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 Chicago breaks surprising 146-year-old weather record
Chicago isn't exactly known for having mild, snowless winters. The city is prone to frequent Arctic outbreaks with temperatures plunging below zero Fahrenheit, along with frequent light snowfalls and occasional blizzards. This year, however, the weather pattern across the U.S. brought a historic reprieve to the most winter-weary Chicago residents. For the first time in 146 years of record-keeping, there was no snow on the ground on any day during January and February. The snowless streak was punctuated by frequent bouts of record warm weather, with numerous daily and monthly records toppling during February in particular. Read more... More about Science, Temperature Records, Winter Weather, Chicago, and Global Warming Read More »Pinterest doubles down on AI because 'most of Pinterest hasn’t been built yet'
When you think of artificial inteligence, Pinterest is likely not the first tech giant that comes to mind. The company is hoping that will soon change. Pinterest is launching a new group within its organization dedicated to machine learning and AI research. Pinterest Labs, which will be run by the company's chief scientist, Jure Leskovec. "Labs brings together top researchers, scientists, and engineers to work on image recognition, user modeling, recommender systems, and big data analytics," Leskovec writes in a post on Pinterest's blog. Read more... More about Artificial Intelligence, Pinterest, Apps And Software, Tech, and Tech Read More »Uber CEO Travis Kalanick tells driver 'bullsh*t' in response to query about price dropping
Stop the presses: Uber CEO Travis Kalanick is kind of an asshole. This isn't news to either his own employees internally, or to his contractors, those who currently drive his whole operation, helping him bolster his company up to be one of the most valuable startups in the world. SEE ALSO: Uber's ratings are in the toilet But the latest piece of evidence is pretty damning: A video obtained and transcribed by Bloomberg, where Kalanick argues with his Uber driver. When the driver, Fawzi Kamel, asked Kalanick about the price dropping on Uber, the CEO replied, "Bullshit." “We started with $20," Kamel responded. Read more... More about Silicon Valley, Apps And Software, Travis Kalanick, Business, and Delete Uber Read More »Having trouble online today? Blame Amazon.
The internet got a sucker punch on Tuesday. And no, it wasn't another DDoS attack. This time instead of hackers, it was Amazon. The tech giant that ships every product imaginable around the world in two days also quietly runs what seems like half the internet. And on Tuesday afternoon, Amazon Web Services went down. Amazon Web Services is a cloud-computing service that offers networking and content delivery, cloud storage, security services and the technology behind the Internet of Things. High-profile companies and websites — Snapchat, Netflix, Intuit — all pay for and rely on AWS to run. Read more... More about Amazon Web Services, Aws, Amazon, and Business Read More »Prince Charles and Princess Diana will be Ryan Murphy's next 'Feud'
If you think actresses are scary, wait until you see royalty. Ryan Murphy's much-anticipated Feud hasn't even premiered yet, but the show is delicious enough that FX has already ordered Season 2 — and it will center around a relationship that still fascinates us to this day: The ill-fated marriage of Prince Charles and Princess Diana. The couple's "wedding of the century" took place in 1981, but they separated in 1992 and were divorced in 1996, following years of apparent misery together and affairs on both sides. Diana died in a car crash in 1997 and Charles later married his mistress, Camilla Parker Bowles, in 2005. Read more... More about Fx, Ryan Murphy, Feud, Princess Diana, and Prince Charles Read More »The most underrated entertainment of February is on our binge-list
The CineFix staff got together to talk about what TV shows and movies they're really into right now! This month there's some HBO love, some classic dystopian sci-fi, an FX show that you need to start watching and even a recommendation for another YouTube channel! (gasp, pearls clutched). Visit CineFix for more episodes and movie-related content. Read more... More about Kaptainkristian, Get Out, Brazil, Baskets, and Riverdale Read More »This parkour robot overlord has 'Terminator' written all over it
Boston Dynamics have finally revealed the highly anticipated 'Handle' robot. We all got a sneak peak of its capabilities after a video was leaked online. But now we are getting a fuller picture of the wheeled robot overlord and the extent to its incredible agility. Rise of the machines, or is it too soon to worry? Read more... More about Mashable Video, Real Time Video, Real Time Video, Real Time, and Innovation Read More »Warren Buffett: 'If a lady says no, she means maybe'
Billionaire investor Warren Buffett made an analogy about business on Monday that was not great. In an interview about Kraft Heinz's proposed — and rejected — acquisition of the consumer goods company Unilever, Buffett turned to a misogynist tale as old as time. "It reminds me of that old story about the difference between a diplomat and a lady. I don't know whether you've ever heard that or not," the Berkshire Hathaway executive asked CNBC's Becky QuickBusiness Insider spotted the problematic comment. "Well, if a diplomat says yes, he means maybe. If he says maybe, he means no. And if he says no, he's no diplomat," Buffett continued. "And if a lady says no, she means maybe. And if she says maybe, she means yes. And if she says yes, she's no lady. So he [Kraft Heinz chairman Alex Behring] probably got a maybe [from Unilever] and didn't know whether it was coming from a diplomat or a lady, essentially." Read more... More about Unilever, Warren Buffett, and Business Read More »Here are the 17 indie games Nintendo just announced will come the Switch this year
Nintendo showed off a handful of indie games coming to the Nintendo Switch during the Nindies Showcase livestream today, including Yooka Laylee, Stardew Valley and Master Blaster Zero. Most of the games in the video above are either exclusive to the Nintendo Switch, will be released first on the Switch or will have Switch-exclusive features, and all of them are expected to launch this year. All of these games are on top of several other third-party games already announced for the Nintendo Switch.
CNN will bring journalism students to the White House Correspondents' Dinner
CNN won't drop out of this year's White House Correspondents' Dinner like President Donald Trump, but they're still going to do things a bit differently. Outlets such as CNN often invite celebrities along as guests, but this year CNN plans to bring journalism students. "We feel there is no better way to underscore our commitment to the health and longevity of a free press than to celebrate its future," CNN said in a statement tweeted from its communications Twitter account.
Mahershala Ali used to be a rapper and of course he's very good
In wonderfully predictable news: Mahershala Ali is good at everything. The Oscar-winning actor has hit a superstar stride in 2017, crushing roles in Hidden Figures, Marvel's Luke Cage series and, of course, Moonlight. Before all of his on-screen success and Calvin Klein campaigns, the Academy Award winner tried his hand at something a little different: rap. After earning his masters degree in acting from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, the actor began rapping under the name Prince Ali. "Bay Area rhymesayer Prince Ali's verbal assault combines a flaunting, B-boy-like swagger with nuances of spirituality, a strong implication of his Souls of Mischief Influence," his iTunes artist biography reads. Read more... More about Rapper, Hidden Figures, Moonlight, Mahershala Ali, and Watercooler Read More »Get ready to see less #ad and #spon on Instagram
Instagram appears to be gearing up to bring a dose of transparency to what its users are promoting. A new tool, spotted this week but not yet widely available, would let advertisers tag a partner in Instagram posts. SEE ALSO: Instagram just ruined Instagram The tagging system is featured below the "Tag People" option on Instagram and seemingly lets advertisers name a partner. The functionality comes after years of advertising watchdogs and lobbying groups being frustrated about the lack of a clear policy or rules for so-called branded content on the app. Moshe Isaacian, a creative marketing strategist from Los Angeles, spotted the feature earlier this week. Read more... More about Apps And Software, Tech, Business, Instagram Stories, and Instagram Ads Read More »Trump's absurd statement on health care gets trolled because how could it not?
As the great Avril Lavigne once sang, "Why'd you have to go and make health care so complicated?" Well, okay. That's not exactly what she said, but if she were to release her hit angsty 2002 anthem, "Complicated," today about the laughable health care statement Donald Trump made on Monday, those would probably be the lyrics. In a recent speech about America's health care laws and the replacement of Obamacare, President Trump attempted to speak from a place of deep knowledge to enlighten the nation's governors and the American people about the unrealized depth of the subject. Read more... More about Bernie Sanders, Politics, Health Care, Reactions, and Twitter Read More »Why the internet was so screwed up today
Amazon Web Services (AWS) S3, the cloud computing service that backs many major sites and services, including Netflix, Airbnb, Giphy and 148,213 other sites, suffered a disruption on Tuesday, bringing large parts of the internet to a grinding halt. Many of Mashable's AWS-backed systems, including Slack, Trello and our internal CMS slowed or became unresponsive shortly after 1 p.m. ET, confirming the disruption. While the cause of the outage still hasn't been confirmed, Amazon acknowledged the problems on the AWS Twitter account and promised anxious users it was hard at work on a fix.
New smart holster automatically makes police body cams record when guns are drawn
A new smart holster design could make police body cameras more responsive in the moments they're needed most: when an officer draws their firearm. TASER, the company behind the stun guns used by law enforcement officers around the world, recently introduced the Axon Signal Sidearm. It's a small wireless sensor that detects when a weapon is removed from its holster and immediately initiates recording on connected cameras in a 30-foot range. The Sidearm, which the company says is compatible with most firearm holsters, is the latest smart device in the Axon Signal line. The tech allows police officers to go about their business without manually activating their body cams, since actions like turning on a patrol car's light bar, opening car doors or charging a TASER battery automatically trigger the recording function. Read more... More about Firearm, Taser, Body Camera, Police, and Law Enforcement Read More »In an ironic twist, a 1991 Shell ad contains a warning about climate change
The U.S. president might doubt the reality of human-driven climate change, but you know who doesn't? Major oil companies. In fact, they've known the reality of the problem for decades. Take Royal Dutch Shell, for instance. In 1991, the Anglo-Dutch oil giant produced a film, called "Climate of Concern," that warns of potentially catastrophic risks from burning the very oil and gas that companies like Shell produce. Its narrator speaks of a "new sense of urgency" driven by the "realization that our energy-consuming way of life may be causing climatic changes, with adverse consequences for us all" — like famine, flooding, waves of climate refugees and extreme weather. Read more... More about Carbon Dioxide, Carbon Emissions, Clean Energy, Renewable Energy, and Fossil Fuels Read More »Soon you'll be able to watch TV on YouTube for $35 a month
YouTube is ready to bundle. The company confirmed Tuesday that it's launching a paid TV streaming service. The news underscores YouTube's efforts to compete with cable providers as well as online TV upstarts including Sling TV, Sony PlayStation Vue, AT&T’s DirecTV Now and Hulu's forthcoming service. YouTube TV will offer programming from over 40 networks — from ESPN to E! — as well as access to all of YouTube Red's originals, starting at $35 a month. The membership, which has no long term contracts or commitments, allows users to have six accounts under one plan.
