Adding to the long list of things you never knew was a legitimate competitive sport, the Red Bull Street Style World Final recently took place in London, where athletes juggle soccer balls in impossibly amazing ways using any part of their body exce…
Lees meerGettyFacebook will end some ads that target users by their race. “We are going to turn off, actually prohibit, the use of ethnic affinity marketing for ads that we identify as offering housing, employment and credit,” Erin Egan, Facebook’s Vice Pres…
Lees meerImage: Global New Light of Myanmar/FacebookA large cylindrical structure thought to be part of a Chinese rocket has fallen down into a mining area in north Myanmar, while another piece of metal tore through the roof of a nearby house.Read more...
Lees meerIllustration: Jim CookeEach morning I take three pills, all of which I need to stay alive. I get my health insurance through the Affordable Care Act—without it, I’d be spending upwards of $500 on prescription medication each month.Read more...
Lees meerGettyA new report from Ars Technica on documents unsealed by the American Civil Liberties Union show that the FBI may have operated 23 child pornography websites on the dark web. Read more...
Lees meerDenim Gold BoxYou need jeans. Everyone needs jeans. Get denim from brands like Hudson, AG, Naked and Famous and more for less from Amazon’s one-day sale. You could end up saving over $100 on good denim that will last a long time.Read more...
Lees meerPhoto: APOn Thursday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg disputed the suggestion that hoax news stories circulating on the social network affected the outcome of this year’s election, characterizing claims otherwise as “pretty out there.”Read more...
Lees meerPhoto: Getty ImagesCiting unnamed sources familiar with the situation, former Fortune.com editor Dan Primack reports that Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel will lead President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team.Read more...
Lees meerThere’s nothing odd about this. There’s nothing surprising about it either. If you watch a very hot knife cut through a piece of styrofoam, it’s going to be exactly as satisfying as you’d think it’d be.. The styrofoam shrivels up after each cut and…
Lees meerOn Wednesday, the CEO of food delivery site Grubhub sent out a company-wide email condemning the “nationalist, anti-immigrant and hateful” beliefs of President-elect Donald Trump and encouraging any employees who disagreed to quit.Read more...
Lees meerSeems like it’s been a while since we checked up on our favorite country via a sweeping nature video, so it’s good to know that, yup, Iceland is still the most visually stunningly place on Earth. The drone footage comes from the Highlands of Iceland…
Lees meerOkay, so we only really have a few actual pictures from the upcoming mega crossover between Supergirl, Arrow, Flash, and Legends of Tomorrow—and everyone looks appropriately stern or heroic for a crossover about an evil alien invasion. But the pictu…
Lees meerFirst there was the bald eagle stuck inside the grille of a Florida motorist. And now Orange County, Florida has two bald eagles stuck in a storm drain. There’s even a live video stream of the rescue efforts. It’s all a bit on the nose for a country…
Lees meerWhite House staffers on Wednesday, November 9, 2016 (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)Have you seen this photo of White House staffers looking depressed today? It was supposedly taken today, when Obama welcomed Donald Trump to the White House for a visit. But i…
Lees meerImage: Rich Fury/Invision/APLate last night, Twitter made the decision to suspend @EastwoodUSA. The account’s final message—and presumed reason for being booted off the social network—read: Read more...
Lees meerRoku 3 Streaming Player, $50If you don’t already own a Roku, what is wrong with you? It’s basically one of the best accessories for any television. And right now, thanks to Best Buy’s early Black Friday deals, you can grab a Roku 3 for half off. $50…
Lees meerOn Tuesday night, following the ascendance of a sentient, smushed-up Cheez Doodle to the most powerful office in the world, so many people visited Canada’s informational immigration website that it crashed. Now, officials have confirmed what some al…
Lees meerThroughout this year’s presidential campaign, journalists have focused, correctly, on the power of Facebook to shape, distort, and ultimately control the news and information that inform and educate voters. They’ve written dozens of stories about th…
Lees meerPrepare for flight delays at LaGuardia. The Federal Aviation Administration has issued a new no-fly zone over Trump Tower in midtown Manhattan until January 21, 2017, the day President-elect Trump moves into the White House.Read more...
Lees meerYesterday the stock market did exceptionally well. But tech stocks weren’t so lucky. And it looks like the impending Donald Trump presidency is continuing to spook investors about Silicon Valley, as tech stocks continue to plunge today.Read more...
Lees meerWe’ve had a little over a day to process the reality that yes, Donald Trump is our new President-elect. We’ve already talked about what this means for women’s bodies, education, public health, space, and the environment, and the short answer is that…
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