A Year of Google Maps & Apple Maps

A Year of Google Maps & Apple Maps
It's cool to see how much Google Maps has changed over the past year. But it's also surprising to see how little Apple Maps has changed.

May 31, 2017 at 03:54PM
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Girl Stuns 'America's Got Talent' Judges With Her Absurdly Good Singing Ventriloquism

Girl Stuns 'America's Got Talent' Judges With Her Absurdly Good Singing Ventriloquism
Look, if we're being honest, we typically find ventriloquism pretty creepy — chalk it up to watching too many horror movies or something — but this 12-year-old is making us revisit our gut instincts about the art form because she is just so freaking talented.

May 31, 2017 at 06:31PM
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Why do so few people major in computer science?

Why do so few people major in computer science?
In 2005, about 54,000 people in the US earned bachelor’s degrees in computer science. That figure was lower every year afterwards until 2014, when 55,000 people majored in CS. Why has that number remained so low, despite high wages and prominence of Silicon Valley?

May 30, 2017 at 03:05AM
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The Mesmerizing Moves Of A South Korean Longboarder

The Mesmerizing Moves Of A South Korean Longboarder
When Hyojoo Ko first took up longboarding, average Koreans didn't even know what the sport was. Fast forward just a few short years and Ko has transformed the sport into a national sensation.

May 30, 2017 at 03:10PM
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The Allman Brothers Story: How Gregg Allman Keeps Band Going After Duane's Death

The Allman Brothers Story: How Gregg Allman Keeps Band Going After Duane's Death
Greg Allman passed away over the weekend. Here's Rolling Stone's profile of the band from 1973.

May 29, 2017 at 02:49PM
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College Baseball Player And Batboy Are Epic Handshake Partners

College Baseball Player And Batboy Are Epic Handshake Partners
Someday we hope we have a friend who's a good at coming up with cool handshakes as East Tennessee State pitcher Aaron Maher

May 30, 2017 at 12:06AM
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The Dumb Politics of Elite Condescension

The Dumb Politics of Elite Condescension
Donald Trump feeds off class resentment. Let’s stop making his job easier.

May 29, 2017 at 12:09AM
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Thanks to Trump, Germany says it can’t rely on the United States. What does that mean?

Thanks to Trump, Germany says it can’t rely on the United States. What does that mean?
An unreliable America may mean a stronger Europe.

May 28, 2017 at 08:34PM
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These Are The Victims Of The Portland Train Stabbing Attack

These Are The Victims Of The Portland Train Stabbing Attack
Ricky Best, 53, and Taliesin Namkai-Meche, 23 were killed when they tried to stop a man hurling abuse at two women of Muslim appearance, police said.

May 28, 2017 at 03:34PM
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Both Drivers Just Walked Away From This Terrifying Crash At The Indy 500

Both Drivers Just Walked Away From This Terrifying Crash At The Indy 500
Scott Dixon was launched in the air after colliding with the back of Jay Howard's car. Both men have already been checked and released from the on-site medical center.

May 28, 2017 at 07:12PM
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Me And My Penis: 100 Men Reveal All

Me And My Penis: 100 Men Reveal All
From the sex addict to the vicar, men open up about their manhood.

May 27, 2017 at 09:29PM
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If There Were An Olympics For Trick Shots, These Guys Would Get Gold Medals

If There Were An Olympics For Trick Shots, These Guys Would Get Gold Medals
We wonder if they really go through their daily lives like this.

May 27, 2017 at 09:29PM
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The Story of Patel Brothers, the Biggest Indian Grocery Store in America

The Story of Patel Brothers, the Biggest Indian Grocery Store in America
Started by an immigrant just looking for a taste of home. Patel Brothers now spans some 51 locations across the country.

May 26, 2017 at 05:48PM
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Pedestrian Distracts Himself By Yelling At Driver, Walks Directly Into Pole

Pedestrian Distracts Himself By Yelling At Driver, Walks Directly Into Pole
As far as we can tell, the driver didn't do anything wrong here, so this is a good reminder to keep a cool head whether you're a driver or a pedestrian.

