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 » Thousands protest Brexit in central London
While 52 percent of the UK voted to leave the EU earlier this month, those who would rather see the country remain aren't staying silent. SEE ALSO: Oops: According to Fox News, the UK is Brexiting the United Nations Over 4 million people have signed a petition calling for a second referendum (which was ironically started by a Leave campaigner … [Link]
Mashable » Suicide attack kills at least 28 people at Istanbul airport
Several suicide bombers hit the international terminal of Istanbul's Ataturk Airport, killing at least 28 people and wounding more than 60 others, Istanbul's governor and other officials said Tuesday. Additional reporting by The Associated Press. Full story: http://on.mash.to/291mc~ Read more… More about Real Time, Suicide Bombing, Suicide, Bombing, and Istanbul [Link]
WIRED » Humanity Is Killing Off Thousands of Species. But It’s Creating Them, Too
A new world will emerge out of the Anthropocene, shaped by the species humans create and foster as well as the ones they kill off. The post Humanity Is Killing Off Thousands of Species. But It's Creating Them, Too appeared first on WIRED. [Link]
Slashdot » RIP Xbox Fitness: Users Will Soon Lose Access To Workout Videos They Bought
insitus quotes a report from Ars Technica: Xbox users who purchased training videos through the Xbox Fitness app probably thought they were buying a workout program they'd be able to use regularly for the life of the Xbox One, at the very least. Instead, those videos will soon be completely unavailable to those who paid for them up front, according … [Link]
Mashable » This glass slide 1,000 feet above L.A. is a daredevil’s dream
The Skyslide — a terrifying glass tube on the outside of the U.S. Bank Tower in downtown Los Angeles — opens to the public Saturday, and journalists were given an early chance to try it out. The slide is perched 1,000 feet above the ground on the side of the tallest skyscraper west of the Mississippi. Additional reporting by the Associated … [Link]
Mashable » Volunteers swing sledgehammers at glass bridge in China to prove it's safe
The world's longest and highest glass bridge was put through a "safety test" over the weekend. Not only did the owners of the Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon bridge in China drive a 2-tonne SUV over the glass bridge, but also invited volunteers to swing sledgehammers at the glass. Though the bridge did not collapse, there were several cracks in the top layer, which … [Link]
Mashable » Time-lapse of huge rainbow flag unfurled in Mexico City Pride parade
At this year's Pride parade in Mexico City, which an estimated 200,000 people attended, this gigantic flag was brought out to celebrate marriage equality in the city. Read more…More about Flag, Mexico, Rainbow, Us World, and Social Good [Link]
Mashable » Lip-reading 'Game of Thrones' theorist claims to know Jon Snow's real first name
Beware: This post contains spoilers for the Game of Thrones Season 6 finale. Jon Snow really does know nothing — not even his true first name. At this point, Game of Thrones has all but confirmed Jon is the child of Rhaegar Targaryen and Lyanna Stark, a secret Ned Stark swore to protect at the Tower of Joy. But thanks to a … [Link]
Mashable » 'Panamera' must be German for 'psychic,' because this Porsche can see the future
Say what you want about the exterior design of the new second-gen Porsche Panamera that debuted Tuesday afternoon in Berlin, Germany. But there's no denying the all-new luxury sports sedan is smart. Let me explain. SEE ALSO: VW to pay $15 billion to settle 'dieselgate' in the U.S., report says Look past the Panamera's new turbocharged V6 and V8 engines … [Link]
Slashdot » DoNotPay Bot Has Beaten 160,000 Traffic Tickets — and Counting
Khari Johnson, writing for VentureBeat:A bot made to challenge traffic tickets has been used more than 9,000 times by New Yorkers, according to DoNotPay maker Joshua Browder. The bot was made available to New Yorkers in March. In recent years and decades, residents of The Big Apple have seen a persistent increase in traffic fines. A record $1.9 billion in … [Link]
Mashable » Classic tale of star-crossed lovers plays out in pet store
It's a tale as old as time. Two lovers, separated by a plastic barrier, finally get to meet. They're not normally kittens and puppies, but whatever. The JoLinn Pet House, a pet store in Taipei, Taiwan, posted a video of a kitten attempting to escape its pen by leaping over a gap in the top. A neighboring puppy is wildly excited at … [Link]
Mashable » Here's how Varys really gets around so quickly on 'Game of Thrones'
This post like, kind of contains spoilers for Season 6 of Game of Thrones. If you're super weird about light spoilers, don't read it. Okay!? The largest collective reaction to the Season 6 Game of Thrones finale has been a resounding, "Oh, here we go." The second largest reaction is, "How in the hell does Varys get around so quickly?" … [Link]
Mashable » Google Daydream tool lets anyone easily create VR animations
Google's new virtual reality platform is still being prepared for its debut in the fall, but in the meantime the company is leaking out small samples of what the platform can deliver. The latest demonstration of Daydream's power reveals a simpler way for creators to produce animations in VR SEE ALSO: New Google Daydream videos demo what shared VR experiences could … [Link]
Slashdot » Micro-Camera Can Be Injected With A Syringe — May Pose Surveillance Concerns
Taco Cowboy quotes a report from ABC Online: German engineers have created a camera no bigger than a grain of salt that could change the future of health imaging — and clandestine surveillance. Using 3D printing, researchers from the University of Stuttgart built a three-lens camera, and fit it onto the end of an optical fiber the width of two … [Link]
Mashable » Justin Trudeau looks damn heroic in upcoming Marvel variant cover
Justin Trudeau can save us any day. The Canadian Prime Minister will be gracing the cover of Marvel's upcoming Civil War II: Choosing Sides, issue #5, coming on August 31st. SEE ALSO: Justin Trudeau drops the mic on the feud between the Obamas and the royal family Oddly enough, he looks even better in ink form than in real life. … [Link]
Mashable » Motorola's budget-friendly 4th-gen Moto G launches in U.S. July 12
Motorola's Moto G series is one of the best-bang-for-your-buck smartphones if you're on a tight budget. The Lenovo-owned company announced on Tuesday its fourth-generation Moto G will finally launch in the U.S. on July 12 starting at $199.99. Pre-orders start immediately. SEE ALSO: Motorola ditches headphone jacks before Apple with the Moto Z The phone will be sold unlocked and … [Link]
Mashable » 'Star Trek' USS Enterprise model to live long and prosper at the Smithsonian
Ask a Trekkie "What happened to the Enterprise?" and they're likely to tell you it was destroyed by Captain James T. Kirk in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock. From a Star Trek canon perspective, they'd be right. From a real-world perspective, though, they'd probably be missing the point. SEE ALSO: Star Trek communicator replica is worthy of the Enterprise There … [Link]
Mashable » Samsung Gear Fit 2 is way better than the original, but just shy of perfect
Samsung is on an unbelievable roll. The Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge are its two best smartphones ever, the Gear S2 received rave reviews after Samsung's previous smartwatches flopped, and the Gear VR is arguably the best mobile VR experience on the market. SEE ALSO: Samsung's fitness-tracking wireless earbuds are completely cable-free With this renewed focus on quality comes the Gear Fit … [Link]
WIRED » Here’s How to Cash in on VW’s Dirty Diesel Settlement
If you own, lease, or have owned or leased a definitely not clean diesels, here's how to get your restitution. The post Here's How to Cash in on VW's Dirty Diesel Settlement appeared first on WIRED. [Link]
Mashable » Come see baby monkeys wear baby monkey bibs to eat baby monkey food
Ahmed and Amaya are two monkeys from Miami, Florida, that just need a little snack to continue on with their full-time job of being adorable. The two monkeys, who call Zoological Wildlife Foundation home, donned the cutest bibs as they were spoon-fed goopy orange baby monkey food. The white-handed gibbon monkeys are less than a year old and seem … [Link]
Slashdot » Researchers Find Game-Changing Helium Reserve In Tanzania
An anonymous reader writes from a report via CNN: Helium is an incredibly important element that is used in everything from party balloons to MRI machines — it's even used for nuclear power. For many years, there have been global shortages of the element. For example, Tokyo Disneyland once had to suspend sales of its helium balloons due to the … [Link]
Mashable » One Twinkie celebrates its 40th birthday, will survive all of us
