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Gemma Cowling is, in many ways, a typical 19-year-old girl from Adelaide, Australia. Except that this girl is already being called a “transgender trailblazer.”  Making her runway debut during Adelaide Fashion Festival on Tuesday, Gemma has spoken at length about … Continue reading →

LONDON — Today is Scottish exam results day.  Unfortunately for Scottish teenagers, this means a lot of anxious nail biting as they wait for that fickle envelope. Fortunately for the rest of us, this means endless entertainment on social media.  … Continue reading →

What’s even better than an interview with President Barack Obama or Michelle Obama? The couple interviewing each other. The pair got together to ask each other a few questions about the Olympics (that were provided on appropriately decorated index cards). … Continue reading →

Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson doesn’t half-ass anything, especially when it comes to his characters. It’s what has made him the world’s most paid actor.  But it turns out, sometimes he doesn’t need to do much more than be himself on … Continue reading →

Attention Starbucks lovers: Lyft is offering free rewards stars and gifts cards in an attempt to translate your caffeine addiction into a ridehailing addiction. Starting Tuesday, Starbucks customers can link their rewards accounts with the Lyft app to rake in … Continue reading →

Facebook is putting its foot down on ad blockers. The social network announced in a blog post on Tuesday that it is now circumventing ad blockers so that desktop users will see ads regardless of whether they have the software … Continue reading →

Sweet Christmas, Luke Cage is here at last. After the success of Jessica Jones, Marvel’s Luke Cage is coming to Netflix with his own story on Sept. 30. The new series, starring Mike Colter, follows Cage in the aftermath of … Continue reading →

This dolphin doesn’t care if you want to stay dry or have a working iPad. A video taken at SeaWorld in Orlando, Florida, shows a dolphin leaping out of the water to grab a woman’s iPad right out of her … Continue reading →

E-book nerds, rejoice! More than 300,000 titles are now available for download on your smartphone, for free if you have a New York Public Library card.  The Big Apple’s biggest book lender released a new app this summer, SimplyE, that … Continue reading →

Wombats are often believed to be muddle-headed and dozy, but Jack, here, is the embodiment of a Chariots of Fire level of grace. In an adorable slow motion video shared by ACT Wildlife Australia, the mammal shows off his elegant … Continue reading →