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Anyone who works as a freelancer these days has to be at least a bit familiar with techie things. But it isn’t just that. When I was a kid and those vaguely SF puppet shows were on the television and all the other kids wanted to be Greg Gogetem or Steve Savetheuniverse, I wanted to be the guy in a white coat and glasses called Doc or Brains. Here are some technology-related feeds I find useful and/or entertaining.

Mashable » Snapshot of the millennial workforce: Setting yourself up for success

Sunday 25 October 23:38:09 UTC 2015

MillennialworkspaceFeed-tw Feed-fbOver the past two decades, we've seen a monumental spike in the role technology plays in our world. It has been integrated into nearly every facet of our personal and professional lives, reshaping how we purchase goods, handle finances and even socialize. Millennials grew up alongside the rise of online technology, and it's made them both practically and mentally equipped to … [Link]

Slashdot » First New US Nuclear Reactor In Two Decades Gets Permission To Begin Fueling

Sunday 25 October 23:00:00 UTC 2015

An anonymous reader writes: The Tennessee Valley Authority's Watts Bar nuclear power plant began construction in 1973. The plant's first reactor was completed in 1996, and it began operation. Work on the second reactor paused in 1988, and only resumed in 2007. That reactor is now complete — the first newly-operational Generation II reactor since the 1990s. The new reactor … [Link]

Mashable » Too-smart-for-his-own-good kid proves math makes no sense

Sunday 25 October 22:57:49 UTC 2015

KidmathFeed-tw Feed-fb Who needs addition when you have logical follow-up questions? This sassy kid doesn't care why 25 + 16 = 41. He just wants to know where all these damn apples are coming from. This drone-shot video will make you want to travel to Australia right now Australia's deep, deep love of kebabs explored in new documentary A new Barbie ad … [Link]

Mashable » Homophobia hits 'Downton Abbey' as season begins its goodbyes

Sunday 25 October 22:00:21 UTC 2015

Embargoed_until_10th_september_downton_ep1_-02Feed-tw Feed-fbNote: This post contains information about the latest episode of Downton Abbey, which has started airing its final season in the UK on ITV. American viewers can watch the final season starting Jan. 3 on PBS. Recovered from last week’s episode yet? Following Lord Grantham's nightmarish remake of the chestburster scene from Alien, this week’s Downton Abbey moves on as if … [Link]

Slashdot » Coding Academies — Useful Or Nonsense?

Sunday 25 October 21:56:00 UTC 2015

An anonymous reader writes: Stephen Nichols, CEO of a platform that helps non-coders create simple video games, thinks that so-called coding academies are essentially snake oil. "In 20+ years of professional coding, I've never seen someone go from novice to full-fledged programmer in a matter of weeks, yet that seems to be what coding academies are promising, alongside instant employment, … [Link]

Mashable » NBA star Steph Curry joins list of Apple iPhone celebrity endorsers

Sunday 25 October 21:54:53 UTC 2015

Appcrry978Feed-tw Feed-fb Add NBA champion Stephen Curry to the list of celebrities joining the Apple endorsement team The Golden State Warriors guard and reigning league MVP showed up in a new Apple ad posted on Sunday showing off his well known shooting skills while demonstrating the slow motion playback abilities of the iPhone 6S In addition to the Curry appearance, the clip … [Link]

Mashable » A new Barbie ad shows girls imagining their futures, and it's perfect

Sunday 25 October 21:01:19 UTC 2015

BarbiethumbFeed-tw Feed-fb This Barbie ad will make you smile The new campaign features a group of (objectively adorable) young girls getting a chance to try out their favorite future professions without having to be adults first See also: Barbie gets a punk rock makeover from legendary makeup artist The girls want to be everything from a soccer coach to a museum curator, … [Link]

Slashdot » Does Government Science Funding Drive Innovation?

