John Gordon Ross

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 » New 'Transformers: The Last Knight' trailer encourages you to 'fight like a girl'

Thursday 16 March 23:45:08 UTC 2017

Transformers' newest hero fights like a girl — and thinks you should, too. The latest Transformers: The Last Knight trailer is all about Izzy (Isabela Moner), a street-smart young orphan in the Rey mold. She's even got her own equivalent of BB-8, a Transformer named Squeeks whose other form is a Vespa scooter. SEE ALSO: 'Beauty and the Beast' review: … [Link]

Slashdot » Microsoft Locks Ryzen, Kaby Lake Users Out of Updates On Windows 7, 8.1

Thursday 16 March 23:20:00 UTC 2017

Artem Tashkinov writes: In a move that will shock a lot of people, someone at Microsoft decided to deny Windows 7/8.1 updates to the users of the following CPU architectures: Intel seventh (7th)-generation processors (Kaby Lake); AMD "Bristol Ridge" (Zen/Ryzen); Qualcomm "8996." It's impossible to find any justification for this decision to halt support for the x86 architectures listed above … [Link]

Mashable » Try not to cry watching a young Mr. Rogers defend PBS

Thursday 16 March 23:17:30 UTC 2017

If you were a child in America anytime between the '60s and '90s, there's a certain man in a red sweater who was probably there for you. Fred Rogers, better known as the one and only Mr. Rogers, spent over four decades hosting educational TV programs for kids. In 1969, the same year PBS was founded, he appeared before the … [Link]

Slashdot » Ray Kurzweil On How We'll End Up Merging With Our Technology

Thursday 16 March 22:40:00 UTC 2017

Mr.Intel quotes a report from Fox News: "By 2029, computers will have human-level intelligence," Kurzweil said in an interview at the SXSW Conference with Shira Lazar and Amy Kurzweil Comix. Known as the Singularity, the event is oft discussed by scientists, futurists, technology stalwarts and others as a time when artificial intelligence will cause machines to become smarter than human … [Link]

ProgrammableWeb.com » Daily API RoundUp: SmartSurvey, stampd, Symphony

Thursday 16 March 22:27:59 UTC 2017

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]

Mashable » Trump tried to share a proverb for St. Patrick's Day and it didn't go very well

Thursday 16 March 22:26:59 UTC 2017

After an Ireland-centric day including meetings with its prime minister, Enda Kenny, Donald Trump attempted to bestow some wisdom by sharing his favorite proverb of "many years."  Only, as Twitter users quickly pointed out, it wasn't a proverb. And it wasn't Irish.  SEE ALSO: The timeline of the Trump campaign's many statements on who wrote Melania's speech "As we stand together … [Link]

Mashable » Ben Stiller urges world to pay attention to 'worst humanitarian crisis' since WWII

Thursday 16 March 22:22:09 UTC 2017

Ben Stiller is using his celebrity to spread the word about something extremely important — and you may have never heard of it. A severe drought and hunger crisis is affecting Somalia during an East African emergency one U.N. official has called "the worst humanitarian crisis" since World War II. Following Snapchat star Jérôme Jarre's impassioned plea to help people in the … [Link]

Mashable » Sony patented a way for you to steal battery power from your friend's phone

Thursday 16 March 22:13:27 UTC 2017

A new patent filed by Sony could let you charge a smartphone by sucking precious energy from a friend's device. The patent describes a way to wirelessly transfer power between devices using near-field communication (NFC) technology. It doesn't specify that these devices would necessarily be phones, instead using the term "portable consumer electronic device."  SEE ALSO: Put a lock screen on … [Link]

Slashdot » That Laptop-Bricking USB Stick Just Got Even More Dangerous

Thursday 16 March 22:00:00 UTC 2017

From a report on ZDNet: Remember that USB stick that would destroy almost anything in its path, from laptops, photo booths, kiosks, to even cars? The makers of the USB Kill stick have created a more powerful version with a higher voltage and amp output, and a three-times faster pulse rate of up to 12 times a second. And, with … [Link]

Mashable » In Trump's America, climate change research is surely 'a waste of your money'

Thursday 16 March 21:47:57 UTC 2017

If you thought President Donald Trump might be softening his views on climate change since taking office, think again. At Thursday's White House press briefing, a Trump official declared climate change initiatives "a waste of your money." As in, the single-greatest threat to life on Earth as we know it isn't worth spending a dime. SEE ALSO: Trump really doesn't want … [Link]

Geek Culture » Oooo cool! Microspine rock anchors!

Thursday 16 March 21:41:37 UTC 2017

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Mashable » Hit Trump where it hurts (his Twitter account)

Thursday 16 March 21:38:52 UTC 2017

Even if you don't follow Donald Trump online, these digital activists have a way for you to block the president on his favorite platform. Yup, that would be Twitter — the president's preferred method of communicating with his constituents, the press and world leaders. SEE ALSO: The Chelsea Clinton guide to taking down Trump on Twitter These anonymous activists are tired … [Link]

Mashable » Let's all pour one out for Vista, the worst version of Windows

Thursday 16 March 21:33:12 UTC 2017

If by some unfortunate twist of fate, you have the misfortune of still using a PC with Windows Vista, I have some bad news for you.  Microsoft just revealed that it's finally ending support for the much-maligned operating system next month. Actually, on second thought, that's actually pretty good news. SEE ALSO: Clippy is back, and this time it's coming for … [Link]

Mashable » Dude proves not all sea monstahs come from the deep ocean

Thursday 16 March 21:33:00 UTC 2017

Usually when you think of creepy sea creatures, people assume they're living deep in the ocean, miles away from any humans. Hate to break it to you, but Coyote Peterson of Brave Wilderness is about to prove that tide pools have enough creepy swimmers to make even a beachgoer think twice before jumping in the water.  In his most recent … [Link]

Mashable » Hawaii joins the list of beautiful things Trump supporters are boycotting

Thursday 16 March 21:31:39 UTC 2017

In addition to bright red hats and Vladimir Putin, it seems Trump supporters also have an affinity for boycotting things — but not just any things, very good things. The BEST things. They've hated on popular broadway plays, movie franchises and beverages. And in the most recent move, Trump supporters are boycotting America's fiftieth state, Hawaii.  Whomp whomp whomp. SEE ALSO: … [Link]

Mashable » Keep the cold away with this keyboard hand warmer

Thursday 16 March 21:31:31 UTC 2017

This infrared heater was designed for esports pros, and it will keep your hands toasty whether you're gaming or writing an essay. The design allows you to aim the heat at each of your hands, while everything else stays cool. Read more…More about Keyboards, Keyboard, Heating, Heat, and Heaters [Link]

Slashdot » DirecTV Admits Screwing Up Regional Sports Fees, Starts Issuing Credits

Thursday 16 March 21:20:00 UTC 2017

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: AT&T this week acknowledged that DirecTV has been charging the wrong regional sports fees to some customers and is now issuing bill credits to those who paid more because of the mistake. "We have identified a small percentage of customers who are receiving some inaccurate bills for regional sports network fees," … [Link]

Mashable » The March Madness 'news dump' that made us question everything

Thursday 16 March 21:06:53 UTC 2017

A "news dump," in the parlance of our times, is when a company or other entity releases bad news at just the perfect time, a moment during which many other events are also happening, thus enabling the just-released bit of bad news to be quickly overshadowed.  As far as sports news dumps go, Indiana University just took one of Metamucil-sized proportions. … [Link]

Mashable » How do you pronounce the weirdest emoticon on the internet? The debate continues to rage

Thursday 16 March 21:01:59 UTC 2017

It’s a question that's more than three years old, but we're still asking it today: How do you pronounce ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)? Some questions, it seems, are nearly impossible to answer. This one has spawned a series of YouTube videos all striving for a conclusion to the debate. The meme simply refuses to go away.  SEE ALSO: Soccer star punches … [Link]

Mashable » Google's new messaging app translates your voice into emoji 🎉

Thursday 16 March 20:50:50 UTC 2017

Google is working on another experimental messaging app, this time in the audio space.  The new app, Supersonic Fun Voice Messenger, is the second app to come out of Google's Area 120 incubator this month. A group video-watching app called Uptime dropped on iOS last week. SEE ALSO: Google's new iPhone app basically exists to help you watch cat videos with … [Link]

