This smart baby changing pad could be the extra hand new parents need

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When it comes to caring for a newborn baby, it’s likely that many parents find themselves wishing they had a few extra arms. From feeding schedules to diaper changes to sleeping times, keeping track of your little peanut’s growth and progress can get overwhelming.

After their first baby, a couple from California realized that there had to be a way to make the whole newborn thing easier on parents. After raising $7 million and having a successful bout on ABC’s Shark Tank, parents Ann and David Weiss (now CEOs of their company, Hatch Baby) launched a product relatively new to the industry: Grow, a smart, app-enabled changing pad.  Read more…

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The original ‘Luigi’s Mansion’ is coming to Nintendo 3DS

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The original Luigi’s Mansion is getting re-released on Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo announced during a Nintendo Direct Thursday.

Luigi’s Mansion first launched in 2001 alongside the GameCube and was one of the first games to star Mario’s brother Luigi. It was also the first game in the Luigi’s Mansion series. In the game, Luigi enters a mansion filled with ghosts to save his brother and has to suck up all the ghosts in sight and face a handful of inventive bosses that haunt the mansion.

Luigi’s Mansion comes out for the 3DS later this year. Read more…

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New ‘Super Smash Bros.’ game coming to Nintendo Switch this year

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Super Smash Bros. is coming to the Nintendo Switch this year.

No, this is not a drill. Nintendo teased a new Super Smash Bros. game coming to the Nintendo Switch during its Nintendo Direct on Thursday. Nintendo didn’t include any details about the game other than it will include Inklings from Splatoon and two classic characters Mario and Link.

Whether it will be a remaster of the last Super Smash Bros. game (which came out on the Wii U in 2014) or a completely new Smash is unknown. But honestly, it doesn’t matter either way. Read more…

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Bones found on an island in 1940 are ’99 percent’ likely to be Amelia Earhart’s

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The mystery of Amelia Earhart’s disappearance may finally have been solved, thanks to a new forensics study that shows a very high likelihood that bones found on an island in the South Pacific are those of the trailblazing pilot.

In a new study published in Forensic Anthropology, Richard Jantz, professor emeritus of anthropology and director emeritus of the University of Tennessee-Knoxville’s Forensic Anthropology Center, determined that the bones found in 1940 on the island of Nikumaroro “have more similarity to Earhart than to 99 percent of individuals in a large reference sample.”

Jantz used new techniques to revisit the original findings of D. W. Hoodless, the physician who originally examined the bones after their discovery on the island by a British official. Hoodless determined they belonged to a man but the mistake, according to Jantz, was an honest one that’s been corrected by advancements in technology. Read more…

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6 brands contributing to feminist causes for International Women’s Day

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March 8 marks International Women’s Day, a time to both celebrate the accomplishments of women and to raise awareness for issues that still affect women worldwide.

To mark the day we’ve highlighted the young women making a difference with their activism and laid out everything you need to know about International Women’s Day.

SEE ALSO: Everything you need to know about International Women’s Day

Several brands are making statements of solidarity. Sometimes corporate celebrations of feminism fall through — just look at McDonald’s, which decided to flip its golden arches to a “W” instead of providing paid maternity leave. Read more…

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Travis Kalanick’s new investment fund’s name is trucker code for taking a piss

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Ousted Uber CEO Travis Kalanick is roaring back into the spotlight with a big announcement, and it’s all about taking a piss at a truckers’ rest stop. 

Oh, wait, no it isn’t. It just that the new investment fund he unveiled Wednesday on Twitter just so happens to share its name with the CB code truckers use to describe taking a badly needed bathroom break. 

SEE ALSO: Here’s what we learned from Travis Kalanick’s hidden 2007 Twitter account

“Today I’m announcing the creation of a fund called 10100 (pronounced ‘ten-one-hundred’), home to my passions, investments, ideas and big bets,” he wrote in the statement.  Read more…

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Facebook just made it easier for female entrepreneurs to connect

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Facebook is reaching beyond marketing gimmicks for International Women’s Day

On March 8, the social media platform is launching practical tools for professional women “who are leading the way in their communities.” 

SEE ALSO: This International Women’s Day, remember the importance of self-love

First up, Facebook is finally launching a new Community Finder tool for its #SheMeansBusiness program, which will connect female entrepreneurs and women-owned businesses in 23 countries, including the U.S., Vietnam, Australia, Korea, Turkey, Mexico, and India.

Originally launched in 2016, and supported by Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In organization, the program is meant to help professional women share advice and resources in order to develop their businesses. Read more…

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Amazon reveals why Alexa is randomly laughing and creeping people out

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Amazon has finally revealed why Alexa is randomly laughing, creeping out Echo users. 

BuzzFeed first reported earlier this week that Amazon Echo users were surprised to hear their devices laughing at random. After confirming the company was working on a fix, Amazon revealed on Wednesday why Alexa was laughing at random.

SEE ALSO: Amazon Alexa’s creepy, spontaneous laugh is weirding people out

“In rare circumstances, Alexa can mistakenly hear the phrase ‘Alexa, laugh,'” a spokesperson said in an email. “We are changing that phrase to be ‘Alexa, can you laugh?’ which is less likely to have false positives, and we are disabling the short utterance ‘Alexa, laugh.’ We are also changing Alexa’s response from simply laughter to ‘Sure, I can laugh’ followed by laughter.” Read more…

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Good guy Ed Sheeran bought pizza for fans waiting overnight for his show

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Whatever you may think of his music, Ed Sheeran seems to be a good guy, and he’s especially great to his fans.

Like any hot concert, people lined up early to nab the best spot to see Sheeran, who performed in Adelaide, Australia on Wednesday.

SEE ALSO: Ed Sheeran actually has a tattoo of Saoirse Ronan’s handwriting on his body

Some had been waiting for two days, and of course Sheeran couldn’t let them go hungry. So he quietly sent the loyal group some pizzas late on Tuesday night to help tide them over.

Of course, Sheeran was thanked by his fans for the free grub. “Not a piece will go to waste,” wrote Twitter user @EdsRealMVP. Read more…

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5 things to know about Uber’s self-driving trucks

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Self-driving trucks are moving freight in Arizona using Uber Freight, the company announced Tuesday.

The tool helped transfer a load last month from the Midwest to its final destination in Southern California. For 340 miles of the trip, the truck drove itself across Arizona highways. Uber Freight has been coordinating hauls like this since November.

SEE ALSO: Uber just launched a brand new app aimed to help truckers

This isn’t the first time the company has driven self-driving trucks on public roads. In October 2016, an autonomous truck (with a driver in the cab) drove 120 miles through Colorado with a haul of Budweiser. Read more…

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