Chemicals and time make the Twinkie grow stronger. In a Maine teacher's long con, one unsealed Twinkie has officially remained untouched and perfectly intact for the past 40 years. SEE ALSO: Hostess is bringing deep fried Twinkies to a Walmart near you According to ABC News, George Stevens Academy's former Chemistry teacher Roger Bennatti began the experiment with a curious … [Link]
Mashable » Behold the mysterious new logo for 'American Horror Story'
American Horror Story has a questionable new logo. The Emmy-winning FX series is coming up on its sixth season, and the new logo — a blood red 6 with a question mark — eerily reflects that. The new image is on all the show's official social media pages. SEE ALSO: That chilling song from the 'Game of Thrones' finale is on … [Link]
Mashable » Irish step dancer uses her fast feet to pay homage to 'Hamilton'
The only thing faster than Daveed Diggs' rapping is this woman's feet. Irish step dancer, Hannah Redlich, taps through the song "Guns and Ships" from the hit Broadway musical, Hamilton. The mesmerizing beat goes perfectly with Lin-Manuel Miranda's rhymes. Zac Efron and Adam DeVine rewrite wedding vows for the modern age The U.S. election through the mind of a Bondi … [Link]
Popular Science » 'Grunt', Or, How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love Maggots
Military A review of Mary Roach's latest, on everything about war that isn't about guns Review of Mary Roach's "Grunt."… [Link]
Popular Science » Hubble Finds A Fireworks-Filled Tadpole Rocketing Through Space
Space A rare galaxy formation gives glimpses into the early universe Like a play of evolution set on the biggest possible stage, a "tadpole galaxy" wiggled into view of the Hubble space telescope. [Link]
Mashable » Remember the 'Game of Thrones' fallen with crying Michael Jordan
Please pass the tissues. A Game of Thrones fan honored the dead of Season 6 the only way they knew how to process such grief: with dank memes. Crying Michael pretty much sums up how we feel about that finale. Zac Efron and Adam DeVine rewrite wedding vows for the modern age Irish step dancer uses her fast feet to … [Link]
Mashable » Jamie Lynn Spears talks 'flirty' new single 'Sleepover' and plays Two Truths and a Lie
Jamie Lynn Spears is using 2016 to reintroduce herself, beginning with her confident new single, "Sleepover." The cheery, cheeky country song — her first release since 2014's EP The Journey — finds the 25-year-old in a decidedly different, more carefree place than she was in her previous work, and Spears tells Mashable that's exactly the point. "It's all kind of the theme … [Link]
Mashable » The UK can clean up its Brexit mess by asking a new question
By now, everything we know about the effects of Brexit can be summed up in three words: It Gets Worse. Your pension fund looks as deflated as the pound. Jobs are either vanishing or fleeing the UK. People are hoarding cash. And this is just the tip of the economic iceberg; a new recession seems inevitable in Britain, maybe in the … [Link]
Slashdot » Apple Patents a Way To Keep People From Filming At Concerts and Movie Theaters
An anonymous reader writes: Apple has patented a system that prohibits smartphone users from taking photos and videos at concerts, movie theaters and other events where people tend to ignore such restrictions. The patent has been award to Apple today and was first spotted by Patently Apple. QZ reports: "It outlines a system which would allow venues to use an … [Link]
ProgrammableWeb.com » Daily API RoundUp: CrowdStrike, Brafton, mNectar
Every day, the ProgrammableWeb team is busy, updating its three primary directories for APIs, clients (language-specific libraries or SDKs for consuming or providing APIs), and source code samples. [Link]
Popular Science » This Tiny Camera Can Be Injected Into Your Body
Health Get great shots of those hard to reach places Scientists at the University of Stuttgart in Germany have developed a tiny .01 millimeter wide lens, so small it can be 3D printed atop a fiber optic cable allowing for… [Link]
Mashable » Donald Trump gave a speech in front of a literal wall of garbage
On Tuesday afternoon, presidential candidate Donald Trump delivered a speech against a backdrop of compacted garbage. The trade speech was held at a Monessen, Pennsylvania recycling plant. It's understandable that the recycling facility amasses a lot of used aluminum bottles, cans and scrap metal. Less understandable is Trump's choice to slam the Trans-Pacific Partnership in front of a sticky trash … [Link]
Mashable » Mr. Potato Head received an interesting makeover for charity
Will we even recognize Mr. Potato Head in Toy Story 4? Mr. Potato Head has gone through a few makeovers since he first sprouted onto the market in 1952, but this one may be his wackiest yet. SEE ALSO: Chewbacca Mom has fame, riches and now her own action figure As reported by the Daily Record, Hasbro is releasing the toy … [Link]
Mashable » Twitter courts small businesses with a new 'Dashboard' app
Twitter is looking to get small business owners more involved in its service with its latest standalone app. Similar to tweet-tracking platforms Tweetdeck and Hootsuite, the new Dashboard app lets businesses monitor chatter about products, key words or hashtags that might escape direct "@" mentions. They can also schedule a lineup of tweets, see a more detailed readout on how … [Link]
Popular Science » New Plastic Lets You Get All The Shampoo Out Of The Bottle
Technology Soap slides effortlessly off an engineered surface You shake, fill with water, squeeze and pound. You let it sit upside down for a week or two. Trying to get the end of the shampoo out of the bottle can be frustrating. [Link]
WIRED » A House of the Future You Might Actually Want to Live In
Sharing much more than the rent with speculative housing models. The post A House of the Future You Might Actually Want to Live In appeared first on WIRED. [Link]
Mashable » PSA: Be careful where you spit your sunflower seed shells
Eat your messy snacks with caution: your siblings could get caught in the crossfire. The tragic proof begins with Indiana teen Mia Simper and her 6-year-old sister Ella, who were driving back from the lake earlier this week. While Ella slept in the backseat, Mia snacked on sunflower seeds — a delightful treat and a delicious way to pass the … [Link]
Slashdot » Let's Stop Freaking Out About Artificial Intelligence
Former Google CEO, and current Alphabet Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt and Google X founder Sebastian Thrun in an op-ed on Fortune Magazine have shared their views on artificial intelligence, and what the future holds for this nascent technology. "When we first worked on the AI behind self-driving cars, most experts were convinced they would never be safe enough for public … [Link]
Mashable » The sun gizmo in ‘Game of Thrones’ opening appears in Sam’s library scene
Warning: Like most of Twitter, this post contains Game of Thrones Season 6 spoilers. The Game of Thrones opening, besides containing that epically snazzy theme song, can also include important information about the episode itself. Namely, it tends to list the locations that will appear in the coming hour (in Winterfell's case, it even shows who currently owns it). But … [Link]
Mashable » Istanbul's Ataturk Airport hit by twin explosions, gunshots
Istanbul's Atatürk Airport was hit by two explosions that injured multiple people at around 10:15 p.m. local time Tuesday, according to Turkish officials cited by Reuters. Gunfire was also reportedly heard at the airport, Turkey's busiest, according to witnesses on social media. The gunfire was heard from the car park area of the airport, Sky News reports. Taxis took injured … [Link]
Mashable » Red Cross apologizes and removes controversial racist pool poster
Swimming pools across America have long been a hotbed of racism—from poolside segregation in the 1900s to a brutal police encounter at a McKinley, Texas, teen pool party in 2015. Unfortunately that racism has the capacity to extend into 2016 in unexpected ways. The Red Cross recently apologized for their production of a pool safety poster after a Twitter user called attention … [Link]
Mashable » Buddy Ryan, NFL coach and defensive mastermind, dies at 82
Buddy Ryan took a back seat to no one. Neither did his fierce defenses that won two Super Bowls. The pugnacious coach and defensive mastermind whose twin sons have been successful NFL coaches, died Tuesday. He was 82. SEE ALSO: NFL's Martellus Bennett thinks children's books need more black stars. So he wrote his own. His death was confirmed by … [Link]
Mashable » Man catching a breeze on a subway grate is the king of summer
You are about to meet a legend of personal air conditioning. Earlier this week, Redditor Noerdy uploaded this delightful photo of a man cooling off with the help of a breeze from a Philadelphia subway grate. The photo naturally received its due praise and karma, but as comments continued pouring in, it became evident that this was not the first time this guy … [Link]
Popular Science » Pat Summitt's Death Reminds Us Of How Little We Understand Alzheimer's Disease