Sunday 25 October 20:53:00 UTC 2015

An anonymous reader writes: In a Wall Street Journal op-ed piece, British businessman and science journalist Matt Ridley argues that basic science research does not lead to technological innovation, and therefore isn't deserving of taxpayer funding. Ridley says, "Increasingly, technology is developing the kind of autonomy that hitherto characterized biological entities. The Stanford economist Brian Arthur argues that technology is … [Link]

Geeks are Sexy Technology News » Honest Trailer: Back to the Future

Sunday 25 October 20:18:32 UTC 2015

Great Scott! This week was the week Marty McFly arrived in 2015!! To celebrate, the folks from Screen Junkies go back in time with the groundbreaking time travel trilogy that convinced us all that hoverboards exist! [Screen Junkies] The post Honest Trailer: Back to the Future appeared first on Geeks are Sexy Technology News. [Link]

Geeks are Sexy Technology News » Top 5 Assassin’s Creed Games So Far! [Video]

Sunday 25 October 20:17:14 UTC 2015

With a new Assassin’s Creed game coming out twice a week, it is hard to keep up with which ones are actually worth playing (after part 2). This list will help you with that considerably. [GameCross] The post Top 5 Assassin’s Creed Games So Far! [Video] appeared first on Geeks are Sexy Technology News. [Link]

Geeks are Sexy Technology News » Just Cause 3 – Story Trailer [Video]

Sunday 25 October 20:16:12 UTC 2015

So everyone is all “Just Cause 3 will be fun, but outside of the sandbox destruction, there will be no story.” Here, this story trailer is just for all of you. Yes, STORY trailer! [Just Cause 3] The post Just Cause 3 – Story Trailer [Video] appeared first on Geeks are Sexy Technology News. [Link]

Geeks are Sexy Technology News » Playing a Game of D&D with Vin Diesel [Video]

Sunday 25 October 20:00:47 UTC 2015

Join Vin Diesel as he sits down with Geek and Sundry and Nerdist for a game of Dungeons and Dragons! [Geek & Sundry] The post Playing a Game of D&D with Vin Diesel [Video] appeared first on Geeks are Sexy Technology News. [Link]

Mashable » Indonesian women must take 'virginity tests' before joining the military

Sunday 25 October 19:58:37 UTC 2015

Indonesia-militaryFeed-tw Feed-fbActivists want virginity tests and religious discrimination to lead the agenda when President Barack Obama meets with Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Monday in Washington, D.C But Obama, who spent some of his childhood in Indonesia's capital city, plans to talk mostly about trade, defense and climate cooperation. It's Joko's first trip to the White House since he won office in … [Link]

Slashdot » California's $68 Billion Bullet Train Project Faces Major Hurdles

Sunday 25 October 19:48:00 UTC 2015

New submitter willworkforbeer writes: The proposed US$68B high speed rail project in California faces extraordinary hurdles, both in terms of budget and timeframe. Even Einstein (no, not that one; Herbert Einstein, an MIT civil engineer and top tunneling expert) says the schedule is probably not possible. "Having looked at a number of these long tunnels, [the California] plan is aggressive," … [Link]

Mashable » Beyoncé's 'X-Men' Storm costume will blow you away

Sunday 25 October 19:18:12 UTC 2015

BeyoncestormFeed-tw Feed-fbBeyoncé’s finally embracing the superhero we all know she is Queen B got even fiercer Saturday night (as if that's even possible) by dressing as Storm from X-Men in honor of Ciara's 30th birthday party. The shindig, hosted at the Warner Bros. lot, was superhero themed, gifting us all with this image of Bey sporting a blonde wig and a kick-ass … [Link]

Geeks are Sexy Technology News » Facebook Turns Entire Archive Into Search Tool

Sunday 25 October 19:00:26 UTC 2015

Facebook is to let users search all two trillion posts ever made on the site, subject to privacy settings. It hope to use the search as a way to gather real-time eyewitness accounts of news events. Previously Facebook search would only let you search content from your Facebook friends and any pages which you had “liked.” Under the new system, … [Link]