Popular Science » Just some facts about a $10,000 toilet

Thursday 16 March 20:47:48 UTC 2017

Environment We break it down by the cold, hard porcelain numbers Of all the thirsty necessities in our homes, toilets rank among the worst offenders. Now you don't have to sacrifice luxury or water. Read on. [Link]

Mashable » Google Home is now playing unprompted ads for 'Beauty and the Beast'

Thursday 16 March 20:44:21 UTC 2017

It’s a tale as old as time: You ask your $129 voice-controlled, in-home digital assistant about your day and it answers with an ad for Disney's Beauty and the Beast remake.  The stuff of fairy tales, right? Well, maybe if you're the manufacturer of Google Home and your happily-ever-after consists of anthropomorphized dollar signs.  "By the way, Disney's live-action Beauty and … [Link]

Popular Science » Come watch a supercomputer simulation of a devastating tornado

Thursday 16 March 20:42:00 UTC 2017

Technology The storm is made up of nearly 2 billion data points Leigh Orf wants to unravel the mysteries of tornado formation. But it’s not something he could just do on a laptop. Read on. [Link]

Slashdot » 20,000 Worldclass University Lectures Made Illegal, So We Irrevocably Mirrored Them

Thursday 16 March 20:40:00 UTC 2017

An anonymous reader shares an article: Today, the University of California at Berkeley has deleted 20,000 college lectures from its YouTube channel. Berkeley removed the videos because of a lawsuit brought by two students from another university under the Americans with Disabilities Act. We copied all 20,000 and are making them permanently available for free via LBRY. Is this legal? … [Link]

Popular Science » Some corpses may mysteriously heat up after death

Thursday 16 March 20:35:08 UTC 2017

Science A strange case-study from the Czech Republic Dead bodies are supposed to cool down, but anecdotes suggest that not all of them do. Read on. [Link]

Mashable » 'Kitten fur' perfume will bring you one step closer to becoming your cat

Thursday 16 March 20:33:04 UTC 2017

Your cat's pretty cute, right? So cute you want to be it, right? That's what we thought.  Luckily, you can now creep closer to that optimal reality with this perfume, which is supposed to smell just like a kitten. The fragrance was released Saturday from Demeter Fragrance Library, a company that already offers "New Baby," "Popcorn," "Giant Sequoia" and "Gin and … [Link]

Mashable » Snail foreplay finally gets the dedicated research it has long deserved

Thursday 16 March 20:27:53 UTC 2017

Foreplay that can last several hours and is mostly smell-stuff, stabbing with love darts and genitals that are similar to a rubber glove? Snail sex is wild.  So wild that it can fill a four-minute video where truly, every second brings new and previously unimaginable information thanks to PBS's digital studio series, Deep Look. Somebody smart spent a good portion … [Link]

Mashable » Maybe the GOP will finally get to kill Big Bird after all

Thursday 16 March 20:24:41 UTC 2017

Just a few years after Mitt Romney threatened Big Bird with his life, Donald Trump is offering to finish the job. Trump's newly proposed budget will rip away all federal funding for public broadcasting. In the budget, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), which funds both PBS and NPR, is on the chopping block, as are other arts organization like the … [Link]

Mashable » Spotify and Taylor Swift might actually get back together (if this change comes through)

Thursday 16 March 20:22:10 UTC 2017

Spotify faces a tough future. Its business model isn't great, it faces competition from the biggest tech companies in the world and just recently did it start getting in the good graces of the very musicians on which it depends.  That's why Spotify could be making some changes, even one that they've tried really hard to avoid. Spotify is in talks … [Link]

Mashable » Nvidia just boosted its self-driving car tech in a major way

Thursday 16 March 20:02:34 UTC 2017

Nvidia wants to drive your car. The company, known for its mobile chips and graphics tech, announced partnerships with Bosch, the largest automotive supplier in the world, and PACCAR, a major truck manufacturer, to develop self-driving vehicle systems. Nvidia already has deals in place with automakers like Mercedes-Benz and Audi — but these new partnerships will give the chipmaker even more … [Link]

Slashdot » BMW Says Self-Driving Car To Be Level 5 Capable In Five Years

Thursday 16 March 20:00:00 UTC 2017

German carmaker BMW is on track to deliver a self-driving car by 2021, the company's senior vice president for Autonomous Driving, Elmar Frickenstein, said on Thursday. From a report: "We are on the way to deliver a car in 2021 with level 3, 4 and 5," Frickenstein told a panel discussion in Berlin, explaining the vehicle will have different levels … [Link]

Mashable » Dude rescues mud-caked sheep from bog like it's no big deal

Thursday 16 March 19:59:41 UTC 2017

When Scottish YouTuber j rae came across an exhausted sheep trapped in a bog, he set up his camera and filmed the long, messy rescue from start to finish.  That sheep owes this guy a sweater. [H/T: Digg] Read more… More about Cute Animals, Viral Videos, Watercooler, Watercooler, and Video [Link]

Mashable » 'Counter-Strike' releases Canals, the first Valve-made map in 3 years

Thursday 16 March 19:22:39 UTC 2017

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive just received a brand new map called Canals in its latest update, taking the ongoing terrorist vs. counter-terrorist struggle to Italy. Canals, released in Wednesday's update, is inspired by the Italian city Venice and is available to play in all game modes. The map features a lot of Italian architecture and has a canal running right through it. … [Link]

Slashdot » Google Home Gets 'Beauty & The Beast' Promo But Google Says It's Not an Ad

Thursday 16 March 19:20:00 UTC 2017

Danny Sullivan, reporting for MarketingLand: Ask Google Home what your day is like today, and it will remind you that Disney's Beauty and the Beast is opening today. Google says this isn't an ad. But it's definitely an out-of-the-ordinary cooperation with a Google Home "partner." The promotion was spotted by Bryson Meunier, whose child was definitely excited to hear the … [Link]

Mashable » Chelsea Clinton is writing a children's book, and its title is just perfect

Thursday 16 March 19:19:59 UTC 2017

When Mitch McConnell shut down Elizabeth Warren mid-debate, he later uttered the words that would be heard around the world: "She persisted." It was his defense for stopping Warren right in the middle of her speech addressing past statements against Attorney General Jeff Session, in which she read a cautionary letter from civil rights leader Coretta Scott King. But it quickly … [Link]

Mashable » Here's how to check which of your apps Apple's about to brick

Thursday 16 March 19:09:12 UTC 2017

It now seems more likely than ever that the next version of iOS will kill hundreds of thousands of apps. The company's latest iOS beta comes with fresh warnings that outdated apps "will not work with future versions of iOS" — this time in a dedicated settings menu. SEE ALSO: Apple could kill almost 200,000 apps with iOS 11 Buried in … [Link]

Mashable » Antarctica has way more penguins than scientists thought, which is great, because penguins

Thursday 16 March 18:56:48 UTC 2017

Millions more Adélie penguins may be marching across Antarctica than earlier counts suggested. Nearly six million of the tuxedoed penguins may live in East Antarctica, more than double the previous count of 2.3 million birds, scientists said on Thursday. The new data is exciting—more penguins! However, there are some concerns about the bigger population from a conservation standpoint, according to the … [Link]

ProgrammableWeb.com » Hayo Smart Home Device Includes Developer API

Thursday 16 March 18:55:12 UTC 2017

Hayo, connected home solution provider, recently announced that its smart home device will include a Hayo API for developers to tap into. The API gives developers the ability to "receive events" from virtual remote controls. Once received, the API can trigger a subsequent action through third party apps and devices. [Link]

Mashable » Not even the Pentagon is safe from March Madness

Thursday 16 March 18:53:39 UTC 2017

No one is safe from the temptation of streaming March Madness at work — not even the Pentagon, apparently. The United States Department of Defense — yes, the actual DoD — reportedly sent a memo to employees ahead of Thursday's NCAA Tournament tip-off warning them not to stream games from the office.   SEE ALSO: How Derek Jeter's once-mocked startup became … [Link]

New Scientist – News » Robot eavesdrops on men and women to see how much they talk

Thursday 16 March 18:49:22 UTC 2017

Women speak more when they’re talking to a woman rather than a man, finds a robot with a fur hat that studied conversations between men, women and children [Link]

New Scientist – News » New autism blood test likely to join ranks of also-rans

Thursday 16 March 18:49:21 UTC 2017

A new blood test for autism promises to catch the condition much earlier than standard interventions. Here’s why it probably won’t change anything [Link]