Health After decades of research, there is still no cure for the disease that affects millions Pat Summitt, former women’s basketball coach at the University of Tennessee, passed away Tuesday morning at age 64. She was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s… [Link]
WIRED » Benghazi Report Shows the Internet Is Killing Objectivity
As it becomes easier for anyone to build their own audience online, it becomes harder for those audience members to separate fact from fiction. The post Benghazi Report Shows the Internet Is Killing Objectivity appeared first on WIRED. [Link]
Mashable » This hoodie will actually give you a massage
The AiraWear hoodie comes with detachable massagers and posture-correctors, and was funded over 200% on Kickstarter. Read more: http://on.mash.to/295uGv~ Read more…More about Massage, Hoodie, Wearables, Tech, and Gadgets [Link]
Slashdot » Here's How Pinterest Plans to Get You To Shop More
Pinterest is figuring out new ways to bolster its revenue. On Tuesday, the social media company announced a range of new e-commerce features that will encourage its users (the service attracts more than 100 million users every month) to purchase items directly from its website. One of the biggest features is visual search for products, which will allow users to … [Link]
Mashable » 'Call of Duty: Black Ops 3' add-on includes a fire-breathing dragon
Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 is looking to help you bounce back from the annual "Game of Thrones is over" blues in its next add-on, Descent. In addition to bringing four new multiplayer maps to the game — one of which is a remake of the Black Ops 2 map, "Raid" — Descent's new Zombies mode map ventures to the Russian city … [Link]
Mashable » Hero dog breaks a balloon-popping world record
Twinkie the Jack Russell terrier just accomplished something most humans never will: breaking a Guinness World Record. The Jack Russell burst the previous record for "Fastest time to pop 100 balloons by a dog" with a 39.08-second time. Balloon popping runs in the family— Twinkie's mom Anastacia broke the record twice, once in 2005 and again in 2008. Cally the … [Link]
Popular Science » Roads Paved With Pig Manure Could Mean A Cleaner Future
Environment Asphalt before swine Roads here aren't paved with gold, but one day they might be paved with pig manure. And that's not a bad thing. [Link]
Mashable » These photos of 'white' slave children helped the abolitionist cause
Image: Library of CongressThese portraits of emancipated slave children from New Orleans were created as part of a campaign to raise money for their education and, more broadly, to generate sympathy for the plight of slaves at a time when many in the north were growing fatigued of the bloodshed of the Civil War.Published in Harper’s Weekly and distributed as individual … [Link]
Popular Science » An Interactive Guide To The Juno Spacecraft
Space Meet the 12-foot-tall behemoth that's about to arrive at Jupiter The Juno spacecraft will arrive in Jupiter's orbit on July 4th to give us our closest ever views of the most extreme planet in our solar system. [Link]
Popular Science » Unmanned Boat Fires Torpedo In Apparent First
Military The hunt for bot October Robot boat fires a torpedo… [Link]
Mashable » Amazon's Alexa now lets you order a ride from Lyft
The list of things Amazon's Alexa can do for you, from shopping to delivering news information, continues to increase almost every month. The latest addition to its skill set is the ability to order a Lyft ride via voice SEE ALSO: Lyft driver Shaquille O'Neal confuses unsuspecting passengers with terrible disguises Like many other functions, you simply start by calling … [Link]
Mashable » 'Camp Unplug': Meet Vine's first long-form series
LOS ANGELES — Well that didn't take long. Less than one week after Vine announced its users can post 140-second videos, the platform quietly launched its first long-form series, Camp Unplug. The show, which is made up of 36 Vines that range from six seconds to a little over two minutes, follows a group of 13 Vine stars at a "digital detox summer … [Link]
Mashable » Rescuers hunt for endangered blue whale caught in fishing line off California coast
Rescuers in California are hunting for a blue whale that has been caught in fishing line for a second day Tuesday, after efforts to disentangle it Monday failed. Staff from Captain Dave's Dolphin and Whale Safari spotted the creature on the first trip of the day at the start of the week, according to the Dana Point company's Facebook page. … [Link]
Mashable » A new startup seeks to fill the gap in India’s mental health system
He’d been a jet-setter, a man who’d been on the board of directors of a reputed company for 10 years, a textbook case of what is considered success in India. Yet, when he finally put his feet up, life with his wife of 25 years turned into hell. He felt suffocated with her, but divorce was not an option. They … [Link]
Slashdot » US Healthcare Records Offered For Sale Online
An anonymous reader writes:Three U.S. healthcare organisations are reportedly being held to ransom by a hacker who stole data on hundreds of thousands of patients. The hacker has also put the 650,000 records up for sale on dark web markets where stolen data is traded. Prices for the different databases range from $100,000 to $411,000. Buyers have already been found … [Link]
Mashable » Men gaze lovingly at their beer belly babies in new German ads
No, these men aren't pregnant. They're just alive with the miracle of beer. And they're the stars of a new ad campaign for German beer Bergedorfer Bier, created by advertising agency Jung Von Matt. The tagline, appropriately, is "brewed with love." SEE ALSO: You can brew beer in less than a week with this magical tank Each man mimics a … [Link]
Mashable » Airbnb sues its hometown of San Francisco to block new rental law
Airbnb is not feeling much hometown pride these days. The short-term property rental company is suing San Francisco in an effort to block a new law which would require hosts to register with the city. The law, which was passed unanimously by the Board of Supervisors in June, requires short-term rental companies to verify that their users are registered with … [Link]
Mashable » Mother writes moving letter after son with Down Syndrome is excluded from birthday party
There is nothing more painful than feeling excluded — especially when it happens to your child. Jennifer Kiss-Engele is mother to eight-year-old Sawyer, who happens to have Down Syndrome. Recently, Kiss-Engele discovered that a parent in her son's class invited every single other child in the class to a birthday party, with the exception of Sawyer. SEE ALSO: Awesome bride … [Link]
Mashable » Long-lost Betty Davis sessions with Miles Davis released
A lost Betty Davis recording session from the sixties that allegedly inspired the jazz-rock direction of Miles Davis' iconic Bitches Brew has long been the stuff of legends. But the recently-unearthed music is finally seeing the light of day. The Columbia Years 1968-1969, which you can listen to clips of now via Light in the Attic Records, features collaborators like … [Link]
Mashable » Woman harassing teen for selling candy gets shut down by kind stranger
A kind stranger is gaining the support of thousands online after he stood up for a teenage girl who was selling candy outside of a store. Andy Lizarraga stumbled upon the incident outside of a Target in Rowland Heights, California, where she witnessed a woman harassing a teenage girl for illegally selling candy. As the woman demanded to see the … [Link]
Mashable » Facial recognition tech could be key to saving coral reefs
Scientists are using facial recognition technology and 360-degree underwater photos to examine the effects of coral bleaching in a speedy and innovative way. New software building on the two can examine thousands of images over weeks, rather than years. It's 900 times faster than previous methods and more accurate than a human. Additional reporting by the Associated Press. Read more… … [Link]
Popular Science » Take A Break And Watch This Slime Pull Itself Out of A Beaker
Science It only needs a little nudge to get going Today in strange and wonderful videos comes this demonstration of a self-siphoning gel called polyethylene oxide (commercially known as POLYOX). [Link]
Slashdot » China Tells App Developers To Increase User Monitoring
An anonymous reader writes: The Cyberspace Administration of China has imposed new regulation for the mobile app community, requiring that developers keep a close watch over users and keep a record of their activities. However, the proposed legislation would also prevent apps from requesting unnecessary access to users' contacts, camera, microphone and other spurious installation requests. The regulator introduced the … [Link]
Mashable » The Avett Brothers talk stepping out of the 'Americana box' on 'True Sadness'
