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Of all things, the simple act of thanking the bus driver became a meme this year. Beats us as to why.

Now it’s something you can do in Fortnite as your character leaves the battle bus, all because of fans who requested the feature.

The ability to thank the bus driver, who flies players over the island at the start of the game, has been added to the game’s latest v5.30 patch, and while it hasn’t been highlighted in the release notes, it was spotted by users in the game’s subreddit.

It’s likely the result of a now-deleted Change.org petition asking developers to add the feature in the game, which has been around since July. Read more…

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Russia’s biggest gun manufacturer is looking to take on Tesla with its new electric concept car.

Kalashnikov, maker of the AK-47 assault weapon, has gone retro with its new “supercar,” the CV-1, unveiled at a Russian defense show near Moscow Thursday.

According to media outlets reporting at a press event at the expo, a Kalashnikov media rep said the car will “let us stand in the ranks of global electric car producers such as Tesla.”

It certainly looks retro, with the design and body of an old-school IZh 21252 “Kombi” car — the Kombi came from a Soviet era car maker from the 1970s. It’s a bold design decision, a vintage throwback akin to the Fujifilm Instax camera. Read more…

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A local news site wants you to get your facts straight before destroying their mentions. 

The National Enquirer kept a LITERAL SAFE of records that documented “hush money payments” during the 2016 presidential election. The tabloid essentially buried stories that would damage Trump’s campaign. 

On Thursday, National Enquirer chief David Pecker was granted immunity, and angry people took to Twitter to voice their rage. 

Except, they directed their anger at the wrong Enquirer. 

The poor Cincinnati-based local news site put out an official announcement in the form of an ASCII bunny meme.  Read more…

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Well this is disturbing. 

Apparently not content to merely meddle in the 2016 U.S. election, Russian trolls now stand accused of spreading a type of misinformation that could have literal deadly effects: anti-vaccine propaganda.  

So finds a new study published Thursday in the American Journal of Public Health, which found that Russian trolls pushed vaccine-related misinformation on Twitter in the run up to the 2016 election. 

“Content polluters seem to use anti-vaccine messages as bait to entice their followers to click on advertisements and links to malicious websites,” explained Sandra Crouse Quinn, study co-author and University of Maryland professor, in a press release. “Ironically, content that promotes exposure to biological viruses may also promote exposure to computer viruses.” Read more…

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When an actor messes up, they typically have a team of managers, agents, and crisis managers to back them up with handcrafted personal statements apologizing for their actions. 

When a beauty guru messes up, they set up their tripods, get the tears going, and hit record. 

Much like break up videos, apology videos are almost a rite of passage for YouTubers. Since their content is so personal, their apologies have to be, too. As content creators’ offensive internet histories get exposed, apology videos are becoming more and more common. There’s almost a formula to them: You sob, you apologize for whatever you did wrong, you sob some more, beg for forgiveness from your fans, and then wrap it up with a teary thank-you.  Read more…

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Speeding up your website and content delivery should be near the top of your to-do list, with speed being a factor in ranking. A CDN (content delivery network) could help, as it will drastically reduce server lag by storing static resources on a network of fast-loading servers spread all over the world.

Choosing a CDN to fit your specific requirements is key, so it’s important to assess your budget, bandwidth needs, audience (where are the majority of your visitors based), streaming capabilities and technical support offered.

With so many options available it can be difficult to choose one, so we’ve collected 13 of the best CDN providers available, that can dramatically decrease bandwidth consumption and speed up content delivery. Read more…

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Today, Jeff Bezos is the world’s richest man, the master at the helm of the mighty capitalist empire that is Amazon. But back in 1994, he was just a scrappy entrepreneur building his dream team, and using ’90s era message boards and double spaces after periods to do it.

An early Amazon job posting resurfaced on Twitter Thursday, thanks to Bloomberg anchor Jon Erlichman. Originally posted by Bezos himself, the listing seeks Unix/C/C++ developers who can work three times faster “than most people think possible.”

Amazon confirmed to CNBC the authenticity of the ad, which initially appeared on the message board Usenet. Bezos apparently filled the role, since Amazon would be up and running the following year, slinging books and killing Mom-and-Pop stores for decades to come. Read more…

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Infiniti has big goals for electrifying its entire roster of vehicles, and the Prototype 10 is the perfect example of just how far the company is pushing the boundaries of its newer electric cars.

Infiniti revealed its electric speedster concept car Thursday at the 2018 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance in California as part of its plans to feature long-range electric or hybrid electric in every new Infiniti starting in 2021.

The Prototype 10 is an update on the Prototype 9, a more retro electric roadster revealed at the 2017 event. Based on the iconic design of racing convertibles, the 10 has a low, single-seat cockpit, which designers called “the bathtub,” since only the driver’s head is visible above the car body. Read more…

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Everyone who’s already in love with Noah Centineo’s Peter Kavinsky from Netflix’s To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before has a different moment where they fell in love. 

Some people say it’s when he twirled Lara Jean around in the cafeteria. Some say it was when he bashfully splashed the hot tub water when she didn’t realize she liked him, but others point to what is known as The Popcorn Save as the moment they knew Peter Kavinsky was truly a good egg.

The Popcorn Save is pivotal because the simple action of Peter moving a bowl of popcorn from the couch before going in for a pillowfight with Lara Jean’s little sister shows in action that Peter is a thoughtful, conscientious person — he showed up for a movie night and didn’t mind spending time with his date’s little sister, he was kind enough to include said little sister in the fun instead of making her feel like a third wheel, and most importantly he didn’t want to make a mess in Lara Jean’s house in the name of said fun.  Read more…

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If you’re a member of the LGBTQ community, chances are you’ve been asked the same questions over and over. Did someone or something make you gay? What does transgender even mean? Why do there have to be so many pronouns?

It’s exhausting, especially because most people’s knowledge of the LGBTQ community is limited to what they learned on the playground and a viral clip of Ben Shapiro. No wonder the newish allyship guides have encouraged people to Google their questions about the LGBTQ community, instead of relying on the marginalized to do the work of explaining.

It’s a reasonable request. If only Google and the platforms were up to the task. Read more…

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