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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 of Pets and speculation ran wild that the company may have subtly and intentionally teased its upcoming drone.
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Right at the 0:25-second mark, you can see clear GoPro Hero 4 product placement. It's att

Matt Damon is one of those actors who has become one of the most recognizable and bankable stars in the movie industry. Because he’s worked in film for nearly three decades, he’s also an embodiment of time’s cruel indifference. Burger Fiction has put together a great 13-minute supercut of all the times Matt Damon appeared in film and television, capturing both his range of roles and maturation as a living organism.
The clip starts all the way back in 1988 with a young Matt Damo

CBS's bold experiment in over-the-top TV streaming is paying off. The company says its All Access and Showtime subscription services have 2 million total subscribers, with user bases evenly split between the two. "That’s well ahead of where we’d thought we’d be this early in the game," CBS CEO Les Moonves said today on the company's quarterly earnings call, according to The Wrap.
All Access was the first internet TV service to launch from one of the major big-nam

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How times change! You used to have to go into a bank for everything, walking up to the teller window and discussing what you wanted to do.

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 and support from friends and family. 
The sweater you got grandma last year pales in comparison.Baby seal is very happy to be rescued from fishing net
Magnificent DIY costume hack helps you transform into Mega Man
Army of 1,000 musicians per

When surfers on Manyana Beach in New South Wales, Australia, encountered a distraught baby seal tangled in a fishing net and caught amongst some branches, the Aussies quickly moved him onto the beach and used a knife to free him.
As soon as he and the net were no longer one, the adorable seal ran and barked his way towards the ocean. "No need to say thanks!" called out one of his saviors.Grandson makes grandma cry happy tears with sweet birthday surprise
Magnificent DIY costume hack helps you t

Benjamin Martin takes over the third episode of CineFix's DIY Costume Squad to show you how to create your own Mega Man suit. 
Martin uses spray paint, plastic containers and a motorcycle helmet to put together this epic costume inspired by the video game character.
Check out our CineFix YouTube channel for more videos: http://bit.ly/2aeiCXJArmy of 1,000 musicians performs White Stripes' 'Seven Nation Army'
Postmodern Jukebox's Justin Timberlake cover will have you dancing
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Have you ever had a problem with any of your gadgets and electronic devices around your home? Need help setting up an Apple TV or figuring out how to pair your Amazon Echo with that August Smart Lock, or did you have a hard drive crash on you? There are a couple of options at your disposal: You could search for someone to fix it for you on Craigslist or take it to a store and have a technician like Best Buy’s Geek Squad take a look at it. But these options can give people pause because of

"It was a no-brainer to me," Mandy Moore told Mashable about her decision to participate in Tuesday's glass ceiling-shattering evening at the Democratic National Convention.
Moore backed Hillary Clinton, America's first-ever female major party candidate for president, in a video of Rachel Platten's "Fight Song" featuring Platten herself and a slew of other celebrities. "It was just fun to just chill out, do my thing and be part of this historic event in some form or another."
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GUEST: When Amazon announced Echo last year it was clear we were about to take another quantum leap in retail technology — similar to the social and mobile waves in the last decade. Already the envy of any retailer, Amazon was yet again betting on a transformative technology that could reshape the way we shop.
Echo is part of the new wave of conversational commerce technologies, where the use of messaging, digital assistants, chat apps, or question-and-answer dialogue makes it possible for

LG Display will spend around $1.7 billion to build a new production line for making flexible OLED smartphone screens. Flexible smartphone screens, which go into phones like the curved Galaxy S7 Edge, are becoming increasingly popular, and they seem likely to become a dominant style in a few years. The investment is meant to let LG become a leader in this display tech — it may have buyers lined up already, or LG could be planning to use the displays itself.
The production line will be

The CW (Supergirl's new home) just released the first photo of Supergirl (Melissa Benoist) with her cousin, Superman (Tyler Hoechlin).
Superman is joining the show when the program returns for its second season Oct. 10.
At Comic-Con over the weekend, Hoechlin shared his excitement at being cast, but noted he hadn't yet tried on the iconic suit, so this photo is a brand-new development.
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"[It's] incredibly surreal," Hoechlin no

