Category Archives: Blog

If you’re interested in eharmony, I’m guessing you’re 110% over being single or going through numerous breakups with people you thought you were gonna marry.

Or you’re tired of going on dates and having the person randomly stop texting you back, or tired of the “What are we?” conversation ending in some rendition of “I’m not looking for anything serious right now” from someone who is definitely too old to still be playing games.

Yeah, well 10 million other people are tired of the same things, and they’ve put their love lives in the hands of eharmony.

More about Eharmony, Mashable Shopping, Shopping Ziffdavis, Dating Sites, and Lifestyle

Who knew that eating four large bags of hot Cheetos per week … isn’t good for the human body?

A teenager in Memphis underwent an emergency surgery to remove her gallbladder after experiencing stomach issues. Her mother, Rene Craighead, blames spicy snacks for the health scare. 

“When my daughter had to have this surgery, I knew I had to tell everybody about it,” Craighead told WREG. 

Craighead said her 17-year-old daughter, also named Rene, would snack on spicy junk food every day. She explained that the younger Rene loved fiery snacks, from Flamin’ Hot Cheetos to Takis, and that she would bring large bags of them to school with her.  Read more…

More about Health, Cheetos, Culture, and Web Culture

An apparent hacker has been using a discontinued TV show’s verified Twitter account to promote a cryptocurrency scam.

A nefarious Twitter user appears to have gained access to the official @AlmostHumanFOX account, and has been tweeting from the account since the beginning of the month. 

During this time, the account, which is followed by almost 19,000 Twitter users, has been promoting cryptocurrency “giveaways” and impersonating Justin Sun, the influential founder and CEO of Chinese blockchain company TRON.

As TheNextWeb points out, cryptocurrency “giveaway” scams have plagued Twitter in recent months. Even Elon Musk has complained about it. Basically, a scammer attempts to convince Twitter users through faked accounts to send them a small amount of cryptocurrency and in turn, the scammer promises to send them back crypto in tenfold. The scammer then takes the original crypto deposit and runs, never returning any of the currency.  Read more…

More about Twitter, Hacking, Fox, Scam, and Cryptocurrency

We are living in trying times. Not even our favorite childhood snacks are safe.

Pepperidge Farm announced a voluntary recall on Monday for four different flavors of Goldfish Crackers due to a fear of salmonella. According to a CBS report, an ingredient supplier for Pepperidge notified the company that the whey powder used in the cracker’s seasoning could have been contaminated with the bacteria.

Here’s the company’s official statement:

More about Snacks, Recall, Goldfish, Cracker, and Culture

Facebook might not be digitally accessible in China, but that’s not stopping it from establishing a physical presence in the country.

The social media giant is setting up an “innovation hub” in Hangzhou — the country’s fourth largest city and Zhejiang province capital in East China — which will essentially function as an entrepreneur incubator,  supporting Chinese developers, innovators, and startups.

If the enterprise is successful, it could serve to get the website unblocked in the world’s most populated country. 

Google, another banned site, launched a similar campaign in December with the opening of an artificial intelligence lab in China. It has since released a selection of AI-based apps for the country, including a file management app. However, as of press time, the search engine and its related sites remain blocked. Read more…

More about Facebook, China, Censorship, Innovation, and Tech

Ten billion.

That’s a big number no matter how you break it down. For Uber, it’s now the number of trips that have been taken using the service since the app launched in 2010. And since 2014 that growing number also includes Uber Eat food deliveries. 

The San Francisco-based company hit the 10 billion trip milestone last month when 173 trips took off in 21 countries and people ordered food in five countries — some of those orders included noodles, burgers, tacos, sushi, and a McDonald’s meal. 

Of those simultaneous rides (all of which helped Uber hit the milestone), the shortest was an Uber Eats delivery of just over a half-mile. The longest was a 41-mile ride to the Denver airport. Within the group of rides that helped Uber reach 10 billion trips, five riders were on their first Uber trip ever. Took them a while. Read more…

More about Uber, Lyft, Ride Hailing Apps, Ride Sharing, and Tech

Europa, a small moon orbiting Jupiter, has long attracted fascination because of its potential to host alien life. 

Hidden below the moon’s frozen surface is thought to be an ocean, which could hold signs of life. It turns out scientists won’t have to dig too far to find this potential evidence in a future mission, according to a study published in Nature.

Led by NASA scientist Tom Nordheim, the study assessed how harsh the radiation is on Europa’s surface. 

The intense radiation, which comes from Jupiter, destroys or modifies material on the moon’s surface, making it hard for researchers to ascertain if it’s reflective of what can be found in the ocean below. Read more…

More about Space, Nasa, Science, Jupiter, and Europa

As if the Upside Down wasn’t a terrifying maze in itself, someone has created one in our world.

A colossal maze inspired by Netflix favorite Stranger Things has been unveiled in Lafayette, Indiana, and it’s the stuff dreams are made of.

Created by Exploration Acres, home to the largest annually planted corn maze in northwest Indiana, the maze sprawls across 20 acres, reported first by Indianapolis NBC affiliate WTHR. If you’ll remember, Stranger Things is set in the fictional town of Hawkins, Indiana, so this is perfect. Read more…

More about Netflix, Stranger Things, Maze, Culture, and Other

Over 230,000 people have signed a petition to rehire Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn.

This new level of public support for the director comes after days of online and Comic-Con debate following Disney’s decision to dismiss the director from the third Guardians installment. 

Gunn was fired by Disney following a series of resurfaced old tweets. Although Disney did not point out the tweets, several that made light of pedophilia or AIDS were shared widely on the platform after his firing. Some tweets date back to 2009. Gunn issued an official apology for the tweets. Read more…

More about Disney, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Guardians Of The Galaxy, and James Gunn

It looks like Uber rides just got a lot more expensive. 

A new ride-hail scam is hitting the news and, if you’re not careful, it’ll hit your wallet, too. It’s called “vomit fraud,” and it’s as awful as it sounds.

According to the Miami Herald, which spoke with several passengers about the particularly soggy shakedown in question, it works like this: After completing a ride, a diver fraudulently reports the passenger to Uber as having thrown up in the car. The driver may submit faked photos as some chunky icing on the disgusting scam-cake.  Read more…

More about Uber, Lyft, Fraud, Ride Hailing Apps, and Tech