Soldaten Kaffee, which is named after a cafe in Paris that was popular with Nazi soldiers, has closed its doors due to a lack of customers. The cafe had initially shut down in 2013 after owner Henry Mulyana started receiving death threats, but was reopened a year later, with a picture of Adolf Hitler and swastikas still on display. A Nazi flag adorns the wall of the SoldatenKaffe in Indonesia Image: AP Read more... Man finds touching video on his grandmother's phone after she passes away
LONDON — Usually, a jaunty video of a grandparent getting to grips with their new phone would a source of amusement — but in the case of the clip above, the whole thing is so much more poignant. "My grandmother passed away last week," wrote Reddit user Mewarf when sharing the video. "I found this on her phone." Taken in a flowery garden, the 44 second clip features the man's grandmother talking to two unseen people about her new phone. "Helen, I'm just having another go at this phone, and I'm taking photos and they're taking when I'm not wanting them!" she laughs. Read more... More about Moving, Uk, Reddit, Video, and Phone Read More »David Beckham hilariously trolls his son Brooklyn on Instagram live
A fun perk of being a parent is the ability to good-naturedly embarrass your kids in front of their friends — or in this case, their followers. David Beckham exercised this right when he tuned into his son Brooklyn's Instagram live stream on Monday. And when the comments started to roll in, he left some of his own... He didn't stop there, either. More about Funny, Brooklyn Beckham, David Beckham, Instagram Live, and Instagram Read More »This Honest Trailer for 'Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory' is hilariously brutal
Nothing makes you look at a beloved children's film with fresh horror quite like an Honest Trailer. This time ScreenJunkies, the gang behind the viral parody series, have fixed their sights firmly on the lovably twisted Roald Dahl tale Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory — and they've even drafted in singer Michael Bolton to lend a hand. It's difficult to pick just one highlight from the clip above, but if pushed we'd have to go for the "This place is a lawsuit waiting to happen" song. Everything you thought you knew about Q from James Bond is wrong
James Bond fans are familiar with the agent known as Q, a gadget inventor and technology expert who has always been portrayed in the movies as a man. However, the real-life head of MI6 — British Secret Intelligence Service — has revealed that the real-life equivalent of Q is indeed a woman. In delivering the keynote speech at the Women in IT Awards in London, Sir Alex Younger said: "The real-life Q is looking forward to meeting you and I'm pleased to report that the real-life Q is a woman." Younger referred to Q, one of the most renowned James Bond characters, in a bid to appeal for more women to join the agency. But he also noted that one of his priorities is to "get over and see through the Bond thing". Read more... More about Agent Q, Daniel Craig, James Bond, and Entertainment Read More »Infuriating Valentine's card is the sweet, sweet revenge singletons need
Valentine's Day is the absolute worst. When you're single, that is The "Never-ending Valentine's Day card" has the appearance of your average V-Day card. But, once you open it up and press the button, it'll play a romantic jingle for three hours non-stop. And, pressing the button a second time won't stop the music. Read more... More about Uk, Greeting Cards, Pranks, Relationships, and Single Read More »Online quiz helps undocumented immigrants find free legal help
The day President Donald Trump announced plans to move forward with a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border and restrict immigration from Muslim-majority countries, Matthew Burnett launched his nonprofit's new tool for undocumented immigrants. The Immigration Advocates Network, where Burnett is director, has created immi.org, a site that allows undocumented immigrants and those with temporary status to answer questions about their personal histories. As a result, they can figure out exactly which protections, pathways to citizenship or legal aid they could be eligible for. More about Dreamers, Undocumented Immigrants, Immigration, Social Good, and Business Read More »Keep your natural tan all year-round with this tanning suit
