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 Netflix announced a new theater distribution deal with iPic Entertainment, a theater chain with 15 locations throughout the country. The deal will put 10 Netflix original films (a substantial portion of Netflix’s original films this year) in iPic’s New York and Los Angeles theaters. Getting their content into theaters around the country is a smart move by Netflix, for more reasons… Read More

The teenage brain is a double-edged sword: sure, teens can be reckless and more susceptible to addictive behaviors than adults are, but those same brain pathways may also help them learn better than adults do, a new study suggests. So teachers and parents might just have to take the good with the bad if they want well-educated kids.
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Teenagers are especially sensitive to the reward signals that shoot through the brain after accomplishing something, getting approval from

When the best League of Legends teams in the world get together to do battle, there are some familiar names to be tossed around. Faker. Smeb. Peanut. Uzi. Bjergsen. If you’ve followed the international scene for any amount of time, you probably know the heavy hitters from each region. We expect them to excel in this tournament, and most of them have done so. 
But part of the excitement with this year’s competition is how many players have risen to the challenge of the global sta

The Washington Post dropped a bombshell on Donald Trump Friday afternoon, releasing an audio recording in which the Republican presidential nominee uses lewd language when describing an interaction he had with an unnamed woman. 
The audio, which was recorded in 2005, features Trump and Billy Bush on the show Access Hollywood before arriving on the set of Days of Our Lives. 
"I did try and f*ck her, she was married," Trump says to Bush. "I moved on her like a b*tch."
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In an interview on the podcast Nerdist, Sarah Jessica Parker revealed that she always suspected that the three non-Carrie Bradshaw Sex and the City ladies were just figures of Carrie's imagination.
She suggested Miranda, Charlotte, and Samantha might have been "just for [Carrie's] column." In the show, for those who haven't binged on HBO Go, Carrie was a sex and relationships columnist, and her friends regularly factored into her stories. "[The friends are] such perfectly archetypal characters..

John Carmack talked to his faithful followers about the technical edge of virtual reality and the technical improvements on the way for the Samsung Gear VR mobile virtual reality headset.
While other Oculus and Facebook speakers have pushed the high-end Oculus Rift headset on the PC, the chief technology officer of Oculus has focused much of his energy on mobile VR solutions, which he believes can hit wider markets at lower prices — and still deliver a great VR experience. Carmac

Robert Kirkman is totally chill with where the The Walking Dead halted at the end of Season 6.
Fans of the AMC show got a surprise in the sixth season's final episode when Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) made his debut. It wasn't his arrival that surprised; it was his first, brutal act and the mystery surrounding it.
SEE ALSO: 5 fascinating details from the 'Walking Dead' comics panel at NYCC
In a scene pulled straight from issue #100 of The Walking Dead comics, Negan paces back and forth in front o

Snap Inc., the recently formed company behind messaging app Snapchat, today said that it’s beginning to remove the Auto Advance feature that automatically plays stories. The feature arrived in Snapchat in March and was quickly criticized, as you couldn’t avoid seeing stories from all your Snapchat friends. Now the feature is going away.Some Android users will immediately see the change, and then all Android and iOS users.
But Snapchat is taking some of the spirit behind Auto Advance

Dozens of people in the U.S. have died from carfentanil, a seriously potent elephant tranquilizer often cut into heroin and other street drugs, in the past few months.
At least 19 have been killed in Wayne County, Michigan since July, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) said Thursday. Eight more have reportedly perished in the Cincinnati area.
Carfentanil is a seriously deadly substance. It's 100 times stronger than fentanyl, the synthetic opioid that killed Prince and i

GUEST: Let’s be honest. Chatbots, in their current state, aren’t that great.
They’re basically nothing more than glorified IVR systems. A viable chatbot solution without shortcomings doesn’t exist today, and the chatbots that exist are far from self-sufficient. The various solutions are either too simple to add any real value or too difficult to maintain. Without the development of an efficient, low-maintenance and easily integrable solution, chatbots will have limit

Landing can be one of the most stressful parts of a flight, but nothing can prepare passengers for the moment a pilot decides to abort and try again. 
YouTuber Radko Našinec recently captured a Boeing 737-430 attempt a landing at Václav Havel Airport in Prague during a strong crosswind. At the last moments before touching down, the right side of the aircraft dips suddenly and the pilot decides to abandon the landing.
Fortunately, the pilot was able to make a smooth and safe l

Recently, comics writer Greg Rucka made headlines when he said in an Comicosity interview that in his approach to writing Wonder Woman, she's unequivocally a queer character. "Are we saying Diana has been in love and had relationships with other women? As [artist Nicola Scott] and I approach it, the answer is obviously yes," he told interviewer Matt Santori-Griffith. Mainstream news outlets picked up on the news, and the predictable outrage followed. Some of it came from non-comics readers whose

A slightly bewildered stork headed inside with the humans to take refuge from Hurricane Matthew.
Staff at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm and Zoological Park shared a photo Thursday of a marabou stork waiting out the storm inside a zoo restroom. 
SEE ALSO: Hurricane Matthew jokes really show where our priorities are in 2016
While we're sure the bird is very self-sufficient, this wasn't its idea — keepers moved all their birds and mammals inside for shelter before the storm hit. 