Mashable » ‘Steve Jobs’ bombed. ‘Jem and the Holograms’ bombed. Heck, everything bombed

Sunday 25 October 18:57:02 UTC 2015

Steve.jobs_.next_Feed-tw Feed-fbLOS ANGELES — It was the NeXT of movies. Steve Jobs, starring Oscar nominee Michael Fassbender and written by Oscar winner Aaron Sorkin, crashed hard in its first weekend in wide domestic release, making $7.2 million — barely beating the $6.7 million debut for 2013’s Jobs, starring That ‘70s Show star Ashton Kutcher and written by some guy whose only screenplay … [Link]

Slashdot » What Might a $50 Tablet Inspire?

Sunday 25 October 18:45:00 UTC 2015

theodp writes: Surprisingly, says Ars Technica's review of Amazon's $50 Fire tablet, it doesn't suck. "There's simply very little reason to spend more when you can get 90 percent of the functionality for a fraction of the price," writes Mark Walton. "The only real niggle right now with the Fire Tablet is the display (and the camera, if you really … [Link]

Mashable » Chris Christie gets in trouble for breaking Amtrak's quiet car rule

Sunday 25 October 18:11:13 UTC 2015

ChrischristieFeed-tw Feed-fbNo one is above the rigid laws of the Amtrak quiet car — not even a presidential candidate Governor Chris Christie, who was on the 9:55 a.m. Amtrak Acela train from Washington D.C. to New York Sunday, was kicked out of the quiet car for speaking too loudly on his phone, Gawker reports. A fellow quiet-car passenger, Alexander Mann, recounted the … [Link]

Mashable » On the street: Capturing and editing 360 video with the Theta S

Sunday 25 October 18:02:56 UTC 2015

Jon-headerFeed-tw Feed-fb This year we've seen numerous affordable consumer 360 VR cameras hit the shelves and the Mashable video team is eager to try them. Recently the Ricoh came out with their Theta S 360 VR camera and resident BMX stuntman/Video Producer Jon Lynn took it for a spin around New York City and the results are pretty cool. But we had … [Link]

Slashdot » Functioning Hoverboard Unveiled

Sunday 25 October 17:42:00 UTC 2015

An anonymous reader writes: Last year, a company called Arx Pax set up a Kickstarter campaign to develop a functioning hoverboard. Now, the company has demonstrated an updated version of the device, which is fully capable of hovering over a surface made out of conductive metal (video on YouTube). CEO Greg Henderson said, "The hover engine creates a primary magnetic … [Link]

Mashable » Jupiter, Venus and Mars create a cosmic triangle in morning sky this week

Sunday 25 October 16:56:49 UTC 2015

JupitervenusFeed-tw Feed-fbBundle up and get outside early about an hour before dawn this week to see a potentially incredible grouping of bright planets in the eastern sky. Jupiter and Venus will be close in the morning sky with Mars not far behind Monday, and the three planets will appear to move nearer to on another as the week goes on. The three … [Link]

Mashable » Summer arson attacks on black churches reverberate into the Fall

Sunday 25 October 16:45:59 UTC 2015

Glover-grove-churchFeed-tw Feed-fbBlack churches are burning again. This month, arsonists set fire to six predominantly black churches in St. Louis. It is an eerie reminder of a series of fires this summer at multiple black churches in the south At first, many thought this summer's fires were the racially-motivated work of an arsonist, as they occurred shortly after a white man killed nine … [Link]

Geeks are Sexy Technology News » Oops [Comic]

Sunday 25 October 16:42:16 UTC 2015

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Geeks are Sexy Technology News » George RR Martin Would Like to Set the Record Straight [Video]

Sunday 25 October 16:41:53 UTC 2015

Warning: Spoiler alerts, just in case you’re not up to date yet on the series/books. Bleeped out language. George RR Martin is NOT the most vicious and bloodthirsty author in history, and he wants to set the record straight. [Dorkly] The post George RR Martin Would Like to Set the Record Straight [Video] appeared first on Geeks are Sexy Technology … [Link]