Marvel's 'Inhumans' series has found its star in Anson Mount
Anson Mount is trading in his cowboy hat for a crown. The Hell on Wheels star has nabbed the lead role in Marvel and ABC's Inhumans series, in which he'll play Black Bolt, the enigmatic, commanding King of the Inhumans, with a voice so powerful that the slightest whisper can destroy a city. Because of the nature of Black Bolt's powers, don't expect him to be very talkative. "Anson loves the challenge of playing a character who will only communicate silently," said Jeph Loeb, Head of Marvel Television and executive producer of the series. “His enthusiasm mixed with his imposing, almost regal persona made it easy to see why he is our Black Bolt." Read more... More about Abc, Inhumans, Marvel, Anson Mount, and Entertainment Read More »7 young black innovators changing the world through entrepreneurship
Age is just a number when it comes to innovative leaders. Thanks to burgeoning imaginations and impressive work ethic, many young black entrepreneurs are already making waves with their business acumen. Below are just a few young people — all 16 years old or younger — creating products for the world that are creative, sustainable and give back to their communities. 1Asia Newson of Super Business Girl"I teach young people like myself how to make their own money and buy the things they really need in their life because they won't have to ask their parents for anything if they do the same thing that I do," Asia Newson explained in her 2014 TED talk. Read more... More about Social Good, Watercooler, Conversations, Black History Month, and Business Read More »Predator drones will no longer rain hellfire missiles from the sky
Predator drones will no longer haunt the sky above parts of the Middle East and Africa, though another type of drone will take their place. MQ-1 predators and other military drones have launched hellfire missiles in Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia and other nations. The predator's been around for more than two decades. The reaper drones that will take its place are faster, have better sensors and can carry more explosive power, according to the Defense Department. Reapers have been used in tandem with predators for a decade, but next year predators will give way to their more advanced counterparts entirely, allowing the military to eliminate training costs for the lesser of the two types of drones. Read more... More about Military, Drones, Reaper, Predator Drones, and Tech Read More »Someone made a pizza with peas and mayo and the internet collectively barfed
If we've learned anything from the internet, it's don't put peas on delicious food. A pizza war broke out last week after the president of Iceland revealed that he would ban pineapple as a pizza topping if he could. The issue of pineapple on pizza now seems petty because some monster decided to top his perfectly good pizza with some peas and mayo. Yes, peas and mayo.
Twitter user FOX152 tweeted a photo of the pea and mayo-topped pizza, which looked strikingly similar to toddler vomit. Read more... More about Funny, Twitter, Pizza, Watercooler, and Watercooler Read More »A volcano just erupted in Europe and the footage is amazing
Red-hot, sparkling lava is shooting into the sky in eastern Sicily. Italy's Mount Etna volcano first became active on Jan. 23 and has experienced a series of eruptions ever since. The latest lava-spewing event began on Monday evening. In the video below, posted by Storyful, orange explosions of lava are seen spewing from the southeast crater. Residents in the nearby cities of Catania and Toarmina could see the lava show in the distance. Authorities reported no dangers to communities along the mountain’s slopes, the Associated Press reported Tuesday. Read more... More about Storyful, Volcanic Ash, Lava Flow, Lava, and Sicily Read More »Clues are piling up around the mysterious 24th 'Overwatch' hero
The world of Overwatch is getting ready to unveil its 24th hero and clues are being dropped left and right about who — or what — the next hero is going to be. A new post on the Overwatch Twitter shows a list likely titled "Things to get" written by the character Efi Oladele, an 11-year-old genius who was first revealed last week. Her interests in robotics and artificial intelligence led to speculation that she may be building the next Overwatch hero, and the list below supports that theory.
Marvel releases Frank Ocean-inspired comic book cover for you to hug tightly
Marvel has released a new set of hip-hop inspired covers and the latest batch includes a Royals #1 cover inspired by Frank Ocean's Blonde album cover. This is cooler than a Grammy, anyway. Axel Alonso, Editor-In-Chief at Marvel, revealed the Royals cover on Twitter:
Spider Man does his best 2Pac with a play on All Eyez on Me.
This openly gay football player is about to make history
When a high school star joins the University of Arizona Wildcats next season, he'll become what's believed to be the first openly gay scholarship player in the history of major college football. But My-King Johnson sounds pretty casual about the whole thing. As Johnson himself recently said on Twitter:
Johnson's story actually broke this weekend. It gained surprisingly little attention but caught our eyes Tuesday on Twitter, three days after AZCentral.com published its profile on the player. Here are three of the main takeaways. Read more... More about University Of Arizona, Lgbtq, College Sports, Sports, and Entertainment Read More »Can a podcast actually save America? Three former Obama staffers think so
In February, three former Obama administration staffers sat on stage in Brooklyn at a podcast/radio festival talking politics with New York City Mayor Bill DeBlasio, a month after the inauguration of Donald Trump. As far as choirs go, it was an easy one to preach to. "Doing an event at BAM is not just preaching to the choir. It's inviting them on stage and doing a Rockettes-style dance," cracked Tommy Vietor, one of the three to interview the mayor. Such is the tenor of one of the newest and most irregular media startups of the moment — biased, funny, and cautiously self-aware. Favreau, Lovett and Vietor interview NYC Mayor Bill DeBlasio Image: Richard Termine Read more... It's basically official, net neutrality is doomed
The death knell for net neutrality got a lot louder on Tuesday when new FCC Chairman Ajit Pai called the rules "a mistake" during a keynote speech at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. SEE ALSO: Trump's FCC wants to let your cable company sell your data, because who cares about privacy? Pai had in his prepared remarks a passage that said: "It has become evident that the FCC made a mistake. Our new approach injected tremendous uncertainty into the broadband market. And uncertainty is the enemy of growth." Pai was an outspoken critic of net neutrality while serving as an FCC commissioner during President Obama's second term and opposed current net neutrality regulations when they were voted on in 2015. Read more... More about Business, Ajit Pai, Fcc, Net Neutrality, and Business Read More »Facebook ready to ramp up flights of its solar-powered drone
Last summer, when Facebook tested its huge drone, the right wing fizzled out and it smashed into the Arizona desert. So, you know, could have gone better. But it was round one, and the company now believes it's ready to test the solar-powered Aquila multiple times a month. “The systems performed way better than planned," Facebook Vice President of Engineering Jay Parikh said on Monday from a conference in Barcelona, Spain, according to Bloomberg. "But we need to fly a lot more.” The plan is to start flying a few times a month. Facebook's ultimate goal is to use these drones with massive wingspans to bring internet connectivity to areas without regular online access. Think of them as traveling, solar-powered internet hubs. Read more... More about Crash, Flight, Solar Energy, Drones, and Facebook Read More »Gloria Steinem refuses talk sh*t about Emma Watson, obviously
Emma Watson covers the March issue of Vanity Fair with a profile that revisits her child star past, looks to her Disney princess future, and attempts to drag Gloria Steinem into some good old-fashioned shit talking. In the piece, Vanity Fair's Derek Blasberg describes a PowerPoint presentation Watson created for fashion designers looking to dress her for her Beauty and the Beast tour. "It included a questionnaire about how their garments are produced, what their impact is on the environment, and the moral reason why she should wear one on the red carpet." Read more... More about Gloria Steinem, Emma Watson, Watercooler, Watercooler, and Film Read More »The fascinating story behind the coolest name in basketball
Meet Stockton Malone Shorts. The Utah high schooler can seriously play ball — although he prefers trunks a bit longer than those once sported by the pair of NBA legends who are his namesake. Back in a time called the 1990s, point guard John Stockton and power forward Karl Malone comprised one of the NBA's most fearsome duos for the Utah Jazz. Stockton in particular favored the old-school short-shorts look. Now, almost 20 years later, there's a kid named Stockton Malone Shorts tearing up Utah's high school hoops scene. Just the other night, he scored 17 points to help his Copper Hills squad advance in the state tournament. ESPN lists him as a 6-foot-3 guard who's the state's ninth-best recruit. Read more... More about Nba, Sports, Entertainment, and Sports Read More »These tiny twin justices are the superheroes we need now
Move over Batman and Wonder Woman, there are some new superheroes in town — and they’re super adorable. Meet Cora and Ruby, four-year old twin sisters who dressed up as Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sandra Day O’Connor for their school’s Superheroes Day. Their mom, Candice Ann Wilkins, posted a photo of the girls yesterday in Pantsuit Nation, a Facebook group for supporters of Hillary Clinton, and these tiny justices are getting their due. Wilkins lives with her daughters in Indiana, where she has been a single mom to the twins since their dad died in an accident when they were infants. She is a government teacher and obviously a strong role model for her daughters. But she told us that Ruby, who went as Ginsburg, and Cora, who was O’Connor, didn’t fully understand their costumes at first. Read more... More about Superheroes, Costumes, Twins, Sandra Day O Connor, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg Read More »Your name could shape your face, new study suggests
Long before anyone knows what we'll really look like, we're given the label we will probably carry for the rest of our lives — our name. But what if your appearance, particularly your face, somehow reflected the name you were given at birth? A new study suggests that each person's face, insanely enough, could actually be shaped by his or her name. So that would mean, yes, that Sarah really does look like a Sarah, and that Fred really does look like a Fred. Basically, the new findings could finally give some credence to all those weird, usually seemingly baseless assumptions you might have the first time you hear a new name, as NPR reports. Read more... More about Names, Faces, Psychology, Science, and Social Media Read More »Bottle of champagne rolls out under subway seat, brings New Yorkers together
There are a few things that can bring New Yorkers together, one of them is alcohol. Colleen Hagerty has been living in New York for nearly 10 years, so she's seen her fair share of random sightings on the subway. But on Sunday she witnessed a true New York City moment when a bottle of bubbly rolled out from underneath the subways seats, bringing some strangers together to share a toast.
