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One of the biggest moods of 2018 was a doll. 

But not just any ol’ doll – it was Qai Qai, the rather witty and cynical companion of Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr., daughter of tennis champion Serena Williams and Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian.

Between engaging in memes and generally pondering life, Qai Qai has embarked upon many an adventure with her human guardian, often sitting courtside at Williams’ many matches — all of it posted to the doll’s total 106K followers on Instagram and Twitter. 

And she’s made her most recent splash in Australia, at the Australian Open and Hopman Cup tennis tournaments in January, where the G.O.A.T. has been playing. Read more…

More about Sports, Australia, Tennis, Serena Williams, and Culture

It’s time to change your password again.

More than 87GB of passwords and email addresses have been leaked and distributed in a folder dubbed “Collection #1” by hackers in a significant data breach.

As detailed by security researcher Troy Hunt, the trove of nearly 22 million unique passwords and more than 772 million email addresses was hosted on cloud storage service MEGA.

The link to the dump was posted on a hacking forum, but has been since taken down from the service.

More about Tech, Cybersecurity, Data Breach, Tech, and Cybersecurity

You probably shouldn’t feel sorry for Nicholas Truglia. It’s just that his story is so pathetic.

The 21-year old Manhattan resident was arrested last November and extradited to California in December. There, he’d face 21 felony counts relating to accusations of SIM swapping his way to a million dollars worth of stolen cryptocurrency. While Truglia’s fate remains unclear, details of his life leading up to the arrest have begun to emerge thanks to a lawsuit filled by a separate alleged victim, and oh man is it a wild ride. 

More about Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency, Tech, and Cryptocurrency Blockchain

Mariah Carey does not allow herself to age. 

She recently posted her take on the 10-year challenge, which has people comparing photos of themselves from 2009 and 2019. 

“I don’t get this 10-year challenge, time is not something I acknowledge,” she tweeted, along with two of the same bomb photos side by side. 

Can we just talk about this? Read more…

More about Memes, Mariah Carey, Culture, and Web Culture

Netflix’s Bird Box is inciting new outrage among viewers—and this time it has nothing to do with that dangerous viral challenge. 

The company has confirmed to Mashable that footage used in one of the film’s disaster scenes depicts the very real aftermath of a 2013 train derailment in Quebec, which resulted in a widespread fire that killed 47 people and destroyed much of the surrounding town of Lac-Mégantic. 

The clip appears early in the film, as Malorie (Sandra Bullock) flips through TV channels portraying different scenes from the apocalypse. One briefly shows the silhouette of a train engulfed in flames. Read more…

More about Netflix, Footage, Sandra Bullock, Train Derailment, and Bird Box

You ever watch something that makes you believe that maybe, just maybe, humanity isn’t a giant dumpster fire of awfulness? 

Inspired by those videos where people take pictures of themselves every day for a year, YouTuber Matt Bray created his own joyful series focused on dancing.

The project started with Bray dancing — by himself over 100 days in 2014, then in 100 different places in 2015, then with 100 different people in 2016. For his latest, Bray spent a year and a half traveling around the globe to a total of 15 different countries to create “1000 People of Dance.”

More about Youtube, Travel, Viral Video, Dance, and Web Culture

One person’s recent experience at an Airbnb has the company apologizing and clarifying its rules on surveillance devices.

Airbnb recently dismissed a privacy concern from one if its users when he discovered security cameras inside his Airbnb rental. The cameras were not mentioned in the Airbnb listing, as required by the company’s rules. After the user went public with his ordeal, Airbnb refunded the user, banned the host, and clarified that the listing did indeed break Airbnb policy.

When Jeffrey Bigham rented a home on Airbnb for himself and his family over the winter holiday break, everything seemed to check out. The Carnegie Mellon University professor detailed in a blog post how he went over the description, checked out the photos, and did his due diligence before renting the home. Read more…

More about Privacy, Airbnb, Security Camera, Tech, and Cybersecurity

It’s 2019 and even cows are hopping on the self-care train.

One hefty Pennsylvania cow, Babe, needs more than a helping hand when it comes to his daily routine. Thankfully, someone from his new farm sanctuary recognized this and used a rake to give him a good scratch. 

Watch as Babe rakes in the benefits of a massage. Read more…

More about Watercooler, Animals, Asmr, Cows, and Culture

 Some may feel the need to let out some steam by making some memes. The internet’s latest victim of rage-induced meme-ing just happens to be *checks notes* Sasuke Uchiha? 

Yes, that’s right. Anime fans have blown up the Twitterverse with memes featuring the character from the popular show Naruto.

While the original image is actually from a pretty tense scene in the anime where Sasuke’s older brother pushes him against a wall and accuses him of being weak, the meme takes a far more satirical approach.

The meme appears to have first originated from Twitter user @kirikocult, who combined two images to feature Sasuke getting choked by an adorable cat, according to Know Your Meme.  Read more…

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It’s official: Game of Thrones’ final season comes crashing into our lives April 14, 2019.

For months the only information about Thrones‘ eighth and final season premiere was that it would be sometime in April, but now, along with a brand new trailer, we have a clear date and can start counting down in earnest.

HBO kicked off the year with calculated Game of Thrones hype, starting with a four-second clip snuck into an ad during the Golden Globes. The footage shows Sansa Stark and Daenerys Targaryen meeting for the first time, which we imagine is super-chill and not awkward or threatening for anyone involved! Read more…

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