Along with health benefits, like naturally helping you get more vitamin D, this specially designed clear suit help keeps you warm and tan all year long. Read more... More about Health Benefits, Vitamin D, Suit, Tan, and Sun Read More »Shia LaBeouf arrested during anti-Trump live stream
Actor Shia LaBeouf was arrested during his anti-Trump performance art project Thursday morning. According to the Associated Press, LaBeouf got into an "altercation" with another man outside the Museum of the Moving Image in Queens, New York, where LaBeouf has been repeating the phrase "He will not divide us" on a live stream since the president's inauguration. Speaking to NBC New York, police said that LaBeouf pulled a scarf off the 25-year-old man during the scuffle. The man, who remains unidentified, sustained scratches to his face, but declined medical attention. More about Donald Trump, Shia Labeouf, and Watercooler Read More »Incredible video game glitch will help you get your groove on
We all know, however, that video games can glitch. This happens quite often even in games produced by big-budget game studios, and often the glitch results are hilarious. John Gianelli teaches a video game design class, and we're sure many of his students have created great projects under his tutelage. But that didn't stop one student from accidentally creating a great broken animation. A glitch is exactly what Gianelli found in one of his student's games, and now that glitch has gone viral for one very simple reason: It's awesome. This kitten took his love for peanut butter to a whole new level
Peanut butter lovers will know that when the craving hits, it must be satisfied. However, few would go as far as getting their head stuck in the jar to do that. One stray kitten in Oxford proved himself to be a unique lover of the nutty stuff. On Saturday, RSPCA inspector Jaime Godfrey was called to rescue a local stray that found himself caught in a sticky situation. “The kitten had his head completely stuck inside a plastic pot of peanut butter," Godfrey was quoted in a press release sent to Mashable. "When I arrived he was lying in a heap on the grass... He couldn’t move at all." Read more... More about Cute Animals, Animals, Rescue, Peanut Butter, and Kitten Read More »Hey Sean Spicer, what's up with that cryptic tweet?
Twitter is transforming into a serious source of anxiety for those on edge about America's current political climate. In case Donald Trump's incorrect grammar and constant misspelled words weren't enough cause for concern, on Thursday morning the White House Press Secretary, Sean Spicer, tweeted (and deleted) something very cryptic. Spicer woke up on Thursday, and for some unknown reason composed this bizarre eight-character tweet to share with his 1.36 million followers: Image: screengrab: presssec/twitter It made no sense. Read more... More about Conversations, Politics, White House, Twitter, and Donald Trump Read More »The Trump inauguration, seen in infrared
An invisible force is arguably what propelled Donald Trump through this controversial, tumultuous election, landing him in the Oval Office to lead the entire nation of America as its 45th President The unexpected and shocking force that swept the country into a populist fervor culminated on January 20th, 2017, Inauguration Day, and I was there to capture it with the help of a unique and similarly silent force–infrared wavelengths. When traveling to photograph an event of this magnitude, there is always one guarantee: you will be jostling with hundreds of photographers for the exact same scene. By necessity you are forced to think outside the box Read more... More about Photography, Inauguration 2017, Photo Stories, Watercooler, and Pics Read More »The 8 'Counter-Strike' teams facing off in the ELeague Major playoffs this weekend
The first Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major of the year is nearing its end and only eight teams are left in one of the most exciting and prestigious tournaments in CS:GO history. The ELeague Major playoffs kick off this Friday and run through Sunday, featuring Na'Vi, Virtus.pro, SK Gaming, Fnatic, Gambit Esports, North, FaZe Clan and Astralis battling through the single-elimination bracket to be crowned the greatest CS:GO team in the world.