May 26, 2017 at 02:23PM
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Is This A Video Of Trump Pushing The PM Of Montenegro Out Of The Way?

Is This A Video Of Trump Pushing The PM Of Montenegro Out Of The Way? 
​While he's spent much of the NATO summit in Brussels in a handshake war with French President Emmanuel Macron, President Trump drew the attention of Twitter with another potentially less-than-friendly maneuver.

May 25, 2017 at 11:09PM
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Woman Jumps On Her Car's Windshield To Stop Carjacker

Woman Jumps On Her Car's Windshield To Stop Carjacker
It's pretty brazen to try to steal someone's car while they're pumping gas, and Milwaukee resident Melissa Smith was having none of it.

May 25, 2017 at 06:11PM
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The Sex Worker Putting Herself Through Law School

The Sex Worker Putting Herself Through Law School
“It’s a lot more than a transaction of sex or a lap dance. People are also paying to feel a certain way, they’re paying to feel powerful, they’re paying to feel like their boss.”

May 24, 2017 at 04:05AM
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Guy Dunks Over A Car, Blows Shaq's Mind

Guy Dunks Over A Car, Blows Shaq's Mind
Jordan Kilgannon's dunk is something else, but we're just here for Shaq turning away in pure disbelief.

May 24, 2017 at 04:42PM
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Transcript of New Orleans Mayor Landrieu’s address on Confederate monuments

Transcript of New Orleans Mayor Landrieu’s address on Confederate monuments
"[A] friend asked me to consider these four monuments from the perspective of an African American mother or father trying to explain to their fifth grade daughter who Robert E. Lee is and why he stands atop of our beautiful city. Can you do it? Can you look into that young girl’s eyes and convince her that Robert E. Lee is there to encourage her?"

May 23, 2017 at 02:18PM
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Boxer Shows Off Some Unreal Hand-Eye Coordination

Boxer Shows Off Some Unreal Hand-Eye Coordination
You know that game where you try to hit a ball attached to a paddle by an elastic string? What Vasyl Lomachenko is doing here is like that, but a lot harder.

May 23, 2017 at 04:46PM
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How Anker is beating Apple and Samsung at their own accessory game

How Anker is beating Apple and Samsung at their own accessory game
Steven Yang and his team started a company with the sole purpose of selling a better third-party accessory. But they stumbled onto a more lucrative reality.

May 22, 2017 at 09:16PM
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Demolition Crew Accidentally Knocks Down The House Next To The One They're Supposed To Be Demolishing

Demolition Crew Accidentally Knocks Down The House Next To The One They're Supposed To Be Demolishing
Here's a tip — if the building next to yours is getting demolished, get all the valuables out of your building before it happens, particularly if this Baltimore crew is working the job.

May 22, 2017 at 03:37PM
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Maybe the Internet Isn’t Tearing Us Apart After All

Maybe the Internet Isn’t Tearing Us Apart After All
The internet is supposedly causing people to hole up in sites geared toward people like them. But the data tells us that it is not quite true.

May 21, 2017 at 04:44PM
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'SNL' And Dwayne Johnson Made The Best Male Enhancement Parody Ad Ever

'SNL' And Dwayne Johnson Made The Best Male Enhancement Parody Ad Ever
Do you really think Dwayne Johnson needs a male enhancement pill? Well, "South African Xentrex" isn't your ordinary erection drug.

May 21, 2017 at 02:03PM
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The Latest Academic Journal 'Hoax' Isn't Quite What It Seems

The Latest Academic Journal 'Hoax' Isn't Quite What It Seems
Two decades after Alan Sokal shook up the academic world with a hoax article, a pair of academic writers revealed on Friday that they had pulled off a "Sokal-style hoax" on a peer-reviewed social science journal with an article titled "The Conceptual Penis as a Social Construct." Here's what's going on.

