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Early on at Mashable 's seventh-annual Social Good Summit in New York City, the audience was treated to an informative and funny conversation with Chelsea Handler .   The comedian discussed the global impact of her Netflix series Chelsea , the presidential election and the importance of using her media platform to make a difference. While Chelsea Lately, Handler's former late-night talk show on E!, focused on celebrity gossip, her new Netflix show Chelsea addresses a slew of other issues. When moderator Saba Hamedy asked Handler why she wanted to move on from covering Hollywood scoops, Handler replied, "Because it was boring."  Read more... More about Netflix , Entertainment , Social Good Summit 2016 , Social Good , and Social Good Summit

 The Adblock Plus crowdsourced hacker militia can’t keep up with Facebook’s disciplined army of engineers. When Facebook first announced it would circumvent ad blocking software, Adblock Plus (ABP) built a workaround in two days, boasting that “We promised that the open source community would have a solution very soon…This time that community seems to have gotten… Read More

Friday night was special for Novi High School in Michigan. After four years of serving the athletics department, Robby Heil, a senior with Down syndrome, finally got his chance to score a touchdown in a game. "This is something that we thought we could do to bring some joy, hopefully some outstanding memories," Novi head coach Jeff Burnside told WXYZ . SEE ALSO: An appreciation of the McDonald's employee with Down Syndrome who just retired after 32 years Robby was put into play during the second quarter against South Lyon East and the plan was put into place. The handoff went right to Robby, and he booked it for the end zone and scored a touch down.  Read more... More about Feel Good , Football , Watercooler , and Videos

 Lyft’s response may not be autonomous cars in active duty, but it is a lengthy, detailed treatise on how Lyft sees the future of transportation over the next ten years, as penned by Lyft co-founder and President John Zimmer. The Medium post from the Lyft exec articulates a vision of the future that would see most of the rides on Lyft’s network of cars handled autonomously by 2021.… Read More

 Apple just released not one, not two but three new ads for its new devices — the iPhone 7 and the Apple Watch Series 2. They all tout new features, such as water resistance, low light camera performance and new fitness features. Let’s start with my favorite one. In “Midnight”, a young man goes for a night ride on his skateboard. He rides in the suburbs, sees a deer (!) at… Read More

Following that black and white iPhone 7 teaser video from last week, Apple has launched a new series of commercials promoting the iPhone 7 and the Apple Watch Series 2 and each one is, in true Apple tradition, a tiny work of art.  The first is titled "Midnight," and it takes us on a trip with a skateboarder who has an eye for night photography. Designed to show off the iPhone 7 's low-light powers, the one-minute mini movie is oddly intimate, even while touting the most talked about technology product on the planet.  SEE ALSO: iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus: the review Next there is "Morning Ride," a 30-second dip into the world of a cyclist who, suddenly called by nature's pull, decides to emerge from his garage and go for a ride. The spot ends on an epic frame of storm clouds gathering in front of the biker. The message: Yes, the newly water-resistant iPhone 7 can survive the looming downpour.  Read more... More about Marketing , Commercials , Ipho...

Sully will close its second week in release with a return trip to the top spot in the box office, but that's not necessarily bad news for newcomer Blair Witch . The 17-years-later sequel — let's just forget Blair Witch 2: Book of Shadows ever existed — copies the 1999 original's found-footage format and low-budget production. It follows a group of unsuspecting victims as they search for answers in the same creepy forest setting as the first movie.  SEE ALSO: 'Blair Witch' is a missed opportunity that gets lost in the woods The $5 million-budgeted feature from director Adam Wingard and writer Simon Barrett — the same duo behind the Blair Witch Project -inspired V/H/S movies — earned an estimated $9.7 million at the domestic box office. Read more... More about Entertainment , Film , Box Office , Sully , and Bridget Jones S Baby

