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  • 'Last Jedi' star Laura Dern loves to pew, pew, too

    What’s the hardest thing a Star Wars actor must endure? Is it the pressure of starring in the highest-grossing film series of all time? Is it all that grueling stuntwork? Nope. It’s getting through a scene without making the noises “pew pew!” (if you’re handling a blaster) or “zhhjummmm!” (when wielding a lightsaber). SEE ALSO: …

    March 14, 2018 | by Raheel
  • YouTube's solution to scary conspiracy theories: Wikipedia

    YouTube is the place to find the TRUTH about 9/11, the moon landing, vaccines, and the healing power of crystals. And by truth, we mean conspiracy theories from guys with the username red_pill75.  At SXSW on Tuesday, YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki unveiled the company’s solution to its fake news problem: links to Wikipedia and other …

    March 14, 2018 | by Raheel
  • Elon Musk secretly hires Onion writers because why the hell not

    In space, no one can hear you laugh.  Even so, SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk seems to have taken a moment away from his many, many well-documented and serious business ventures to focus on something a little lighter: comedy. So reports The Daily Beast, which today noted that the not-reclusive billionaire has been secretly …

    March 14, 2018 | by Raheel
  • Don't believe the rumors: Instagram isn't killing the algorithm

    Hey, Instagram haters: Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but the company has no plans to change its algorithm-based photo feed, despite what you may have heard. Rumors began swirling late last week that the photo-sharing app had miraculously decided to reverse the two-year-old decision to implement an algorithmic feed. Naturally, bloggers and …

    March 13, 2018 | by Raheel
  • Dude hacks his car to play the song 'Africa' when he opens his door

    If you were forced to hear something every time you opened your car door, you could do worse than Toto’s “Africa” — a pleasant tune that would surely leave you in a good mood for your ride.   Self-described Volvo enthusiast Chris Ng wanted to customize the door chimes on his old Volvo 240. Now, …

    March 13, 2018 | by Raheel
  • FLOTUS to reportedly meet with social media companies about cyberbullying

    First lady Melania Trump is sticking to her campaign promise to crack down on online harassment and cyberbullying. She’s reportedly meeting with major players in social media and tech next week to see what can be done.  Even though she’s repeatedly let her husband get away with the very behavior she described during Donald Trump’s …

    March 13, 2018 | by Raheel
  • Sean Bean finally reveals what Ned Stark's final words were

    As the joke goes, Sean Bean is really good at dying. But he’s never died better than in his performance as Ned Stark. (Let’s just say heads literally rolled.) But a question has plagued the Game of Thrones fandom ever since that fateful scene in Season 1, Episode 9. What was Ned muttering under his …

    March 13, 2018 | by Raheel
  • Trump wants to create a military branch called 'Space Force' and the internet lost it

    Apparently the U.S. military isn’t big enough, and it needs to expand into space. During a speech at a Marine Corps Air Station in San Diego on Tuesday, President Trump said that the United States needs a “Space Force,” because we obviously need to protect ourselves from the threats of the galaxy.  SEE ALSO: Don’t …

    March 13, 2018 | by Raheel
  • Amazon Prime subscribers can now get free games

    Amazon Prime subscribers can now receive free games every month with Twitch’s new Free Games With Prime program. Starting on Thursday, Amazon Prime subscribers who have linked up their Twitch accounts, get to download a collection of free games every month. The first batch of games, which subscribers can download until March 31, includes Superhot, …

    March 13, 2018 | by Raheel
  • The New England blizzard looks like a monster from space

    The nor’easter that has shut down much of New England on Tuesday is reaching its great arms into regions over both the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic, sucking moisture into the powerful storm.  In a technical forecast discussion on Monday night from the National Weather Service forecast office in Boston, meteorologists said the storm …

    March 13, 2018 | by Raheel