Seth Avett hasn't seen Inside Out yet, but True Sadness, the Avett Brothers' ninth studio album, oddly has quite a bit in common with the introspective Pixar film. "There's an overarching resolution in growing older, I think, that if you're fortunate enough to survive your teens and get through your 20s, you're bound to experience sadness and process it and … [Link]
Mashable » Tennessee coach Pat Summitt's storied coaching career, in photos
Tennessee women's basketball coach Pat Summitt was a legend in her own time. Summitt is the winningest coach — man or woman — in all of Division I college basketball. She coached the Lady Volunteers for 38 years before retiring in 2012, winning six championships in a span of 12 years and eight overall. But she preached more to her … [Link]
Mashable » Thanks to *NSYNC's Joey Fatone, you might be one step closer to the perfect hot dog
The post-boyband hot dog scene is heating up. *NSYNC's Joey Fatone is joining the ranks of mall food connoisseurs with Fat One's Hot Dogs and Italian Ice, a new food stand in Orlando's Florida Mall that will open in August 2016. Orlando Business Journal reports that customers will have various 100 percent angus beef options with names like "Gone Hollywood" and … [Link]
Mashable » Microsoft broke an age-old rule with Windows 10 updates and paid the price
Windows 10 is one the smartest, most consistent and well-thought-out Windows updates in a decade and it pains me to see people rejecting an operating system that would likely improve their digital lives. But there's also a thing called free will and people have a right to just say no. And when they do that, you have to accept their … [Link]
Mashable » Finding things to buy on Pinterest is about to get a lot easier
Pinterest announced a collection of new tools on Tuesday that aim to make shopping on the site easier, including the addition of visual search tech that lets you shop online for products you discovered offline, with the help of your camera. The company announced the new suite of tools, dubbed “Shopping with Pinterest,” at an event held at its company … [Link]
WIRED » Uh Oh: Google Expands Its Ad Tracking. But, Yay: It’s Opt-In
Google’s got a new privacy setting, and it leaves the choice in your hands. The post Uh Oh: Google Expands Its Ad Tracking. But, Yay: It’s Opt-In appeared first on WIRED. [Link]
WIRED » Peter Thiel Has Only Pushed the Next Gawker Underground
The next ValleyWag will be more like Wikileaks than Gawker, and perhaps even published on the dark web. The post Peter Thiel Has Only Pushed the Next Gawker Underground appeared first on WIRED. [Link]
Mashable » House Benghazi report faults security, not Clinton, for response
Republicans on the House Benghazi Committee harshly faulted the Obama administration Tuesday for lax security and a slow response to the deadly 2012 attacks at the U.S. diplomatic outpost in Libya. But they produced no new allegations about then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. SEE ALSO: 5 quotes that prove Clinton's Benghazi hearing was all about politics The attacks, which killed … [Link]
Mashable » Check out YouTube comedy duo Jack & Dean in their first narrative series
LOS ANGELES — A YouTube duo has a new show, Jack & Dean Of All Trades, that aims to be Workaholics meets The Office meets Louie meets Broad City. Jack Howard and Dean Dobbs, the duo from YouTube comedy sketch show Jack & Dean, are making their narrative series debut with the show. Jack & Dean Of All Trades, which launches Tuesday on Fullscreen, follows the … [Link]
Mashable » Parisians protected against WWI bombs with sandbags and masking tape
The structural pillars of Amiens Cathedral are reinforced with sandbags.Image: Public DomainShortly after the outbreak of World War I in the summer of 1914, the German Army advanced to the eastern outskirts of Paris. They were repelled by an Allied victory in the First Battle of the Marne, but the French capital remained uncomfortably close to the front lines for much … [Link]
Mashable » You'll tolerate being annoyed by this gloriously cute toy instrument
Sorry, mom and dad. Sometimes you gotta rock. Adorably. The Otamatone, the brainchild of Japanese art group Maywa Denki, is quite possibly the best and cutest tiny instrument you've ever seen. SEE ALSO: Little boy in toy store is having the best day of life The adorable toy is shaped like a smiling music note. To play it, squeeze the smiley-face … [Link]
WIRED » Surprise! Dev Hynes Just Dropped Freetown Sound, a Stirring New Album, Early
Freetown Sound, which Hynes released this morning, is his most vulnerable work to date. The post Surprise! Dev Hynes Just Dropped Freetown Sound, a Stirring New Album, Early appeared first on WIRED. [Link]
Slashdot » Airbnb Has Sued Its Hometown Of San Francisco
Robert Mclean, reporting for CNN:Airbnb is taking its hometown to federal court. The company has filed a lawsuit against the city of San Francisco, objecting to short-term rental rule changes approved by its Board of Supervisors. A new ordinance set to take effect in late July would require all Airbnb hosts to register with the city. If they do not, … [Link]
Popular Science » Meet The Germs Sharing Your Seat On The Subway
Health Vaginal microbes and other gross but harmless germs found on Boston transit system A study of microbes on subway trains from Harvard's School of Public Health has shown that the type of surface, and how humans interact with it, was the greatest… [Link]
Slashdot » Microsoft To Make Saying No To Windows 10 Update Easier
Less than a week after a California-based woman won $10,000 lawsuit against Microsoft over Windows 10 upgrades, the Redmond-based company has announced it will make it easier for users to say no to Windows 10 updates. The company plans to change the Windows 10 update prompt to make it clearer and easier for Windows 7 and Windows 8.x users to … [Link]
ProgrammableWeb.com » Google Releases Text API, New Cast SDK for Android
Google has begun to follow up some of the announcements it made at last month's I/O developer conference with real-world coding tools. The company says it has improved Mobile Vision in a revised version of Google Play Services, which gains a new API for text recognition. Further, the company outed a revised SDK for its Google Cast tech for pushing … [Link]
New Scientist – News » Beautifully preserved feathers belonged to tiny flying dinosaurs
Detailed amber fossils of wings from dinosaurs just 3.5 centimetres long suggest they flew like today’s birds. Such finds let us probe how flight evolved [Link]
New Scientist – News » Zika vaccine protects mice, but may increase risk of dengue
One dose protects mice from Zika but may put people at greater risk of dengue. A more targeted approach may protect against both diseases [Link]
New Scientist – News » Sexing it app: The erotic video games that explore sexuality
So many films and books involve sex scenes, so why not games? These interactive experiences can deal with serious issues in a way that’s more than just pushing buttons [Link]
Slashdot » How Sony, Microsoft, and Other Gadget Makers Violate Federal Warranty Law
Reader citadrianne shares a Motherboard article: There are big "no trespassing" signs affixed to most of our electronics. If you own a gaming console, laptop, or computer, it's likely you've seen one of these warnings in the form of a sticker placed over a screw or a seam: "Warranty void if removed." In addition, big manufacturers such as Sony, Microsoft, … [Link]
Popular Science » Amazon Echo Owners Can Now Enable Alexa Skills Via Voice
Gadgets Alexa also now supports Lyft and Honeywell Amazon celebrates the birthday of its Alexa Skills Kit by letting you enable abilities with only your voice… [Link]
Mashable » 27 times Elizabeth Warren masterfully burned Donald Trump
Everyone bow down to the Burn Queen. Elizabeth Warren has no problem calling out Trump on just about every issue from social policy to the economy. SEE ALSO: This ridiculous Japanese parody of a Donald Trump commercial is amazing The senator from Massachusetts not only gives impassioned speeches on defeating Trump and making the country a better place, she's also … [Link]
Slashdot » Facebook Backtracks, Now Says It Is Not Using Your Phone's Location To Suggest Friends
A report on Fusion on Monday, which cited a number of people, claimed that Facebook was using its users' phone location to suggest people to them. The publication also noted the privacy implications of this supposed feature. At the time of publishing, Facebook had noted that location was indeed one of the signals it looks into when suggesting new friends. … [Link]
Mashable » Blood Orange releases 'Freetown Sound' early, drops 'Augustine' vid
Without much fanfare, Devonté Hynes gave the people what they needed — his new album as Blood Orange, Freetown Sound. The album was originally set to be released on July 1, but he dropped it early Tuesday morning instead. SEE ALSO: Blood Orange wrote a moving song in response to the Charleston shooting To make things even better, Hynes brought an … [Link]
Mashable » Just how thin is the HP Spectre, the world's thinnest laptop?