Slashdot » Judge Rejects Google Deal Over Email Scanning

Thursday 16 March 18:40:00 UTC 2017

A federal judge in San Francisco slammed a legal settlement that proposed to pay $2.2 million to lawyers, but nothing to consumers who had the contents of their email scanned by Google without their knowledge or permission. From a report: In a 6-page order, Judge Lucy Koh told Google and class action attorneys the proposed settlement was insufficient, in part … [Link]

Mashable » Ed Sheeran's Glastonbury Festival announcement is quite moo-ving

Thursday 16 March 18:39:24 UTC 2017

The month of June just got a bit hotter. The Glastonbury Festival is an incredibly big and legendary music festival held in the UK during a week in June. Some of the biggest artists in the world have headlined there, from the Arctic Monkeys to Jay-Z. And, coming in 2017, Ed Sheeran.  The "Shape of You" singer announced he would be … [Link]

New Scientist – News » Recoded organism paves way to new genetic language of life

Thursday 16 March 18:38:00 UTC 2017

A new technique has allowed a quicker way of recoding genetic information, which could allow us to design fresh life forms with useful properties from scratch [Link]

Mashable » Delightful French supermarket ad gives us a love story for the ages

Thursday 16 March 18:30:34 UTC 2017

Love makes us do strange things. We'll move across the country, pretend we like things we don't and lie on our dating profiles all for the chance to be with someone special. SEE ALSO: Why you get butterflies in your stomach In this adorably romantic video posted on Facebook by French supermarket chain Intermarché, one man tries to woo his crush … [Link]

Mashable » SXSW partygoers played DropMix for the first time at the Mashable House

Thursday 16 March 18:14:03 UTC 2017

DropMix is an interactive music gaming experience, where players use chip-enabled sound cards and an app to blend hit songs from award-winning artists like Afrojack, Bruno Mars, The Chainsmokers, Ed Sheeran, The Jackson 5, Run-D.M.C. and more to create new and unique mixes – no prior music-mixing skills required.   “By combining Harmonix’s expertise in music gaming and Hasbro’s expertise in … [Link]

Slashdot » Buying a Samsung TV Online Could Jeopardize Your Data

Thursday 16 March 18:00:00 UTC 2017

An anonymous reader shares a CNET report: If you buy a product from Samsung's online store, your name, address, order information and other data may be accessible to anyone who cares to look. Matt Metzger, a self-described "application security engineer" who said he has worked in shipping-industry compliance, wrote Wednesday on Medium about an accidental discovery. Metzger said he ordered … [Link]

Popular Science » Climate may have shaped the evolution of the human nose

Thursday 16 March 18:00:00 UTC 2017

From Our Blogs: Nexus Media News Nature's nose job Climate has shaped the human nose, producing wider nostrils in warmer regions and smaller nostrils in cooler regions. Read on:… [Link]

Mashable » 'SNL' is going live nationwide for the first time in history

Thursday 16 March 17:53:10 UTC 2017

Closing out its highest performing season in 20 years, Saturday Night Live will air live from coast-to-coast for the first time ever. The final four episodes, hosted by Jimmy Fallon, Chris Pine, Melissa McCarthy and Dwayne Johnson, will air simultaneously across the country, instead of 11:30 P.M. in each respective time zone, NBC confirmed to Mashable Thursday. SEE ALSO: People … [Link]

Mashable » Of course there's a BBC dad parody featuring Darth Vader, and it's hilarious

Thursday 16 March 17:49:29 UTC 2017

We know that we need to stop talking about BBC dad, no matter how funny it still is and no matter how much we love his kids. But we just can't help bringing it up again because this Star Wars parody of the infamous BBC interruption is just too good to not share. Here, Darth Vader is busy giving his … [Link]

Mashable » RIP Siri? You can use Alexa in Amazon's app now, and it's really smart

Thursday 16 March 17:48:56 UTC 2017

Amazon’s digital assistant just landed on iOS, and it's giving Siri a run for its money. You can now talk to Alexa via Amazon's official shopping app. The update dropped Thursday for many users, and it provides answers to serious questions ("what is a black hole?"), along with terrible jokes ("Why did the chicken cross the playground? To get to the … [Link]

Mashable » Looks like 'Zelda: Breath of the Wild' has a heartwarming tribute to Iwata

Thursday 16 March 17:35:35 UTC 2017

During the development of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Nintendo President Satoru Iwata passed away, but it looks like his legacy is forever immortalized in the lands of Hyrule. A character in Breath of the Wild named Botrick has an uncanny resemblance to Iwata, who passed away in 2015, and leads Link to an area called Satori … [Link]

Mashable » Star Wars land gets even more awesome with the addition of life-size AT-ATs

Thursday 16 March 17:35:21 UTC 2017

Echo station 3-T-8, we have spotted Imperial walkers. Disney Parks just revealed a few Yoda-sized nuggets of information about Star Wars land, coming to both Disneyland and Disney World in 2019. The major news is that AT-ATs, the four-legged armored beasts seen in Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Rogue One (2016), will be present in full-sized, laser-blasting form. SEE ALSO: Everything … [Link]

Mashable » BOOM: These nuclear bomb test videos will scare the sh*t out of you

Thursday 16 March 17:34:06 UTC 2017

If you love military or scientific history and don't live in fear of a nuclear holocaust, you can now watch dozens of newly declassified films of U.S. nuclear bomb tests on YouTube.  SEE ALSO: Doomsday-proof vault in the Arctic receives a major deposit of seeds The videos show over 200 atmospheric nuclear tests the U.S. conducted over about a 50 … [Link]

Mashable » Janet Mock wants you to fight for trans students with #DearBetsyDeVos campaign

Thursday 16 March 17:33:35 UTC 2017

Janet Mock knows the struggles of transgender students. She's lived them. The author and activist recently opened up about her high school experiences as a trans student in a viral New York Times essay, calling on the Trump administration to grant trans students essential protections. Now, Mock wants you to join her in putting pressure on Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos. … [Link]

Mashable » Little girl draws birthday card with some seriously imaginative farting

Thursday 16 March 17:33:28 UTC 2017

Turns out author Lev Grossman has an extremely imaginative daughter. Grossman shared a birthday card Thursday that his daughter drew for her nanny. The card features a girl smelling a flower, with a cat nearby, but there's a twist. SEE ALSO: Bold kid crashes local weather report, forecasting 'farts and toots' My kids' birthday card for their nanny. It's a girl … [Link]

New Scientist – News » Tardigrades turn into glass to survive complete dehydration

Thursday 16 March 17:24:00 UTC 2017

Water bears make unique jelly proteins that form a glass-like cocoon to protect them from drought. The find could one day help make drought resistant crops [Link]

Slashdot » Swatch Takes on Google, Apple With Watch Operating System

Thursday 16 March 17:20:00 UTC 2017

Corinne Gretler, reporting for Bloomberg: Swatch said it's developing an alternative to the iOS and Android operating systems for smartwatches as Switzerland's largest maker of timepieces vies with Silicon Valley for control of consumers' wrists. The company's Tissot brand will introduce a model around the end of 2018 that uses the Swiss-made system, which will also be able to connect … [Link]

Popular Science » High-intensity interval training is great for you—but it won't keep you from aging

Thursday 16 March 17:05:42 UTC 2017

Health Hot take: cellular-level studies are not the whole picture Exercise is hard (duh) and we all want an easy fix. But high-intensity interval training isn't the solution to your all problems. Read on to find out why. [Link]

Mashable » Soccer star punches himself in the face 9 times, instantly becomes meme

Thursday 16 March 17:03:41 UTC 2017

As someone used to scoring a lot of goals, Jamie Vardy clearly doesn't like it when he misses. On Tuesday, Leicester City took on Sevilla in the Champions League. With two minutes to go, Vardy had the chance to put his team three goals ahead.  SEE ALSO: 14 times footballers were unintentionally hilarious on Twitter As you can probably guess from … [Link]

Mashable » Why you get butterflies in your stomach

Thursday 16 March 17:00:00 UTC 2017

Dr. Roshini Raj explains what causes the feeling of butterflies in your stomach. Read more… More about Body, Physician, Doctor, Instincts, and Natural [Link]

