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Vine left a gaping wound in the fabric of our society when it was finally killed two years ago. But on the plus side, TikTok is filling the void that Vine left behind. Sort of. 

TikTok, formerly known as Musical.ly, was once full of cringey lip syncing clips and painfully awkward dance routines. But in the past few months, TikTok users have been leaning to more creative short sketches, similar to the Vine skits that captured our hearts. 

The videos are 15 seconds long — more than double the length of a Vine. The sardonic humor and quick editing still has that beloved DIY Vine quality, though. Obviously there’s nothing that can truly replace Vine, but as TikTok grows, you can’t help but compare it to its predecessor.  Read more…

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Welcome to Small Humans, an ongoing series at Mashable that looks at how to take care of – and deal with – the kids in your life. Because Dr. Spock is nice and all, but it’s 2018 and we have the entire internet to contend with.

Internet marketed direct-to-consumer subscription services are the new black – and bonus points if they’re aimed at a person with children. Offering expecting and new parents anything and everything from smart bassinets to leather playmats, the new products extend a gleaming promise of being better, more hands-on, attentive, and nurturing parents than the previous generation (also known as “your parents”). Upwardly mobile millennials are an eager audience, welcoming the new disruptors to a growing industry, but it can be hard to tell whether they’re truly getting something better, or simply something that makes them Read more…

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ClassPass first burst onto the fitness scene back in 2013, offering a flexible, fun alternative to the played out gym circuit for just $99 per month. Since then, as the site’s popularity has grown — so has it’s monthly fee.

If you’ve been dying to try it out for yourself and have been searching for promo codes to no avail, then this is your chance. Through the end of January, you can try ClassPass for a month for free — a savings of up to $119. 

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Studio fitness classes are a long-time fan favorite as they’re a great way to combine fitness, fun, and even being social. Unfortunately, popularity means spiked prices, and that twice weekly SoulCycle habit can begin to feel like a luxury.  Read more…

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2019 has barely started, and we’ve already suffered a great loss: A “69” mile marker is gone forever, and will not be replaced.

The Washington Department of Transportation is sick and tired of people stealing the marker (notably known as the ~sex number~) so it’s replacing the highway sign with one that says “68.9.” 

“Thieves show no signs of slowing down,” a local CBS station reported. Watch the mildly painful banter between the two anchors as they debate the accuracy of the sign without cracking up over its reference to a sex position.  Read more…

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LG, the company behind the mind-bendingly cool rollable television, is looking to bring the same flexible display tech to smartphones, according to one of the company’s top executives.

The CTO of the Korean electronics company confirmed in an interview with Tom’s Guide that the company is experimenting with rollable and foldable phones.

“We are exploring many different form factors for phones, including foldable and rollable,” LG CTO IP Park said. 

“Because display technology has grown so much that it can make it into very flexible form factors. And with 5G, if the market requires much bigger screens, we’ll need to fold it or roll it. So we’ll explore.” Read more…

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A GoFundMe campaign launched last month to pay for President Trump’s border wall raised over $20 million from more than 300,000 donors. But that wasn’t nearly enough. 

Brian Kolfage, the campaign’s founder, assured donors Friday that because the campaign didn’t reach its $1 billion goal, they would be refunded. However, Kolfage announced he’s still determined to build the wall on his own. Kolfage said in an update to the GoFundMe campaign page that he’s formed a non-profit corporation named “We Build the Wall, Inc.” That outfit will use donations to privately build “significant segments of the wall.”  Read more…

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The Getty Research Institute has digitized over 3,000 photos from 19th century Turkey. The moments captured were primarily in Ottoman Turkey and tell a story of Turkeys culture and tradition.   Read more…

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The console launched in 2013 and has been beating its competitors in unit sales ever since. Read more…

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The AI reviews a photo of a patient’s face and proposes a list of ten possible rare genetic disorders. The tech has even outperformed clinicians Read more…

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Anyone that’s ever done their shopping online knows that things always look different in real life. So, when Twitter user @Dnschtt’s friend asked to see the packages she ordered to his house, he didn’t disappoint. 

“She was like let me see them, so I sent her a pic of the packages,”  Dnschtt tweeted. Apparently that wasn’t enough, so he instead sent her this video. 

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