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Move over, Lil’ Sebastian. There’s a new viral horse in town: Tango.

Twitter user @mckellogs recently started sharing photos of her horse Tango. As someone who identifies as “not a horse girl,” I was skeptical until this particular Tango thread pulled me in.

That’s the Tango magic.

@mckellogs told Mashable that her family adopted Tango and his mother, Lulu, after their owners could no longer afford them. Tango has since grown up largely independently, rarely socializing with other horses. As result he’s become something of an … individual.

Here’s how @mckellogs describes him: Read more…

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Here I am, sitting at my work desk on a Saturday and sobbing uncontrollably.

The social media savvy among you might be noticing a lot of posts mentioning a story about former NBA star Charles Barkley and his friend, Lin Wang. I’m here to tell you that you should listen to all this unasked-for advice and read that story.

It’s from WBUR, a Boston public radio station. Wang’s daughter, Shirley, sat down and described her dad’s unusual relationship with Barkley in an appearance on the station’s weekly Only A Game sport show, which aired Friday. (It’s available in both audio and text form.) Read more…

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Back in 2012, Lenovo’s IdeaPad Yoga 13 turned laptops upside-down. It introduced what the company called a “multi-mode” design that used a 360-degree hinge to connect the two pieces of a clamshell design. Read more…

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Words still occasionally have consequences — even on Fox News.

After Tucker Carlson accused immigrants of making America “dirtier” on his show Thursday night, outrage quickly followed. On Friday, one of Carlson’s most prominent advertisers, Pacific Life, announced that it would be pausing advertising on the show while the company “re-evaluated” its relationship with the program.

Here is Tucker’s original comment in full:

“Nice people, no one doubts that, but as an economic matter, this is insane,” Tucker said of low-skilled immigrants. “It’s indefensible, so nobody even tries to defend it. Instead, our leaders demand that you shut up and accept this. We have a moral obligation to admit the world’s poor, they tell us, even if it makes our own country poorer, and dirtier, and more divided. Immigration is a form of atonement. Previous leaders of our country committed sins; we must pay for those sins by welcoming an endless chain of migrant caravans.” Read more…

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This is One Good Thing, a weekly column where we tell you about one of the few nice things that happened this week

As a perfect person, it’s hard to imagine Michelle Obama having any doubts about herself. Hasn’t she always assumed that she was brilliant, graceful, and exceptionally good at gardening? Didn’t she always think that she would one day become one of the most powerful people in the world and achieve it by being … nice?

According to Obama’s new memoir, Becoming, she wasn’t always so confident.

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The end of 2018 is upon us and if you didn’t download any new apps, then you’re missing out. I know — it’s sometimes surprising that 10 years into the App Store, there are still enough fresh ideas to make it worth downloading an unfamiliar name. 

But, from apps that gave us new ways to edit photos and video to games we just couldn’t put down, developers still managed to find new ways to surprise and delight us in 2018.

Here’s a look back at some of our favorites. We’ve listed the download links and prices, but as always take “free” with a grain of salt since most apps these days rely on subscriptions and in-app purchases to make money. Read more…

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With so many smart home gadgets in the house these days, you may need WiFi in areas like the basement, garage, or even outside to power your smart doorbell or outdoor camera. But chances are your current router doesn’t cover your entire home, and you’re left with dead spots – those areas in your house where your wireless signal inexplicably seems to disappear. 

With all the devices, metal appliances, and architectural interference in the average home, it’s no wonder why even the fastest, most powerful WiFi router can miss a few spots. But before you invest in another wifi extender that delivers a weaker signal, think about using a mesh WiFi system.  Read more…

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Facebook’s secretive research lab, where the company developed new hardware like its Portal speakers and researched moonshot projects like brain computer interfaces, is no more.

Building 8, the division Facebook created in 2016 to house some of its most ambitious projects, has been disbanded and the projects have been redistributed to other groups within the social media company.

The change, which was first reported by Business Insider, marks the end of the “Building 8” brand, though the group’s work will continue on.

Facebook created Building 8 in 2016, with CEO Mark Zuckerberg committing to pour “hundreds of millions of dollars into this effort over the next few years” in order to “to advance our mission of connecting the world.” To lead the new Building 8 work, the company poached former DARPA head Regina Dugan from Google, where she oversaw the company Advanced Technology and Projects (ATAP) group.  Read more…

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The powers that be have a sick sense of humor. 

When the Gregory family went back to their house to survey the wreckage after it burned down, they found salvaged an ironic relic: a copy of the Jonas Brothers’ tour book titled “Burning Up.” 

Yikes. 

“It was a very emotional process, but as we walked up to what used to be our porch, we saw this,” Twitter user @gayyspice said. “Sometimes God knows you need a good laugh.” 

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Real talk: shopping for gifts during the holidays is not always fun. But if you don’t want to deal with the stress, we’re here to help. 

We’ve combed through the internet to find some of the best (and our favorite) laptop and tablet deals available this weekend. If you’ve waited until the last minute to search for the perfect holiday gift, then remember this: You can’t go wrong with some killer tech. 

If you’re looking for a tablet, Amazon has most of their Fire tablets on sale this weekend. The Fire HD 10 for $99.99 makes a perfect bedside companion if you’ve been binging Sabrina on Netflix. But if you’re shopping for the kids, you can get the Fire HD 8 Kids Edition for $89.99 to keep them entertained during the last minute holiday vacation. Read more…

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