Mashable » Even Selena Gomez feels like sh*t when she looks at Instagram

Thursday 16 March 16:42:02 UTC 2017

Being Instagram famous isn't all it's cracked up to be, even when you're a super-famous celebrity. In a new Vogue interview, singer and actress Selena Gomez, who is also the most-followed person on Instagram with 113 million followers, confessed she is no longer in control of her own Instagram account. SEE ALSO: 12 awesome Instagram features you're probably not using Citing … [Link]

Slashdot » The Last Days of Club Penguin

Thursday 16 March 16:40:00 UTC 2017

Club Penguin, a decade-old tween-focused social network by Disney is shutting down. From a report on The Outline: Club Penguin, which launched in 2005, will shutter on March 29, ending an 11-year run that at its peak drew 200 million users to the site. While the traffic has reportedly been in decline over the past few years — the OG … [Link]

Popular Science » This vaccine just might stop Ebola from annihilating the great apes

Thursday 16 March 16:35:30 UTC 2017

Science It worked in the lab—but will it work in the jungle? In an effort to keep our closest-living relatives alive, researchers have successfully tested an oral Ebola vaccine in the lab. Read on. [Link]

New Scientist – News » Premature babies’ brains respond differently to gentle touching

Thursday 16 March 16:32:50 UTC 2017

Babies born very early miss out on weeks of development in the womb and experience painful procedures. This seems to alter their response to touch [Link]

Mashable » Trump trusts the 'NYT', but don't worry, he still hates them

Thursday 16 March 16:26:29 UTC 2017

Depending on which side of the bed he wakes up on, Donald Trump tends to either love or hate the "failing" New York Times. Thursday night marked a new step in their relationship: Trusted news source. In an interview on Fox News, Trump credited the newspaper with having provided the reporting on which he based the claim that Barack Obama had … [Link]

Popular Science » The proposed 2018 federal budget tells NASA to forget about Earth

Thursday 16 March 16:26:00 UTC 2017

Environment The space agency does crucial research on our own planet The 2018 federal budget kills four NASA programs designed to help us learn more about the place we call home. Read on. [Link]

Mashable » iPhone photography is about to help these adorable animals get adopted

Thursday 16 March 16:22:52 UTC 2017

If you're a pet owner, there's a high chance that your phone is flooded with pictures of your pet. And that's completely understandable. How can you resist that adorable face? Answer: You can't. That's also the reason why pictures play a huge role in pet adoption. “Photography is critical in appealing to human emotion. People connect with pets through pictures," Cathy … [Link]

Mashable » 'Mass Effect: Andromeda' gives a shout out to SpaceX with a nerdy easter egg

Thursday 16 March 16:21:08 UTC 2017

Space exploration takes centerstage in the upcoming sci-fi game Mass Effect: Andromeda, which gives a nod to some of humanity's space pioneers, including SpaceX. Polygon first noticed a model of a SpaceX rocket sitting on a shelf in the main character's living quarters in Mass Effect: Andromeda, a fun little Easter egg for any fans of Elon Musk's private spacecraft company … [Link]

Mashable » We've had our fun, now let's leave BBC Dad and his family alone

Thursday 16 March 16:19:14 UTC 2017

It’s been almost one week since "BBC Dad" and his adorable kids came crashing into our lives in a hilarious BBC interview blunder. But, after what feels like an eternity of op-eds, memes, parodies and fan art, it's now high time we left this family alone once and for all.  Yes, it was funny. We all laughed. Now, let's move on. … [Link]

Mashable » The Chinese government has had enough of your recipes and decor photos

Thursday 16 March 16:13:58 UTC 2017

China added another brick to the Great Firewall by blocking access to social media site Pinterest, making it harder for citizens to share recipes, memes, and whatever else Pinterest is used for.  SEE ALSO: Google Scholar might finally be Google's way back into China TechCrunch reports that the site's users in China are now out of luck as censorship tool GreatFire … [Link]

Mashable » Someone donated 3.75 pounds of marijuana to Goodwill

Thursday 16 March 16:10:05 UTC 2017

Some people are super generous.  Employees at a Goodwill in Monroe, Washington, were surprised to find 3.75 pounds of weed inside a cooler that was recently donated.  SEE ALSO: Patrick Stewart reveals he uses weed like, every single day This cooler was donated over the weekend to the Goodwill. Employees surprised when they opened the lid. Police were called..pic.twitter.com/50z1OinsER — Monroe … [Link]

Mashable » Shiba Inu is a 1-dog band in this hypnotizing singception

Thursday 16 March 16:06:27 UTC 2017

What's better than one Shiba Inu singing? Five Shiba Inus singing! A pup named Kibo is the star of an incredible singception recorded by his owner, Jon Sun. Sun plays some notes on a piano, while Kibo sings along. Sun then plays the the howls back to Kibo and records the cute doge singing along to his voice.  He continues … [Link]

ProgrammableWeb.com » How PactSafe Gives Developers Innovative eSignature Alternatives

Thursday 16 March 16:06:12 UTC 2017

As a developer, you might have gotten the request at some point to add "electronic signature" (eSignature) to the apps that you're building. It could be with uploaded documents, accepting Terms of Service when signing up, or assembling a document on the fly. I'm here to tell you that it doesn't have to suck to build this kind of solution … [Link]

Slashdot » Slashdot Asks: Is the Internet Killing Old and New Art Forms or Helping Them Grow?

Thursday 16 March 16:00:00 UTC 2017

The thing about the internet is that as it gained traction and started to become part of our lives, it caused a lot of pain — bloodbath, many say — to several major industries. The music industry was nearly decimated, for instance, and pennies on the dollar doesn't begin to describe what has happened to the newspapers. But things are … [Link]

Mashable » Man orders a 'just the cheese' burger and it's even sadder looking than it sounds

Thursday 16 March 15:59:45 UTC 2017

Choice is a fickle thing. Too many options, too much freedom, infinite possibilities— humans sometimes make poor decisions just because they can.  It's intense, existential crisis stuff, friends. SEE ALSO: Researchers discover how normal people (like you) become internet trolls Now about the cheeseburger.  So a man walks up to an automated ordering machine at a McDonalds. He selects a cheeseburger, … [Link]

Mashable » WhatsApp will once again let you update your Status like it's 2002

Thursday 16 March 15:56:57 UTC 2017

WhatsApp users have spoken, and their message is clear: They still want to update their Status via text just like the good ol' days of away messages on AOL Instant Messenger.  Last month, the Facebook-owned chat app introduced a new way for its billion-plus users to share updates with their contacts in the form of yet another Snapchat clone. The new … [Link]

Mashable » 'Beauty and the Beast' review: So, what do those extra 45 minutes get you?

Thursday 16 March 15:44:45 UTC 2017

Say what you will about Disney's live-action Beauty and the Beast, but you can't say it doesn't at least try to give you something new. To the contrary, it runs a whopping 45 minutes longer than the 1991 animated version.  Whether those 45 minutes add anything worth having, though, is a different question.  SEE ALSO: PSA: The new 'Beauty and the … [Link]

Mashable » Donald Trump is killing Meals on Wheels and it's a serious problem

Thursday 16 March 15:40:37 UTC 2017

Put impaired veterans, elderly shut-ins and those who cannot leave their homes on the long list of American's that the president doesn't seem to want to support.  President Trump is — you guessed it — coming under fire again for a newly proposed budget that would completely eliminate federal funding for the Meals on Wheels program. That's a problem. SEE ALSO: … [Link]

Mashable » Drone footage of desert 'super bloom' will make your frigid Thursday

Thursday 16 March 15:38:23 UTC 2017

Abundant showers mean brilliant flowers for a California desert.  Canyons, sands and badlands are now speckled with yellows, purples and pinks inside the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. SEE ALSO: Southern California bracing for an 'off the charts' storm After years of severe drought, California experienced one of its wettest winters on record. Those rains have fueled a once-in-a-decade wildflower "super bloom" … [Link]

Mashable » Man downs a pint of Guinness in 15 seconds…while standing on his head

Thursday 16 March 15:37:43 UTC 2017

It's almost St. Patrick's Day, which means it's time to celebrate and have your once-a-year pint of sickeningly dark beer.  If you're gearing up to get absolutely wasted this St. Paddy's Day, watch this MVP knock back a pint of Guinness in about 15 seconds, all while standing on his head. His form is impressive and we're confident that he … [Link]