These eight teams have already earned the title of "Legends" and automatically qualify for the next Major after emerging from the 16-team preliminaries, but they still have more fighting to do to inch closer to the grand finals taking place at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta, taking home the biggest piece of the $1 million prize pool. After this week's preliminary matches, a few teams stand out as strong contenders for the title. Read more... More about Esports, Gaming, Counter Strike, Cs Go, and Eleague Read More »Samantha Bee: 'You can't rain on the pussy parade'
"Going to the Women's March was like waking up from a nightmare to find that the monster was real but all your friends were there with sticks and torches and unflattering hats to beat back the darkness," Samantha Bee said on Wednesday's episode of Full Frontal. Bee used her first episode of the Trump presidency to unpack the inauguration and why women marched around the world on Saturday. "Our executive branch is in the hands of a septuagenarian size queen and a corn-fed fertility cultist who calls his wife 'mother,'" Bee added. "So forgive us if we're a little worried about getting zapped back to Pleasantville." Read more... More about Women S March, Full Frontal With Samantha Bee, Samantha Bee, Television, and Entertainment Read More »Behind the dizzying student loan game Navient allegedly played
The U.S. government’s $1.3 trillion student loan program has a dizzying array of repayment plans that can overwhelm borrowers. That’s one of the things loan servicers are supposed to help with. Navient, the nation’s largest student loan servicer, handles accounts for more than 1 in 4 Americans who owe money for their higher education. The company sends borrowers their monthly bills, collects payments, and counsels them on their options. Government lawsuits filed on Jan. 18 accuse Navient of taking shortcuts that minimized its costs. They say that hurt some borrowers who could have paid off debt more quickly, while simultaneously putting distressed borrowers in more debt by steering some into plans that put off payments — leading to ballooning balances — instead of income-based repayment programs. Read more... More about College, Business, and Student Loans Read More »Facebook now the official broadcast home for Heroes of the Dorm
One of the more high-profile televised esports tournaments is packing up its stuff and moving to Facebook. The spring 2017 Heroes of the Dorm collegiate tournament for Blizzard Entertainment's Heroes of the Storm will appear exclusively on the social network after two consecutive years of ESPN2 broadcasts. The full season and its national championship will be watchable on Facebook Live. SEE ALSO: Audi makes a big esports deal Heroes of the Storm is an arena battle game not unlike League of Legends, but starring characters from Blizzard's games catalog. The upcoming tournament sees college teams from the U.S. and Canada competing for a piece of a $500,000 prize pool of scholarships and other prizes. Read more... More about Heroes Of The Storm, Esports, Blizzard Entertainment, Gaming, and Entertainment Read More »Long-term care nurse sang sweet songs to dying patient
Get your tissues ready. In this touching video posted on Youtube by user Jeremiah Nichol, his grandmother Helen's long term caregiver, Nurse Isabelle, beautifully sings to Helen in her final days. Isabelle took time out of her day off to visit Helen one last time when she heard that Helen would soon pass. Her family was completely in awe of Isabelle's voice. We're sure Isabelle's compassion and caring spirit were greatly appreciated by both Helen and her family. Rest in peace, Helen. This company is employing former inmates to create e-waste recycling solutions
'Isidore Electronics Recycling' is on a mission to reuse and repurpose technology. The Southern California company is also committed to creating employment opportunities for those who have left correctional facilities CNBC's Trump tweet alert is a new level of absurd
The last week has been a next-level version of the fever dream that was the 2016 presidential campaign, and now CNBC has added another dose of absurdity to the mix. In the age of "alternative facts," "mazel tov cocktails," and nine-person news panels, maybe we shouldn't be surprised by anything anymore. But CNBC's new graphic for alerting viewers to the latest Trump tweets takes us further down the ring of fire.
Anyone knows the dread that comes with wondering what Trump will tweet next. It's the cold sinking feeling that drops in the pit of your stomach any time your phone is bombarded by a dozen of alerts of whatever Trump just tweeted about: The Wall, China, maybe even... you. Read more... More about Cnbc, Twitter, Donald Trump, Business, and Politics Read More »Half of Americans think their cybersecurity is worse than 5 years ago
Amid high-profile political cyberattacks, Americans are losing confidence in their own cybersecurity. Just under half of Americans — 49 percent — think their personal information is less secure than it was five years ago, according to a new report from the Pew Research Center. They're only slightly more optimistic about the government's abilities. Twenty-eight percent of Americans are "not confident at all" that the federal government can keep their personal information safe. And when the Democratic National Committee is hacked by Russia and Yahoo says 1 billion of its users were affected by a hack, who can blame them? Read more... More about Pew Research, Pew Research Center, Data Breach, Hacking, and Cybersecurity Read More »'The Avengers Project' means one thing: Marvel. Video. Games!