A recording of Today Show anchor Billy Bush having a lewd conversation with Donald Trump leaked on Friday afternoon. 
Bush, who was on a bus with Trump, could be heard talking a woman that appears to be actress Arianne Zucker. The recording was published by the Washington Post. 
"Sheesh, your girl's hot as shit. In the purple. Whoa, the Donald is good! Whoa, my man!" he is heard saying.
Later, Bush apparently says: "Oof, get out of the way, honey. Oh, that's good legs. Go ahead."
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One of the best parts of New York Comic Con being at the Javits Center is that it has amazing natural lighting, which allows for some pretty dope photos of some pretty impressive cosplayers.
From Pikachu to a badass Ronald McDonald to a 2016-style Ghostbuster, the cosplay this year is as awesome as ever.
SEE ALSO: 10 New York Comic Con panels we can't wait for
Here are some of the most creative and impressive cosplays we could find at this year's New York Comic Con.Image:ANDREA ROMANO/MASHABLE
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Snapchat is changing up its Stories page once again.
The app is reversing two previous changes it made: Stories will no longer auto-advance and Discover content will appear farther down in the Stories page. 
SEE ALSO: Snapchat is just 'Snap' now
The change is starting to roll out now on Android and will begin to show up for everyone else soon.
The update is a rare reversal from the company, whose updates — even minor ones — tend to trigger a passionate response from the app's us

The newborn Xenomorph bursting violently from John Hurt’s chest in Alien is one of the most iconic and important scenes in science fiction or horror movie history. 
And a lot went on before (and after) director Ridley Scott shouted “action.” Our CineFix series, Art of the Scene, burrows into the disturbing creature designs and gallons of prop blood that led to the birth of this adorable creature.
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Donald Trump has been caught on camera using lewd language to describe how he interacts with women.
In audio recorded in 2005 and released Friday by the Washington Post, he's heard talking to Billy Bush from entertainment show Access Hollywood ahead of filming a cameo on Days Of Our Lives.
SEE ALSO: Donald Trump's new DC hotel spray-painted with protest slogans
During the clip, Trump describes how he tried to woo a married woman, whose ide

After analyzing data on human longevity for years, US researchers have concluded that hopes science extend life span by hundreds of years is probably fruitless. While we’ve made strides for decades at improving average life expectancy, life span is an entirely different ballgame. Children born today can expect to live to 79, according to the researchers. A far cry from the 47 year expectancy for those born in 1900. But as much as we’ve done to boos life expectancy through vaccines,

Tesla’s founder and chief executive Elon Musk revealed on Friday that the company’s autopilot mode has driven 222 million miles since its launch nearly a year ago.
Announced last October, this capability allowed owners of supported Tesla vehicles to have a computer guide them from destination to destination. However, while it moved the automotive industry to a future filled with autonomous vehicles, it wasn’t without its controversies, including a couple of crashes th

Bumble has taken another step in its effort to make dating apps less horrible: Banning mirror selfies. 
The dating app that tries to give women the power when swiping updated its rules surrounding photo moderation to prohibit anyone — man or woman — from posting a mirror pic on their profile. 
The mirror selfie ban is part of a larger update to Bumble's photo moderation. 
Also banned are any photos in underwear, any bikini or swimwear photos taken basically not at

The Syrian Civil Defense — commonly known as the "White Helmets" for the hard hats they wear — would have earned roughly $1 million had they won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday.
They missed out on the award and the money as Colombia's president took home the prize, but an online campaign is trying to raise the cash anyway. 
SEE ALSO: A 'graveyard' of refugees' lifejackets has been placed outside the Houses of Parliament
"Over the past few days the outpouring of support for these

A photographer on a dive off of the coast of Tonga captured an incredible moment with a humpback whale.
Australian photographer Beau Pilgrim was on a group snorkeling tour when he managed to capture a humpback whale breaching the water's surface just a few feet away. Pilgrim also captured the lead up to the whale's impressive display, giving the viewer a glimpse into the power and speed it takes for a large humpback whale to breach the water's surface. "It was the most surreal and incredibl

John Legend knows the weather is getting colder, which means it's time to cuddle up with a loved one and sing along a solid love song. The generous crooner has blessed us with just that in "Love Me Now," released late Thursday night. Watch the lyric video above and memorize the words so you can be that person singing the anthem at the top of your lungs. 
This is Legend's first single off of his upcoming project Darkness and Light, and will feature Chance the Rapper, Miguel and more. O