Mashable » Apparently Kendall Jenner was robbed this week

Thursday 16 March 15:34:48 UTC 2017

Another member of the Kardashian clan looks to have been at the receiving end of a burglary, though this time, no one was held at gunpoint.  According to a report by TMZ, model and reality television veteran Kendall Jenner was robbed of $200,000 in jewlery on Wednesday night.  SEE ALSO: Kendall Jenner and Andrew Garfield show off their amazingly pointless talents … [Link]

Mashable » This eye-opening fan theory will challenge everything you know about Pixar's 'Cars'

Thursday 16 March 15:34:37 UTC 2017

It seems like we go through this every month, but forget everything you think you know about the Cars series because the game has been forever changed.  YouTubers The Film Theorists, who spend most of their time completely obliterating any innocent convictions you have about your favorite childhood movies, have come up with a brand new lens through which to … [Link]

Mashable » The stethoscope finally got a long-awaited upgrade

Thursday 16 March 15:29:57 UTC 2017

‘Eko Core' is a digital stethoscope that amplifies body sounds by 40 times, allowing for better medical screening.  Read more…More about Mashable Video, Heart Attack, Medical Test, Medical Equipment, and Med Tech [Link]

Mashable » Rapper tears into NME on Twitter after they put him on cover without permission

Thursday 16 March 15:28:53 UTC 2017

British grime artist Stormzy has launched into a lengthy Twitter rant at NME after they featured him on the cover of their latest issue without his permission. SEE ALSO: Stormzy slams Brit Awards for its lack of diversity The magazine cover features a large picture of Stormzy with the words "DEPRESSION: IT'S TIME TO TALK" written across his chest. The line … [Link]

Mashable » Patrick Stewart reveals he uses weed like, every single day

Thursday 16 March 15:20:48 UTC 2017

While Attorney General Jeff Session continues to terrify the marijuana industry with his ridiculous comments about pot, medical marijuana got yet another celebrity endorsement this week: Sir Patrick Stewart. The 76-year-old actor spoke out in favor of medical marijuana, sharing that he uses medical cannabis to help ease the pain of his arthritis. Stewart released the statement to support a new … [Link]

Slashdot » Netflix Will Explore Mobile-Specific Cuts of Its Original Series

Thursday 16 March 15:20:00 UTC 2017

An anonymous reader shares an article: Netflix chief product officer Neil Hunt said in a briefing today with journalists in San Francisco that the company plans to explore streaming mobile-specific cuts of its original movies and TV shows, to satisfy what he said was a growing audience of mobile Netflix watchers. "It's not inconceivable that you could take a master … [Link]

Mashable » Eddie Redmayne is a claymation caveman in the first 'Early Man' teaser trailer

Thursday 16 March 15:16:24 UTC 2017

Eddie Redmayne is out to find some not-so-fantastic beasts in the first teaser trailer for Early Man, the new claymation feature from Wallace and Gromit studio Aardman Animations. The Oscar winner voices Dug, a courageous caveman who must unite his tribe to fight the mighty Lord Nooth (Tom Hiddleston).  He seems to have his work cut out for him, though, … [Link]

Mashable » Obama can't even go on vacation without starting a conspiracy theory

Thursday 16 March 15:15:10 UTC 2017

Obama isn't president anymore, but that hasn't stopped his vacations from being criticized. The former POTUS visited Hawaii – the place he was born – this week to have some fun in the sun, golf a bit and take a few meetings. It seems like a normal, innocent trip, right? Or DOES it? As you've probably heard by now, on Wednesday, … [Link]

Mashable » Everyone's mocking the animations in the new 'Mass Effect'

Thursday 16 March 15:10:17 UTC 2017

The Mass Effect series, though at times controversial, has been great. We've loved it. We love loving aliens (and other species) in it. What we don't love are these animations. As indie developer Nathan Ranney pointed out on Twitter, the facial animations are of particular note.  I mean… this is the 12th gif ive made of this mess pic.twitter.com/nSKcwM5zQ7 — Nathan … [Link]

Mashable » The best reactions to that rogue McDonald's Trump tweet

Thursday 16 March 15:04:41 UTC 2017

On Thursday morning, your friendly neighborhood McDonald's served a hot take on the state of U.S. politics alongside its standard fare of Egg McMuffin sandwiches. "@realDonaldTrump You are actually a disgusting excuse of a President and we would love to have @BarackObama back, also you have tiny hands," someone tweeted from one of the fast food giant's verified accounts.  SEE ALSO: … [Link]

Mashable » Justin Trudeau invited Ivanka Trump to a play about welcoming foreigners and the irony isn't lost

Thursday 16 March 15:02:41 UTC 2017

Oh, the irony.  Just hours after a federal court blocked President Donald Trump's revised travel ban, his daughter Ivanka attended a Broadway musical about welcoming foreigners under invitation from heart-throb Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.  SEE ALSO: The one where 10-year-old Matthew Perry beats up Justin Trudeau Ivanka, who arrived in the same motorcade as Trudeau and his wife Sophie, sat … [Link]

Mashable » Cole Sprouse had a really difficult time working with Jennifer Aniston on 'Friends'

Thursday 16 March 14:59:07 UTC 2017

If you were a Disney Channel kid growing up, you know that Cole Sprouse, aka Cody from The Suite Life of  Zack and Cody, started out his career as a young child actor on Friends, playing Ross Geller's son, Ben.  Well, the Riverdale star has revealed that although being on Friends was "really wonderful," working with costar Jennifer Aniston was difficult … [Link]

Mashable » Samsung's fancy Galaxy Tab S3 costs just as much as an iPad Pro, but it comes with the S-Pen

Thursday 16 March 14:57:21 UTC 2017

Productivity tablet wars, begun they have. When Samsung unveiled its new 9.7-inch Galaxy Tab S3 tablet last month, it was clear Samsung designed it to take on Apple's 9.7-inch iPad Pro, a tablet that can transform into a powerful productivity device with the addition of a Smart Keyboard and Apple Pencil. What wasn't clear, though, was how aggressive Samsung would be … [Link]

Mashable » Superhero comics creators: we're political, and always have been

Thursday 16 March 14:50:31 UTC 2017

As superhero comics creators will tell you, their medium has a proud history of getting political.  Captain America punched Hitler in the face while the U.S. was still officially neutral in World War II. Batman was born of senseless gun violence; he's hardly a cheerleader for the NRA. Superman is literally a refugee created by Jewish immigrants. The X-Men often parallel … [Link]

Mashable » McDonald's debuts mobile app so you can order all the Big Macs you can eat

Thursday 16 March 14:43:31 UTC 2017

Stepping up to the counter to order a Big Mac is so yesterday. McDonald's is finally getting with the modern times and has started pilot testing a mobile app that lets customers place food orders with their phones for in-restaurant or drive-through pickup. SEE ALSO: McDonald's re-engineered super-straw is not an early April Fools joke As of Wednesday, 29 restaurants in … [Link]

Mashable » When you marry a sheriff, you don't get invited to the wedding. You get summoned.

Thursday 16 March 14:41:01 UTC 2017

Imagine checking your mail after work on an average day and taking out an envelope stamped URGENT, with "NOTICE TO APPEAR" running across in big, bold letters. Your first thought is probably, "oh no, what did I do?" "Oh no, what did I do" is not the ideal reaction to a wedding invitation, but it was the reaction in this situation … [Link]

Slashdot » Microsoft To End Support For Windows Vista In Less Than a Month

Thursday 16 March 14:40:00 UTC 2017

In less than a month's time, Microsoft will put Windows Vista to rest once and for all. If you're one of the few people still using it, you have just a few weeks to find another option before time runs out. (I mean, nobody will uninstall it from your computer, but.) From a report on PCWorld: After April 11, 2017, … [Link]

New Scientist – News » These fish are evolving right now to become land-dwellers

Thursday 16 March 14:28:51 UTC 2017

The threat of predation makes the blenny fish seek refuge outside of water, where they are safer, perhaps retracing steps of first land-dwelling animals [Link]

New Scientist – News » Chimp filmed cleaning a corpse’s teeth in a mortuary-like ritual

Thursday 16 March 14:28:42 UTC 2017

The never-before-seen behaviour suggests that chimpanzees can be curious about death and may shed light on the origins of human mortuary practices [Link]

