You can track gritters in Scotland and they have incredible names
Fasten your seatbelt, because this is one wild ride.SEE ALSO: Public road gritter naming contest winner will make wordplay enthusiasts proudThere's nothing we Brits love more than silly names for...
View ArticleThread about the 'grey areas' of bad sexual encounters is required reading in...
Set aside your feelings about the slew of hot takes that have emerged after the publication of a report accusing Aziz Ansari of sexual misconduct, and please give this powerful Twitter thread your...
View ArticlePenguin jumps into man's boat for a quick hi-bye
Hello yes, I would like to apply to be a member of the Australian Antarctic Division team. Oh and also, I'm a penguin.SEE ALSO: 10 of the most incredible moments from 'Blue Planet II'Footage released...
View ArticleThis Ikea magazine ad is also a pregnancy test
Ikea collaborated with Medical Lab Mercene Labs to create an ad that doubles as a pregnancy test. Peeing on the marked area will show whether you're pregnant. If you are pregnant, a discounted price...
View ArticleJustin Timberlake admits he 'stumbled' during the Nipplegate controversy
The 2004 Super Bowl halftime show's 'Nipplegate' was truly the Watergate of sports broadcasting: Where were you when Justin Timberlake unexpectedly exposed Janet Jackson's breast to 143.6 million...
View ArticleVine's been gone for a year, but we still think about these Vines every day
It's been a year since Vine kicked the bucket, but that doesn't mean we've forgotten our favorite six-second vids.On Jan. 17, 2017, the Vine app became Vine Camera, and users were rendered unable to...
View ArticleNo, you're probably not going to blow a 'sneeze hole' in your throat
By now, you've heard the story of the man who blew a hole in his throat while holding back a sneeze. Or, if you haven't heard the story, you've seen at least one alarmist headline while scrolling...
View ArticleYour grandparents will love being friends with this robot
Meet the friendly robot that is designed to converse... with the elderly. Although human company may be nicer, this robot is quite possibly smarter. It can arrange appointments, remind you to Skype...
View ArticleAmazon Music Unlimited is getting even more unlimited
Every product here is independently selected by Mashable journalists. If you buy something featured, we may earn an affiliate commission which helps support our work.Following the much anticipated,...
View ArticleNintendo Labo is a new DIY way to play games on the Switch
Nintendo has revealed a whole new lineup of video game accessories for the Switch ... and they're all made of cardboard.SEE ALSO: The Nintendo Switch is the fastest selling console ever in the...
View ArticleHow Google's 'speed update' will affect mobile search
Google searches on your phone are about to get an important upgrade.The company announced an upcoming "speed update" to search, which will put some slower loading pages lower down in search results on...
View ArticleA Google bus was attacked outside of San Francisco, just like buses from Apple
Apple shuttles aren't the only tech buses under attack. Google buses, which carry employees of the tech giant to and from its Mountain View headquarters, are in the spotlight today following an attack...
View ArticleTrump's Fake News Awards were a total disaster
President Donald Trump's Fake News Awards were, perhaps unsurprisingly, a complete and total disaster.After weeks of anticipation the event turned out to be, well, not an event at all. In fact it was...
View ArticleIf Trump's tweets have this much influence over foreign policy, we're all...
Diplomacy isn't easy ... especially if your boss is Donald Trump. Speaking at Stanford on Wednesday, according to Vanity Fair, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson shared this fun insight into White House...
View ArticleWill Smith's excellent and very, very Instagrammed Australian adventure
For a guy who's still pretty new to Instagram, Will Smith is killing it.The actor only joined the social platform in December, but for his big trip to Australia to promote his not-so-great Netflix...
View ArticleVery relieved Hawaiians went straight to PornHub after getting missile alert...
Hawaii's mistaken missile alert prompted many of us to think what we'd do in the last moments of our life if a bomb came hurtling towards us.PornHub released statistics for the island state after the...
View ArticleThe Winklevoss twins may have lost A LOT of money on Bitcoin
With Bitcoin crashing, some cryptocurrency HODLers are hurting. That might include the Winklevoss twins. Tyler and Cameron bought 120,000 bitcoins in late 2012 with money from the $65 million payout...
View ArticleChamillionaire offers to help a deported immigrant separated from his family
Rapper Chamillionaire wants to help the family of Jorge Garcia, a 39-year-old man who was separated from his wife and two children by immigration officials.The story of his deportation from Michigan to...
View ArticleJimmy Kimmel skewers Trump's Fake News Awards with a little help from his dad
Donald Trump's Fake News Awards didn't exactly go to plan. In fact, it was a shitshow.Jimmy Kimmel relished in the non-event that was Trump's made up award show, meant to criticize news outlets that...
View ArticlePesky crocodile steals fisherman's catch like it's NBD
We get fighting for what you've worked for, but maybe not up against a crocodile.A fisherman came a bit too close to the reptile while trying to reel in a barramundi at Cahills Crossing in the Northern...
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