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Car makers and auto parts companies want to make sure you'll need them to get around, even when urban car ownership plummets, as expected in coming years.

The Mid-Atlantic and Northeast are in for a wild ride during the next few days as a nor'easter rapidly intensifies off the East Coast of the U.S. The storm will bring with it an array of life-threatening hazards, from record-breaking coastal flooding and hurricane force winds, to cement-like wet snow that will bring down trees and power lines.

After being criticized for taking expensive, taxpayer-funded first class flights around the country and internationally, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt said Wednesday that on his very next flight, he will be seated among the masses in coach class.

Facebook just did something it very rarely does: admit it was wrong.

The social network is officially ending both iterations of its "Explore Feed" feature, which created two separate feeds for users.

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To recap: Facebook has been experimenting with two different versions of an Explore Feed feature. The first was a dedicated tab that surfaced content from pages you didn't follow based on Facebook's understanding of your interests. Читать дальше...

Kenneth, my greatest friend whom I have never met, drunkenly took a $1,635.93 Uber ride from West Virginia to New Jersey last weekend.

Jack Dorsey is earnestly looking for answers. 

In a tweetstorm on Thursday, the Twitter CEO said his company is searching for ways to root out trolling, bullying, hate speech, and political manipulation on the network. And in order to do that, Twitter wants to better understand the nature, or "health," of conversations on its platform. 

SEE ALSO: Current Facebook wants to go back to being Old Facebook

Through Dorsey's Tweets, the company has put out a Request for Proposals... Читать дальше...

We're barely two months into 2018, and one thing's already very clear: Most new Android phone released this year will be iPhone X knockoffs.

The ice on portions of Michigan's Great Lakes has turned blue and photographers are in awe. The phenomenon happens when lake water freezes slowly and evenly, resulting in ice composed of large crystals. Light travels deeper into slowly formed ice, allowing some of the red wavelengths of sunlight — which is the longest wavelength of visible light — to get absorbed into the ice structure. The blue —  which is the shortest wavelength of visible light —  bounces back out, meets our eyes, and results in a deep aqua color. Читать дальше...

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When it comes to dangerous content online, the European Union is not messing around.

It's been a long week and you need a glass of wine. Do you:

• Drive to the nearest wine shop.

• Visit a local wine bar.

• Pour some grape juice in an Instant Pot.

David Murphy of Food N Service went for the final option, and to hear him tell it, the results were better than expected.

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Per his post detailing the winemaking process, Murphy's weeks-long journey toward pressure cooker wine required dedication... Читать дальше...

Designed by Italian architect and engineer Leonardo Di Chiara, aVOID is a 96-square-foot house inspired by minimalism. With the furniture folded, it looks like an empty room, but it can cover all of your basic needs as its walls hide a bed, a kitchen, a bathroom with a shower and many more amenities. The project is being developed in collaboration with Tinyhouse University in Berlin.  Read more...

A recent resurgence of sexual misconduct allegations against Ryan Seacrest has stars like Jennifer Lawrence thinking twice about whether they want to appear alongside the E! host on the red carpet.

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Nothing is off-limits to artificial intelligence — even your favorite old video games. 

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D3O goo behaves like a liquid when you move it slowly, so it flows easily. It’s soft and flexible but  when subjected to high force, it behaves like a solid and absorbs the impact. Read more...

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Sonya Renee Taylor, an activist and poet who identifies as fat, black, and queer, refuses to apologize for her body. 

Mashable's Entertainment reporter, Jess Joho, and CineFix's Jon Tomlinson hash out their differences over PT Anderson's latest film. Is the fastidious Reynolds Woodcock the right kind of guy for the Academy? Or has his moment past?

How is a character like Black Panther brought to life in 2018?

Marvel introduced the costumed alter-ego of Wakanda's King T'Challa in 1966, and in the time since he's been written and reshaped by a growing succession of writers. Now, in Marvel's six-part Rise of the Black Panther limited series, writer Evan Narcisse working to tie it all together.

SEE ALSO: 'Black Panther: A Nation Under Our Feet' might help those who want to stay in Wakanda

"Even though I'm writing a prequel... Читать дальше...

Eugene Grant, a writer and activist for the Restricted Growth Association (RGA), shared a thread on Twitter about the language people use when talking about people with dwarfism.

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Four Mashable Employees try to figure out exactly what is in their hands. The results may either gross you out, or satisfy your urges.  Read more...

Take your power to the outdoors with 'Blue Freedom.' This mini hydroelectric power plant allows you charge all your USB devices with the help of a flowing water source. Read more...