Slashdot » Drug Firm Offers $1 Version of $750 Daraprim Pill

Sunday 25 October 16:40:00 UTC 2015

An anonymous reader writes: We recently read about a U.S. company that bought the rights to a drug called Daraprim and then boosted the price over 5,000%. There was widespread outrage over this blatant price gouging, most of it focused on hedge fund manager Martin Shkreli. Now, a San Diego-based drug company called Imprimis has stepped in to fill the … [Link]

Mashable » Dan Rather reflects on 'Truth,' the future of news and the brass at CBS

Sunday 25 October 16:24:17 UTC 2015

Dan.rather.nixon_Feed-tw Feed-fbI’ve been asked a lot over the past several weeks, what is it like to watch Robert Redford play you in a film? The answer is simple: surreal. In some ways you can’t help but feel honored that one of the greatest actors of his or any generation was cast to portray you on the big screen. And yet such feelings … [Link]

Slashdot » Russian Cyberspies Targeted MH17 Crash Investigation

Sunday 25 October 15:36:00 UTC 2015

itwbennett writes: Security researchers from Trend Micro have found evidence that the Pawn Storm cyberespionage group set up rogue VPN and SFTP servers to target Dutch Safety Board employees before and after the report on the crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 (MH17) was finalized. It is likely that the rogue servers were set up with the goal of phishing … [Link]

Slashdot » Joomla SQL-Injection Flaw Affects Millions of Websites

Sunday 25 October 14:31:00 UTC 2015

An anonymous reader writes: Joomla has just issued a patch that fixes a SQL-injection vulnerability discovered by a researcher at Trustwave SpiderLabs. The flaw allowed malicious users to extract a browser cookie assigned to a site's administrator, giving them access to restricted parts of the server. The flaw first appeared in Joomla 3.2, released in November, 2013. An estimated 2.8 … [Link]

Mashable » 25 inventive ways to announce your pregnancy

Sunday 25 October 14:26:05 UTC 2015

Pregnancy-announcementFeed-tw Feed-fbWhile you might not be able to announce your pregnancy like Beyoncé or Chrissy Teigen, there are still a ton of creative ways to share your pregnancy with the world. From family gaming photos to customized wine bottle labels, the possibility for fun, unique pregnancy announcements is nearly endless. See also: 20 creative birth announcements that will break Instagram Using baby … [Link]

Slashdot » Oklahoma Earthquakes Are a National Security Threat

Sunday 25 October 13:25:00 UTC 2015

An anonymous reader writes: A Bloomberg article makes the case that the U.S. must consider the earthquake situation in Oklahoma a national security threat. The town of Cushing, OK is small — fewer than 10,000 people. But enough oil is stored there at times to eclipse the entire U.S. daily usage. "The oil in Cushing props up the $179 billion … [Link]

Geeks are Sexy Technology News » FINAL DAY: Over 250 Geektastic T-Shirts at JUST $10 EACH + FREE Shipping on Orders Above $80!!!

Sunday 25 October 13:24:59 UTC 2015

Update: This is the final day of the sale! Be sure to click on the “50% Off” Header once at the site to have the coupon code automatically applied to your shopping cart! The folks from Busted Tees are currently holding a big sale on all of their t-shirts, offering them at just $10 each! And if you order above … [Link]

Geeks are Sexy Technology News » Corgi Cosplays as all 13 Incarnations of the Doctor [Video]

Sunday 25 October 13:23:06 UTC 2015

Doctor Who is the longest running science fiction show ever. In the five decades since it first aired, its main character has worn many different costumes and had many different faces. However, none of those faces are quite as cute as Wally the Welsh Corgi. (Sorry, David Tennant.) The photogenic pup donned the iconic wardrobe of scarves, bow ties, and … [Link]

Geeks are Sexy Technology News » Halloween for Dogs [Comic]

Sunday 25 October 13:22:26 UTC 2015

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Geeks are Sexy Technology News » Amazon Deal of the Day: Save BIG on Torchwood, Merlin, Being Human, and MORE!