Mashable » How to play your Nintendo Switch on a TV without the dock

Thursday 16 March 14:23:05 UTC 2017

Some Nintendo Switch owners have reported that their consoles received scratches from the dock that allows the Switch to be played on TVs. It's unclear how widespread a problem this is — Nintendo seems doubtful — but, luckily, there's a way to play in docked mode without actually putting the console in the dock at all. YouTuber Switch It Up … [Link]

Mashable » Samantha Bee dives into the 'deep state' conspiracy

Thursday 16 March 14:14:12 UTC 2017

Samantha Bee's latest spotlight is on the Republican Party's fixation with the "deep state." News clips of Republican leaders and Sean Hannity discuss a "deep state bureaucracy," "deep state media" and "deep state forces" that are "out for blood." This idea of shadow forces controlling the government is what Bee calls "one of the far-right — and far-left's — favorite … [Link]

Mashable » Gigantic horse meets nursing home residents, warms everyone's hearts

Thursday 16 March 14:13:42 UTC 2017

Everyone likes making new friends, especially if the new friend in question happens to be a gigantic horse. SEE ALSO: Mini horses lead cops in a nail-biting, low-speed chase On Wednesday, the following picture began doing the rounds on Reddit. It shows a Clydesdale horse meeting an elderly lady at an unnamed nursing home, and it is — for want of … [Link]

Mashable » Adorable social media robot dog looks like Zuckerberg's pup, natch

Thursday 16 March 14:10:28 UTC 2017

What if Mark Zuckerberg's Internet-famous Puli, Beast, could fit in the palm of your hand and only bark or wag his adorable little tail when you get a Facebook like? That's not a Facebook founder fever dream, it's the reality of a new Kickstarter project for the world's only social media robot dog: Soshee (short for "social"). Designed by animatronic master … [Link]

Mashable » McDonald's Twitter account just dropped some fire on Donald Trump (and then deleted it)

Thursday 16 March 14:02:13 UTC 2017

We don't know who's the author behind this tweet but we know for sure that someone is about to get fired at McDonald's today: Apparently, @McDonalds is NOT "loving it"pic.twitter.com/jxBjyX4gvt — Ian McKelvey (@ian_mckelvey) March 16, 2017 The tweet was even pinned on top of the page:  You want fries with that tweet? https://t.co/igf2brc953 — Ivan the K™ (@IvanTheK) March 16, … [Link]

Slashdot » Tesla To Raise Over $1.15 Billion To Help Offset Risk For Model 3 Production

Thursday 16 March 14:02:00 UTC 2017

Tesla is looking to raise a total of around $1.15 billion from stock and convertible senior notes as a way to help "further reduce any risks" that it'll incur as it scales its business to handle its aggressive Model 3 production schedule, the company said. From a report: Tesla's decision to pad out its balance sheet with more capital was … [Link]

Mashable » Pornhub wants you to dress up like a panda and have sex. Really.

Thursday 16 March 14:00:00 UTC 2017

Got any exciting plans for National Panda Day today? You do now. Pornhub wants you to dress up like a panda and film yourself having sex. “Haha, whaaaaat?” you may rightly be thinking. But hear me out. There is an actual method to this madness.  Giant pandas are not famous for their horniness. (Males spend most of their time sleeping and … [Link]

Mashable » Super precise robot can stitch a grape's skin back together

Thursday 16 March 13:49:29 UTC 2017

The Da Vinci Surgical System is a set of four robotic arms that are controlled by a surgeon, mimicking and miniaturizing their hand gestures.  It allows for more precision and dexterity, while reducing blood loss and tissue damage.  Read more…More about Real Time Video, Real Time Video, Real Time, Robot Arm, and Robot [Link]

Slashdot » Psychopathic CEOs Are Rife In Silicon Valley, Experts Say

Thursday 16 March 13:40:00 UTC 2017

An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: There is a high proportion of psychopathic CEOs in Silicon Valley, enabled by protective investors and weak human resources departments, according to a panel of experts at SXSW festival. Although the term "psychopath" typically has negative connotations, some of the attributes associated with the disorder can be advantageous in a business … [Link]

Popular Science » How to stop videos from autoplaying

Thursday 16 March 13:37:56 UTC 2017

DIY Take control of your browser and apps If you've spent any time on the web you've probably become frustrated with videos that start playing of their own accord. Follow these steps to block the annoyance. [Link]

Mashable » Be our guest and sing along with this a cappella 'Beauty and the Beauty' medley

Thursday 16 March 13:31:32 UTC 2017

The live action remake of Beauty and the Beast hits theaters tomorrow and it seems everyone is getting in the spiritBYU Vocal Point, Brigham Young University's all-male a cappella ensemble, expressed their excitement about the release by posting a beautiful medley of the movie's songs onto YouTube. The group, along with singer Lexi Walker, donned themed costumes as they danced … [Link]

Mashable » Of course Snoop Dogg has no time for Donald Trump's weird tweets

Thursday 16 March 13:11:50 UTC 2017

Here’s an actual sentence: at long last, Snoop Dogg has responded to an angry tweet from the president of the United States. The rapper became the latest target of Donald Trump's early morning tweets after he released a music video, "Lavender," in which he pointed a toy gun at the head of orange clown "Ronald Klump." Predictably, this did not please … [Link]

Mashable » The BBC interview kids just stole the show again

Thursday 16 March 13:05:13 UTC 2017

Korea expert and viral video father Robert Kelly held a press conference with his family to discuss their newfound fame. Read more…More about James Kelly, Kim Jung A, Korea Expert, Bbc Dad, and Children [Link]

Slashdot » Ask Slashdot: How To Teach Generic Engineers Coding, Networking, and Computing?

Thursday 16 March 13:00:00 UTC 2017

davegravy writes: I work at a small but quickly growing acoustic consulting engineering firm, consisting of a mix of mechanical, electrical, civil, and other engineering backgrounds. When I joined almost 10 years ago I was in good company with peers who were very computer literate — able to develop their own complex excel macros, be their own IT tech support, … [Link]

Mashable » This adorable emoji python will cure your fear of snakes

Thursday 16 March 12:58:54 UTC 2017

Snake breeder Justin Kobylka created a Lavender Albino Piebald Ball Python that has markings in the shape of three smiling emojis. Read more…More about Smiling Emoji, Ball Python, Real Time Video, Real Time Video, and Cute Animals [Link]

Mashable » A man who wrote a message in a bottle for the 'sea people' got a rude, yet hilarious reply

Thursday 16 March 12:56:59 UTC 2017

The River Thames that runs through London isn't generally the place where one would hope to encounter sea people. That didn't prevent a man from throwing a message in a bottle for the mythical creatures into the water. SEE ALSO: This east London startup is bringing DJs together worldwide Surprisingly, the man received a response a week later from a group … [Link]

Popular Science » How some animals survive on almost no water

Thursday 16 March 12:33:55 UTC 2017

Animals Six scintillating adaptations for life in the driest places on Earth These animals get by on almost no water at all, thanks to clever adaptations that make them super savers and hydration scavengers. [Link]

Mashable » The trailer for Emilia Clarke's new horror film is creepy as hell

Thursday 16 March 12:30:40 UTC 2017

With its medieval-sounding title and the presence of Emilia Clarke in the lead role, you could be forgiven for thinking Voice from the Stone was some sort of Game of Thrones spinoff. SEE ALSO: 21 times 'Game of Thrones' star Emilia Clarke was the Queen of Instagram It's not, though. It's actually a supernatural mystery thriller that comes complete with … [Link]

Mashable » The one where 10-year-old Matthew Perry beats up Justin Trudeau

Thursday 16 March 12:27:46 UTC 2017

Finally, a crack in that Canadian politeness. Matthew Perry (also known as Chandler from Friends) revealed to Jimmy Kimmel Wednesday night that in fifth grade, he and a friend beat up future Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau. Why? Trudeau was reportedly "excelling at a sport," and Perry could not bear the jealousy. Yes, this is terrible (please reconcile, dudes!), but … [Link]

Mashable » Forget Justin Trudeau, this Dutch politician is coming for the internet's heart

Thursday 16 March 12:09:27 UTC 2017

While Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte claimed victory at the parliamentary election, it was another rising political star that really grabbed the people's imagination.  SEE ALSO: Obviously, young Justin Trudeau was hot. Here are the pictures that prove it Jesse Klaver, the young leader of the Green Party, scored an historic victory at the polls, guiding his party to become the … [Link]

