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An Olympic champion ice dancer is learning the hard way that it's probably a good idea to run a potentially controversial idea by a few friends before following through on it.
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In this case, the skater (Tatiana Navka, the 2006 Olympic gold medalist in ice dancing) is facing harsh blowback after she participated in a Holocaust-themed figure skating routine for a reality television show. Navka, who also happens to b

Donald Trump used Twitter to make outrageous claims during the entire 2016 election, and he’s still making them after winning the presidency. He is now turning Twitter into a state-media machine capable of quickly and widely spreading disinformation.In the middle of a rant today about the Electoral College, Trump tweeted a preposterous claim: that millions of people voted illegally in the election he just won. (Trump also trashed democratic norms before the election, saying it would be rig

This post contains spoilers about Netflix's Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life.LOS ANGELES — Last we saw Doyle, the feminist and former Yale Daily News editor was ready to go anywhere with girlfriend/partner/love of life Paris Geller.
Sadly, in Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life, we find out that Doyle and Paris' romance has come to an end and the two are in the process of getting a divorce.
The reason? Doyle (Danny Strong) has gone Hollywood.
"Frankly it was over the minute he wanted to do

Someone in Tennessee has another item to add to the list of things to be thankful for.
The Tennessee Lottery announced Sunday that one player in the state has won a Powerball jackpot of a whopping $420.9 million.$420.9 Million Powerball jackpot won in Lafayette, TN! Sign the ticket, keep it safe, consult w a financial advisor...& call us! #congrats
— Tennessee Lottery (@TNLottery) November 27, 2016This is the sixth time a Tennessee Lottery player has won the Powerball. The winning tick

San Francisco Municipal Railway riders got an unexpected surprise this weekend after the system’s computerized fare systems were apparently hacked. According to the San Francisco Examiner, the MUNI system had been attacked on Friday afternoon.
MUNI riders were greeted with printed "Out of Service" and "Metro Free" signs on ticket machines on late on Friday and Saturday. MUNI first became aware of the intrusion on Friday, according to the Examiner.
Computer screens at MUNI stations displaye

Akira is one of the best-known and influential anime films ever put to the big screen, and because of the attention to detail from its filmmakers, it’s been analyzed countless times by critics. In a new video essay, Evan Puschak (aka NerdWriter), takes a new look at the film and outlines how its creators used light to convey some of the film’s larger themes to viewers.We’ve enjoyed some of Evan Puschak’s work in the past, essays that take a look at some of the more granul

On a holiday weekend featuring headlines about Donald Trump's profiting off of his impending presidency, one smaller example of those gains lies in Trump's own high-rise home. 
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Last week, President-elect Trump announced his wife, Melania, and their youngest son, Barron, would be staying at their current home in Trump Tower New York for a few months after the January 2017 inauguration to allow Barron to finish his school

Following in the footsteps of his fellow Torontonian and frequent collaborator Drake, The Weeknd has dropped a short film featuring tracks from his latest album, Starboy. In the video you will find:
1 x McLaren P1
1 x Black Panther
2 x People dancing in a club covered the blood of the hitman who just tried to kill them in the bathroom.The film is intriguing to say the least.The 12-minute video stars The Weeknd and model Anais Mali, and includes tracks like "All I Know" feat. Future, "Sidewalks,"

Following in the footsteps of his fellow Torontonian and frequent collaborator Drake, The Weeknd has dropped a short film featuring tracks from his latest album, Starboy. In the video you will find:
1 x McLaren P1
1 x Black Panther
2 x People dancing in a club covered the blood of the hitman who just tried to kill them in the bathroom.The film is intriguing to say the least.The 12-minute video stars The Weeknd and model Anais Mali, and includes tracks like "All I Know" feat. Future, "Sidewalks,"

The Foundation update for No Man's Sky is here, and it's remarkably familiar. Didn't Minecraft tread this path already?
Back in May 2009, the game that would eventually be known as Minecraft launched as little more than an idea: Players could wander around a procedurally generated open world using tools to reshape it like an elaborate Lego sandbox.
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A few months later, the earliest version of what would eventually be

New drone footage shot over the Thanksgiving holiday shows the continued clashes between protesters and police at Standing Rock.
Protesters comprised of Native Americans, environmentalists and their supporters have set up camp for the past few months in an effort to shut down the construction of a Dakota Access oil pipeline near Standing Rock Sioux Tribe lands.
There have been several incidents of fairly violent confrontation between protesters and law enforcement officials, and allegations of p

Using a microscope to get a closer look at the world around you has never been easier — especially when you have your phone to help. There are quite a few clip- and stick-on lenses that turn your smartphone’s camera into a basic microscope, and they all let you make any number of small but surprising discoveries about the world around you. Like the fact that freshly cut hair can look like brittle strands of uncooked spaghetti when viewed up close, or that the surface of a dried black