A video game based on Marvel's Avengers super-team is finally happening. More than one, in fact. Details are very slim, so bear with us. Marvel's Twitter feed announced "The Avengers Project" with a cinematic trailer. The video's YouTube description confirms that this is a "multi-year, multi-game partnership" with publisher Square Enix. It sounds like the first game from this partnership — and presumably the one teased in the trailer — is in the hands of Square Enix developer Crystal Dynamics. If that name is familiar, it's because this is the studio behind the modern face of the Tomb Raider series. Read more... More about Crystal Dynamics, Eidos Montreal, Avengers Project, Marvel, and Square Enix Read More »Google Maps is getting better at helping you avoid crowds
Google Maps for iOS just became a whole lot more useful. A new feature in "Popular Times" in the most recent update (version 4.27.0 on iOS, version 9.44.3 on Android) gives you a rough idea of how crowded a specific store or restaurant is right this second. Google Maps has had Popular Times, which uses "aggregated and anonymized data from users who have opted in to Google Location History" for some time. It display how busy (or not busy) a business is, hour by hour, on a bar graph. With the update, a live pink bar shows how busy a place is in real time, overlaying it over the bar graph so you can compare how busy it is on average (using collected location data from the opt-in users from "the last several weeks"): Read more... More about Android, Ipad, Iphone, Ios, and Real Time Read More »Twitter no longer recommends Trump's profile when you search 'asshole'
Twitter users have been noticing for the past few days that if you search words like "asshole," racist," "tiny hands" and "douchebag," it will bring up a bunch of results, along with President Donald Trump's profile. Now, it appears that Twitter is actually censoring those results to exclude President Trump. Mashable first reported the search result findings on Monday, but after widespread media attention, searching "racist," "asshole," and "douchebag" will no longer bring you to Trump's profile, though it will probably bring you to plenty of tweets about Trump including those words. Read more... More about Donald Trump, Twitter, and Watercooler Read More »'Supernatural' boss previews Sam and Dean's prison blues
Even Sam (Jared Padalecki) and Dean Winchester (Jensen Ackles) have to face the legal consequences of their actions from time to time on Supernatural. With the number of laws they break on a daily basis while demon-hunting, the odds are never in their favor: they're bound to get caught once or twice. Their latest endeavor was mistaken as an attempted assassination of the President of the United States, so it's no surprise that the Secret Service assumed they were deranged criminals. Of course, what the Secret Service didn’t realize was that the POTUS was being possessed by Lucifer, so despite trying to save the world once again, Sam and Dean were labeled as enemies of the state and thrown into a figurative hole so deep that all hope seemed lost. Read more... More about Misha Collins, Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, The Cw, and Supernatural Read More »Seth Meyers tackles Trump's claims about widespread, nonexistent voter fraud
Seth Meyers is back to break it all down for us. In another marvelous edition of "A Closer Look," the Late Night host dives into concerns over Donald Trump's behavior during his first week in office, and the president's unfounded claims about 3-5 million illegal votes costing him the popular vote. Find out why Trump's aides might just be sitting the POTUS down for an episode of Dora The Explorer above. This guy tried to make the worst hip hop song ever and it accidentally turned out awesome
When Reddit user thetrue23 was approached by his friend to make the worst hip hop song ever for a movie, he gave it a valiant effort. But it just wasn't in the cards because it actually turned out...good? In light of how well it turned out, the duo decided to make a music video for the song. And that turned out really good. And the cinematography is surprisingly professional. Here's hoping "FLAMES" is the first of many True Dave originals. 7-year-old makes a very bold statement with her bracelet making kit
When you give a child a bracelet making kit, you never know what you're going to get. Reddit user gordontrue's 7-year-old daughter saw an outlet to express her views and proudly seized the opportunity to wear something that so many of us believe: "FART LOUD" are two words we should all live by. Yes, absolutely fart loud. But, replace "fart" with anything and you've got a new mantra. "Sing loud"... "Be loud"... LIVE loud. Commenters were extremely supportive of this girl's big statement, and some were even inspired to do the same: Read more... More about Kids, Bracelet, Farting, Crafts, and Watercooler Read More »Bacon lovers will go ham over this kitchen gadget
The 'Bacon Express' can help you cook the perfect bacon. Its vertical cooking method prevents bacon from shriveling and eliminates grease. It's also easy to clean. Read more... More about The Bacon Express, Real Time Video, Perfect Bacon, Kitchen Gadget, and Kitchen Read More »Dog mom jumps into freezing water to save her fur baby
