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13 Times Bethany Mota Made Us Fall In Love With Her
She's a YouTube extraordinaire, "Dancing With the Stars" contestant and an iTunes sensation. Basically, Bethany Mota is well on her way to conquering the world -- and looking absolutely charming while...
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Rwanda Could Be The Next Silicon Valley: But it Needs Youth to Help it Get There
It only takes one glance around the room to see the role technology plays in Rwandan lives. Last November I was in Kigali for the Transform Africa Summit. Looking out at the crowd from the panelists'...
View ArticleAt the Intersection of Feminism and Technology
"Think about your favorite childhood technology. In what ways was it created with certain bodies, identities, and genders in mind? How did this dictate its use?" As I sit in lecture for Screen Arts...
View ArticleTwitter Teams With Advocacy Group To Fight Harassment Against Women
Twitter has teamed up with a women's rights advocacy group to launch a new tool aimed at curbing gender harassment and abuse on the social media platform. The tool, launched Thursday, allows victims to...
View ArticleWhen Will Texting And Driving Be As Taboo As Drunken Driving?
When it comes to texting and driving, the problem isn't a lack of awareness about the risk. Ninety-eight percent of people know that it's dangerous, yet three in four are offenders, according to a new...
View ArticleHow a Prankster Taught Me to Be Positive
Within the last few months, a prankster on YouTube came out with a disgraceful prank involving sexually harassing young women (that video has been taken down). I believe that even though some people do...
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Facebook Is Giving You More Control Over Your News Feed
Facebook on Friday unveiled new tools to help users control and understand their News Feed. The switch is part of an effort by Facebook to give its users more control over the site's mysterious News...
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Astronauts Put A Camera Inside An Orb Of Water, And Here's What Happened
Maybe you've seen videos of astronauts playing with floating blobs of water, but how about a video shot from inside the watery blob? That's just what we have here in a new video (above) posted on...
View ArticleJimmy Fallon Proves Life Would Be Way Better If You Were In Charge
You had us at Diet Oreos. Since we just went through Midterm Elections, Jimmy Fallon made this week's hashtag #IfIWasInCharge to see what you would do if you were elected to office. Fallon read some of...
View ArticleThe Funniest Someecards Of The Week
So, there was an election this week. Republicans? We're sure you're pretttty happy with yourselves. Democrats? We're just sending you a hug. Or, you could just check out the week's funniest Someecards....
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Seeing Traces Of Sex Trafficking On Tinder Is A Reminder This Crime Is...
Tinder users are never certain of what they'll see before swiping right, but they likely don't expect to find the face of a sex trafficking victim. A new campaign created by advertising agency Eighty...
View ArticleIf ICANN Doesn't Keep Registrars Honest, Who Will?
Last week, The Wall Street Journal detailed the challenges that drug safety authorities like the FDA face when tackling the illegal and unsafe distribution of prescription medicines via the Internet....
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Allow This Century Old Selfie To Make You Feel Really, Really Old
Although "selfie" was only added to the dictionary this year, the omnipresent and much reviled photography method has been around for much longer. In fact, the first ever light photograph, taken in...
View ArticleFinally, We Can Talk About The Surprise Cameo In 'Interstellar'
The following post contains spoilers about "Interstellar." Back in August of 2013, Indiewire's The Playlist reported Matt Damon had signed on for a small role in Christopher Nolan's new film,...
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Non-Newtonian Fluid Dancing In Slow Motion Looks Totally Trippy
Watching a mixture of cornstarch and water might sound like a snooze, but the stuff exhibits some pretty fascinating behavior when placed atop a vibrating loudspeaker. Just watch this new video from...
View ArticleDoritos-Flavored Mountain Dew Is Real, PepsiCo Confirms
PepsiCo Inc. is concocting a version of its Mountain Dew soda flavored to taste like cheesy Doritos chips, the company stated Friday. The soda and snack giant said it tested the new flavor, dubbed...
View ArticleThe 'Warcraft' Movie Cast And Characters Were Finally Revealed
The "Warcraft" movie just leveled up. Saturday at the BlizzCon gaming convention, the characters for the upcoming movie based on the "World of Warcraft" games were finally announced. Though details...
View Article'Interstellar' -- A Galaxy Too Far?
Could Earth really get so bad that we have to leave? That's the premise of Interstellar, the sci-fi epic of Homeric ambition and eonian length now filling the multiplexes. Environmental decay is a...
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When Being Beautiful Might Count Against You
By Bettina Chang Beautiful people, as a rule, have it pretty good. They tend to have more self-confidence, higher income and better financial well-being than plain-faced or downright ugly people....
View ArticleDon't Bother Asking This Sassy Amazon Echo For Any Help
Another thing we've learned about the new Amazon Echo? It gives all of the sass, all of the time. Amazon Echo, a wireless device that serves as a personal assistant a la Siri, was just introduced via a...
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