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India’s Supreme Court tells Google, Yahoo and Microsoft to stop hosting sex selection ads
India’s Supreme Court has reprimanded Google, Microsoft and Yahoo for displaying advertisements related to pre-natal sex selection tests on their search engines, in violation of the country’s laws. Prenatal gender testing and sex selective abortion is banned in India due … Continue reading
Volkswagen and LG team to create connected car platform
Carmakers are looking to tech companies to achieve their connected mobility goals. SEE ALSO: BMW, Intel and MobilEye to bring fully autonomous car to the roads by 2021 Volkswagen announced Wednesday morning that it has signed an agreement with Korean … Continue reading
Watch a bunch of annoyed New Yorkers try and fail to swipe their MetroCards
It famously took Hillary Clinton five attempts to successfully access the New York City subway system, but she’s not the only one who has trouble swiping the ol’ MetroCard. In fact, it’s a pretty common problem — as evidenced by … Continue reading
Ancient Swedish herding call seems to put cows in a trance
This woman has mastered the art of “kulning,” an ancient cow herding call. It looks like her hard work has paid off. Read more… More about Kulning, Herding, Animal Call, Us World, and Video
Supermodel Christie Brinkley hoses down mom who attempted to pee near her property
Sometimes you’ve just got to pee — on Christie Brinkley’s $30 million dollar Hamptons home. Erica Remkus is a mother of three who was swimming near Brinkley’s home over the holiday weekend. Unable to find a bathroom, Remkus decided to … Continue reading
Totally real playground ghost freaks out father and kids
Guys. A Rhode Island father and all around potty mouth recently captured a horrific scene at a beach playground in Warwick, Rhode Island. He filmed a ghost determined to freak out children and hoping to get in a little playtime. … Continue reading
What to watch at Summer Games Done Quick 2016
Summer Games Done Quick is back again, where some of world’s best speedrunners race (and glitch) through video games as fast as possible. And it’s all for charity. SGDQ is an annual, week-long, video game streaming event where some of … Continue reading
6 bizarre résumés — and what you should learn from them
Job hunting can feel like a crapshoot. You send in a résumé, knowing that yours is just one of thousands like it that employers will receive for any opening. Instead of being discouraged, however, some people are revamping their CVs, creating … Continue reading
Glorious pasta-doesn’t-make-you-fat study was paid for by a pasta brand
Carb lovers rejoiced when a new study out of Italy found that pasta wasn’t really the fat-causing dish it’s been vilified as for years. The study, published in the journal Nutrition and Diabetes this week, claims pasta does not contribute to obesity … Continue reading
1979: Sylvester Stallone retrieves his morning paper in his skivvies
Image: Ron Galella/WireImage/Getty Images On the morning of September 15, 1979, paparazzo extraordinaire Ron Galella was lurking outside the picturesque Malibu home of Sylvester Stallone, who was enjoying the height of stardom three months after the release of Rocky II, … Continue reading