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The DNC just made history again. Sarah McBride, LGBTQ rights activist and national press secretary of the Human Rights Campaign, spoke on stage at the Democratic Convention on Thursday, becoming the first openly transgender person to address a major party … Continue reading →

LOS ANGELES — A sequel to The Rocketeer is in very early development stages at Disney, Mashable has confirmed, with an original story that would take place six years after the 1991 cult hit. Disney has hired screenwriters Max Winkler … Continue reading →

If Filipinos didn’t get enough of the Miss Universe pageant this year with its own contestant winning the crown, they’re about to get a second wave when Manila plays host to the international beauty pageant next year. The Philippines’ Department … Continue reading →

We can’t work out whether this seal is the most skillful beast in the ocean, or just the luckiest. Filmed off the coast of Sheltand, UK, the clip above shows an orca lunging toward a seal that’s calmly bobbing around … Continue reading →

LONDON — When it comes to customer complaints, it’s getting harder and harder to be creative. There was that guy who tried to claim money from The National Lottery with a brilliantly fake scratch card, the man who photographed a … Continue reading →

Sci-fi fans, brace yourselves for some good news.  Six brand-new episodes of Black Mirror, the dark and dystopian show created by British writer Charlie Brooker, will be released at once on October 21 – sooner than initially thought – on … Continue reading →

It’s no secret GoPro is developing a drone called “Karma” for release later this year. But what it looks like, nobody outside of GoPro really knows. Last month, GoPro posted a teaser video for the animated film The Secret Life … Continue reading →

If you haven’t played Pokémon Go yet – first of all, what’s up with you? And second of all, you’d be unaware of this beautiful, rare creature. He defies labels. He’s all about that intellectual, researcher realness. His name is … Continue reading →

This sweet video from YouTube user David Goodlings is pretty much just four minutes of grandma tears.  Thanks to Goodlings’ good will — and solid audio editing skills — grandma Iris spent her 86th birthday listening to messages of love … Continue reading →

Get ready to turn on the waterworks with this poignant ad from Singapore phone company Starhub. The ad captures a man spending time with his elderly father suffering from Alzheimer’s Disease, trying to recreate the older man’s memories. The 60-second … Continue reading →