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Uber is a ride-hailing app, but lately it’s become an app for riding an electric bike or scooter, renting a car, and even checking when the bus is coming. In an interview released over the weekend in the Financial Times, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi emphasized his goal of turning Uber into a diverse mobility platform. …
August 27, 2018 | by RaheelSeeing excessive dorm room makeovers fills me with a rage I can’t quite describe. Thankfully, there’s a meme that pokes fun at super extra before and after posts. Everyone knows that college dorm rooms are sad, barren spaces for nightly existential crises, not glamorous Instagram-friendly #goals photo ops. After all, you’ll stay in a room …
August 27, 2018 | by RaheelWait, Milo Yiannopoulos is still on Facebook? Late Friday night, former Breitbart golden boy and rallying figure for the alt-right, Milo Yiannopoulos, complained in the comments section of a Facebook post about how hard his life had become. “I have lost everything standing up for the truth in America, spent all my savings, destroyed all …
August 27, 2018 | by RaheelIt might be one thousand degrees and 450 percent humidity now, but autumn is closer than we think. And with autumn will come beautiful fall foliage. If you’d like to do some leaf peeping this fall, consider checking out the 2018 Predictive Fall Color Map from SmokyMountains.com. Using an algorithm involving historical temperatures, precipitation, leaf …
August 27, 2018 | by RaheelGoogle is worried about your digital health. More specifically, your addiction to watching hours upon hours of YouTube videos. The search engine giant’s video giant, YouTube — the second most trafficked website in the world, right after, you guessed it, Google — is rolling out a new feature on iOS and Android devices that will track how …
August 27, 2018 | by RaheelZafar the dolphin just wanted to find love. And maybe a quick hook up. The sexually frustrated dolphin has been wreaking havoc in Landévennec, Brittany, a seaside town in the north of France. The town had to ban swimming because the dolphin, who locals nicknamed Zafar, wouldn’t stop rubbing up on boats and innocent beachgoers. …
August 27, 2018 | by RaheelThis is You Won’t Regret It, a new weekly column featuring recommendations, tips, and unsolicited advice from the Mashable culture team. Perhaps you’re familiar with “finstas,” the secondary Instagram accounts used primarily by Teens™ to post photos they don’t want to share on their primary accounts. (The word “finsta” is a portmanteau of “fake” and …
August 27, 2018 | by RaheelThe last three Julys on Earth have been the three warmest ever recorded. But, they may also be the warmest months to occur on our planet in about 120,000 years. Following NASA’s recent announcement that July 2018 was the third warmest such month since reliable record keeping began in 1880, climate scientist Stefan Rahmstorf, head …
August 27, 2018 | by RaheelDonald Trump has officially proven you do not need to understand speakerphone to become President of the United States. In fact, on Monday Trump demonstrated this fact on live television ahead of his call with Mexico president, Enrique Peña Nieto. In the moments leading up to the call, Trump struggled to figure out how the …
August 27, 2018 | by RaheelIn early August, police officers attempted to lure Chicagoans into arrest with a “bait truck” filled with shoes and goods left abandoned in the neighborhood of Englewood. After video of officers arresting a man went viral, community members expressed outrage at the set-up tactics — and Chicago’s own Vic Mensa stepped up, too. On Sunday, …
August 27, 2018 | by Raheel