The age-old practice of playing catch with dad takes on a different meaning when you're John Brady, the son of New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady. SEE ALSO: Lifelike Tom Brady mask is straight out of Roger Goodell's fever dreams The senior Brady is currently suspended from professional football and not allowed to visit team facilities. But that didn't stop father and son from visiting the University of Michigan — Tom's alma mater — to toss the pigskin around on a real football field. When the 9-year-old Brady ran to the end zone and snatched his dad's lobbed pass out of the air, he did what any self-respecting NFL player would do: he celebrated. Read more... More about Videos , Watercooler , Sports , Entertainment , and Nfl

Let's all take a moment to thank YouTuber WhyBeAre for figuring out how to control Overwatch 's musical support hero Lúcio with the faux-turntables from Activision's DJ Hero series. In the video above, WhyBeAre demonstrates his ingenious feat of keybinding. One turntable handles Lúcio's forward/backward movement and the other controls his turning.  It's very old-school Doom -style gaming, with no jump or vertical aim... but this is Lúcio. Shooting well doesn't really matter so much. Just point, pull the trigger and accept any points you reserve as a blessing from the universe. Humpback whale scares the crap out of a few dudes on a peaceful fishing trip Add-on turns VR motorcycling into a realistic race into the future Watch Miley Cyrus give Jimmy Fallon a very awkward yoga lesson Twist and shout to ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ in 8-bit graphics Read more... More about Esports , Entertainment , Gaming , Blizzard Entertainment , and Overwatc...

Humpback whales are actually just master pranksters. Trevor Ryan was fishing off the coast of Langara Island, in British Columbia, Canada, on Sept. 3 with his father and a tour guide when a humpback whale suddenly breached the surface just a few feet from their boat.  "Holy Christ," one man says after the whale jumps out of the water. Thankfully, the whale was far enough away so that the boat did not capsize, and after showing off its tail, the animal swam under the boat and back into the deep.  Add-on turns VR motorcycling into a realistic race into the future Watch Miley Cyrus give Jimmy Fallon a very awkward yoga lesson Twist and shout to ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ in 8-bit graphics Pentatonix and Dolly Parton team up for a slick a cappella version of 'Jolene' Read more... More about Whale , Viral Videos , Watercooler , and Videos

Like everything else in the summer, wine drinking is easy. And the answer to every question, at least the wine-related ones, might as well be rosé . But now that fall is here, it’s time to get to more serious drinking. It turns out that cooler weather does indeed translate into bigger wine sales. “People dig deeper and buy more serious [read: expensive] wines in the fall and early winter,” noted Robert Bohr, co-owner of Charlie Bird in New York. He’s one of seven of the country’s best sommeliers from around the country who told us what we should be drinking this fall. At least one, Chicago’s Ryan Arnold, surprised us. One of his wines is Italian rosé. “It’s no longer seasonal,” he declared. “Rosé is for all year long.”   Read more... More about Ros , Wines , Wine , and Lifestyle

For two nights in November, homegrown Australian rock band Crowded House will reunite to perform at the Sydney Opera House. The shows, on Nov. 25 and 26, are happening just after the 20th anniversary of the band's Nov. 24, 1996 farewell concert on the steps of the Australian city's world-renowned performance venue. Some estimates put attendance as high as 250,000 for the 1996 Sydney Opera House show. SEE ALSO: Underpaid, under-protected: Australian football's women players deserve better The two 2016 concerts follow another momentous event for Crowded House, as well: the band will be inducted into the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Hall of Fame on Nov. 23. They'll join a group that already includes AC/DC, INXS, The Bee Gees and Men at Work, among others. Read more... More about Australia , Music , Entertainment , and Crowded House

There have never been more opportunities for candidates to tell their own story on video. The Clinton campaign is seizing every one of them. The post The Mini Film Studio Operating Inside Clinton's Campaign appeared first on WIRED .

The numerous atolls that make up the island nation are now regularly swamped due to sea level rise. The post Sea Level Rise Is Already Driving People From the Marshall Islands appeared first on WIRED .