The Spectre, HP's latest luxe laptop, is a beauty to behold. It's also the thinnest laptop we've ever seen, with a thickness of just 0.41 inches. That's thinner than all of Apple's laptops, including the new Macbook, which measures 0.52 inches. Heck, it's even thinner than a AAA battery. SEE ALSO: HP Spectre, the world's thinnest laptop, is so much … [Link]
Mashable » 48-year-old Tony Hawk lands the 900 for the last time
"Keep going until the wheels fall off." Seventeen years after Tony Hawk landed his first 900 during the X-Games in San Francisco, the pro skater decided to attempt the trick one more time, at the age of 48. Although Hawk is still an incredible athlete, he clearly took a beating while attempting to land the 900. After countless falls, Hawk … [Link]
WIRED » 10 Things You Gotta Watch Before They Leave Netflix in July
Two Stanley Kubrick classics, seven Star Trek films, and more will depart the streaming service at the end of June. The post 10 Things You Gotta Watch Before They Leave Netflix in July appeared first on WIRED. [Link]
Mashable » After the elephants, Ringling Bros. is a whole new high-tech circus
Alana Feld is admiring my Segway miniPRO “We have those in the show,” the Feld Entertainment EVP tells me as she arrives at my office for a chat on the circus' biggest show changes in decades, explaining that Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus took the original Segway, which is much larger, stripped it down and retrofitted it so … [Link]
Popular Science » New Wearable Will Help Amputees Play Video Games With Their Feet
Gadgets The makers have already played favorites like Counter-Strike and World of Warcraft This controller will let amputees play video games. [Link]
Mashable » Leak suggests Samsung phones might get the Android redesign they desperately need
Samsung is pretty much the go-to hardware for its Galaxy smartphones and tablets. The software that runs on them, however — specifically Samsung's own version of Android, called TouchWiz — desperately needs an overhaul. It's not that Samsung's TouchWiz isn't flat enough — the company has taken many steps over the last few years to shed its gloss and skeuomorphic design elements … [Link]
Mashable » Swim diaper's extremely specific cleaning instructions are designed to give parents a chuckle
While babies are a usually joy, their diapers are not. Think about it: the sole purpose of diapers is to contain unpleasant substances. So the least diaper companies can do is attempt to give dedicated diaper changers a laugh. When Reddit user JL889 went to clean their baby's reusable swim diaper by Beau and Belle Littles, the diaper's very specific cleaning instructions … [Link]
Mashable » Jamie Oliver shares angry Boris Johnson Brexit rant on Instagram
LONDON — Jamie Oliver has made his thoughts about Boris Johnson abundantly clear with a marvelously British hashtag: #BuggerOffBoris. SEE ALSO: Donald Trump hails Brexit as a 'great thing' In an Instagram post, the celebrity chef expresses sadness over the result of the referendum on Britain's membership in the European Union, observing, "This referendum has fractured Europe, divided families and … [Link]
Slashdot » Google Partners With LyricFind To Display Songs Lyrics In Search Results
Google has signed a multi-year licensing deal with LyricFind, a Toronto-based firm that provides lyrics of songs. As a result of the collaboration, users will now see song lyrics directly in the search results, both the companies have announced. From a BillBoard report:A query for the lyrics to a specific song will pull up the words to much of that … [Link]
Mashable » Get magical first look at American wizard school Ilvermorny in new 'Fantastic Beasts' featurette
American wizards and witches, get ready for a history lesson. J.K. Rowling has revealed a detailed origin story for Ilvermorny, the American school of magic that stands atop Mount Greylock in MassachusettsOn Pottermore, she's shared a lengthy tale of how the school came to be, and it's all because of an Irish girl named Isolt Sayre, born around 1603. SEE … [Link]
Mashable » Awesome bride openly breastfeeds her baby at wedding
Moms are often shamed for breastfeeding in public, but when bride Christina Torino-Bento heard her baby crying at her own wedding ceremony, she ignored the stigma and breastfed in the front pew. "I was pretty stressed out thinking about her being so upset," Torino-Bento told TODAY. "I was happy to take her and I was able to calm her down. I was … [Link]
New Scientist – News » Strange ‘dark hydrogen’ may exist deep inside giant gas planets
Experiments on Earth reveal a new state of hydrogen that doesn’t reflect or absorb light – which could explain how planets like Jupiter cooled after formation [Link]
Mashable » Nuzzling horse refuses to let reporter do his job
Horse races may be magical, but tormenting this reporter is way more fun. This poor reporter was just trying to tell a very important story, but Frankie the horse had different plans and decided to turn the segment into a lesson on working with animals in the field. Every single 'Gilmore Girls' episode is coming to Netflix in July Base … [Link]
Mashable » Guy inspires us all with encouraging message left on a stranger's phone
Rob might just be the friend we all need in life. Someone named Megan abandoned her phone at a party, and according to Reddit, she received it the next day with a video message from Rob. "I don't know whose phone this is," he said. "I just found, but you're beautiful and you will always accomplish whatever your mind thinks it can … [Link]
WIRED » Devialet’s $3,000 Speaker Destroys Worlds With 4,500 Watts of Loud
The French high-end audio company is releasing an even-higher-end speaker at the top of its Phantom line. The post Devialet’s $3,000 Speaker Destroys Worlds With 4,500 Watts of Loud appeared first on WIRED. [Link]
WIRED » Doppler’s Earbuds Are Way More Than Just Wireless Headphones
Doppler Labs wants to change the way you listen to music, and to the world around you. The post Doppler's Earbuds Are Way More Than Just Wireless Headphones appeared first on WIRED. [Link]
WIRED » A Cash-Strapped Forest Service Faces Its Most Epic Fire Season Ever
The Forest Service has to fork over most of its budget to battle increasingly intense blazes, leaving little left for prevention and restoration. The post A Cash-Strapped Forest Service Faces Its Most Epic Fire Season Ever appeared first on WIRED. [Link]
WIRED » A New Chatbot Would Like to Help You with Your Bank Account
I just asked a bot to tell me how much I spent this month on coffee. And after a few seconds, it replied. "Let's see," it said. "You spent $199.83." The post A New Chatbot Would Like to Help You with Your Bank Account appeared first on WIRED. [Link]
Popular Science » Convincing Lung Cancer To Commit Suicide
From Our Blogs: Under The Microscope Researchers have developed a method to kill lung carcinomas using a viral ‘suicide gene’ Lung cancer remains a significant threat to human health. Now researchers have devised a method to kill tumors by telling them to commit suicide. [Link]
Slashdot » Activision Abuses DMCA To Take Knock Indie Game Entirely Off Steam
Reader He Who Has No Name writes: We've seen brain-dead, overzealous, and entirely over-automated DMCA takedown requests bring down music and videos, but this may be the first case of an entire video game being knocked out. Earlier today David Prassel, creator of Trek Industries and developer of the not-without-controversy ORION: Dino Horde / Prelude and the early-access Guardians of … [Link]
Mashable » Dove spotlights women's achievements, not their looks, in new ad
It's a struggle many women can relate to: being judged for how they look, rather than who they are. That's the focus of Dove's new campaign, which profiles nine real women and their experiences. The campaign, called #mybeautymysay, was created to inspire women of all ages, shapes and colors to elevate their self-image beyond physical appearance. “Somewhere along the way, it … [Link]
Mashable » Learn how to negotiate your salary in our next #BizChats
Salaries. It's the elephant in the room, the bush many professionals spend too much time beating around, the 800-pound gorilla that most professionals would do anything to avoid wrestling with. SEE ALSO: Career Experts Share Tips for Negotiating the Salary You Want Can negotiating your salary be awkward? Yes. Does it have to be? No. We all know that feeling … [Link]
Mashable » This adorable 6-year-old 'chef' got $2,000 from Facebook for his ice-cream video
Nihal Raj, known by his nickname Kicha, is no ordinary six-year-old. He's also a young Indian chef with his own YouTube channel. Kicha is so popular that Facebook recently paid him $2,000 to get the rights to one of his ice-cream videos. SEE ALSO: Cute little kid learns to embrace creepy crawly bugs Kicha comes from a family of food … [Link]
Mashable » You can't use food stamps online. This organic grocery startup wants to change that.