Sunday 25 October 13:21:47 UTC 2015

For today’s edition of Deal of the Day, here are a few great deals we stumbled on this morning: –Torchwood: The Complete Original UK Series [Blu-ray] – $129.95 $42.99 (67% Off) –Merlin: The Complete Series (BD) [Blu-ray] – $197.50 $89.99 (54% Off) –Being Human Complete Seasons 1-5 Bundle – $219.91 $49.99 (77% Off) –Texas Chain Saw Massacre: 40th Anniversary Black … [Link]

Geeks are Sexy Technology News » Metal Gear Solid V – The God/Dog Mode [Video]

Sunday 25 October 13:20:18 UTC 2015

Need a hand? Man’s best friend can fill the void your phantom limb left behind! [Polaris] The post Metal Gear Solid V – The God/Dog Mode [Video] appeared first on Geeks are Sexy Technology News. [Link]

Mashable » The spooktacular cuteness of New York's Halloween dog parade

Sunday 25 October 13:16:00 UTC 2015

Dougthumb-3Feed-tw Feed-fb Video: Taylor Jones, Jake Fertig Don't be afraid of things that go woof in the night On Saturday at the 25th annual Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade, hundreds of New York City's most creative pooches (and their equally clever humans) showed off costumes worth barking about See also: 50 Purrfect Halloween Costume Ideas for Your Pet Internet famous squish-face Doug … [Link]

Mashable » What happens in Vegas: The 7 drinks you can only find on the Strip

Sunday 25 October 13:10:01 UTC 2015

Aria-thorougbred-cognac_featFeed-tw Feed-fbLAS VEGAS — Las Vegas is a drinker’s delight: a buffet of booze that runs the gamut from hand-crafted cocktails and magnums of Perrier-Jouët to margaritas served in plastic guitars and hooch doled out gratis — provided you’re dropping cash on gambling instead. These staples all have their place in the Strip’s alcohol ecosystem, a wild world where high brow and … [Link]

Geeks are Sexy Technology News » The Glitcher and the Three Headed Horse

Sunday 25 October 13:00:06 UTC 2015

Hey, weirder stuff than that exists in The Witcher world so we can’t even be sure that horse with three heads is a glitch, to be honest. (Imgur) The post The Glitcher and the Three Headed Horse appeared first on Geeks are Sexy Technology News. [Link]

Mashable » When you're ghosted, there's nothing to do but wonder

Sunday 25 October 12:40:29 UTC 2015

GhostingFeed-tw Feed-fbYou know you’re a flight attendant when you can easily say the word “goodbye” in six different languages. To say we meet a lot of people is an understatement — I greet at least 200 passengers a day. If we have four flights in a single day, that’s about 500 passengers, which equates to 500 hellos that are followed by 500 … [Link]

Slashdot » Apple Faces Class Action Lawsuit Over iOS Wi-Fi Assist

Sunday 25 October 12:22:00 UTC 2015

An anonymous reader writes: A class-action suit has been filed against Apple in U.S. District Court over Wi-Fi Assist being turned on by default in iOS 9. Wi-Fi Assist is designed to switch to cellular data when a user is trying to perform an action over the internet on a poor Wi-Fi signal. This has the natural side effect of … [Link]

Mashable » Having a baby is beautiful, but postpartum emotions are so hard

Sunday 25 October 11:45:39 UTC 2015

Postpartum-depressionFeed-tw Feed-fbKeisha Tower always considered herself an independent, outgoing woman. She didn't expect that to change upon giving birth to her daughter, Raelynn, in 2014 But within weeks she felt withdrawn, scared and nervous. She stayed inside, overwhelmed by emotion and exhausted by caring for a colicky baby who screamed for hours no matter how much Tower tried to soothe her See … [Link]