London's lakes and ponds have been freezing over, which has proven a problem for pet owners. Unknowing pups can find themselves in dangerous predicaments. One London woman experienced this when her dog fell through the surface of an icy pond at Alexandra Palace on Monday. She leapt into action, climbing into a lifesaver before wading through the freezing water to rescue the canine. Thankfully both she and her dog are safe and unharmed. In response to the increased frozen waters, the London Fire Brigade issued a warning for people to take caution and avoid stepping on the icy surfaces — especially dog owners. Read more... More about Frozen, Rescue, Dogs, London, and Watercooler Read More »Twitter is burying Moments as it bets on live video
Twitter's apps will no longer have a dedicated tab for Moments. In its place, the company is adding a new tab called "explore," which surfaces a wider variety of content, including trending topics, live video and, yes, Moments. This is a change that Twitter has been toying with for some time. As Mashable first reported last fall, the company began testing a version of the feature in October. It would seem that test went well as Twitter is no making the change official. Notably, Twitter has moved the placement of the tab, putting it directly next to home, rather than in the center where Moments used to be. The new version will also prominently feature Twitter's live broadcasts. Also included: an "explore all" section where users can browse Twitter by topics like sports and entertainment. Read more... More about Twitter Moments, Twitter, Apps And Software, Tech, and Apps Software Read More »Future iPhones might have curved edges — but keep LCD displays
The iPhones of the future could have screens with curved edges, a benefit of the natural flexibility of OLED displays, which Apple is rumored to be considering for the so-called iPhone 8. However, a new type of display could let Apple build a curved iPhone with LCD tech. Apple supplier Japan Display announced plans to start mass producing new, flexible LCD display panels for smartphones in 2018, according to The Wall Street Journal. While the company declined to name any partners planning to use the tech, "some smartphone makers" have reportedly agreed to adopt the screens in the next few years. According to "people familiar with the matter," Apple has its eye them as well. Read more... More about Screen, Oled, Lcd, Bendable Phone, and Iphone Read More »Your friends might be spying on your Facebook when you're not looking
Ever suspected your friends may be snooping on your Facebook profile behind your back? It turns out they are, a new study shows. New research from the University of British Columbia in Canada says 24 percent — or more than one in five subjects — had accessed someone else’s Facebook account without permission, and 21 percent have been victims (that knew about the unauthorized access). The security community calls this kind of profile snooping a "social insider attack." This means the attacker knows the victim and gains access to the account by physically accessing the victim’s device, whether it's a phone, tablet, laptop or something else. Read more... More about Social Insider Attacks, Security, Instagram, Snapchat, and Twitter Read More »Gambit and NORTH among teams advancing at the ELEAGUE Major
The CS:GO Major group stage is over, and it was one of the most exciting to date. Check out our recap to see which teams move on to the playoffs, and which teams are on their way home. Read more... More about North, Envyus, Astralis, Virtus Pro, and Fnatic Read More »That kid who said 'screw our president' is apparently Drew Carey's son
In a fun twist of events, the kid who told a Fox News reporter "screw our president" at a Washington D.C. protest is actor and comedian Drew Carey's son. The clip — first broadcast on Jan. 19, the evening before President Donald Trump's inauguration —- shows 11-year-old Connor taking credit for starting a small fire at the D.C. protest before sharing his thoughts on the then-incoming president. On Thursday, TMZ reported the connection between Connor and Carey, reporting that the comedian and his wife were upset with the way their son expressed himself on television. The celebrity gossip site says Connor — who apparently got caught up in the spirit of the protest — received a firm talking to from his parents. Read more... More about Viral Videos, Watercooler, and Video Read More »Ikea is now selling a bicycle — and it looks just as pretty as their furniture
Ikea has created a bike that is perfect for urban living. Designers spent three days studying the way people bike in urban environments Ronda Rousey stands in solidarity with Standing Rock by delivering supplies
Whether or not she's under a spotlight, it's clear that Ronda Rousey is ready to take on any fight—including one against controversial oil pipelines. The UFC fighter was spotted this week at Standing Rock reservation standing in solidarity with those opposing the Dakota Access pipeline.