Online organic grocery startup Thrive Market has faced plenty of hurdles familiar to any business trying to break into the difficult online shopping space: low profit margins, tricky distribution, cautious investors. But its latest challenge is one that may be foreign to pricier industry peers: How to persuade the bureaucracy-bound providers of government food stamps to undertake the expensive and logistically … [Link]
Popular Science » Watch NASA Test-Fire Its Heavy-Duty Mars Rocket
Space Coverage starts at 10:30am for a simulated liftoff at 11:05 At 10:05AM Eastern Time on Tuesday, the space agency will fire up the SLS's main booster for two minutes to see how it performs when its propellant is cold. [Link]
WIRED » Inside‘s Tense Horror Is a Worthy Successor to Limbo
The second game from the developer of Limbo is a beautifully rendered, enigmatic, disturbing puzzle game. The post Inside's Tense Horror Is a Worthy Successor to Limbo appeared first on WIRED. [Link]
WIRED » A Knock on the Head Can Give You the British Accent of Your Dreams
A Texas woman got jaw surgery and wound up with a British accent. Sounds legit. The post A Knock on the Head Can Give You the British Accent of Your Dreams appeared first on WIRED. [Link]
WIRED » Jay Leno Can’t Do Flips in a Car and Not Expect Us to Do the Physics
In this video, Jay Leno rides with Bob Riggle in a high power car. The car pulls a wheelie and then ends up rolling. Here is the physics behind both of these events. The post Jay Leno Can’t Do Flips in a Car and Not Expect Us to Do the Physics appeared first on WIRED. [Link]
Slashdot » Judge Dismisses Movie Piracy Case, IP-Address Doesn't Prove Anything
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TorrentFreak: In what's believed to be a first of its kind ruling, a federal court in Oregon has dismissed a direct infringement complaint against an alleged movie pirate from the outset. According to the judge, linking an IP-address to a pirated download is not enough to prove direct copyright infringement. In the Oregon … [Link]
WIRED » Rio Spends $600M to Make Its Airport More Bearable Before the Olympics
The airport gets a tech makeover, right in time for the Olympics, The post Rio Spends $600M to Make Its Airport More Bearable Before the Olympics appeared first on WIRED. [Link]
Mashable » Alex Morgan joins #LikeAGirl campaign to keep girls in sports
Soccer star Alex Morgan may be a World Cup champion and Olympic gold medalist, but she doesn't always feel confident on and off the field. SEE ALSO: Little girl receives a doll with a prosthetic leg like hers, cries tears of joy That's why, Morgan tells Mashable, she can relate to the latest video in Always' popular #LikeAGirl campaign. The minute-long … [Link]
Mashable » Meet the gorgeous winner of the Lithuanian goat beauty pageant
Beauty pageants around the world are scorned for holding women to unrealistic beauty standards — but exceptions are made for goats. On Sunday, the village of Ramygala, in Lithuania, held their annual goat beauty pageant. While the competition was brutal — there were many fair goats competing for just one crown — judges finally awarded the crown to Demyte, the … [Link]
Mashable » Twitter is trying to guess the best 4 words to up your online dating game
LONDON — Modern romance is a fickle mistress. In the world of Tinder, Bumble and Grindr, opening lines matter. A lot. SEE ALSO: This Snapchat feature can tell you if your crush is into you Nowadays, a simple "hi, how are you" just won't cut it. Nor will "do you come here often?" Creativity is key if you want to … [Link]
Mashable » Someone uploaded Boris Johnson's Brexit speech to Pornhub with an interesting title
Britain's decision to leave the European Union after the referendum really didn't go down well with some people. SEE ALSO: Nigel Farage gives speech at European Parliament, causes total chaos An angry voter uploaded a video of former mayor of London and Leave campaigner Boris Johnson on (Warning: this link is NSFW) Pornhub with the title: "Dumb British blond fucks … [Link]
Mashable » Nickelodeon is bringing your '90s faves to Comic-Con
Here's some Comic-Con news that will have you singing "Happy, happy, joy, joy": Nickelodeon is bringing your favorite shows from the '90s to San Diego Comic-Con, with everything from panels to hands-on interactive experiences. The panels will include an All That/Legends of the Hidden Temple reunion, a celebration of Nick animation and a panel that highlights female animators. SEE ALSO: … [Link]
Mashable » 9 LGBTQ influencers talk about the first time they heard the word 'gay'
First impressions make a difference — and sometimes the memory just won't go away. For many people in the queer community, their first impression of the word "gay" was purely negative. They heard it not from a loving parent or supportive friend, but as a slur from some second-rate bully on the playground, desperately honing their stand-up routine. SEE ALSO: … [Link]
Mashable » Pat Summitt, legendary Tennessee basketball coach, dies at 64
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Pat Summitt, the winningest coach in Division I college basketball history who uplifted the women's game from obscurity to national prominence during her 38-year career at Tennessee, died Tuesday morning. She was 64. SEE ALSO: 3D-printed 'Spock' hand lets young amputee play basketball again With an icy glare on the sidelines, Summitt led the Lady Vols to … [Link]
Mashable » The Internet can't stop making Snapchat jokes after seeing this photo of Delhi's chief minister
Earlier today, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal visited the western Indian state of Goa for a meeting with the local fishermen. He was presented with a traditional crown of flowers, which to many people, bore uncanny resemblance to a Snapchat filter. SEE ALSO: This Snapchat feature can tell you if your crush is into you Kejriwal also gave an interview … [Link]
WIRED » The Counterterrorism Games: Where the Bad Guys Are Plastic and the Guns Are Real
Soldiers and law enforcement around the world come together to play war at the Warrior Competition in Jordan. The post The Counterterrorism Games: Where the Bad Guys Are Plastic and the Guns Are Real appeared first on WIRED. [Link]
WIRED » Clever Attack Uses the Sound of a Computer’s Fan to Steal Data
By controlling the speed of a computer's internal fans, researchers show how they can steal passwords and other data from "air-gapped" machines. The post Clever Attack Uses the Sound of a Computer’s Fan to Steal Data appeared first on WIRED. [Link]
Mashable » Nigel Farage gives speech at European Parliament, causes total chaos
Nigel Farage has taken the European Parliament by the storm after the Brexit vote. The anti-EU Ukip leader, also a prominent campaigner in the Leave movement, had a chance to speak his mind after Britain decided to withdraw from the union. SEE ALSO: The Queen's answer to how she's doing is the understatement of the year He showed up at … [Link]
Mashable » Osaka aquarium celebrates its sea otter's 20th birthday with a barrage of adorable tweets
This might be one of the cutest tweetstorms ever. The Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan in Japan decided to celebrate its sea otter's milestone 20th birthday on Tuesday with a stream of pictures of the venerable old lady. In human terms, crossing 20 makes the sea otter, named Pata, equivalent to an 80-year-old, the Kaiyukan said in a blog post. SEE ALSO: Cute capybara … [Link]
WIRED » Clinton Wants to Forgive Student Debt for Entrepreneurs
The presumptive Democratic nominee releases her full technology agenda today. The post Clinton Wants to Forgive Student Debt for Entrepreneurs appeared first on WIRED. [Link]
WIRED » Jibo Is Like Alexa and a Puppy Inside One Adorable Robot
Your family's about to get a little bigger. Specifically, one 11-inch robot bigger. The post Jibo Is Like Alexa and a Puppy Inside One Adorable Robot appeared first on WIRED. [Link]
Mashable » Twitter confused Iceland Foods with the football team and the result was glorious