Surprise! Study finds Subway's chicken may contain less than 50% chicken.
If you order a chicken sandwich you expect to get a chicken sandwich, right? Well not all chicken sandwiches are created equal. A recent poultry analysis by CBC Marketplace made an unsettling discovery. According to the report, Subway's chicken was found to contain less than 50 percent chicken DNA. CBC reported that Subway's oven-roasted chicken contained only 53.6 percent chicken DNA, while its chicken strips were found to have only 42.8 percent chicken DNA. The other major ingredient was soy. Matt Harnden, a researcher at Trent University's Wildlife Forensic DNA Laboratory, tested six sandwiches from fast food restaurants. The two Subway sandwiches were the worst offenders. Read more... More about Chicken, Food, Subway, Watercooler, and Watercooler Read More »7 adrenaline-fuelled activities that will chase the post summer blues away
Brought to you by the All-New Toyota C-HR. Summer may be rapidly drawing to a close, but that doesn’t mean the fun has to stop. If you’re starting to feel down now that cooler temps are on the way, then we have the perfect remedy. To kick those post-summer blues, all you need are a few adventures and a whole lot of adrenaline. Check out the seven activities below by hitting the road in an All-New Toyota C-HR and seek out a thrill or two. Remember: Summer is a state of mind. Image: pixabay Take a road trip on the Great Ocean RoadCruise along this 243-kilometre stretch of road in southeast Australia that goes from Torquay to Allansford for an epic road trip you won’t soon forget. Along the way, discover impressive coastal views, explore Port Campbell National Park and pay a visit to the famous Twelve Apostles, a formation of limestone rocks that have been naturally carved over time thanks to the extreme weather conditions of the Southern Ocean. Read more... More about Supported, Sponsored, Lifestyle, and Travel Leisure Read More »'Overwatch' update buffs Bastion and introduces custom game browser
Overwatch's latest patch introduced a handful of changes, including buffs to several heroes, additions to Capture the Flag and new customization options for controls and games. Patch 1.8 came to all platforms today bringing buffs to make Bastion a more versatile hero, customization options for targeting sensitivity on certain heroes' abilities, a custom game browser and a persistent capture the flag mode with brand new maps. Custom game browserThe new custom game browser allows the Overwatch community to create and share custom game modes, as well as join other players' custom games. This allows people who want to shake up their Overwatch matches to easily group up and play with other like-minded individuals. Read more... More about Esports, Gaming, Blizzard Entertainment, Overwatch, and Entertainment Read More »Supreme Court weighs a constitutional right to social media access
Does everyone have the legal right to access social media, regardless of past sins? The Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday on the constitutionality of a North Carolina law barring convicted sex offenders from accessing social media platforms also used by children. Lawyers advocating on behalf of one such offender, Lester Packingham, argued to the court that Facebook is so integral to everyday life that depriving an individual of access violates his or her First Amendment rights. That's right: We're at a point where Facebook access may soon be considered a fundamental right. SEE ALSO: Teens who follow the news on social media are more likely to support the First Amendment Read more... Software engineer detained at JFK, given test to prove he's an engineer
Donald Trump's temporary immigration ban and the ensuing heightened security procedures for travelers from outside the U.S. have caused a great deal of trouble for visitors to the country. On Sunday, though, things got taken to the next level when the Customs and Border Protection office reportedly claimed its latest victim: 28-year-old Celestine Omin, who was traveling from Lagos, Nigeria on business. Omin, a software engineer at Andela — a tech startup that connects developers in Africa with U.S employers — had a particularly unwelcoming reception when he deplaned at John F. Kennedy Airport and was given a test to prove he was actually a software engineer. Read more... More about Donald Trump, Politics, Airport Security, Airport, and Jfk Read More »There might be a real-life Tatooine in this distant star system
For the first time, scientists found evidence of a rocky planetary system surrounding a double sun. Yes, like Luke Skywalker's home in Star Wars. While many of these double star systems — often referred to as "Tatooine-like" — have been found before, this marks the first time scientists have found evidence of rocky planetary material in one. The star system, which is located about 1,000 light-years from Earth and named SDSS 1557, is composed of a white dwarf star and a brown dwarf — an object too small to be considered a full-fledged star, but too large to be a planet. Read more... More about Star Wars, Astronomy, Space Exploration, Exoplanets, and Planets Read More »Apple dropping lightning for a USB-C port is a smart idea
Apple likes to rip the band-aid off cleanly. No half measures, just a sharp and briefly painful leap to the next thing. That’s how it was with the dearly departed 3.5 mm headphone jack on the iPhone 7 and that’s probably how it will be for the iPhone’s lightning port, which, if the rumors are true, will soon be replaced with a single USB-C port on the eagerly anticipated iPhone 8 (or X). I know this concerns iPhone fans: Apple is moving too fast. Now I need even more dongles. Curse you, Apple! I, on the other hand, think it’s a brilliant idea, and not just because I predicted it. USB-C is in most ways a better technology than Apple’s Lightning port. Read more... More about Usb C Port, Usb C, Iphone, and Tech Read More »Cool! Leonardo DiCaprio flew in an Australian do his eyebrows for the Oscars
Can you believe what happened at the Academy Awards? We are talking, of course, about Leonardo DiCaprio's eyebrows. They looked great. And you'd hope so, because the actor flew his eyebrow artist, Sharon Lee, out from Australia for the occasion according to the Sydney Morning Herald. Apparently, she did his BFF Tobey McGuire's brows, too. According to Lee's website, the Brow Wow package includes, "an eyelash tint as well as a glycolic infused collagen eye treatment plus a full heated paraffin hand treatment followed by a light eye makeup application." Plus a complimentary drink and nibbles! Read more... More about Eyebrows, Beauty, Academy Awards 2017, Celebrities, and Actor Read More »We tested Google's new harassment tool on hateful right-wing comments
In today’s harsh political climate, there's no shortage of abuse and trolls — which is why it's great that Google released a new tool to combat hateful speech on the internet. It's called Perspective, and the New York Times and other publications will use the algorithm to comb through comments to search for harassment and insults. It rates messages on a scale from "very healthy" to "very toxic" so that they can be automatically removed or sent to human moderators. We took the tool on a test drive with some of the far-right's most offensive comments. Read more... More about Hate Speech, Trolls, Google, Alt Right, and Tech Read More »Obamas sign book deal worth 'tens of millions'
Milo Yiannopoulos may no longer have a lucrative book deal, but guess who does? Barack and Michelle Obama. The former POTUS and FLOTUS have signed with Penguin Random House to release two separate books, the publishing company announced Tuesday. It won a hotly contested auction for the Obamas' books between top publishing houses. Terms of the deal have not been announced, but multiple reports citing sources in the publishing industry said the bidding process had reached tens of millions of dollars. One report by the Financial Times put the number north of $60 million. Read more... More about Books, Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Obama, and Entertainment Read More »Some poor soul broke an $800,000 sculpture while trying to take a selfie
Sometimes, art begets art. And sometimes, it destroys it. Case in point: just days after Yayoi Kusama's immersive Infinity Mirrors debuted at Washington D.C.'s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, a visitor crushed one of her signature pumpkins while trying to take a selfie. A pumpkin similar to the broken pumpkin. RIP, pumpkin. Image: Mathis Wienand/Getty Images According to Artnet, a similar pumpkin sold at auction for nearly $800,000 in 2015. So this was a pretty expensive goof. The room containing the smashed pumpkin — which has attracted legions of selfie-takers since it opened — shut down following the incident, but fret not, pumpkin-lovers: it will reopen soon in all its Instagram-friendly glory. Read more... More about Art, Watercooler, and Watercooler Read More »What to do when internet outages ruin your cool smart home
Your lights automatically flipping on when you walk in the door. Checking who's at the front door without getting up off the couch. Starting your coffee before you get out of bed. There's a reason the smart home industry is forecasted to become a multibillion-dollar industry over the next several years. Sheer convenience aside, smart home gadgets make us feel like we're living in the future. Until they don't. Amazon's lengthy AWS outage Tuesday was a stark reminder of just how much farther we have to go to realize the seamless Jetsons-esque future gadget-makers so desperately want us to buy into. The hours-long disruption took down much of the internet, crippling day-to-day activities for many who rely on AWS-backed services, like Slack and Trello, to do their jobs. Read more... More about Internet Of Things, Smart Home, Aws, Gadgets, and Tech Read More »Basically everyone reuses their passwords
Every once in a while I have to log into a website I haven't been to in, say, a year. I type in my username and password, hit enter, and the internet yells at me. Wrong password. OK, I say, and type another variation of the password. I tell myself, "This time I'll use a an exclamation point instead of an 'I,'" sure that this could be the only other option. Wrong again, so I go back to typing my original guess, thinking maybe I'd misspelled it the first time, but no, I'm wrong, and now my fingers are flying across the keyboard until the internet has yelled at me so many times that I have to create a new password and answer a bunch of questions to prove I'm not some imposter hacker trying to steal my own LinkedIn info. Read more... More about Account, Survey, Reuse, Passwords, and Tech Read More »Watch Netflix's first look at Joon Ho Bong's new monster movie 'Okja'
Tilda Swinton's line "I took nature and science, and synthesised," is simple enough, but in the first teaser to director Joon Ho Bong's upcoming Netflix film, Okja, it carries a lot of meaning. The follow up to Snowpiercer, Bong's new movie explores the liminal state between animal and man. The film co-stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Paul Dano and Lily Collins. It's central character, however, is Mija — a young girl who seeks to prevent a powerful, multi-national company from kidnapping her friend. Her friend happens to be a massive "synthenised" beast called named Okja, that kind of looks like a pig-ish, elephant-skinned creature with very human eyes. Read more... More about Tilda Swinton, Netflix, Trailer, Okja, and Joon Ho Bong Read More »Thirsting for the new Nokia 3310? Just make sure it works where you live
Nostalgia is cheap, but it gets us every damn time. Nokia's reboot of the classic 3310 sent people in an unprecedented fervour when it debuted at Mobile World Congress on the weekend. Turns out people want durable dumbphones that'll last longer than a year. Even if they don't offer much except for Snake. The bad news though is that it might not even work: The Nokia 3310 relies on 2.5G connectivity, which requires 2G networks. Depending on where you live, your local 2G network may be decommissioned at some point in the future, or already has beenAustralia's phasing it out as we speak, with Telstra having decommissioned its 2G network in 2016 and Optus' switch-off set for April 2017. Read more... More about Tech, Gadgets, Mobile World Congress, Mobile, and Nokia 3310 Read More »A python eating a possum upside down in a tree is the most horrifying thing you'll see all day
We've said it before and we'll say it again: Everything in Australia is trying to kill you. While that might be a little OTT, there's nothing like coming across a huge snake devouring a possum to put the fear of nature back into you. According to Ten News, tourist sisters Simone and Michelle Hunjak came across the carpet python, dangling upside down in a tree, in Byron Bay. Fighting against the laws of physics, the snake was attempting to swallow a ringtail possum whole while it "hung out." Creepy.