It's a good day for Alphabet.
The company formerly known as Google impressed investors Thursday with its second-quarter earnings report that exceeded expectations on all counts. Alphabet stock increased 5 percent in after-hours trading and rose to an all-time high of $810 per share.
The tech giant reported $17.5 billion in revenue compared to $16.9 billion expected. It overshot profits by bringing in $8.42 in earnings per share. 
The results "reflect the successful investments we've made ov

A company called iPatrol has released a sentry robot called Riley that will cruise around your home on tank tracks with an HD camera, but without the requisite weapons to deter intruders (unless the intruder is a small animal). The tiny robot features a 5MP camera with night vision and motion detection, and can alert you and send a notification to the corresponding app on your phone if motion is detected.The $229 robot comes with a microphone and speakers built in, allowing you to yell at intrud

"Seven Nation Army" by The White Stripes is certainly a popular song to cover, but you don't typically see it covered by a veritable army of people.
Not until nowRockin' 1000, billed as the biggest rock band on Earth, got all 1,000 members together to play the song in Cesena, Italy. 
With countless drummers and twice as many singers, it definitely brings out the "army" part of the song a little more.
You might remember the Italian band from the time its 1,000 members covered a Foo Fighters

Amazon sells a lot of stuff, but it doesn't make all that much money from it.
Amazon also helps power the web, and it makes a lot of money from it.
SEE ALSO: Amazon launches Kickstarter section
Amazon Web Services (AWS) accounted for more than half of the company's overall profits in the second quarter of 2016, helping the company beat expectations.
For years, investors had waited for Amazon to turn its ability to generate a ton of money through sales into meaningful profit. If the last few quar

Until last year, Amazon was known as much for its ubiquity in online retail as it was for the bold and expensive visions of CEO Jeff Bezos. The company would spend mightily, only to assuage investor fears with promises of a bright future. Many of those investments, like in cloud computing, have become huge and profitable businesses. Some — like the failed Fire Phone —have fallen flat on their face. Now, however, Amazon appears to have hit its stride as Bezos' long-term visions for th

Alphabet, the umbrella for Google’s core business, as well as its riskier "Other Bets," posted its second-quarter earnings today. In the third time the company has detailed its performance segment by segment, it handily beat analysts’ expectations. It notched $21.5 billion in revenue, a gain of 21 percent versus this same period last year. It also reported $5.97 billion in net income, a 28 percent increase year-over-year. Both of those areas saw better growth rates than last year, an

Amazon (AMZN) today released its earnings statement for the second quarter of 2016. The results: $857 million in net income, or $1.78 per diluted share, on $30.40 billion in revenue. Analysts were expecting $1.11 per diluted share on $29.55 billion in revenue.
The company’s stock closed the day up 2.16 percent at $752.61, but has gone up more than 2 percent in after-hours trading. It attributed its performance to the success of its Prime offering, as well as Amazon Web Servi

Beloved animated TV show Arthur may be nearly 20 years old, but we haven't forgotten how utopian it was: different species of anthropomorphic animals lived together in harmony.
There weren't even any commercials. Just "A Word From Us Kids."
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The trusty people of the internet must be feeling nostalgic lately because screenshots of Arthur, Buster, Francine, D.W. and friends have been surfacing across swaths of Twitter — wi

Ecommerce company Amazon today disclosed that its Amazon Web Services (AWS) public cloud division generated $2.88 billion in revenue in the second quarter of this year. That’s 58 percent more than AWS generated in the second quarter of 2015. And it’s the most revenue AWS has ever captured in a quarter.
In the past four quarters, AWS has registered $9.94 billion in revenue — not very far off from $10 billion. That said, revenue growth is not as high as it’s been in previou

Alphabet, Google’s parent company, posted its second-quarter 2016 earnings today, revealing $21.5 billion in revenue and $8.42 earnings per share — above analysts’ expectations of $20.76 billion in revenue and $8.03 earnings per share.
The company’s stock was up 0.56 percent in regular trading. But in after-hours trading, it was up another 5 percent (expected, given the strong results).
“Our terrific second quarter results, with 21 percent revenue growth year on yea