Mashable » This Kickstarter will let you make cocktails with cricket bitters

Sunday 25 October 11:15:53 UTC 2015

Cb-bottleFeed-tw Feed-fbUpgrade your Old Fashioned with the essence of cricket bitters. That's right — now you can drink insects in your cocktails. Critter Bitters are cocktail bitters made with toasted crickets, and are described by their creators as "the gateway to eating insects." The product is currently only available for pre-order on Kickstarter, and cost $30 a bottle. The campaign ends Nov. … [Link]

Slashdot » Engineers Create the Blackest Material Yet

Sunday 25 October 9:32:00 UTC 2015

schwit1 writes: Researchers have created the least reflective material ever made, using as inspiration the scales on the all-white cyphochilus beetle. The result was an extremely tiny nanoparticle rod resting on an equally tiny nanoparticle sphere (30 nm diameter) which was able to absorb approximately 98 to 99 percent of the light in the spectrum between 400 and 1,400nm, which … [Link]

Mashable » Brilliant parody posters give Ukraine elections a 'Game of Thrones' twist

Sunday 25 October 9:00:40 UTC 2015

12122527_943167295755607_6693287906179858855_nFeed-tw Feed-fbUkraine is awash in election fever ahead of this Sunday's local polls, which will include an important mayoral race in the capital, Kiev The election — only the second since the Moscow-leaning president was overthrown during the country's revolution in February 2014 — is an important one. Many view the polls as a referendum on the Western-leaning President Petro Poroshenko and … [Link]

Mashable » 49ers looking at Jarryd Hayne and the team playing a match in Australia

Sunday 25 October 6:36:05 UTC 2015

Hayne1Feed-tw Feed-fbFormer Australian rugby league star Jarryd Hayne's tireless campaign to play gridiron in the U.S. has been closely followed by his fans Down Under. Now if all goes to plan, they may have the chance to see him compete with his new team, the San Francisco 49ers, on his home ground of Sydney. "Secret talks" are taking place between the New … [Link]

Slashdot » Comet Lovejoy Giving Away Alcohol

Sunday 25 October 6:13:00 UTC 2015

Thorfinn.au writes: Comet Lovejoy lived up to its name by releasing large amounts of alcohol as well as a type of sugar into space, according to new observations by an international team. The discovery marks the first time ethyl alcohol, the same type in alcoholic beverages, has been observed in a comet. The finding adds to the evidence that comets … [Link]

Mashable » Clinton, Sanders, O'Malley take the stage for Democrats' big night in Iowa

Sunday 25 October 4:36:46 UTC 2015

Ap_965215620289Feed-tw Feed-fbDES MOINES, Iowa — For Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders and Martin O'Malley, Saturday night was all about making their case to the Iowa activists who could make or break their presidential campaigns. For the rest of the country, it was a political spectacle of epic proportions. The Iowa Democratic Party's annual "Jefferson-Jackson Dinner" is seen as a kickoff for of the … [Link]

Mashable » Shark-detecting technology will patrol Sydney's beaches this summer

Sunday 25 October 4:14:09 UTC 2015

SharkFeed-tw Feed-fbThe government of the Australian state of New South Wales is deploying drones, sonar and helicopters this summer in a bid to protect beachgoers from sharks. At an event at Sydney's Coogee Beach on Sunday, Minister for Primary Industries Niall Blair formally announced a world-first A$16 million (US$12 million) shark strategy. See also: Amazon Echo adds Yelp local search for restaurants … [Link]

Mashable » Cute costumed pups take over New York park for Halloween parade

Sunday 25 October 3:56:04 UTC 2015

Ap_133030611279Feed-tw Feed-fbDogs of every breed gather at Tompkins Square Park to show off their Halloween costumes.More super-cute photos here: http://on.mash.to/1Wc90BI Read more…More about Dogs, Halloween, Videos, Lifestyle, and Parade [Link]