Congresswomen in white troll Trump to his face during joint address
The Democratic women of Congress dressed up for Donald Trump's first address Tuesday night, but it was to make a strong statement. Dozens dressed in white and filled the rows of seats right in Trump's line of vision to call out for women's rights. Their color choice dates back to the suffragettes of the early 1900s, who were known for wearing white while campaigning to bring voting rights to women.
Uber's Travis Kalanick: Yep, I'm a jerk, basically
Hey, it's a day of the week ending in "y;" must be time for yet another Travis Kalanick apology. After a video of the ride hailing company CEO berating an Uber driver emerged Tuesday, Kalanick sent a note to staff, which was subsequently shared as a blog post. SEE ALSO: Uber's SVP of engineering is out after Recode surfaces previous sexual harassment allegation Saying he treated the driver, Fawzi Kamel, "disrespectfully," Kalanick apologized to him as well as the wider Uber team and community. "To say that I am ashamed is an extreme understatement," he wrote. "My job as your leader is to lead … and that starts with behaving in a way that makes us all proud. That is not what I did, and it cannot be explained away." Read more... More about Silicon Valley, Ride Hailing, Ride Sharing, Uber, and Travis Kalanick Read More »Twitter pairs Trump's big speech to Congress with a new top commentary feature
Twitter is taking a stronger hand in selecting what tweets you see alongside the voice of President Donald Trump. Timed with the president's first speech to a joint Congress, Twitter released a new feature that surfaces "top commentary" alongside live-streaming video. Twitter's video feed was from PBS NewsHour and included a panel of guests.
Twitter launched its premium live video experience last year with NFL gamesBack then, Twitter surfaced a slightly curated collection of related tweets. Read more... More about Donald Trump, Trump, Jack Dorsey, Business, and Online Video Read More »Fireball video provokes UFO debate because we're desperate for aliens
We should know better by now. We've said it before: It's not aliens. It's never aliens. Stop saying it's aliens. In fact, sometimes the most spectacular-looking "UFOs" in our skies are actually pretty mundane. On Tuesday, Lee-Anne Peters rose just before sunrise in Hobart, Tasmania. She was making cupcakes for her daughter's birthday when she "noticed this strange thing in the sky." She thought it was a plane at first, but her daughter speculated that it looked more like a meteor thanks to its fiery tail. "It was definitely quite an exciting start to the day," she said. Read more... More about Aliens, Spacejunk, Plane, Tasmania, and Australia Read More »Sorry Beyoncé fans, here's who you'll get at Coachella instead
The organizers of Coachella have found Beyoncé's replacement. It's Lady Gaga! Which is cool, but ... she's not Beyoncé. They could have replaced her with Jesus and Elvis fresh from a time machine and some people would still be disappointed.
After it was originally announced Beyoncé was performing, both weekends of Coachella sold out in three hours. And the general admission starting price was $399. (Record time for a Coachella sellout, according to LA Weekly, was 40 minutes in 2015. Because Drake, Jack White and AC/DC?) Read more... More about Coachella, Lady Gaga, Beyonc, Beyonce, and Entertainment Read More »Trump was caught practicing his speech, so the internet made jokes
It was a big night for Donald Trump: his first major address to a joint session of Congress. His last big speech was at his inauguration and only clocked in at about 15 minutes, so Tuesday night's one-hour address was going to be a bigger challenge. That's why he needed to practice beforehand. He was spotted in his limo going over what we assume were some tough parts of the speech just before he arrived at the Capitol.
Morphing 'tent house' is all your tree change daydreams realised
Need another dream home to fantasise about? Of course you do. And being half-tent, this one will make you feel like you're camping forever. Blurring the line between the outdoors and indoors, this "tent house" sits on the Noosa Hinterland in Queensland, Australia. It's designed by Sparks Architects, it's perfect for the kind of person who enjoys being in nature, while simultaneously being bougie as heck. The walls around the home can slide open, while the roof retracts, so you can bask in the tropical air. Image: Christopher Fredrick Jones Read more... Adele invites drag impersonator on stage to belt tunes and take selfies
Adele fans love Adele the way she loves Beyoncé or raps Nicki Minaj's verse in "Monster": fiercely and loudly. And what better way to show it than via some gender performativity? One die-hard Adele fan, drag performer DJ Feminem was able to show off her devotion for the Grammy-winning singer IRL, when she was pulled up on stage during her first ever show in Australia. There was singing, there was selfies. It was awesome. Feminem was among the 65,000 people packed into Domain Stadium in Perth on Tuesday night, when "Some guy from the crew grabbed my hand and lead me onto the stage," as she put it according to WA Today. Read more... More about Australia, Perth, Dj Feminem, Drag, and Adele Read More »Hyperloop One begins initial talks with the Indian government
Hyperloop One's high-speed transportation solution could reach India in the near future. That's the plan, at least. Hyperloop One executives, including CEO Rob Lloyd and chief chairman Shervin Pishevar spent three hours in a room packed of Indian government officials and journalists on Tuesday. That's how keen they are to bring Elon Musk's idea to the country. Although at the first sight, they don't look as the perfect match (India is known for its archaic regulations, over-crowded roads and poorly-designed urban areas), the two have begun talking. At the event, India's railway minister, Suresh Prabhu, said the government is open to further discussions and definitely sees the need for Hyperloop One's high-speed trains. "Though we are not hyper about it," she joked. Read more... More about Trains, Transportation, India, Hyperloop One, and Hyperloop Read More »Get free flights to New Zealand, y'all. But only if you accept a job interview
If you're working in the tech world, New Zealand wants YOU. Specifically, the city of Wellington — self-titled tech and innovation capital of the South Pacific. A program called Looksee Wellington is giving 100 people free flights and accommodation to check out the city for a week. But there's a catch. The city is yours to visit and explore, but you'll also need to commit to pre-arranged job interviews with tech companies in the area. The city is home to companies like accounting software group Xero and Weta Digital, who did the visual effects in Avatar and Lord of the Rings. Read more... More about Recruitment, New Zealand, Australia, Watercooler, and Australia Read More »A Snapchat drone?! Here's what we know
Snap Inc. has been playing with dronesThe New York Times reported Tuesday that the company has worked on building its own drones, citing three people "briefed on the project who asked to remain anonymous because the details are confidential." The piece doesn't get into details, but the premise is intriguing — and not at all surprising for a company that defines itself as a "camera company" in its own mission. "Snap is a camera company. We feel like we’re really at the beginning of what cameras can do, evolve from being just a piece of hardware to software connected to the internet," Snap CEO Evan Spiegel said in a 35-minute video released about the company ahead of its initial public offering. Read more... More about Evan Spiegel, Tech, Drones, Snapchat, and Business Read More »New 'Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2' trailer is all that and Kurt Russell
Spoiler alert: Kurt Russell is Star-Lord's dad — and his hair is glorious. The third (and by far biggest) Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 trailer has landed, and it is stuffed with all kinds of new goodies because, guess what? The sequel — and with it, the summer blockbuster season — arrives in just over two months. We'll get to all of what's new here in a minute, but first, have another look at this baby, which Chris Pratt debuted Tuesday night on Jimmy Kimmel Live!: All right, you ready? Let's dive in. Read more... Star-Lord's classic Mattel handheld football gameMore about Zoe Saldana, Chris Pratt, Kurt Russell, Marvel, and Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2 Read More »One more gaffe for India's national airline and people can't stop rubbing it in
Fault in the stars? Or perhaps in the skies? Because nothing seems to be going right for India's national airline, Air India. First, it was pilloried for choosing to reserve seats for women. Then, a London hotel shamed its cabin crew for taking away buffet food in lunchboxes. And now, this. Two of Air India's engineers forgot a basic step thus forcing an aircraft to make an emergency landing, the Press Trust of India reported. A Delhi-Cochin flight which took off from Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport early Monday morning had to be grounded forcibly within 40 minutes because the engineers had “forgotten” to remove pins from the landing gear, thus making it impossible for the pilot to retract the aircraft's wheels. Read more... More about Engineering, India, Social Media, Aircraft, and Aviation Read More »Government recruitment video is yeah, pretty cringeworthy
Government advertisements usually fall into two different categories: They're either forgettable, or they're really, really bad. This ad for Australia's Department of Finance falls into the latter category. It's to promote its graduate program, but we can't help feel that some people might delete their applications after watching the video. It features staffers from the organisation, hampered by a terribly awkward script and acting that's more wooden than Queen Anne's Revenge. You'll just have to see it for yourself. Read more... More about Commercial, Marketing, Videos, Video, and Advertisement Read More »Saudi Arabia's king is bringing a massive 1,500-person entourage to Indonesia for a visit
That's one entourage. Saudi Arabia's King Salman is due to visit Indonesia on Wednesday. And he's bringing nearly 1,500 people along for the nine-day trip. The royal leader is also bringing along 459 tonnes of cargo, the Jakarta Post reports. This includes two Mercedes-Benz S600s and two electric lifts. What do you mean you don't pack cars along with you when you travel? Image: Carlson/AP/REX/Shutterstock The 81-year-old king's entourage consists of 620 people, and he's bringing 800 delegates for more official stuff, including 10 ministers and 25 princes. Read more... More about King Salman, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, and World Read More »South Korea's biggest dog meat market stays open, despite promises to shut it
Amid reports celebrating the closure of South Korea's biggest dog meat market, it appears the Moran market will stay open after all, an animal rights group says. The country has started to shutter its dog meat markets in response to international criticism, ahead of it playing host to the 2018 Winter Olympics. But Moran in Seongnam, which sells the meat from over 80,000 dogs per year for human consumption, is due to stay open, says the Coexistence of Animal Rights on Earth (CARE). It's merely the display and slaughtering of live dogs that would stop — dog meat sales will continue at Moran, CARE said in a statement on Wednesday. Read more... More about Animal Welfare, Dog Meat, Moran, South Korea, and World Read More »The Rock looked ready to whoop some ass at the Oscars because he WAS
The face says, "Do I need to kick some ass and save the day — right now, in real life?" And that's because, well ... he was seriously thinking about it. Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson was just one of hundreds of glorious faces caught reacting in the moment as La La Land, mistakenly identified as Best Picture winner at the Oscars, gave way to Moonlight — the reasons for which have now been well-documented. But the best images from that moment weren't of La La Land producer Jordan Horowitz correcting the mistake, or Moonlight director Barry Jenkins accepting in disbelief. Read more... More about Envelopegate, Oscars 2017, Dwayne Johnson, Dwayne The Rock Johnson, and Movies Read More »Usain Bolt and Pikachu are in an ad together and Bolt's the bad guy