TBS, the network that brought you Cougar Town, is developing a scripted comedy based on Notorious B.I.G, the New York rapper who was murdered in a drive-by shooting in 1997. 
Technically, Think B.I.G. will only be "loosely based" on Biggie's lyrics, focusing the story on an inner-city teen "desperately trying to create a better future for his daughter and infant son." 
SEE ALSO: Nicki Minaj is producing a biographical comedy for ABC Family
Think B.I.G. is being produced and created by

Meth and Krispy Kreme doughnuts: What don't they have in common?
Police officers in Orlando, Florida, recently learned how to carefully distinguish between the two substances when they accidentally arrested Daniel Rushing, 64, for drug possession. 
After receiving reports of drug activity in the area, cops pulled over Rushing, who was driving 42 mph in a 30 mph zone. They then spotted flakes of a white substance on the floor.
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There is a bizarre internet conspiracy brewing and if you have not yet heard the name Marina Rose Joyce, we are here to enlighten you. 
Marina Rose Joyce is a YouTube celebrity from the UK, who kicked off her career at just 15 years old. The now 19-year-old is known for her upbeat videos about life, beauty and makeup. She suddenly hit the headlines this week, when her 1 million followers became increasingly concerned for her safety due to what they perceived as the declining state of Joyce

Roll calls, house bands, awkward dancing, comedy hats and protests aside, the political conventions that have dominated the news agenda over the past fortnight essentially boil down to one long succession of speeches.
An opportunity for Republicans and Democrats to galvanize support and attract voters in the build-up to the crucial November vote, they rely on a host of speakers to get vital messages across and really define the party line.
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Steph Curry is the NBA's back-to-back MVP, its best point guard and the brightest star on a wildly popular team.  
He's also the league's 79th-highest paid player.
SEE ALSO: Why Michael Jordan's public stand on race is such a big, big deal
It's late July and the NBA's summer free agency frenzy has cooled down. With the dust settled, Curry's Warriors contract is stranger than everSpotrac.com, a site that tracks salaries in pro sports, puts Curry's wage for the 2016-17 season at 79th in the N

Hyperloop One is celebrating the grand opening of what it calls "the world’s first Hyperloop factory," just two weeks after one of its co-founders filed a lawsuit against the company, claiming, among other things, that a noose was left on his desk. The lawsuit includes a number of potentially damning allegations against the company and its leadership, and it was followed by a countersuit from the current management with equally aggressive claims.
It all means that the timing couldn’t

The torch is coming to Facebook. 
NBC, the broadcast rights holder of the Olympics, will publish highlights and recap videos of the 2016 events in Rio to Facebook and Instagram, the companies announced Thursday. 
Some of these highlights will be exclusive to the two social networks such as a daily slow-motion video posted to Instagram. 
NBC Olympics will also tap Facebook Live, the company's live-streaming video tool, to broadcast interviews with athletes and commentators directly

Two years after Apple came out with its Family Sharing feature, Google announced a similar feature called Google Play Family Library, which allows sharing of TV, app, movie and book purchases on up to six Google accounts. It will work across Android and Chrome devices, but also on iPhones and iPads. The service itself is free to use. 
Note, however, that users can't share music via Family Library. That still requires Google Play's Music Family Plan, launched last year, which works for up to

In their latest video, the good folks of Postmodern Jukebox take on Justin Timberlake's summer hit "Can't Stop The Feeling!" and turn it into what they call a New Orleans "Second Line"-style parade. 
Aubrey Logan's vocals shine throughout and she even picks up the trombone to help the band out. 
Plus, there's an exciting performance halfway through from the talented tap dancer Melinda Sullivan. Matt Damon takes on lizard monsters in 'The Great Wall' trailer
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Niantic Labs’ John Hanke will be delivering a fireside chat for AR/VR day (augmented reality/virtual reality) at GamesBeat 2016. Get a ticket here!Now you don’t have to just dance … you can sing as well.
Publisher Ubisoft announced Just Sing today. This karaoke game launches September 6 for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, and it comes with more than 40 songs from artists like Meghan Trainor, Queen, and One Direction. This rhythm game will track your vocal stylings and gi

More changes are underway at Apple's secretive electric car division. According to Bloomberg, the team has brought on Dan Dodge, the former head of BlackBerry's automotive software group who joined the Canadian phone maker in 2010 when it acquired his operating system company QNX. Dodge is the first high-profile hire by Bob Mansfield, the retired Apple hardware exec who was brought back this year to lead development on Project Titan, the code name for Apple's car efforts.
With Dodge on