There's an official, anime-style music video for League of Legends' Star Guardians and it's pretty awesome.
The song is called "Burning Bright" and features the five League characters that make up the Star Guardians (in their new Star Guardian skins): Jinx, Lux, Jana, Poppy and Lulu. They start out in school and end up battling a giant Baron Nashor.
The catchy song is available on SoundCloud.Gear up for the next presidential debate with a 'Bad Lip Reading' of the first one
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When you're faced with a crisis, it's important to stay calm. It's what Samsung has been doing  while recalling up to 2.5 million defective Galaxy Note7 phones prone to catching on fire.
But it's time for Samsung to fess up — nerdy technical details and all — on what exactly was wrong with the phones. It's no joke when faulty Note7s are exploding, but when their replacements are as well, and on planes? How is anybody supposed to trust Samsung to make a safe product ever again?
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The U.S. accused Russia of trying to hack American political organizations and state election systems in an announcement on Friday.
The announcement marks the latest news of Russian actors attempting to tamper with the U.S. electoral process, which has been something of a recurring news story for several months. 
SEE ALSO: In ballots we trust: E-voting, hacking and the 2016 election
"The U.S. Intelligence Community is confident that the Russian Government directed the recent compromises of

The U.S. accused Russia of trying to hack American political organizations and state election systems in an announcement on Friday.
The announcement marks the latest news of Russian actors attempting to tamper with the U.S. electoral process, which has been something of a recurring news story for several months. 
SEE ALSO: In ballots we trust: E-voting, hacking and the 2016 election
"The U.S. Intelligence Community is confident that the Russian Government directed the recent compromises of

Italian luxury automaker Maserati — a division of Fiat Chrysler (FCA) — plans to build an electric car by 2020. This would be the second EV from the parent company aside from the limited-availability Fiat 500e, which is more of a compliance car than a volume nameplate.
The news about the Maserati EV comes from an interview Car & Driver did with FCA engineering boss Roberto Fedeli, who is looking to launch the car as soon as possible. "I think that we could show something before 2

In an official statement today, the Director of National Intelligence and Department of Homeland Security officially blamed Russia for stealing and publishing archived emails from the Democratic National Committee this summer.“The recent disclosures of alleged hacked e-mails on sites like DCLeaks.com and WikiLeaks and by the Guccifer 2.0 online persona are consistent with the methods and motivations of Russian-directed efforts,” the statement reads. “We believe, based on the sc

Hurricane Matthew is currently offshore of Florida and slowly making its way along the coast as a Category 3 storm. With 2.5 million people evacuated and storm surges predicted as high as 7-to-11 feet, much of the coast is still bracing for Matthew to hit.
While it's difficult to know the extent of damage caused in Florida so far, the hurricane has already come and gone for Haiti, Cuba and the Bahamas. Hundreds of people have died in the Caribbean and massive amounts of flooding is making it dif

(Reuters) — Serious human rights concerns have been raised by a Reuters report that Yahoo had scanned the emails of hundreds of millions of users at the request of a U.S. intelligence service, a United Nations human rights advocate said on Friday.
“Government monitoring of digital communications, when conducted as described in recent reports, could undermine the privacy that individuals depend on in order to seek, receive and impart information online,” David Kaye, U.N. Special

Opinions on Twitter are currency. As you’re probably well aware, this currency isn’t accepted everywhere, or by everyone. As such, anyone that uses the platform with some regularity has been the victim of a drive-by asshole. These are the accounts that offer no value to a conversation while letting you know how big an idiot you are. It’s a perk if they throw out comments like ‘delete ur account,’ but it doesn’t always happen. Arguetron wants to slay thes

When the Supreme Court decided Alice v. CLS Bank in 2014, it marked a new era in software patent law. By ruling that abstract ideas could not be patented simply because they were executed on a computer, the Alice decision significantly narrowed down the possible universe of software patents. Since then, more and more software patents have been invalidated by the courts—particularly in the Federal Circuit, the appeals court for patent cases, which is still grappling with how exactly to appl

REVIEW: A gaming laptop didn’t make a lot of sense around this time last year. But thanks to some major breakthroughs from graphics chip maker Nvidia, they are a lot more reasonable.
The MSI GS43VR Phantom Pro gaming laptop is a compact powerhouse that is light enough to use as a daily driver and capable enough to push the polygons in a VR headset. It’s out now for $1,500, which also makes it competitively priced alongside other workstations. But what’s most incredible here is

New York Comic Con is currently in full swing, and day two brought us the "Inside the Upside Down" panel with Stranger Things stars Millie Bobby Brown (Eleven) and David Harbour (Chief Hopper). The two talked to Vulture moderator Matt Zoller Seitz about everything from '80s nostalgia to Harbour falling asleep on set despite his coffee addiction, but mostly stayed tight-lipped on any hints for season 2. All predictions aside, here's a round-up of the six things that stood out from the panel.
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There's finally a new Bad Lip Reading of the first presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump — but honestly, the actual debate might have been weirder.
Sure, this clip has Clinton chirping like a bird and Trump saying the non-phrase "I don't like you anything," but does it have "I have a winning temperament" or the Hillary shimmy? Nope, that was the real debate.
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