The fastest man in the world is now a member of the Pokémon squad. Pokémon's latest ads, promoting its new video game series Sun and Moon, sees Usain Bolt starring alongside Pikachu. Bolt, an eight-time Olympic gold medalist, is dressed as a member of Team Skull, an antagonist Pokémon gang. "Even in a Pokemon battle, I'm number one," declares Bolt in the video, before instructing his Pikachu to use his Thunderbolt (geddit) attack. Bolt is also seen striking his signature victory pose in the video. Image: ポケモン公式YouTubeチャンネル/ youtube Read more... Mayonnaise cafes? Ew
We love mayo, but perhaps not this much. Not one but two mayonnaise-based eateries are set to pop-up in Japan in the coming months, celebrating the creamy dip in all its glory. The cafes are being opened by Kewpie, a 92-year-old Japanese mayo brand that is widely recognised as superior:
This is why Emma Watson avoids taking selfies with her fans
Emma Watson is no stranger to celebrity. The actress has been in the public eye ever since she scored the role of Hermione Granger at age 10. While the spotlight has given the actress more roles and a social justice platform, it has also made her more vulnerable. In an interview with Vanity Fair, Watson revealed why she opts out of selfies with fans — it's a matter of being tracked. "For me, it's the difference between being able to have a life and not," she said. "If someone takes a photograph of me and posts it, within two seconds they've created a marker of exactly where I am within 10 meters. They can see what I'm wearing and who I'm with. I just can't give that tracking data." Read more... More about Harry Potter, Beauty And The Beast, Interview, Vanity Fair, and Emma Watson Read More »Things get freaky real fast in the 'Alien: Covenant' official trailer
It starts out all love and smiles, sure. The cheery crew of the Covenant — which is entirely made up of couples — are enjoying a meal together (remember that from the original Alien?) as they careen through space to their new planet to colonise. But you didn't really think that contentment would last, did you? The prologue, released in February, set the scene and this official trailer shows us more of the good stuff. There are explosions, the xenomorph, aliens exploding out of things, and that terrifying question: "Where is it?" Read more... More about Sci Fi, Trailers, Alien Covenant, Entertainment, and Entertainment Read More »Weapons and ammo in 'Horizon: Zero Dawn' are confusing, so here's a guide
So you want some tips for hunting robot dinosaurs, huh? There's a great science fiction story buried deep within Horizon: Zero Dawn, and we'll be thrilled to talk about it when spoilers are less of an issue. But for most people right now, Horizon is "that robot dinosaur game." One thing you realize not long after starting: hunting robot dinos is hard work. You've got an array of weapons with their own ammo types, mountains of crafting materials that help keep you in good fighting condition, and a whole ecosystem of machine-o-saurs that behave and react in a stunning variety of ways. Read more... More about Guerrilla Games, Horizon Zero Dawn, Gaming, Entertainment, and Entertainment Read More »Zara's confusing 'love your curves' advert has baffled the internet
A Zara advert is getting called out on Twitter for telling women to love their bodies while featuring an image of two models in skinny jeans. The campaign is emblazoned with the words "Love your curves" but the absence of curvaceous models has left many customers pretty bewildered. The ads have been in stores since early February, but a tweet by Irish radio personality Muireann O’Connell has prompted others to call out the retailer for its confusing ad.
'India's Spotify' launches artist originals to take on Apple Music
The audio and music streaming landscape in India is heating up. Slowly yet surely. Saavn, termed "India's Spotify" by Billboard, just rolled out its Artist Originals (AO) program that will conceptualize, produce and distribute new music with independent artists from India and South Asia. The AO program boosts Saavn's original programming such as podcasts and audio shows. It's touted as giving creative opportunities to India's underground artists, and it aligns with the founder's vision of moving away from "a music-only product to an entertainment platform." Read more... More about Podcasts, Indie Music, Music Artist, Spotify, and Apple Music Read More »Elephant frightens the bejesus out of group of tourists on safari
Honestly, all this elephant wanted to do was cross the road. But, a group of Northern Irish tourists on safari in South Africa had other plans. A video captured by Josie Campbell, one of the tourists, shows the terrifying moment an elephant tried to chase after them. As the safari truck edged nearer, the elephant started to show his frustration. "Just let me cross," he probably said to himself. Alas, these tourists just wanted to see beautiful elephants in the wild. They soon cottoned on, however, that the elephant wasn't all that impressed. "He looks cross," says one of the tourists. Indeed he does. Read more... More about Africa, Safari, Elephants, Elephant, and Uk Read More »Emma Watson dishes out some sage $2 advice from an iPad
There was speculation about why Emma Watson was on an iPad giving $2 advice in Grand Central Terminal after photographs of the project were shared on social media. Well, the mystery project has been revealed! The video was created for the Vanity Fair series, Derek Does Stuff With a Friend with Derek Blasberg. In the video above, Watson gives out some pretty stellar advice — from advising men on what to get their partners for Valentine's Day to her quintessential hangover cure. All of the money collected was donated to Planned Parenthood. Read more... More about Beauty And The Beast, Derek Does Stuff With A Friend, Derek Blasberg, Vanity Fair, and Emma Watson Read More »Kendall Jenner and Andrew Garfield show off their amazingly pointless talents
It's the quirky little things about our favorite celebrities that make them that much more endearing. James Corden revealed some of these celeb secret talents on a segment of the Late Late Show. In the video above, Andrew Garfield, Kendall Jenner, Stevie Nicks, and Taylor Lautner showcase their hidden talents. All of their gifts are fantastically pointless, which makes them so much more entertaining. But who knows? Maybe Andrew will go up for a gymnast role, in which case that back handspring will come in handy. Read more... More about Talent Show, Taylor Lautner, Stevie Nicks, Andrew Garfield, and Kendall Jenner Read More »Cinema just can't resist pranking its audience after that Oscars mix-up
The world collectively cringed Sunday night as they watched the biggest screwup in the history of the Academy Awards. Now one London cinema has made light of the mix-up by pranking an audience at a Moonlight showing by playing the first 20 seconds of La La Land. Owing to an envelope mix-up, presenters Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway incorrectly announced that La La Land had won Best Picture. Halfway through La La Land's cast and crew's acceptance speech, the error was explained and the award handed to its rightful owner: Moonlight. Read more... More about Watercooler, Entertainment, La La Land, Moonlight, and Prank Read More »British protesters think they've kept Trump out for a few more months
British anti-Trump campaigners are declaring victory after reports that his state visit to the UK has been postponed amid fears that he would face angry protests in the streets. The U.S. president was due to travel to the UK in early summer. But The Sun newspaper quoted an anonymous government source as saying that Trump has agreed to delay the visit until October. "Trump still really wants to come this year, but he wants the heat to die down a bit first," the source said. "The White House watch what happens over here surprisingly closely, and they don't want to create a scene for our sake either." Read more... More about Uk, State Visit, Donald Trump, and World Read More »World Bank CEO Kristalina Georgieva has a 'Slumdog Millionaire' moment in India
World Bank CEO Kristalina Georgieva had a taste of the fabled Mumbai local trains this morning as she hopped onto one to commute between Churchgate and Dadar — two of the most vibrant stations in India's largest metropolis. Georgieva, who's on a two-day visit to the country, was accompanied by World Bank officials, according to a statement. Mumbai local trains are among the busiest in the world, ferrying more than 8 million commuters every day. They've been celebrated in popular culture, most notably in Oscar-winning film Slumdog Millionaire. Read more... More about Transportation, Train, Asia, Diplomacy, and Politics Read More »Your reports of Twitter abuse will no longer disappear into the ether
Another day, another string of Twitter updates aimed at curbing abuse and harassment. The company just detailed a new set of changes to reduce harassment on its platform. Among them: users who report abusive tweets and accounts will finally get some feedback on their reports. That feedback will take two forms: users will first see a notification confirming their report is received, then they'll see a followup notification if Twitter decided to take action as a result of their report. If Twitter doesn't take action, you won't see an additional update after your report is received. Read more... More about Twitter Abuse, Twitter, Apps And Software, Tech, and Tech Read More »'Hitman Go' mini-doc takes you behind the scenes of one of the best mobile games
The story of Square Enix's mobile Go games starts in 2014 with the release of Hitman Go. The board game-styled puzzlers — which have since expanded to include games based on Tomb Raider and Deus Ex as well — all work for one simple reason: they distill the essences of the series they're based on into increasingly elaborate puzzles. In this first of three documentary peeks behind the scenes at Square Enix Montreal's work — which Mashable exclusively debuts — we take a look at the beginnings of Hitman Go and the thought process that goes into crafting its stripped-down take on the popular game series. Read more... More about Square Enix Montreal, Square Enix, Hitman Go, Gaming, and Entertainment Read More »A war-torn family builds a new home together, online
It’s 11 a.m. in the Ahmad house in Doha, Qatar, and everyone is still sleepy. It's one week after Eid, the holiday that marks the end of Ramadan, and the family is still nocturnal from trying to accommodate the rigorous fasting schedule that keeps them up at night. I’m here to visit Hussein and Suaad, the parents of the Ahmad clan, who are originally from Raqqa, Syria. Since I met one of their sons in 2015, I’ve been tracking down every member of their nuclear family to piece together a portrait of what happens when an ordinary family is torn apart by war. Hussein and Suaad talk to their grandson in Denmark, part of the constant stream of video chats, WhatsApp conversations, and Snapchat messages. Read more... More about War, Refugees, Syria, Photo Stories, and World Read More »Stephen Colbert is not impressed that Donald Trump finally read off a teleprompter
Donald Trump delivered his first speech to both houses of Congress last night. And while some pundits were impressed that he didn't commit more than one crushing gaffe, Stephen Colbert was not one of them as he said last night on The Late Show. "“Now, technically, this was not a ‘State of the Union,’ because I think in this timeline, the Confederacy won,” Colbert said. Read more... More about The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, Stephen Colbert, Donald Trump Election 2016, Donald Trump, and Watercooler Read More »The Samsung Galaxy S8 probably looks exactly like this
There are no secrets. It's a hard truth Samsung is learning over and over again as one micro-leak after another appears to tell us every little detail of the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S8 smartphone. Now we may have the whole enchilada, a picture-perfect render of the Galaxy S8 from serial leaker Evan Blass. Blass, currently listed on his LinkedIn page as a mobile reporter at VentureBeat, has almost five years of pretty much spot-on device leaks under his belt, so we tend to trust his finds. This one is definitely among his biggest. Read more... More about Smartphones, Samsung Galaxy S8, Galaxy S8, Samsung, and Tech Read More »Little thief experiences pure terror when almost caught sneaking a drink
If you didn't try to sneak stuff without your parents knowing, did you even have a childhood? Twitter user Joanelis posted this video of her cousin Monday, trying to swipe a drink and then running for his life once his mom hears the commotion.