Just like Amazon Echo when it launched, the Google Home can do a bunch of stuff for your smart home – but not everything. Some people are patient enough to wait for updates. Others, like Reddit user Hovee, decided to create their own solution for the most sexy of smart homes.
With the voice command “Turn on my fireplace,” Hovee was able to get Google Home to respond with “Okay, let’s get lit” then ignite the flames like it ain’t no thang.
Except of cours

Disney's Moana is number one at the box office this weekend, with an impressive $55.5 million estimated as its domestic start.
That might seem like a low number next to the $74.4 million opening for Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them last week, but context is importantMoana is the tenth Walt Disney Animation Studios release since its mid-aughts reformation, and it's the third-highest opening to date, after Zootopia and Big Hero 6.
SEE ALSO: 'Moana' will put your family in a sparkling, sing-

Between elections and earthquakes, the end of 2016 has started to feel a bit like the end of the world. But there's been a solitary light in the darkness of November: Microsoft finally saw fit to make superlative skateboarding game Skate 3 playable on its Xbox One console.
That meant that in the same month that the president-elect of the United States appointed a white supremacist to one of the highest positions in his administration, the country of my birth slashed its economic projections for

If James Bond ever needed a drone to do some serious under-the-radar spying, he’d undoubtedly have to consider using the SKEYE Nano 2 FPV Drone. At just over an inch-and-a-half across, less than an inch high, and weighing less than half an ounce, the Nano 2 is the world’s smallest camera-packing drone. And right now, we’re dropping the price from its $129 MSRP to just $99, via TNW Deals. The Nano 2 is simple to fly — just push the button for takeoff and you can take it f

In 1989, the Berlin Wall began to fall, the World Wide Web made its debut, Madonna’s “Like a Prayer” topped the charts, and in Pittsburgh, a retrofitted Army ambulance called ALVINN was driving around Carnegie Mellon University without any human intervention.Self-driving cars may seem like a very recent technological phenomenon, but researchers and engineers have been building vehicles that can drive themselves for over three decades. Research on computer controlled vehicles be

Another Sunday, another instance of President-elect Donald Trump using Twitter to wade into a political minefield.
His target: Campaign adversary Hillary Clinton. Although the defeated Democratic candidate has yet to weigh in personally on the Jill Stein-led move to recount voting results in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Michigan, Marc Elias, the general counsel for Clinton's 2016 campaign, signaled on Sunday that he'll support and participate in any actions taken.
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The best way to learn CSS is through trial-and-error. You’ve got to write code in order to learn to be a coder. That’s the simple truth of the matter. But it’s always nice to have a helping hand guide you through the often confusing and contradictory technology used to style and illustrate webpages, which is where CSSReference.io comes in. This site is a comprehensive reference guide to the CSS properties you’re most likely to use. There are a lot of these, like the

1917Soldiers hoist a field gun up a cliff face.Image: Robert Hunt/Windmill Books/UIG via Getty ImagesWhile the muddy and horrific trench warfare of the Western Front has become the most enduring image of World War I, some of the conflict’s bloodiest battles were fought high in the mountains of the Italian Front.At the start of the war in 1914, the Kingdom of Italy was part of the Triple Alliance with Germany and Austria-Hungary, but refused to commit troops to their allies’ campaigns

Amazon is predictably slashing prices on its own line of electronics, like the Kindle, Echo, and Fire TV Stick for Cyber Monday this year, but it’s also offering deals on other hardware. We’ve rounded up the best of Amazon’s Cyber Monday discounts below for you to check out and maybe even buy.
Amazon devices:Amazon Echo for $139.99 (usually $179.99)Echo Dot for $39.99 (usually $49.99)Amazon Tap for only $89.99 (usually $129.99)Fire tablet for $33.33 (usually $49.99)Fire HD 8 ta

Blizzard Entertainment knows what its fans want: more edge lord.
Reaper, the edgiest dual-shotgun-wielding badass in the Overwatch hero roster, is getting his very own collectible statue. The 12-inch figurine captures the the Reap-man at his edgiest: midway through a Death Blossom ult, with both arms extended out for maximum killing and posing power.
The $150 collectible is up for pre-order now in Blizzard's online store. The first wave is expected to ship in Q1 2017 and the second wave will fo

The long-awaited Foundation Update for No Man’s Sky is finally here, bringing with it features that really should have been in the game from Day One. The update brings base-building, survival mode, freighters, and stackable items. Now, when you stumble upon a desolate outpost, you can build your own base on it, which can be upgraded with new housing, hydroponics, research, and storage buildings. If all goes well, you’ll start to attract alien settlers who bring their own skills