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Unless you're lucky enough to live somewhere with central AC, thinking ahead about a window air conditioner needs to be on your to-do list. Like now. You cannot wait for the next heatwave to hit to buy yourself an air conditioner. You will be so miserable. We know. We've been there.

Jack Dorsey loves magic internet money. 

This was made explicitly clear on the third and final day of Consensus, an annual blockchain conference in Midtown Manhattan, when the Twitter and Square CEO told a gathered crowd that one day soon the internet is going to have its own unique form of money — and that he's totally here for it. 

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By now, folks online have listened to the now-infamous Yanny and Laurel clip a lot. I've probably listened to it 200 times since Tuesday afternoon, which is about 198 more than I expected. 

Buyer beware is an age-old aphorism that rings all the more true in the internet era. 

When Taylor K. Shaw learned how few women of color were represented in animation, she decided to do something about it. Shaw created a company called Black Women Animate in order to create a space for black girls in the field.  Read more...

We spoke to Dr. Fong, Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the UCLA Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship, on whether or not marijuana could be proven addictive. The results may surprise you.

A 287,000-pound Qantas Boeing Dreamliner was just towed 1,000 feet by a Tesla Model X. This record-breaking stunt was the heaviest towing ever achieved by an electric passenger vehicle. Read more...

13 years. That's how long Markus Zusak, author of the The Book Thief, has been on hiatus. But for readers eager to dive into a new novel from the acclaimed author, the wait is finally over — Zusak is finally making his return to bookshelves with the publication of his latest effort Bridge of Clay.

Snoop Dogg and Martha Stewart have an extremely fun-to-follow friendship, and perhaps one of the few pairings I'd enjoy third-wheeling with. They co-star on a show on VH1! They do lunch! They share pine cones! But how did this connection come to be?

Keanu Reeves and Winona Ryder embody the enemies, to friends, to (probably) lovers trope in the first trailer for Destination Wedding, the story of two haters who wind up at a the wedding of their mutual friends and have less than a good time. 

There aren't a lot of elements of Batman's legend that haven't been explored thoroughly in the realm of film and TV. Some of them are so well-tread that they've passed into cliche (how many times have Martha Wayne's pearls bounced off the pavement in Crime Alley, or has Catwoman flirted with Batsy on a rooftop?), but others have been sidestepped or ignored in favor of focusing on the action any Batman adaptation requires. 

Hawaii's young, lively Kilauea volcano shows no signs of slowing down. 

Only the biggest Taylor Swift fans would've caught this joke in the Deadpool 2 trailer.

TrueUSD, a cryptocurrency whose value is pegged to that of the dollar, has signed a deal with Binance, one of the world's largest cryptocurrency exchanges in terms of volume. 

TrueUSD, a cryptocurrency whose value is pegged to that of the dollar, has signed a deal with Binance, one of the world's largest cryptocurrency exchanges in terms of volume. 

This post is part of Mashable's You're Old Week. Break through the haze of nostalgia with us and see what holds up, what disappoints, and what got better with time.

Keep your money under lock and key with this 3D maze bank. Get your own Money Maze Puzzle Box for $9.90 here. Read more...

This is the perfect pot for making big meals while camping or tailgating. Get your own Can Cooker Junior for $48.36 here. Read more...

Lifetime premiered their movie about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle just days before the royal weddingHarry & Meghan: A Royal Romance details the couple's romance from its early stages, starring Parisa Fitz-Henley and Murray Fraser. 

Cybersecurity company Kaspersky Lab found itself blacklisted by U.S. federal agencies after accusations of enabling Russian spies to steal NSA files. Unloved and perhaps unwanted, the company — which has denied any wrongdoing — is moving a number of its international data servers to neutral territory: ZurichRead more at PC Mag... Read more...

Cybersecurity company Kapersky Lab found itself blacklisted by U.S. federal agencies after accusations of enabling Russian spies to steal NSA files. Unloved and perhaps unwanted, the company — which has denied any wrongdoing — is moving a number of its international data servers to neutral territory: ZurichRead more at PC Mag... Read more...

Virtual reality porn should be a phenomenon. It's the steamy videos you're used to writ large: Rather than being a mere window on the action, VR immerses you in it, with the objects of your desire appearing so close it seems like you could touch them. What's not to love? 

If you have gone the past 24 hours without being asked, "what do you hear?" Then, well, I'm jealous. 

Why do we care so much about royal weddings? Is it the grand-bordering-on-gross display of opulence? Is it the rare chance to watch a hot, famous person marry a royal, slightly-less-hot famous person? Is it the hats?

I always get giddy like a kid whenever OnePlus tells me they’ve got a new phone to show me.