We've all experienced this moment of sheer terror before. Nothing is more horrifying than getting caught doing something you were told not to do (probably more than once) by a parent. Read more... More about Alcohol, Stealing, Kid, Watercooler, and Watercooler Read More »How do you get women to try organic tampons? Give them out at Equinox
Starting Wednesday, every Equinox member will find tampons from Lola in their gym's women's bathrooms. That's a big deal for Lola. The organic tampon subscription service and wholesaler was one of the first high-profile women's health companies to make a splash in Silicon Valley (or Silicon Alley, since Lola is based in New York). Since 2015, Lola has raised $11.2 million in funding from investors including Spark Capital, Trump in-law Josh Kushner, Lena Dunham and Allison Williams. But since Lola's launch, the buzz around wholesale or subscription models for women's health tech startups has started to fade. Lola makes tampons and pads out of organic cotton and sends them directly to consumers via a subscription model. But there's also Cora, which launched after Lola with a similar idea, and Flex, which is trying to get women to switch to a disposable menstrual disc. Read more... More about Lola, B2b, Menstruation, Reproductive Health, and Tampons Read More »Here's how to be an extra with Hugh Grant for the 'Love Actually' sequel
Love Actually sure had a lot of characters, and now you can be one of them. In partnership with Red Nose Day, the Love Actually sequel (creatively dubbed Red Nose Day Actually) is casting for extras to join Hugh Grant in an upcoming scene. All you have to do is enter a simple competition and you could be stealing the show this spring. Five winners will visit the set on March 5 and get to be extra's in Grant's scene. All you have to do — if you're a UK resident over the age of 18 — is go to the Red Nose Day website and answer a question about Love Actually. Entries are submitted via text and unlimited, with proceeds from messaging rates going to Comic Relief. Read more... More about Red Nose Day, Love Actually, Movies, Uk, and Entertainment Read More »90-year-old does 24 pull-ups for his birthday and makes us all feel bad about ourselves
When was the last time you did pull-ups for fun, let alone on your birthday? Well, 90-year-old Vern from Florida recently put us all to shame when his son recorded him doing pull-ups on his birthday. According to his son, the two regularly go to the gym together to work out despite Vern's old elbow injuries. "We go to the gym regularly and he loves to do pull-ups," Vern's son writes in the YouTube caption. "I think he does pretty good considering he broke both elbows as a kid." Just look at what Vern can do in cargo pants and sandals. Most millennials don't even know how to stand up straight, let alone do a pull-up. Read more... More about Watercooler Viral Videos, Senior Citizens, Watercooler, and Watercooler Read More »Ed Sheeran celebrated the 7-year anniversary of his career with a sweet throwback
Ed Sheeran became a household name seemingly overnight. The British singer songwriter's popularity is pretty indisputable. Having consistently churned out music since his career took off, it's hard to remember a time when he wasn't famous. But if you need a reminder, Sheeran has got you covered. The artist retweeted a video of him performing "You Need Me, I Don't Need You" from SBTV that started his career seven years ago.
Brad Pitt goes back to the front in Netflix's 'War Machine'
Brad Pitt is back on the battlefield, but this time he's not killing Nazis. In the first trailer for Netflix's War Machine, Pitt plays Glenn McMahon, a general during the war in Afghanistan based loosely on General Stanley McChrystal. Netflix describes the "part reality, part savage parody" film as "an exploration of a born leader’s ultra-confident march right into the dark heart of folly." It's directed by Animal Kingdom's David Michôd and costars Tilda Swinton, Sir Ben Kingsley, Anthony Michael Hall, Topher Grace and more. Read more... More about Brad Pitt, Netflix, Entertainment, and Film Read More »Uber driver explains why he argued with CEO Travis Kalanick
Uber CEO Travis Kalanick's very own Uber driver has spoken out about that incriminating video, and things are not looking good. The ride-sharing company has been under fire the past few weeks for a myriad of reasons ranging from sexual harassment allegations to a beef with Google and controversial Trump-related remarks, but things got even heavier on Tuesday when a damning video of CEO Travis Kalanick being an asshole to his own Uber driver was released. The dash-cam footage shows Kalanick and his black Uber driver, Fawzi Kamel, arguing over price hikes at the end of a trip on Feb. 5. Kamel hit the Uber CEO up about problems in the pricing structure, when Kalanick responded by yelling: "Some people don't like to take responsibility for their own shit. They blame everything in their life on somebody else. Good luck!" Read more... More about Delete Uber, Silicon Valley, Video, Travis Kalanick, and Business Read More »#EveryoneWelcome campaign challenges you to stand in solidarity with trans people
Hashtags meant to inspire activism often fizzle out before they ever reach the masses. #EveryoneWelcome, a campaign encouraging solidarity with transgender people, hopes to avoid that fate by emotionally appealing to values of fairness and equality — and by finding allies in both everyday Americans and high-profile celebrities willing to speak out. Partnering with Tumblr, the campaign is calling for and sharing 30- to 60-second videos of people declaring their support for transgender rights. The initiative recently launched with videos from lawmakers and activists, while big names and people around the country will join the campaign soon. Read more... More about Social Good, Activism, Social Media, Politics, and Transgender Bathroom Read More »What one video game developer organization is doing to combat Trump’s immigration ban
The International Game Developers Association was one of the first in the games industry to speak out against Trump's immigration ban. It's no surprise they've taken their protest of the ban a step further to actually help developers in the seven affected countries get visas to come work in the US. The IGDA will be offering free memberships to developers in the seven countries — Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Yemen and Syria — which, in addition to a host of other benefits, grants members easier access to visas to come work in the USMembership fees usually range from $25 a year for an unemployed developer to $48 a year. Read more... More about Gdc, Igda, Immigration Ban, Gaming, and Entertainment Read More »CNN is Sean Spicer's enemy except for when it's reporting good things about Trump
News is fake until it's good and then it's real and we will talk about it. Cool? SEE ALSO: Stephen Colbert doesn't buy Sean Spicer's excuse for transgender bathroom protection roll back You may know that the current White House administration is no fan of CNN. President Donald Trump has called their journalism "fake news" more than once. Press Secretary Sean Spicer has, among other things, railed against CNN White House correspondent Jim Acosta. CNN (as well as other outlets) was also kept out of a press briefing held in his office. But then CNN said Trump's joint address to Congress on Wednesday got good reviews from viewers, and now CNN is chill. Read more... More about Joint Session, Donald Trump, Fake News, Cnn, and Sean Spicer Read More »9 things from Mobile World Congress you should be excited about
Yes, there was no Samsung Galaxy S8 and yes, its absence was felt. But even without it, Mobile World Congress — the largest mobile show of the year — was anything but boring. This year, everyone's crazy for retro phones. LG slapped competitors in the face with a surprisingly solid flagship. A futuristic-looking, hyperconnected car debuted at MWC instead of at the Geneva Motor Show. And there were just enough weird gadgets for us to geek out over while we sped through the Fira Gran Via's sprawling convention center halls. More about Mobile, Smartphones, Top Picks, Mwc17, and Mwc Read More »These super-smart headphones promise to help you focus
Plenty of top-flight headphones have noise-cancelling features to help listeners tune out the rest of the world. Now, a new set of brain-hacking headphones, Mindset, is taking everything a step further and adding distraction-canceling tech to keep you in the zone. Mindset, which just launched as a Kickstarter project, promises to include all the bells and whistles you'd expect from premium over-ear headphones — they're wireless with noise-cancelling capabilities, and the sound comes from Onkyo, a Japanese luxury brand that specializes in audio equipment. But there's something embedded in the band that makes Mindset unique. Read more... More about Kickstarter, Attention, Neuroscience, Adhd, and Headphones Read More »I tried a self-driving car in London and lived to tell the tale
Just a few metres into my journey in Nissan's LEAF electric car, the autonomous vehicle swerved towards the kerb. It wasn't exactly the start I was expecting. But to be fair to Nissan, my driving companion, Tetsuya Iijima, Nissan's Manager of Autonomous Drive Technology, quickly placed his hands on the steering wheel and took over the car instantaneously. SEE ALSO: Ford's self-driving cars won't have steering wheels because engineers maybe kept falling asleep It was a minor glitch due to a disconnected wire with the computer in the car's boot. If anything it showed how swiftly the driver can override the vehicle and Nissan immediately provided another LEAF car, modified for self-driving. Read more... More about Self Driving, Streets, Test, London, and Autonomous Cars Read More »'Beauty and the Beast' director reveals Disney's first openly gay character
Beauty and the Beast could make major strides in representation when it hits theaters in a few weeks, with one of the first known LGBTQ characters in a Disney princess film. In an exclusive with Attitude magazine, director Bill Condon revealed that Le Fou (Josh Gad) is coming to terms with his sexuality and that the internal struggle has a payoff. “LeFou is somebody who on one day wants to be Gaston and on another day wants to kiss Gaston,” Condon said in the interview. “He’s confused about what he wants. It’s somebody who’s just realizing that he has these feelings," he added. "And Josh makes something really subtle and delicious out of it. And that’s what has its payoff at the end, which I don’t want to give away. But it is a nice, exclusively gay moment in a Disney movie.” Read more... More about Bill Condon, Disney, Beauty And The Beast, Movies, and Entertainment Read More »This isn't a Nintendo Switch review, but it'll help you decide about buying one
Nintendo Switch is, at this point, a Zelda machine. Let's be clear: the new hybrid console — out on March 3 — is brimming with potential. It lacks the power of a current generation PlayStation or Xbox, but its ability to seamlessly... er..switch between TV and on-the-go play is a winning touch. Provided you're a fan of Nintendo games, of course. That's a forever proviso when it comes to Nintendo hardware: if you don't care for Mario or Zelda or (hopefully we'll get one again someday) Metroid, there's not nearly as much to love. Read more... More about Nintendo Switch, Nintendo, Gaming, Entertainment, and Entertainment Read More »The Oscar for best performance of all time goes to...
