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The amazing story of a boy finding his missing mother on YouTube
A YouTuber has helped locate a missing woman living on the streets of downtown Los Angeles. Brooke Roberts, an Australian who is better known for social experiments and pranks, made a video while he delivered food to the homeless for … Continue reading
Overwatch players, your time has come: Introducing the Overwatch World Cup
The first Overwatch World Cup will premiere at BlizzCon in November, with players from all over the world expected to compete and represent their nations in the battle. Read more… More about Mashable Video, Real Time Video, Overwatch, Esports, and … Continue reading
How Google put Rio’s favelas on the map in time for the Olympics
The favelas, or slums, of Rio de Janeiro have had a lot of bad press in the run-up to the Olympics. We’ve seen stories of violence, gun battles and sexual assault. Still, the view from outside is generally worse than … Continue reading
First-time Olympian cheeses so hard for his mom on live TV
The entire world tunes in to watch the Olympics every year — but the only spectator that really matters is your mom. Steele Johnson is a 20-year-old American diver competing in this summer’s Rio Olympics. This is Johnson’s first time … Continue reading
Black Lives Matter day of action in the UK has everyone talking
LONDON — Across Britain, the Black Lives Matter UK (BLMUK) movement has called for a nationwide #shutdown to bring attention to racism in the UK. SEE ALSO: Black Lives Matter reveals a six-point plan to combat systemic racism Protesters have … Continue reading
The first Zika vaccine trials are underway, but research funding is running out
Just days after a local outbreak of the Zika virus began in Miami, infecting at least 15 people so far, U.S. researchers are moving ahead with the first clinical trial for a potential vaccine. Yet their progress could quickly hit … Continue reading
Rio officials quietly break into stadium after losing their keys
There’s a reason why your mom told you to always make a spare copy of your keys. On Wednesday, Rio Olympics officials found that they were locked out of Maracana stadium after a losing the stadium’s keys. Two officials finally … Continue reading
The first up-close whale swims yield rad underwater footage in Western Australia
The first face-to-face experience with a humpback whale off the west coast of Australia has been captured by an avid Instagram user. According to WA Today three humpback whales got up close and personal with the first of many swimming … Continue reading
Brazil’s quest for soccer redemption off to awful start at Rio Olympics
If qualifying for the 2018 World Cup ended Thursday, Brazil would not be traveling to Russia for soccer’s biggest event. Yes, you read that correctly. Brazil, the most iconic footballing nation of them all, is currently on the outside looking … Continue reading
Apple introduces its first security bounty program
Apple is launching its first security bounty. The news comes on the heels of a presentation from Apple’s Ivan Krstic at the annual Black Hat USA security conference in Las Vegas. Krstic runs security engineering and architecture at Apple and … Continue reading