A soft robot that wraps around a failing heart could save thousands of lives
A soft robotic sleeve made out of silicone has been used to keep pigs alive after they suffered heart attacks. The device hugs the heart and mimics the movement of healthy cardiac muscles. The research is still in its early phase, but it's one day expected to be used on humans at risk of heart failure. Read more... More about Heart, Health, Real Time Video, Real Time, and Harvard Medical School Read More »British women pen emotional letters to Theresa May before she meets Trump
LONDON — Women and girls around the UK are writing letters and emails to Prime Minister Theresa May ahead of her meeting with Donald Trump. Just days after 100,000 people took to the streets of London to protest Trump's first full day in office, the UK's prime minister is flying to the U.S. to meet with the new POTUS. Groups of schoolchildren have penned letters to May asking her to raise the issue of gender equality with Trump. "Just because there are male and female people, it doesn't mean we have a different level of respect," wrote a group of 9-year-old children. Read more... More about Watercooler, Lifestyle, Usa, Letters, and Uk Read More »The downside of a bionic penis? A two-week boner.
Imagine having a two-week boner. That’s just what 40-year old Andrew Wardle is about to experience when doctors turn on his new bionic penis. Wardle was born with bladder exstrophy, where the organ forms outside the body. While doctors were able to insert it back into his body surgically when he was a baby, he grew up with no penis, though he did have testicles. Wardle, who lives in the UK, recently decided to undergo a lengthy process where doctors built him a functioning phallus. (It had been done once before on another British man, Mohammad Abad, whose choice to lose his virginity with a famous sex worker got a lot of attention.) He has required more than 100 surgeries to get here, but he is now on the last leg of his journey. And before you ask: no, he didn’t have any say in how big it is. Read more... More about Andrew Wardle, Surgery, Sex, Penis, and Bionic Read More »Father teaches his son the ABCs with a little help from trap music
Learning and trap music together at last. Twitter user @AfroAmericannnn uploaded an adorable video of a father and son singing the classic ABC song to the tune of a trap beat. This video is incredible, not just because they made an old song seem brand new, but because the duo are wearing matching outfits which takes the cuteness factor to a whole new level We hope that more songs intended to teach children will get a trap makeover. Read more... More about Music, Trap, Dance, and Watercooler Read More »A 'Devil Wears Prada' musical was just announced and Elton John is writing the music
NEW YORK (AP) — Elton John has been tapped to write the songs for a devilish upcoming musical — The Devil Wears Prada. Stellar pregnancy announcement features a dog wearing glasses
New rule: all great pregnancy announcements must include dogs wearing glasses. Take this delightful photo, for instance, which was tweeted by user @kaitlynserna earlier this month. Serna's cousin enlisted her dog, Kasper, to announce that she and her boyfriend were expecting a baby — by posing the pup with a "book" called How to Be A Big Brother. SEE ALSO: Baby hits the milly rock in the womb That's right. This dog can read. Amazing.
'5 Calls' site makes calling representatives easy for people who hate talking on the phone
If you're a blue state voter who's spent any time on Facebook in the past few months, you've probably been overwhelmed by caps lock Facebook posts begging you to call your representatives. The posts can feel simultaneously redundant and contradictory — call your senator to oppose Betsy Devos..no wait, send Paul Ryan a postcard first! — and render some of us completely impassive. A new site, "5 Calls," aims to make calling that much easier, giving users easy one-minute scripts they can read to their representative each week. More about Politics and Watercooler Read More »Someone wrote a Chainsmokers inspired love song to Tom Brady
Love or hate New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, he has made his way back to the Super Bowl and will compete for his fifth championship ring on Sunday, Feb. 5. Now, we know that his lips have never once touched a strawberry, but do you think his ears have been blessed with 2016's song of the summer 'Closer' by The Chainsmokers? If not, we're sure he'll love this version because it's all about him! Performed by Ian Biggs and Sarah Gonzalez, "Brady Pull Me Closer" is a sweet romantic classic dedicated to everything from Brady's marriage to supermodel Giselle Bundchen, his constant crushing the New York Jets and his very viable spot in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Read more... More about Closer, New England Patriots, Super Bowl 51, Football, and Tom Brady Read More »Trump capping a pen with his tiny hands gets a huge Photoshop battle