New Scientist – News » Chimp filmed cleaning a corpse’s teeth in a mortuary ritual

Thursday 16 March 12:05:41 UTC 2017

The never-before-seen behaviour suggests that chimpanzees can be curious about death and may shed light on the origins of human mortuary practices [Link]

New Scientist – News » Australia wants to ban unvaccinated children from preschool

Thursday 16 March 12:05:37 UTC 2017

The government wants 95 per cent of Australian children vaccinated – a level that would stop infectious diseases spreading and protect those who can’t be vaccinated [Link]

Mashable » James Corden jokes about the spying vibrator, making the point that nothing is sacred

Thursday 16 March 11:49:37 UTC 2017

As a late night talk show host with the gift of gab, James Corden has something clever to say about everything, including the latest in spy technology. SEE ALSO: James Corden makes a stunning Belle in a 'Beauty and the Beast' crosswalk musical In between ripping into Kellyanne Conway and questioning humanity over the latest in denim fashion, Corden gives … [Link]

O'Reilly News and Commentary » #Ebook Deal/Day: Concurrency in Go – $21.49 (Save 50%) Use code DEAL

Thursday 16 March 11:16:36 UTC 2017

Get "Concurrency in Go" today using code DEAL and save 50%!This sale ends at 2:00 AM 2017-03-17 (PDT, GMT-8:00). [Link]

Mashable » Police interrupt students' group chat in the most spectacular way

Thursday 16 March 11:10:03 UTC 2017

It’s not every day the police make a sudden guest appearance in your group chat. SEE ALSO: Cops help 10-year-old girl with homework after she messaged them on Facebook Earlier in the week, 20-year-old Cardiff University student Lawrence Court received a fairly bizarre message on his phone. "Hello, it's the police on Cameron's phone," read the message. "He is very drunk … [Link]

Mashable » Popular YouTube professor explains why he wants you to pay his salary

Thursday 16 March 11:08:39 UTC 2017

A professor of economics is going to extreme lengths to continue his work as an academic.  Steve Keen, who is currently employed full time at Kingston University, is crowdfunding via the Patreon website to pay his salary because universities “no longer provide the time and freedom they once gave to original thinkers”. Keen is trying to raise $10,000 (£8,232) a month … [Link]

Mashable » James Corden makes a stunning Belle in a 'Beauty and the Beast' crosswalk musical

Thursday 16 March 10:46:50 UTC 2017

Daniel Day Lewis had Lincoln. James Corden had Belle. SEE ALSO: PSA: The new 'Beauty and the Beast' soundtrack is streaming on Spotify In the video above, Corden took on the role of a lifetime in an episode of Crosswalk the Musical: Beauty and the Beast. Corden and his theater chorus were joined by Beauty and the Beast actors Dan … [Link]

Mashable » John Oliver's hot take on Samsung wasn't shown in India for some reason

Thursday 16 March 10:29:02 UTC 2017

India's on-demand streaming service Hotstar, which bills itself as a no-censorship platform, edited out a segment from the Last Week Tonight show this week.  The show, hosted by John Oliver, had a segment about various Samsung products catching fire, a play on the unfortunate past few months that Samsung has had over the infamous Galaxy Note7 bursting into flames and … [Link]

Mashable » Full-size paper golden Lamborghini commissioned, then set on fire

Thursday 16 March 10:19:36 UTC 2017

Talk about bling in the afterlife. Behold this 1:1 paper model of a golden Lamborghini that is going viral. SEE ALSO: These Chinese festive food mashups are blowing our minds The Lamborghini — made by 26-year-old Lin Zhao Wei — was created for Qing Ming, a three-day Chinese festival where people burn paper offerings to their ancestors, believed to receive the … [Link]

Mashable » Wall of 3,000 flowers tracks and mirrors your movements

Thursday 16 March 10:00:20 UTC 2017

Imagine 3,000 flowers blooming as you walk past them. Daimaru, a departmental store in Japan, has put up a flower installation it calls "Flower Mirror," which tracks and blooms to mirror people as they move in front of it. SEE ALSO: Instagram is obsessing over these delicate flower-shaped gelato cones The installation relies on 800 movable motors, that push out … [Link]

Slashdot » Dungeons and Dragons Goes Digital

Thursday 16 March 10:00:00 UTC 2017

An anonymous reader writes: Seems like a new digital Dungeons and Dragons will soon be offered. It's not a game in the Baldur's Gate style but rather seems to be about using apps to complement the experience. I wonder if it includes some kind of VOIP facility so the D&D session can be established without everyone being in the same … [Link]

Mashable » Girl goes viral for makeup tutorial while riding on the roof of a moving vehicle

Thursday 16 March 9:42:10 UTC 2017

Your car makeup tutorial is nothing compared to this. Anne Custodio from the Philippines is going viral with this video of her going from bare face to full makeup, while riding on top of a motorcycle side car. SEE ALSO: This YouTuber is the realest damn thing to happen to 'beauty vlogging' Over a six-minute-long tutorial, she applies primer, concealer … [Link]

Mashable » China's police are now shooting down drones with radio-jamming rifles

Thursday 16 March 9:10:27 UTC 2017

A Chinese city's police department is arming itself with more than 20 drone-jamming rifles to crack down on illegal drone flights. SEE ALSO: Use Jedi mind tricks to command this drone Police in Wuhan, central China , are going to be equipped with 20 of these rifles, which work by emitting radio signals that force the drones to land purportedly without … [Link]

Mashable » Indonesia destroyed a tiger statue in shame after memes savagely mocked it

Thursday 16 March 8:38:30 UTC 2017

Who knew memes could cause this much damage? One tiger statue in front of an Indonesia military base has been destroyed after it became the butt of jokes online. SEE ALSO: 'Ghost in the Shell' gets brutally dragged in its own viral campaign The tiger sat in front of the Siliwangi Military Command in the province of Cisewu. I mean, just … [Link]

Mashable » Happy Easter, let's turn up! Gin & tonic Easter eggs are real and they look ridiculously good

Thursday 16 March 8:31:37 UTC 2017

Gin & tonics are a classy drink for classy people— do not @ me. Sadly, it's still not "OK" to have one at 8 a.m. on Easter while kids are gobbling down jelly beans and marshmallows.  SEE ALSO: Relax everyone, your gin supply is safe Luckily, this chocolate company has a more adult-friendly interpretation of the Easter classic: a London Gin … [Link]

Slashdot » AMD Announces Ryzen 5 Processors With 4 and 6-Core Chips Starting At $169

Thursday 16 March 7:00:00 UTC 2017

MojoKid writes from a report via HotHardware: Today, AMD unveiled additional details with respect to the entire Ryzen 5 processor line-up. Unlike the Ryzen 7 series, which consists entirely of 8-core/16-thread processors, the Ryzen 5 family has two tiers consisting of 6-core/12-thread and 4-core/8-thread processors. The entry-level part is the Ryzen 5 1400, a 4-core/8-thread CPU with base and turbo … [Link]

Mashable » Bird staring at itself in this window is not having an existential crisis

Thursday 16 March 6:47:26 UTC 2017

No, this bird isn't having an existential crisis, despite appearances. A bird in Queensland, Australia was photographed staring at itself in the window by journalist Nick Wiggins, with a sign above it. "I'm a bush stone curlew. I'm fine. I just like to stare at myself in the window," the sign reads, penned by "Caitlin from Wildcare Australia."  Of course, Twitter … [Link]

Mashable » China's largest bike-sharing company has a solution for people vandalizing its bikes

Thursday 16 March 6:14:23 UTC 2017

For all the buzz that the bike-sharing concept gets, the ill-treatment of these bikes gets just as much attention. Because people are terrible. China's Ofo, which has become the first bike-sharing start-up to raise over $1 billion in funding, bears a huge brunt of that burden. SEE ALSO: People are dumping shared bikes in horrible piles Thousands of its bikes have … [Link]

Mashable » Dear Twitter: Please verify me. Love, Julian Assange.