With so many different types of performances on screen, so many iconic portrayals that exist up and down the spectrum of emotion, it's impossible to actually rank them. So we decided to look at them categorically: comedy next to drama, big next to small, classic next to method etc. Because sometimes the best way to study a topic is to find it's boundaries. Visit CineFix for more episodes and movie-related content. Read more... More about Academy Awards, Meryl Streep, Best Acting Performances, Acting, and Oscars Read More »Scientists are firing lasers at dinosaur fossils, and the result is awesome
Scientists are one step closer to figuring out what dinosaurs actually looked like—and they're doing it by pointing laser beams on dinosaur fossils to show previously unknown features and details, including the actual fleshy outlines of prehistoric creatures. In a new study, researchers focused the technique on the Anchiornis, a small feathered dinosaur that lived in the late Jurassic period. Due to the animal's drumstick-shaped legs and bird-like arms, revealed by the lasers, researchers think the Anchiornis might have been able to fly. The discovery offers another link in how modern-day birds may have evolved from their predecessors, according to the study published Tuesday in the journal Nature Communications. Read more... More about Science, Jurassic, Dinosaur, and World Read More »10 seriously impressive Lego superheroes from the massive exhibition
If you grew up binge-reading DC comics under the duvet and building Lego medieval castles in your bedroom — like the writer of this article — then you'll be pretty excited about this new exhibition opening in London today. DC's superheroes and supervillains are landing in the South Bank region, one brick at a time, for the "The Art of the Brick" contemporary show. Superman, Wonder Woman, Batman, the Joker and Harley Quinn are just a few of the DC characters re-created in Lego fashion by Nathan Sawaya, who gave up his day job as a New York lawyer to become a Lego artist. Read more... More about Batman, Catwoman, Super Heroes, Superman, and Dc Comics Read More »This automatic smart lock is both convenient and secure
'I LOCK IT' could make locking your bike a whole lot easier. It uses Bluetooth to lock and unlock your bike. It even has an alarm that goes off when it senses someone tampering with your bike. Read more... More about Real Time Video, Real Time Video, Real Time, Bluetooth, and Automatic Bike Lock Read More »Rihanna inspires people to help one another while accepting Harvard's humanitarian award
What do Malala Yousafzai, former UN Secretary-General Ban-Ki Moon and Rihanna have in common? They've now all been honored with the same prestigious award. The "Anti" singer was granted the Harvard Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations' Humanitarian Award on Tuesday night, and as we all would expect, her acceptance speech was perfect. Being recognized for her work in her native island Barbados and the charities she has founded over the years, Rihanna took to the ivy league's lectern to deliver a truly inspiring speech. She opened with a joke in true diva fashion, “So – I finally made it to Harvard." Read more... More about Acceptance Speech, Harvard, Award, Humanitarian, and Rihanna Read More »Turn selfies into latte art with this magical machine
The Ripple Maker can print text and images on your coffee. Read more... More about Real Time Video, Real Time Video, Real Time, Real Time Video, and Food Art Read More »10 must-have, Mashable-approved tech products for your registry
Building your wedding registry can be lots of fun — it's like the ultimate shopping spree without any of the spending. You'll definitely need place settings and towels, but why limit yourself to the traditional when you can go high tech? We've compiled a list of 10 amazing innovations that will make your marital life even more blissful. 1. The Instant Pot 7-in-1 Multi-Functional Pressure Cooker Image: instant pot The heart of any home is in the kitchen, but that doesn’t mean you have hours to spend in there slaving over the perfect dinner. The Instant Pot is a truly magical device that lets you whip up delicious meals almost, well, instantly. It functions as a pressure cooker and a slow cooker in one. Read more... More about Weddings and Watercooler Read More »Obviously, young Justin Trudeau was hot. Here are the pictures that prove it
Watch out, young Joe Biden. Young Justin Trudeau is in town—and he is not going to be a reliable prom date. The ever-thirsty internet has unearthed photos of Trudeau from his mysterious past, which appears to include many natural landscapes, an array of tousled hairstyles and flannel shirts that are both unbuttoned and sleeveless. As you might expect, the future prime minister of Canada pulls every look off like a champ. So, which is your favorite: six-pack abs Trudeau, surfer-chic Trudeau, hippie professor Trudeau, or Cruise circa Risky Business Trudeau? More importantly, do you think he would have responded to your texts? Read more... More about Photos, Justin Trudeau, Watercooler, and Watercooler Read More »Alternatives to the pussy hat if you're honestly too embarrassed to wear one
Authoritarianism and ethno-nationalism is on the rise in Washington, and Americans are fighting back the best way they know: by mass-producing pink knit cat-shaped pussy hats. In the past few months, pink pussy hats have become the unofficial symbol of the resistance to Trump. Ride on a DC subway or head to your local town hall meeting and there'll you find a coven of delightfully angry women in pink hats, ready to push a flyer into your hand, scream at some weak-kneed Congressman and knit as long as it takes until freedom rings. It's a gorgeous thing. It's also not for everybody. SEE ALSO: What to do when you're so overwhelmed by the Trump presidency you can barely move Read more... Foursquare offers every mobile app access to your whereabouts
Foursquare's transformation from fun consumer app into serious behind-the-scenes business is taking another step forward. The location app is rolling out a new platform open to all mobile apps that will allow them get to the front of your smartphone, capturing your attention at the right time and more importantly in the right place through location-based triggering of push notifications and app features. It's another step in the evolution of a company that was started more than a decade ago by New Yorker Dennis Crowley (@dens), who wanted to build a mobile app to connect his friends, understanding where they were so they could potentially meet up IRL. Read more... More about Apps And Software, Tech, Business, Dennis Crowley, and Foursquare Read More »Facebook blocks famous nude artwork and feels the internet's ire
On Tuesday, Facebook decided to block a video advertisement, stating that the ad violated their guidelines around sexual content. However, the ad was merely for a collection of artwork to be auctioned off and the "sexual content" was actually a piece of artwork. Mossgreen, the auction house in Australia who's behind the ad, has spoken out against Facebook's ban. Mossgreen's chief executive, Paul Summer, told The Guardian, "I can’t quite believe it, to be honest. I feel I’m not living in the 21st century. It’s like Facebook are living in the 1950s." More about Censorship, Ban, Art, Facebook, and Conversations Read More »Google patented a mysterious camera hat
Google's latest patent suggests the tech giant might be developing something to give Spectacles a run for their money. Granted Tuesday, the patent describes "a hat and a camera system for the hat that can be used for an interactive session with a remote user." Basically, it sounds like a cap with an embedded camera that lets the wearer take photos and videos, including live streams, and upload them to social networks via a mobile app. The patent also describes a built-in speaker, which is "configured to create audio waves through the hat by bone conduction in the skull." The hat also comes with a microphone for users to record audio. Read more... More about Spectacles, Videos, Photos, Social Media, and Hat Read More »Casey Affleck responds to sexual harassment allegations: 'There’s really nothing I can do about it'
Casey Affleck's Oscar win wasn't meant to excuse and absolve his 2010 sexual harassment allegations — but it sure felt like that for some. “There’s really nothing I can do about it,” Affleck told The Boston Globe regarding the ongoing specter of the allegations. “Other than live my life the way I know I live it and to speak to what my own values are and how I try to live by them all the time.” “I believe that any kind of mistreatment of anyone for any reason is unacceptable and abhorrent," Affleck said, though it's unclear if he was speaking of the women in the lawsuits or himself. "And everyone deserves to be treated with respect in the workplace and anywhere else.” Read more... More about Oscars 2017, Casey Affleck, Entertainment, and Film Read More »CNN says the 'future of media' is all male, and the internet responds
The Hollywood Reporter is out with a new issue feting CNN. And a CNN producer declared it the "future of media." What's wrong with this picture? Yet again, it is 100 percent male and mostly white.
We've been through this approximately 1 million times before. So the internet was ready:
Alec Baldwin is co-writing a parody Donald Trump memoir and Trump probably isn't so thrilled
Alec Baldwin is taking his President Donald Trump impersonation to the literary world. The actor and novelist Kurt Andersen are co-writing a satirical book called You Can’t Spell America Without Me: The Really Tremendous Inside Story of My Fantastic First Year as President Donald J. Trump, Penguin Press announced Wednesday.