LONDON — Iceland Foods may have been the real winner of the Euro 2016 match between Iceland and England. SEE ALSO: The world reacts to Iceland's Euro 2016 win over England with joy, Brexit jokes, and Bjork The UK's frozen food specialists received a flurry of tweets regarding the football match as some people evidently confused the store for the … [Link]
New Scientist – News » New life form discovered in saliva is linked to human disease
Bacteria that parasitise other bacteria have been found for the first time, and are linked to gum disease, cystic fibrosis and antimicrobial resistance [Link]
Mashable » This Snapchat feature can tell you if your crush is into you
LONDON — Holding my phone high in the air, I tilt my head to one side and channel my best Kylie Jenner pout. Naturally, it'd be remiss not to add a filter, so I tap and hold before choosing one. With the help of the purple crown filter, I look like a female, pouty version of Julius Caesar. It's the … [Link]
O'Reilly News and Commentary » #Ebook Deal/Day: Infrastructure as Code – $21.49 (Save 50%) Use code DEAL
Get "Infrastructure as Code" today using code DEAL and save 50%!This sale ends at 2:00 AM 2016-06-29 (PDT, GMT-8:00). [Link]
Mashable » Google Search now displays song lyrics
Googling for song lyrics has become a tiny bit easier, as Google has partnered with lyric licensing service LyricFind to display lyrics of popular songs on top of the search results. LyricFind announced Monday that lyrics from more than 4,000 publishers will be added to Google Search and Google Play Music. SEE ALSO: Apple Music will get lyrics, 'Downloaded' section … [Link]
Mashable » India's first female Uber driver found dead
Bharathi Veerath made headlines as India's female Uber driver in 2013. Yesterday, she was discovered dead at her residence in the city of Bengaluru, with the cause of the death still under investigation. SEE ALSO: Meet India's courageous women cab drivers A school dropout, the 39-year-old was one of the first women to become a licensed taxi driver in India. … [Link]
Slashdot » AI Downs 'Top Gun' Pilot In Dogfights
schwit1 writes from a report via Daily Mail: [Daily Mail reports:] "The Artificial intelligence (AI) developed by a University of Cincinnati doctoral graduate was recently assessed by retired USAF Colonel Gene Lee — who holds extensive aerial combat experience as an instructor and Air Battle Manager with considerable fighter aircraft expertise. He took on the software in a simulator. Lee … [Link]
Mashable » Here's what 24 hours at Glastonbury festival looks like
LONDON — It's difficult to sum up Glastonbury in just a day. The festival is so impressively massive and varied that you couldn't come close to seeing everything it has to offer in a full week, let alone 24 hours. SEE ALSO: 17 things I learned when I went to Glastonbury for the first time, on my own Still, if … [Link]
Mashable » An Australian house full of cat stuff is like living inside the internet
How much do you love cats? If the daily deluge of cat GIFs and videos aren't enough for you, check out this Australian house currently up for sale. SEE ALSO: Adorable kitten upstages correspondent during news report The home in Adelaide's suburbs is covered with cat pictures, cat accessories and cat everything. Just a guess — we bet the owners … [Link]
Mashable » The Queen's answer to how she's doing is the understatement of the year
The Queen always has an answer. In the wake of the Brexit vote and the chaos that ensued — the pound plummeting, political uncertainty, social instability, financial crash, etc. — she's a rock in troubling times. Just look at what she told Northern Ireland's first minister Martin McGuinness when he enquired how she was doing. SEE ALSO: We asked festival-goers … [Link]
Mashable » Every single 'Gilmore Girls' episode is coming to Netflix in July
It's the moment you've been waiting for. From July 1, you can watch every. single. episode of Gilmore Girls no matter where you are in the world. If you're a diehard fan of Lorelai and Rory's adventures then you might have heard that new episodes of the show will be coming to Netflix later this year. So, now's the perfect time … [Link]
Mashable » The slow, painful death of Sydney nightlife continues
Sydney's nightlife scene has been hit by another massive blow. The hospitality giant Keystone Group, which owns eight bars in Sydney and numerous more venues across the country, has announced it has gone into receivership. What is a city without a trashy night at Kit & Kaboodle or a few too many vodkas and sodas at Cargo Bar? The company's stable … [Link]
Mashable » Architects claim this 3D-printed house is earthquake-proof
While we've been hearing a lot about 3D-printed structures, this two-storey villa located in Beijing, China, is impressive if it lives up to its claims. The 400-square-metre house, with walls as thick as 2.5 metres, was fully printed in one go, and construction completed in just 45 days. SEE ALSO: Bullied parrot finds new confidence with 3D-printed beak According to The … [Link]
Mashable » 'Tetris' movie will be a trilogy because the world doesn't make sense
When I was about 10 years old, I used to spend a fair amount of time staring at a Tetris arcade game in the local video game parlor. Unlike Tetris on hand-held consoles of the time, which consisted solely of differently shaped blocks falling from the sky, the arcade variant of the game had a short reward animation after each … [Link]
Mashable » Base jumper defies police and stealthily jumps off world's highest tunnel bridge
Russian base jumper Otmashka Dubinina is one brave woman. Not only did she leap off the world's highest tunnel-to-tunnel bridge, the Aizhai bridge in Hunan, China, she also did so despite local police trying to restrain her. This video shows how Dubinina tried to talk her way out of being arrested by local police, telling them that she had to … [Link]
Mashable » YouTube's LGBTQ #ProudToBe initiative attracts hateful comments
LOS ANGELES — YouTube's #ProudToBe initiative is facing a sea of haters. The video series, launched last week, was created to celebrate people throughout the LGBTQ community and around the globe The kick-off video (above) features prominent YouTubers including Gigi Gorgeous, Tyler Oakley, Kat Blaque, and Tre Melvin. It has amassed a whopping 8.8 million views. However, the number of … [Link]
Mashable » Indian man harasses flight attendant for a selfie, then smokes in the plane
An Indian man was arrested for harassing a female flight attendant and forcing her to take a selfie with him on an international Jet Airways flight from Saudi Arabia's Dammam to Mumbai. He further violated safety rules by proceeding to smoke in the airplane's toilet. SEE ALSO: Flight attendant has a theory why passengers can't behave The flight attendant has filed … [Link]
Mashable » China keeps trying to prove its glass bridge is safe, so it drove a 2-tonne SUV over it
Just in case the public wasn't sufficiently convinced by a journalist smashing the world's longest and highest glass bridge with a sledgehammer (and surviving), the owners of the Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon bridge in China decided to prove its safety by upping the ante over the weekend. In its latest media-directed "safety test" of the 430-meter bridge, suspended a heart-stopping 300 meters above … [Link]
Slashdot » Minecraft Movie To Compete With Avengers and Star Wars In 2019
An anonymous reader writes: Warner Bros. announced today that it will be releasing its upcoming Minecraft movie on May 25, 2019, if all things go according to plan. It will be competing directly with Lucasfilm's Star Wars: Episode IX film, which will be released the same weekend, only a few weeks after Marvel's Infinity War film. The Minecraft movie has … [Link]
Mashable » Chinese fans are really upset that Lady Gaga hung out with the Dalai Lama