Thursday 16 March 5:52:24 UTC 2017

Fine, whatever. Julian Assange didn't want to be verified anyway. He does, however, seem a little p*ssed at Twitter. Calling himself a "deplorable," the WikiLeaks founder tweeted Thursday that the social media platform has a "binary class system with proximity to power represented by 'blue tick' insignia." SEE ALSO: Trying to protect teens by censoring the internet probably doesn't work Twitter … [Link]

Mashable » Mr. Bean gets recut as a scary villain but still ends up being hilarious

Thursday 16 March 4:26:58 UTC 2017

Ah, how could we ever forget Mr. Bean? Rowan Atkinson's beloved character is famed for saying very little, but that's just to accentuate the his brilliant physical comedy.  But, did you ever think there might just be a horror-movie style killer lurking behind behind that tweedy innocence and penchant for odd facial expressions?  Well, you can certainly imagine it in … [Link]

Mashable » Ikea India's parental leave policy leaves most U.S. companies in the dust

Thursday 16 March 3:46:19 UTC 2017

Ikea India just made its already great maternity leave policy even better.  Just last week, it gave new mothers six months off work for their first two children, which is double the previous three-month paid leave period. The Maternity Benefit Amendment Bill, 2016, will pave way for a healthy & secure mother and a well-nourished child#MaternityBill pic.twitter.com/oUkHZ19QTW — Ministry of WCD … [Link]

Mashable » Stopping climate change is now the only way to save the Great Barrier Reef

Thursday 16 March 3:36:24 UTC 2017

The Great Barrier Reef is in serious danger, and stopping global warming could be the only way to save it. In 2016, a world-wide coral bleaching event devastated the reef, especially in its pristine northern reaches where the effect was deemed "catastrophic." Now, as the reef faces yet another bleaching event in 2017, a new report has found only one way … [Link]

Slashdot » America May Miss Out On the Next Industrial Revolution

Thursday 16 March 3:30:00 UTC 2017

An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Verge: Robots are inevitably going to automate millions of jobs in the U.S. and around the world, but there's an even more complex scenario on the horizon, said roboticist Matt Rendall. In a talk Tuesday at SXSW, Rendall painted a picture of the future of robotic job displacement that focused less on … [Link]

Mashable » This is what you get when a member of The Shins makes a photo app

Thursday 16 March 3:12:29 UTC 2017

The Shins frontman James Mercer didn't set out to make an app. A heavy Instagram user, he simply wanted something to make a quick photo collage. But not the kind that just plops a few photos into a grid. You know, an actual collage, like the kind you made in elementary school. But after hunting through the App Store, he was … [Link]

Mashable » Stephen Colbert is an expert at pulling a Rachel Maddow preamble

Thursday 16 March 3:12:28 UTC 2017

This is what happens when you bury the lede. MSNBC host Rachel Maddow is still being mocked for what many found to be an infuriatingly-long, 22 minute preamble in the lead up to revealing Trump's 2005 tax returns on Tuesday.  Naturally, Stephen Colbert had to try his own hand at "Maddow-ing" as it shall now be known.  He hilariously introduced … [Link]

Mashable » How parents can avoid this nightmare scenario: 'Alexa, order me a dollhouse'

Thursday 16 March 2:52:12 UTC 2017

Amazon Echo and Google Home can make you feel like you’ve stumbled across a genie: say what you want and, like magic, it appears on your doorstep. That's both cool and convenient — until it isn't. And as the incident earlier this year where a 6-year-old girl ordered a $170 dollhouse and four pounds of cookies demonstrates, it often isn't.  SEE … [Link]

Mashable » Gang of dolphins refuses to stop showing off in front of film crew

Thursday 16 March 2:40:59 UTC 2017

Dolphins are cheeky and gorgeous and they know it. Especially these guys. They were captured in super slow-mo, on high-quality film equipment because they just so happened to begin leaping in front on a film crew out at sea. Show-offs. Damian Christie and his team were on there way back from New Zealand's Pelorus Sound when the gang of 20 … [Link]

Mashable » Top ad blocker seeks 'ordinary user' to decide which ads die

Thursday 16 March 2:16:08 UTC 2017

Do you fancy yourself as someone who should play god over millions of advertising dollars by which media companies live and die? If so, you might be in luck.  AdBlock Plus, the world's most popular ad blocker, just named the first members to the independent board it's tasked with deciding which ads are allowed to pass through its filter for free. … [Link]

Mashable » Terms and Conditions are too long, just ask a guy who read Amazon's for 9 hours

Thursday 16 March 2:10:14 UTC 2017

If there aren't any books that tickle your fancy, perhaps you'll be interested in the tale of the Amazon Kindle terms and conditions. Why, at 73,198 words you'll be entranced from the "terms of use" introduction on page one, to hearing about why the resale of a gifted audio certificate is prohibited on page 48. It'll take you 8 hours … [Link]

Slashdot » Brain Aging Gene Discovered

Thursday 16 March 2:05:00 UTC 2017

New submitter baalcat quotes a report from Neuroscience News: Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) researchers have discovered a common genetic variant that greatly impacts normal brain aging, starting at around age 65, and may modify the risk for neurodegenerative diseases. The findings could point toward a novel biomarker for the evaluation of anti-aging interventions and highlight potential new targets for … [Link]

Mashable » Court settles debate that’s divided grammar nerds for decades

Thursday 16 March 2:03:18 UTC 2017

Ah, the Oxford comma. Journalists often fight over it, academics love it and a lot of people don't care about or even know what it is. But this singular bit of punctuation is actually super important.  Just ask a couple dairy drivers in Maine who recently won a labor case and overtime pay — all because of the state's failure to … [Link]

Slashdot » NSA, DOE Say China's Supercomputing Advances Put US At Risk

Thursday 16 March 1:25:00 UTC 2017

dcblogs quotes a report from Computerworld: Advanced computing experts at the National Security Agency and the Department of Energy are warning that China is "extremely likely" to take leadership in supercomputing as early as 2020, unless the U.S. acts quickly to increase spending. China's supercomputing advances are not only putting national security at risk, but also U.S. leadership in high-tech … [Link]

Slashdot » Australia To Ban Unvaccinated Children From Preschool

Thursday 16 March 0:45:00 UTC 2017

An anonymous reader quotes a report from New Scientist: No-jab, no play. So says the Australian Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull, who has announced that unvaccinated children will be barred from attending preschools and daycare centers. Currently, 93 percent of Australian children receive the standard childhood vaccinations, including those for measles, mumps and rubella, but the government wants to lift this … [Link]

Mashable » ESL isn't too happy about the big 'Counter-Strike' Major announcement

Thursday 16 March 0:32:58 UTC 2017

The second Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major of 2017 is going down this July in Kraków, Poland, hosted by PGL. The main event of the PGL Kraków Major will run from July 16 to 23, featuring the top eight "Legends" from the previous ELeague Atlanta Major — first place team Astralis, Vitrus.pro, SK Gaming, Fnatic, North, Na'Vi, FaZe Clan and Gambit … [Link]

Mashable » Yes, mobile VR is possible without strapping a smartphone to your face

Thursday 16 March 0:19:56 UTC 2017

No, I don't like strapping a smartphone to my face to enjoy virtual reality. And I don't blame you if you don't want to either.   But if you look at the reported sales numbers for mobile headsets like the Samsung Gear VR over the past year, you might think people prefer them. Um, I don't think so.  Although hard numbers … [Link]

Mashable » River receives the same rights as a human in 'world first' settlement

Thursday 16 March 0:07:44 UTC 2017

A win/win for culture, and for the earth. It doesn't happen every day. But following the longest-running litigation in the country's history, the Whanganui River in New Zealand (or Aotearoa's) North Island will be treated as a human being in the eyes of the law. A group of Māori people known as the Whanganui Iwi have fought for their relationship with … [Link]

Mashable » Pornhub plowed city streets because why not

Thursday 16 March 0:06:02 UTC 2017

Pornhub, yes, that Pornhub, plowed the streets of Boston.  Why? Well, it certainly makes for a good pun.  The definitely not-a-plow company reportedly sent branded plows to New York, New Jersey and Massachusetts Tuesday in an effort to combat the effects of the blizzardBoston Magazine reports that the service, like much of what Pornhub provides, was free of charge. "Hey Boston! … [Link]

Slashdot » GitLab Acquires Software Chat Startup Gitter, Will Open-Source the Code

Thursday 16 March 0:05:00 UTC 2017

According to VentureBeat, "GitLab, a startup that provides open source and premium source code repository software that people use to collaborate on software, is announcing today that it has acquired Gitter, a startup that provides chat rooms that are attached to repositories of code so that collaborators can exchange messages." From the report: GitLab won't bundle it in its community … [Link]

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