Baldwin, who recently hosted Saturday Night Live for his 17th time, has made headlines for his spot-on impression of the former reality star/now president. Read more... More about Comedy, Satire, Politics, Penguin Press, and Kurt Andersen Read More »George Takei cleverly tore through Trump's address to Congress using the power of tweets
Sulu has things to say. Last night President Trump held his first major address to a joint session of Congress. It was his first major speech since his inauguration and, as usual, there was a lot of trolling done by both the internet and the Democratic women of Congress. However, once Trump's speech started, no one was laughing. The hour long address featured his future policies on everything from immigration to education. Many celebrities voiced their outrage on Twitter, but the loudest voice seemed to be that of George Takei, Star Trek veteran and activist. Read more... More about Congress, Donald Trump, George Takei, Watercooler, and Watercooler Read More »WTF do you even say about this cat who ate 46 hair ties?
Winnie is a cat with a, uh, unique appetite. Let's just say Meow Mix doesn't quite do the trick. Did that first hair tie taste... good? A welcome reprieve from the wet food/dry food routine? Did it awaken a hidden desire for nylon embedded in her genetic coding? We may never know. But we do know this: By the end of Winnie's feeding frenzy, she ended up with a final count of "46 hair ties" with some "other miscellaneous material" we don't even want to think about. Graciously, Animal Emergency & Critical Care of Lynchburg provided a picture of the contents removed from her belly, including all 46 ties lined up. Read more... More about Cats and Watercooler Read More »A 'ghost' showed up in this girl's selfie and we're thoroughly spooked
Attention everyone: ghosts are real, they're here, they float among us and we've got proof. Jessica Ogletree posted this photo of a selfie her daughter Haley took with her son Kolton in the background and...wait what? Is that...WHO IS THAT OTHER GUY? Can you see him to the right of her son? Wearing the hat? In her post, Jessica claims that that man was not with the family that day and there wasn't anyone else at the spot where they were fishing. The only people there were her children and their grandparents. So, this guy's a ghost right? We can all agree? Read more... More about Picture, Kids, Spooky, Creepy, and Ghost Read More »Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom have apparently broken up
In sad breakup news of the day, Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom have unfortunately called it quits. The two got ahead of any rumors by releasing a statement to People to announce their breakup—or rather, "taking respectful, loving space at this time," which basically sounds like a longwinded way of saying conscious uncoupling. Perry and Bloom began dating just over a year ago, and gave us plenty of glimpses into their lives, including nude paddle-boarding and Tamagotchi parenting goals. SEE ALSO: Pray for the dancing house that fell off stage during Katy Perry's BRIT Awards performance Both posed for photos together on Sunday at the Vanity Fair Party following the 89th Academy Awards, but according to People, did not spend much time together at the event. Read more... More about Watercooler, Conversations, Celebrity Breakup, Orlando Bloom, and Katy Perry Read More »Papa John's new pizza fast pass is either evil genius or just genius
Just when you thought pizza was peaceful again, there's drama at the pepperoni slicer. Papa John's Pizza recently rolled out a new delivery feature, "Papa Priority," at select locations. For a $3 fee, those who need their pizza like, now can force their pie order to the front of the production line. It's effectively a fast pass for pizza. Great? Great! Who doesn't want their pizza as quickly as possible? (We all do.) But of course there are issues. The fee comes in addition to a delivery fee and tip. Additionally—and probably most importantly—it doesn't actually mean your pizza will go out faster. If your pie is the first one done but all the drivers are still out on other deliveries, it could take just as long as if you were further down the line, leaving you salivating, hungry, and out three more dollars than you would be otherwise. Aka, hangry. Read more... More about Papa Johns, Pizza, Watercooler, and Watercooler Read More »Pro tip: How to be the best (and beat the best) Bastion in 'Overwatch'
Being a pro gamer isn't easy. Mastering top competitive games takes hundreds of hours of practice — but also knowledge. Each week, we'll share the most useful tips and tricks to improve your play. It's time to get good. Bastion, Overwatch's least-popular hero, received a major update Tuesday, upgrading the turret-wielding robot from a C-tier defensive hero to a versatile and seemingly unkillable death machine. He's being picked by both offensive and defensive teams in nearly every match at all skill levels (for good reason), so we're here to help you figure out exactly where you stand in this new Bastion-filled hellscape. Read more... More about Esports, Gaming, Blizzard Entertainment, Overwatch, and Pro Tips Read More »This app lets you donate wish list items to homeless people you pass every day
Marcellus has lived on the streets of Philadelphia for more than four years, and he wants you to know that being homeless isn't easy. "It's, like, waking up hungry. Going to sleep hungry," he says in a new video, as he fiddles with a small piece of blue plastic in his hands. "But this right here — this got me some food. This got me clothes. This got me a shower and all that." It's not just any piece of plastic. Marcellus is holding a Bluetooth-connected beacon — a small component of an app called StreetChange that could transform how passersby help curb homelessness in their cities. More about Apps, Donate, Donations, Social Good, and Homeless Read More »Man sentenced to 30 days in prison for accidentally hitting woman with his drone
Attention drone operators: Watch your aim with those things or you could end up in behind bars. Yeah, we're serious. Paul Skinner, a 38-year-old Seattle man who accidentally knocked a woman unconscious with his drone back in 2015 has received a 30-day prison sentence along with a $500 fine, after being charged with reckless endangerment back in January. When Skinner, an aerial photographer, flew his two pound, 18-by-18 inch drone — which retailed for $1,200 — into a crowd of people at 2015 Seattle Pride Parade, it accidentally fell on top of a 25-year-old woman's head, knocking her out. Read more... More about Conversations, Crash, Seattle, Tech, and Drone Read More »There's a new reason to hate Coachella
You know the drill by now: A website was hacked, personal information may have been stolen, and now a company will have to make promises about the future of its cybersecurity. The target this time? Folks who have accounts on the website of music festival Coachella. On Feb. 22, Motherboard reported someone was selling data—including hashed passwords, usernames and email addresses—on 950,000 Coachella.com accounts. Nearly a week later, concert-promoter Goldenvoice sent an email to account holders to let them know. Read more... More about Passwords, Usernames, Email, Hack, and Coachella Read More »Metal fetus proves that Rock 'n' Roll isn't dead
Some babies are just born metal. While most ultrasounds look can like an unrecognizable blob of black and white, parents in Utah got a special surprise when an ultrasound of their baby showed it really loved Rock 'n' Roll. Parents Makelle and Jared Ahlin of Santaquin, Utah, are expecting their third child, and while getting an ultrasound they noticed something a little funny. With both head and hand visible, their baby was spotted showing off the sign of the horns. “She kind of went passed it, and I was just like, ‘Hey, go back, I need that picture!'” Jared Ahlin told Fox 13. Read more... More about Parenting, Funny, Music, Watercooler, and Watercooler Read More »Our picks for the top 10 best film performances in cinema history
With so many different types of performances on screen, and so many iconic portrayals that exist up and down the spectrum of emotion, it's impossible to actually rank them. So we're looking at them categorically: comedy next to drama, big next to small, classic next to method. Because sometimes the best way to study a topic is to find its boundaries. Visit CineFix for more episodes and movie-related content. Read more... More about Top 10 Performances On Film, Top Acting, Cinema, Best Acting Performances, and Movie Lists Read More »Elephants only sleep 2 hours a day in the wild, wearables study finds
When you weigh more than 10,000 pounds, you need a lot of food just to survive. All those hours spent searching for grasses, roots and fruits means there's little time left over for sleep. How little? Try two hours a day for African elephants in the wild, a new study found. If confirmed, that would be the shortest-known sleep time of any land mammal. These herbivores can also regularly go nearly two days without sleeping at all, according to the paper published Wednesday in the journal PLOS ONE. Researchers followed two free-roaming female elephants inside Botswana's Chobe National Park. They outfitted each matriarch with an "actiwatch" — like a Fitbit for elephant trunks — and a collar with a gyroscope to monitor the elephants' sleep times and sleeping positions. Read more... More about Fitbit, Conservation, Ivory Trade, Sleep Study, and Sleeping Read More »You guys, giraffe births are horrifying. Look away.
Picture this: a pair of sharp hooves and a giant head covered in slimy goop force themselves, almost in slow motion, out of the most delicate part of a giraffe. Is that something you really want to see? You’d better be absolutely sure — like tattoo it on your face positive — before you glue yourself to the livestream of April, the giraffe who’s about to give birth. Because once you see that calf slide out, you’ll never be able to unsee it. For reasons that aren’t really explainable, over the past week millions of people have become obsessed with the heavily pregnant beast’s progress. A giraffe pregnancy typically lasts 15 months, and April’s in the final stretch, bless the poor girl. Read more... More about Livestream, Zoo, Birth, April The Giraffe, and Giraffes Read More »Don't get too excited about the possibility of "President Oprah"
So, there have been a few headlines going around on Wednesday claiming Oprah Winfrey is "rethinking" entering the race for president at some point in the future. Sorry, Oprah fans, but it's now the kind of headline that can be filed under "Too Good To Be True." The alleged big moment happened during Oprah's interview with Bloomberg's David Rubenstein, when Rubenstein brought up the possibility of an Oprah White House run. In a clip being circulated to promote the episode, Rubenstein asks Oprah, “Have you ever thought that, given the popularity you have—we haven’t broken the glass ceiling yet for women—that you could actually run for president and actually be elected?” Read more... More about David Rubenstein, Presidential Campaign, Oprah Winfrey, Entertainment, and Politics Read More »The journalist sent to Sweden by a Twitter troll reports back
It's been a week since independent journalist Tim Pool took up InfoWars editor-at-large and alt-right conspiracy theorist Paul Joseph Watson's offer to come to Malmo, Sweden, to investigate violence allegedly committed by migrants and refugees in the country. So far, Pool has posted a clip for each day he's been in the country. Topics have ranged from a sit-down with a business owner, chatting with Ivar Arpi about self-censorship, and one Muslim resident's perspective on the situation. There's also video of Pool exploring the supposed most violent "no-go zones," escorted by Deputy Mayor Nils Karlsson. Read more... More about Infowars, Journalism, Tim Pool, Sweden, and Twitter Read More » | ||||
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