Lady Gaga's little monsters in China have their fangs out about her recent meeting with the Dalai Lama. On Sunday, the American singer posted a series of pictures on Instagram of her posing with the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader. Both the Dalai Lama and Gaga met at the 84th annual U.S. Conference of Mayors in Indianapolis during a panel hosted … [Link]
Popular Science » Lionfish Are Now Invading The Mediterranean
Animals The invasive species colonized the southeast shore of Cyprus in just one year These beautiful, highly venomous predators are set to tear the Mediterranean apart… [Link]
Mashable » $22 million worth of Bitcoin sold in Australian-first auction
If you had a couple of million to spare last week, you could have won yourself a very healthy haul of Bitcoin. On Tuesday, financial services firm Ernst and Young announced it had successfully auctioned off 24,518 bitcoins. The bitcoins are worth around A$22 million ($16 million) by current value. One bitcoin is currently worth A$891.95 ($657.89) as at time of publication. SEE ALSO: … [Link]
Mashable » Icelandic commentator disses England in most enthusiastic way possible
England's rough week got even worse thanks to Gummi Ben. Yes, Gummi Ben, aka Guðmundur Benediktsson, is the center of attention again after the commentator's ecstatic reaction to Iceland's goal against Austria last Tuesday went viral. SEE ALSO: The world reacts to Iceland's Euro 2016 win over England with joy, Brexit jokes, and Bjork On Monday, he again delivered incredible commentary as Iceland knocked … [Link]
Slashdot » US Customs Wants To Know Travelers' Social Media Account Names
Orome1 quotes a report from Help Net Security: The U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency has submitted a request to the Office of Management and Budget, asking for permission to collect travelers social media account names as they enter the country. The CBP, which is part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, proposes that the request "Please enter information … [Link]
Mashable » Australian ad showing cyclist wearing a helmet in Amsterdam amuses the Dutch
For most Australians, this Emirates advertisement at a Sydney bus stop would barely raise an eyelid. A photo of the ad posted by Twitter user @BicycleAdagio shows a woman with a helmet, riding a bicycle along a bridge in Amsterdam with the tagline "Don't just visit it, live it. Navigate new paths in Europe." SEE ALSO: Xiaomi launches a smart … [Link]
Slashdot » Tour de France To Use Thermal Cameras To Spot Cheats
An anonymous reader writes: At this year's Tour de France, thermal cameras and various other tools will be used to detect "mechanical doping." The image tests can be done anywhere and their locations will not be publicized, according to officials. NPR reports: "As far back as at least 2010, accusations have flown that elite cyclists were turning in superhuman performances … [Link]
Mashable » The U.S. election through the mind of a Bondi Hipster
Culture creators, innovation innovators and scene starters Dom and Adrian give their poignant and well thought-out take on the U.S. election and turning the assassination industry on its head.The comedy duo, who dabble in satire that takes a wry stab at anything they can get their ironic work-out clothes close to, discuss in their new video the pros and cons to … [Link]
Mashable » Samsung's Gear 360 camera now available in Australia
It looks like an eyeball on three legs, and it is now yours to own. On Tuesday, Samsung launched its new camera, Samsung Gear 360, in Australia. The device, which is able to capture 360-degree video and images, has a retail price of A$499. SEE ALSO: Samsung Galaxy Note 7 may unlock with a glance, report says While the camera has been … [Link]
Slashdot » Physicists Confirm a Pear-Shaped Nucleus, and It Could Ruin Time Travel Forever
An anonymous reader writes from a report via ScienceAlert: Physicists have confirmed the existence of pear-shaped nuclei, which challenges the fundamental theories of physics that explain our Universe. "We've found these nuclei literally point towards a direction in space. This relates to a direction in time, providing there's a well-defined direction in time and we will always travel from past … [Link]
WIRED » Ford’s Extra Special GT Supercar Is a Rolling Ode to American Dominance
The 2017 Ford GT '66 Heritage Edition is a dressed up homage to the beast that won the 24 Hours of Le Mans outright 50 years ago. The post Ford's Extra Special GT Supercar Is a Rolling Ode to American Dominance appeared first on WIRED. [Link]
WIRED » VW’s Gonna Drop $15B to Clean Up Its Diesel Mess in the US
Volkswagen will pay more than $15 billion to atone for its diesel cheating scandal in the United States. The post VW's Gonna Drop $15B to Clean Up Its Diesel Mess in the US appeared first on WIRED. [Link]
Mashable » Google's Project Bloks designed to get kids programming early
Increasing its dedication to early learning through technology, Google has announced Project Bloks, a tool designed to get children started on the path to programming and making cool gadgets. SEE ALSO: Google teams up with MIT to make programming easier for kids Project Bloks consist of three components: Base Boards, Pucks and the Brain Board. Pucks can be used to … [Link]
New Scientist – News » Huge newfound deposit of helium will keep MRI scanners running
Helium prospectors have uncovered a massive source of the vanishing gas, vital for MRI scanners, the Large Hadron Collider, NASA rocket fuel… and balloons [Link]
Slashdot » A Massive Botnet of CCTV Cameras Involved In Ferocious DDoS Attacks
An anonymous reader writes: "A botnet of over 25,000 bots is at the heart of recent DDoS attacks that are ferociously attacking businesses across the world with massive Layer 7 DDoS attacks that are overwhelming Web servers, occupying their resources and eventually crashing websites," reports Softpedia. This botnet's particularity is the fact that attacks never fluctuated and the attackers managed … [Link]
WIRED » Outlander Recap: So Many Kilts, So Much Closure
As the second season winds down, there's a notable—and welcome—confidence in the way things are wrapping up. The post Outlander Recap: So Many Kilts, So Much Closure appeared first on WIRED. [Link]
Mashable » Ram not going to let guy insulate his house without a few headbutts
Perhaps it's time to add "insulating your home" to the list of things you can't do without a ram charging you. The fittingly named YouTube user Angry Ram claimed that he was attempting to insulate the walls of his house when the animal showed up. It's hard to say whether the ram attacked a perceived predator or tried to warn … [Link]
Mashable » Singapore Airlines plane catches fire after emergency landing
A Singapore Airlines plane caught fire after making an emergency landing. The plane was bound for Milan, but was forced to turn back due to an engine oil-related warning. All 222 passengers and 19 crew members were able to safely exit the plane with no injuries, according to Singapore Airlines. More details: http://on.mash.to/295~ Read more… More about Real Time, Plane Emergency, Fire, Plane, and … [Link]
Mashable » Sweden creates world's first 'electric road'
Sometimes vehicles will be too big and heavy to make them ideal candidates for full electrification. That doesn't mean, though, they can't be powered solely by electricity. Proving that point, Sweden — in conjunction with truck manufacturer Scania — has created the world's first "electric road." It's a two-kilometer stretch of freeway in central Sweden with power lines stretched over … [Link]
Mashable » Jesse Williams gives a passionate speech about racism at the BET Awards
Actor Jesse Williams, most famous for his role on Grey's Anatomy, gave a passionate speech as he accepted the Humanitarian Award for his work with Black Lives Matter. Williams touched on a host of issues facing black Americans, including cultural appropriation and police violence. Read more…More about Black Lives Matter, Bet Awards, Jesse Williams, Entertainment, and Social Good [Link]
Popular Science » How The Iron Giant Can Still Teach Us All to Be Understanding Of One Another
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