Mashable » Laughing baby playing with pug puppies is so adorable it hurts

Sunday 25 October 3:27:58 UTC 2015

Baby-plays-with-puppy-Feed-tw Feed-fb Mashing two things together on the Internet is part of what makes it great. But taking an adorable laughing baby and combining it with smush-faced pug puppies should be illegal. It hurts to watch. And the pain doesn't stop there. Baby Louie's YouTube channel pugsnkisses84 is just over a month old, but there are more than two dozen videos of … [Link]

Mashable » Watch Mark Zuckerberg offer business advice entirely in Mandarin

Sunday 25 October 3:21:36 UTC 2015

Ap_946494210922Feed-tw Feed-fbMark Zuckerberg has shown off his language skills before, but now he's gone an impressive step further, offering business advice to students in a 20-minute speech in Mandarin at Beijing's Tsinghua University this week. Zuckerberg posted the video, which has already been viewed more than 1 million times, on his Facebook page on Saturday. During his remarks, he highlighted three key … [Link]

Slashdot » New Algorithm Provides Huge Speedups For Optimization Problems

Sunday 25 October 3:07:00 UTC 2015

An anonymous reader writes: MIT graduate students have developed a new "cutting-plane" algorithm, a general-purpose algorithm for solving optimization problems. They've also developed a new way to apply their algorithm to specific problems, yielding orders-of-magnitude efficiency gains. Optimization problems look to find the best set of values for a group of disparate parameters. For example, the cost function around designing … [Link]

Mashable » 5 can't-miss apps: 'Trivial Pursuit,' Launchify, Capitan and more

Sunday 25 October 3:02:47 UTC 2015

App-roundupFeed-tw Feed-fbWith Apple's emoji-filled iOS 9.1 update going live and Instagram launching a new standalone video app, you may have missed some of this week's best new apps. See also: The secret meaning behind Apple's new eye emoji Each weekend, we round up a few of our favorite new and updated apps. This week's list includes an intelligent shopping assistant, a new … [Link]

Mashable » Uber eyeing another $1 billion in funding, according to reports

Sunday 25 October 2:55:15 UTC 2015

Uber-mapFeed-tw Feed-fbRideshare company Uber, true to its name, likes a little excess. And that especially applies to raising cash. The company is said to be eyeing an extra $1 billion in venture capital funding, people close to the deal told the New York Times. As the outlet points out, a resulting possible valuation of $60 billion to $70 billion would make Uber … [Link]

Mashable » 'Queen of Technicolor' Maureen O'Hara dies at 95

Sunday 25 October 2:21:34 UTC 2015

Maureen_ohara_featFeed-tw Feed-fbMaureen O'Hara, who died in her sleep Saturday at 95, was so striking on color film when it was just being introduced that the accomplished actress picked up the name "Queen of Technicolor." It stuck, even though it did little to highlight exactly what made the woman magnetic on screen. Her red hair and green eyes went hand in hand with … [Link]

Mashable » 'Doctor Who' Episode 6 review: Who wants to live forever?

Sunday 25 October 1:59:19 UTC 2015

DoctormeFeed-tw Feed-fbDoctor Who Season 9 Episode 6: "The Woman Who Lived"Grade: A Doctor Who is forever. To all intents and purposes, its hero is immortal Sure, the Doctor could die without regenerating, and many (too many) episodes rely on the notion that his life is in some kind of danger. But we all know the worst that can happen is that he'll … [Link]

Mashable » A Portuguese airport accidentally played a porno in their baggage claim

Sunday 25 October 0:36:19 UTC 2015

Corbis-42-75004311Feed-tw Feed-fbThe Lisbon Airport in Portugal is experiencing some embarrassment after someone accidentally played a porno on one of the TVs located in their baggage claim area. One passenger filmed the incident (which is obviously NSFW) and posted it online See also: On-demand hotel porn just not what it used to be While a similar incident occurred at a Target in California … [Link]

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