President Donald Trump has long been a popular subject of Reddit's r/PhotoshopBattles, but now that he is the leader of the free world, expect to see every silly photo snapped of Trump get turned into a meme. Almost immediately following his inauguration, President Trump took part in a signing ceremony where he made his cabinet picks official, as well as a few other pieces of housekeeping. The pens used to sign the documents are kind of a big deal, and Trump took extra care to recap each pen before handing it over to a greedy person awaiting a valuable keepsake. Read more... More about Photoshop Battles, Donald Trump, Funny, and Watercooler Read More »First human-pig chimeras created, sparking hopes for transplantable organs — and debate
Pig embryos that had been injected with human stem cells when they were only a few days old began to grow organs containing human cells, scientists reported on Thursday, an advance that promises — or threatens — to bring closer the routine production of creatures that are part human and part something else. These human-pig “chimeras” were not allowed to develop past the fetal stage, but the experiment suggests such creations could eventually be used to grow fully human organs for transplant, easing the fatal shortage of organs: 120,000 people in the United States are waiting for lifesaving transplants, but every day two dozen die before they get them. Read more... More about Science, Us World, and Health Fitness Read More »Google is banning Javascript attachments from Gmail
Google has announced that it will soon prohibit users from sending Javascript files over email, according to a post on the official blog for GSuite, Google's business and enterprise tools. SEE ALSO: Google's AI is writing a lot of emails In the name of security, Gmail will begin a permanent ban on attachments with .js file extensions on Feb. 13, 2017. If you try to send a Javascript attachment after that date, you'll get a prompt that the message is blocked for security reasons. Image: GOOGLE BLOG Currently, Google restricts certain attachments from being sent over Gmail to protect users from potential viruses. Other file extensions that are prohibited include .exe, .jse, .ade and .adp. Read more... More about Hackers, Virus, Malware, Security Measures, and Gmail Read More »Teenage innovators are improving the bathroom selfie, one random object at a time
Ah, the bathroom selfie - a millennial rite of passage. From Myspace to Snapchat, the mirror picture has remained a relatively untouched staple of growing up on social media. Today, one Twitter thread is taking the timeless pose to the next, ridiculous level. Started by Twitter user @lowkeydeee, teens are posting hilarious pictures in a thread of themselves standing in front of a mirror holding any random object - giving the appearance that they're taking selfies with just about anything but their cellphones. From hand wash to a human baby, literally any object is an acceptable accessory in this new, priceless teen challenge. Read more... More about Challenge, Bathroom, Selfies, Twitter, and Teenagers Read More »Girls are affected by stereotypes by age 6, new study shows
Who is "really, really smart?" Boys or girls? A new study found that young U.S. girls are less likely than boys to believe their own gender is the most brilliant. While all 5-year-olds tended to believe that members of their own gender were geniuses, by age 6 that preference had diminished for girls — a difference the researchers attributed to the influence of gender stereotypes. "We found it surprising, and also very heartbreaking, that even kids at such a young age have learned these stereotypes," said Lin Bian, the study's co-author and a doctoral candidate at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Read more... More about Brilliance, Genius, Hidden Figures, Psychology, and Technology Read More »FBI Director James Comey is coming to Austin to narc on your SXSW fun
If you've had the year FBI Director James Comey has had, it totally makes sense that you might want to go spend some time in the Texas sun, rubbing elbows with celebrity hipsters and frequenting food trucks. So Comey is taking his talents to the 2017 incarnation of the SXSW festival in March. The SXSW conference appearance will likely be less controversial than his role in the 2016 election as he'll simply sit down for a chat on March 13 with Newseum CEO Jeffrey Herbst to talk about national security. And, presumably, to narc on all the cool kids smoking weed at the hippest music sets. Read more... More about James Comey, Fbi, Sxsw, Business, and Politics Read More »The entire sports world is also mocking Trump administration's 'alternative facts'
Donald Trump aide Kellyanne Conway entered the history books and became late-night comedy fodder when she tried to rebrand falsehoods, untruths and outright lies as simply "alternative facts" during a nationally televised TV interview Sunday. The sports world hasn't stopped laughing since. Conway's ignominious line is now popping up in press conferences, game notes and even on jumbotrons. Our most recent arrival to the alternative facts party is Houston Rockets coach Mike D'Antoni, whose team has struggled recently. Following a loss to the Celtics on Wednesday night, D'Antoni was asked about his team's 3-5 record since Jan. 13. Read more... More about Politics, Sports, and Entertainment Read More » | ||||
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