May 20, 2017 at 06:13PM
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Anderson Cooper Tells Jeffrey Lord 'If Trump Took A Dump On Your Desk, You Would Defend It'

Anderson Cooper Tells Jeffrey Lord 'If Trump Took A Dump On Your Desk, You Would Defend It'
Between his eye roll at Kellyanne Conway and this, Cooper appears to have had enough of Trump's surrogates. (He did later apologize on Twitter for the "crude sentence").

May 20, 2017 at 02:24PM
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Turkey's Brilliant Tow Trucks Put The US To Shame

Turkey's Brilliant Tow Trucks Put The US To Shame
With Turkey's side-loading tow truck replacement, a car is loaded and gone in under a minute.

May 19, 2017 at 04:36PM
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Friendly Human Provides Thirsty Desert Snake With Some Much Needed Water

Friendly Human Provides Thirsty Desert Snake With Some Much Needed Water
This poor reptile was slowly slithering through the Empty Quarter Desert in Dubai when a nice person decided to give the little guy a much-needed boost.

May 19, 2017 at 05:34PM
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Chris Cornell Dead at 52

Chris Cornell Dead at 52
The iconic frontman of Soundgarden and Audioslave died suddenly yesterday after a concert with Soundgarden in Detroit.

May 18, 2017 at 01:05PM
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A Quick Reaction Probably Saves Cop After Pulled-Over Motorist Takes Out Assault Rifle

A Quick Reaction Probably Saves Cop After Pulled-Over Motorist Takes Out Assault Rifle
Bodycam-wearing police officer Brad Proux left his car to assist a motorist on the side of the highway just south of Denver, Colorado. When the driver got out of his car holding an assault rifle, Proux reacted quickly, shooting and injuring the assailant.

May 18, 2017 at 10:04PM
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Shocking Video Shows Turkish President's Bodyguards Attacking Protesters In DC

Shocking Video Shows Turkish President's Bodyguards Attacking Protesters In DC
Turkey's leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited Washington DC on Tuesday to meet with the Trump administration. But while Erdogan and Trump's meeting went smoothly, the visit took a nasty turn.

May 17, 2017 at 02:20PM
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Sniper's Bullet Ricochets Off Iraqi Journalist's GoPro, Saving His Life

Sniper's Bullet Ricochets Off Iraqi Journalist's GoPro, Saving His Life
A sniper in Mosul, Iraq came within centimeters of killing journalist Ammar Alwaely, who escaped with minor cuts thanks to the camera on his chest.

May 17, 2017 at 11:01PM
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A Story of Slavery in Modern America

A Story of Slavery in Modern America
She lived with us for 56 years. She raised me and my siblings without pay. I was 11, a typical American kid, before I realized who she was.

May 16, 2017 at 11:09PM
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Guy Tosses A Tuna To A Group Of Predatory Giant Trevally Fish And, Uh, Holy Crap

Guy Tosses A Tuna To A Group Of Predatory Giant Trevally Fish And, Uh, Holy Crap
As far as we can tell, giant trevally don't mess with humans, which is a good thing because this feeding frenzy is a sight to behold.

May 16, 2017 at 11:01PM
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We're Edging Closer To Nuclear War

We're Edging Closer To Nuclear War
Experts are worried about India, Pakistan and North Korea.

May 15, 2017 at 03:49PM
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This Little Girl Already Knows That Waiting For The Beat To Drop Makes You Dance Better

This Little Girl Already Knows That Waiting For The Beat To Drop Makes You Dance Better
Thank you for making this beautiful moment possible, Bruno Mars.

May 15, 2017 at 07:46PM
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Richard Spencer Was My High-School Classmate

Richard Spencer Was My High-School Classmate
Before he was an icon for white supremacists, he sat next to me in chemistry lab.

May 14, 2017 at 06:40PM
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The Swift, Terrifying Power Of A Crocodile Attack

The Swift, Terrifying Power Of A Crocodile Attack
It's too late for this wallaroo, but this is a good reminder to be careful at the water's edge in Australia.