A lot. And the state's residents are not happy about it. The post Guess How Much That Anti-LGBTQ Law Is Costing North Carolina appeared first on WIRED .

1937 Image: ullstein bild/ullstein bild via Getty Images Following Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party’s seizure of power in Germany in 1933, they began staging massive and intimidating annual rallies in Nuremberg. The Nuremberg Rallies were held each September at specially designed assembly grounds which spanned 11 square kilometers The rallies, which were documented in Leni Riefenstahl’s propaganda films, including Triumph of the Will , were meant as displays of unity, strength and German commitment to the Nazi cause. Though the hundreds of thousands of party loyalists assembled on the grounds made for a fearsome sight, one of the most spectacular elements of the rallies was architect Albert Speer's "cathedral of light." Read more... More about World War Ii , Germany , Hitler , Nazi , and History

Reports of Pokémon Go's decline miss a key point: How the app economy actually works. The post Pokémon Go Is Doing Just Fine, With or Without You appeared first on WIRED .

LONDON — When you have your period at work, the struggle could not be more real, or more painful. Given half a chance, many of us would prefer to stay holed up in bed with a hot water bottle.  SEE ALSO: This new ad for sanitary pads is pretty groundbreaking in its realism Whether you're to-ing and fro-ing to the bathroom with a bag in tow, or trying with all your might to conceal the agony you're experiencing; having your period at work is a complicated, energy-sapping experience. Here are eight thoughts we all have when we have our period at work ... 1. I want to die Well done me. I've made it to the office, but I feel like death. Honestly, I deserve a medal just for showing up today. Coffee, Tylenol and chocolate please.  Read more... More about Uk , Lifestyle , Work Play , Menstruation , and Periods

Deprived of design inspiration and looking for something to brighten up your apartment slash wardrobe? Never fear, we've done the hard work of clicking and scrolling for you. Cure the sameness of your stuff with hidden gems from Australia's most adorable, quirky and practical designers peddling their wares in the online heaven that is Etsy . SEE ALSO: These maps are cool, if you like viewing details of every dirt road ever From hand-designed graphic prints and precious jewellery, to functional home decor, here's the most interesting and beautiful design offerings we've #curated from the land of untapped talent, just for you.  Read more... More about Designers , Fashion , Design , Australia , and Etsy

A robot belonging to NYPD was sent in to inspect a "suspicious package" on the sidewalk in Chelsea, Manhattan early Sunday morning — blocks away from the site of an earlier explosion which injured 29 people. Law enforcement sources described the package as a pressure cooker with "tapes, wires and a cell phone attached," according to NBC News .  SEE ALSO: Trump weighs in on NYC explosion, Twitter accuses him of inciting fear Presumably, NYC resident Mazdack Rassi ignored the call for people to stay away from windows, instead capturing the robot's inspection of the item via Periscope, in three seperate livestreams totalling over 90 minutes.  Read more... More about Periscope , Robot , Explosion , New York City , and Manhattan

People who smoke marijuana daily may be slimmer than those who don't use the drug, a new study suggests. Researchers found that people in the study who used marijuana daily had about a 3 percent lower BMI (body mass index), on average, than those who did not use marijuana at all. "There is a popular belief that people who consume marijuana have the munchies, and so [they] are going to eat a lot and gain weight, and we found that it is not necessarily the case," said lead study author Isabelle C. Beulaygue, a research support specialist in interventional radiology at the University of Miami. [ Marijuana Could Treat These 5 Conditions ] Read more... More about Weight Loss , Bmi , Weed , Marijuana , and Us World

 On August 24th, a warm summer night, all of Europe was shaken when an earthquake measuring 6.2 on the moment magnitude scale, hit central Italy. “The town [Amatrice] doesn’t exist anymore…..it’s all gone,” said Sergio Pirozzi, mayor of the small town of Amatrice during an interview immediately after the tragedy. More than 290 people died, and dozens more are still… Read More