Recently, I spoke with a job seeker from the IT world who asked me about writing up the “skills” section of his résumé. It went something like this:
“Jennifer, how do I write up my skills without straight up listing them? I need to find a better way to convey what I’m capable of without boring someone to death.”
Good question.
Normally this isn’t the part of the résumé I get a lot of questions about since it’s feels kind of ba

Repetition is a powerful tool for both filmmakers and teachers, and Professor Werner Herzog wants you to know two things: he doesn't have a cell phone (later he will tell you that he does, but only for emergencies) and he didn't know movies existed until he was 11.He's dropped these facts both as humorous anecdotes and boastful claims at screenings of his upcoming documentary Lo and Behold, in the video lectures for his recently released online filmmaking course with MasterClass, and in our conv

You might look at the title The Great Wall and imagine some kind of high-fallutin' historical epic, but you'd be so, so wrong.
In truth, this is a monster movie starring Matt Damon and directed by Zhang Yimou (House of the Flying Daggers). It looks at the Great Wall of China and asks: what were the builders trying to keep out?
Lizard monsters, apparently. That's probably the best description for whatever it is that snatches a guard off the wall at the trailer's 47-second mark. 
The Great W

GUEST: Sure, chatbots are useful for service industries like hospitality and food delivery, but in health care? Some groups are testing the use of chatbots to retrieve medical information from within a messaging app. At first glance, that seems a bit impersonal, but a closer look reveals a wide range of use cases where bots could make your next visit to the hospital, doctor’s office, or pharmacy faster and more effective.
Let’s run this back a bit. If you&rsq

Formula One cars will keep their open-cockpit design for at least another season. The Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), F1's governing body, has scrapped its plan to introduce partially closed cockpits for the 2017 season, according to a statement released today. The series will now wait until the 2018 season to make the change.
The FIA made its decision after the racing series' "Strategy Group" — which is made up of F1's president, its CEO, and the heads

Niantic Labs’ John Hanke will be delivering a fireside chat for AR/VR day (augmented reality/virtual reality) at GamesBeat 2016. Get a ticket here!Earth angel, earth angel, please heal meeeeee.
Blizzard has revealed the newest character for its multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA), Heroes of the Storm. It’s the Archangel Auriel from the Diablo universe. She’s a support character, meaning that she works best when used to heal and help other heroes. Heroes of the Storm is an im

The unveiling of Samsung's next Gear smartwatch may be just around the corner. SamMobile is reporting that Samsung has plans to unveil the Gear S3 at this year's IFA, a major trade show in Berlin that begins September 2nd.
That'd make sense — the timing lines up with what Samsung did in 2015, unveiling the Gear S2 just days ahead of the conference. Last year, Samsung also teased the Gear S2's announcement after introducing a new Note in August; if it continues that pattern, it me

If you text “HILLARY” to 316-854-1629 today, the millennial news outlet Mic will send you updates from Democratic National Convention and Hillary Clinton’s big nomination acceptance speech. Last week, Mic was doing something similar for the Republican National Convention. Both of these initiatives mark the start of Mic’s plan to have a presence on every major chat app platform.
“Yeah, we’re pretty bullish on bots,” Mic chief strategy officer Cory Haik to

According to a new report from The Wall Street Journal, the delays to Apple's long rumored TV service have been due to the company's unprecedented demands and brash negotiating tactics with the TV industry. The Journal says talks between Apple and media giants CBS, 21st Century Fox, and Disney went nowhere after Apple content boss Eddy Cue demanded that Apple be allowed to pay a flat monthly rate per viewer for consecutive years, going against the annual rate increases that the media compan

Google today announced the launch of new add-ons for the Android versions of Google Docs and Google Sheets. Those services have offered integrations with third-party tools on the web, and now a similar capability is coming to Google’s mobile operating system.
There’s now a dedicated section for add-ons for Docs and Sheets in the Google Play Store, Google Apps product manager Saurabh Gupta wrote in a blog post.
Nine add-ons are available for Android as of today: AppSheet, DocuSign, Ea