May 14, 2017 at 06:16AM
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Chris Pratt Trying Hard To Play The 'Speak Out' Game On The Ellen Show Is Ridiculously Hilarious

Chris Pratt Trying Hard To Play The 'Speak Out' Game On The Ellen Show Is Ridiculously Hilarious
The phrase "I'm going to bump you" just sounds wrong when you're wearing a gigantic mouthpiece.

May 13, 2017 at 09:37PM
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How 'Twin Peaks' Invented Modern Television

How 'Twin Peaks' Invented Modern Television
Without "Twin Peaks," half your favorite shows wouldn’t exist.

May 13, 2017 at 11:32PM
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A Skier Fell Into A Glacier Crevasse And His GoPro Recorded The Whole Thing

A Skier Fell Into A Glacier Crevasse And His GoPro Recorded The Whole Thing
Jamie Mullner was skiing down a slope in the Swiss Alps when he fell 60 feet down a glacier crevasse.

May 12, 2017 at 03:49PM
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This Terrifying Dead Sea Monster Might Be A Sign Of End Times

This Terrifying Dead Sea Monster Might Be A Sign Of End Times
The corpse of an enormous, mysterious sea creature that will almost certainly haunt your dreams has appeared off an Indonesian island.

May 12, 2017 at 06:11PM
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Senate Votes To Keep Obama-Era Climate Change Rule

Senate Votes To Keep Obama-Era Climate Change Rule
In a surprising victory for President Barack Obama’s environmental legacy, the Senate voted on Wednesday to uphold an Obama-era climate change regulation to control the release of methane from oil and gas wells on public land.

May 11, 2017 at 12:51PM
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Fox News Reporter Asks Man In Diner About Comey Firing, Hurries Away When He Brings Up Putin

Fox News Reporter Asks Man In Diner About Comey Firing, Hurries Away When He Brings Up Putin
The speed with which a Fox reporter lunges away from a random man in a diner after he brings up Putin is really something to behold.

May 11, 2017 at 05:15PM
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Dwayne Johnson for President!

Dwayne Johnson for President!
No one gets up earlier than Dwayne Johnson. Or goes to bed later. Or is more awake during the hours in between. No one in Hollywood is more buff, more driven, or gets paid better. The man has so much charisma and ambition he can do anything. Comedy, action, pretty little cartoon voices. Some people even say he could be president.

May 10, 2017 at 01:31PM
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Anderson Cooper Rolls His Eyes At Kellyanne Conway As She Attempts To Change The Subject

Anderson Cooper Rolls His Eyes At Kellyanne Conway As She Attempts To Change The Subject
Kellyanne Conway has been out of the public eye for a while, but in light of James Comey's explosive firing, she's back! And Anderson Cooper isn't really having any of her deflections.

May 10, 2017 at 10:07PM
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The Rock-Star Appeal of Modern Monetary Theory

The Rock-Star Appeal of Modern Monetary Theory
The Sanders generation has some new ideas about money and how we should use it to solve our problems.

May 9, 2017 at 02:06AM
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Jimmy Kimmel Is Not Sorry If He Offended Anyone For Wanting Healthcare For Sick Children

Jimmy Kimmel Is Not Sorry If He Offended Anyone For Wanting Healthcare For Sick Children
While his newborn son Billy is on the mend after heart surgery, Jimmy is not backing down from the impassioned monologue he delivered last week about wanting all children to have access to healthcare.

May 9, 2017 at 02:36PM
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The Long, Hard, Unprecedented Fall of Sears

The Long, Hard, Unprecedented Fall of Sears
In 1989, Sears Roebuck & Co. ruled America as its biggest retailer. It loomed over rivals from a perch high above Chicago, inside what was once the world's tallest building — one bearing the company's name. It's been all downhill from there.

May 8, 2017 at 05:13PM
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The First Full-Length Trailer For 'Blade Runner 2049' Has Arrived In Style

The First Full-Length Trailer For 'Blade Runner 2049' Has Arrived In Style
It looks like "Blade Runner." When the Vangelis composition kicks in, it sounds like "Blade Runner." Can Denis Villeneuve deliver on a feature that's a worthy follow up? We'll find out on October 6th.

May 8, 2017 at 07:01PM
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