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"It's a good thing you come along when you did, Mary Poppins!" was all he said, but it was just enough to know that the Cockney accent that Dick Van Dyke made so — um, iconic? — in 1964's Mary Poppins is in good hands for Mary Poppins Returns.
SEE ALSO: Oh, boy! Disney's bringing all the goodies from Star Wars, Marvel and Pixar to D23
It was only about 5 seconds of footage, but it was the first live footage of the Christmas 2018 film that anyone's seen anywhere.
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Want to know what Pluto’s terrain looks like? Spoiler alert: It’s really cool. 
Using data from the New Horizons spacecraft and digital elevation models of both the planet and its largest moon, Charon, scientists were able to develop these awesome flyover movies.
SEE ALSO: NASA's newest treasure trove of alien planets will help us find our place in the galaxy
A flight over Pluto shows the highlands and the planet's nitrogen icy plain, Sputnik Planitia. Viewers then get to see th

Radio show host, rabid conspiracy theorist, and cancer upon the soul of America Alex Jones is known for his incredibly insensitive and dangerous ideas about nearly everything that happens in modern life. 
Well, Super Deluxe is trying to put a bandage over his festering wound of a mouth. They turned Jones' harmful, harmful tirades into a calming Bon Iver song, and it really emphasizes the absurdity of the words coming out of his mouth. While at the same time, making us relaxed enough to put

While humans are beginning to figure out how to get the hell off this planet we're destroying, these tiny water bear creatures called tardigrades have evidently been evolving to survive whatever earthly calamity comes their way. 
A study published Friday in a journal called Scientific Reports says tardigrades can survive pretty much anything. 
SEE ALSO: No, New York Mag: Climate change won't make the Earth uninhabitable by 2100
Three astrophysicists wanted to see what might be able to

Facebook volunteers and work-at-home moms might be making city planning decisions, thanks to AI research conducted by MIT scientists. Researchers from MIT’s media lab have been feeding computers a steady stream of data for the last four years to build an AI capable of determining why some cities grow and others decay. The data the researchers are using has been compiled from people, regular Joes and Janes, who choose between two randomly selected pictures to determine which one seems less

According to an online poll conducted by Reuters this week, 12-percent of people who stream video content do so from someone else’s account — and that could be taking its toll on Netflix’s revenue. The report says that 12-percent of adults admit to logging into a streaming service — Netflix, Hulu, HBO Now, etc — using someone else’s credentials. The number rises to 21-percent for people aged 18-24. Quartz uses that figure, the number of households which say t

Twitch looks different now for most of you. Amazon’s livestreaming video platform is in the process of updating its site so that everyone who is logged in sees the Twitch Pulse social stream instead of the old homepage. This rollout began last week, and all Twitch members will have the update by next week, according to the company. The site is using Pulse to improve engagement with its audience and to help them discover a wider variety of both recorded and live content.
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Everyone knows Batman's origin story: young Bruce Wayne's parents were murdered, inspiring him to one day become a dark vigilante to protect the streets of Gotham City. 
But few people know what Bruce Wayne's life was like when he was a teenager.
SEE ALSO: YA authors will take on Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman and Catwoman
All that is about to change, thanks to bestselling author Marie Lu's upcoming YA novel Batman: Nightwalker. The book follows a teenage Bruce Wayne, on the cusp of inherit

If you were considering equipping your vehicle with a dashcam, this may be the clip that sets you over the edge.
These tiny cameras have become super popular in recent years, and for good reason. Whether you need video evidence of an accident or attempted insurance fraud, dashcams have helped out countless motorists who otherwise would be in some serious financial trouble.
Check out this cammer, who captured a man on a scooter attempt what appears to be an insurance fraud attempt. In the clip,

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Guys. We're a week out from Comic Con International in San Diego, and it's time to get excited about it.
Oh, you already were? Good, because SAME. 
But if you're still not sure what to wear over this amazing weekend filled with geekery and pop culture wonder, it's your lucky day. Embrace your geekness with these awesome additions to your wardrobe.Image:Torrid/BoxlunchSpider-Man
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GUEST: Even as the masses begin to settle into the idea that a great many jobs can be automated by AI, they still cling to the notion that jobs involving “judgment” are safe.
One can appreciate why people keep human judgement on such an exalted pedestal, after all, every great advancement in science or technology was a direct result of human judgement. Conversely, every major setback and man-made catastrophe was also the result of human judgement. In fact, the bad calls vastly outwei

Good news for amateur rappers and podcasters everywhere: Soundcloud may have just gotten a new lease on life—and it seems Chance the Rapper may be to thank. 
The Chicago rapper tweeted Friday afternoon that the popular but broke audio streaming startup is "here to stay" after a "very fruitful call" with CEO and co-founder, Alex Ljung. The reassurance comes after reports earlier this week claimed the company may only have weeks to live.I'm working on the SoundCloud thing
— Lil Ch

GIFs are the fundamental building blocks of our digital existence. Whether they are in texts, tweets, or articles, GIFs are now a staple of how we communicate in the modern world.
But now GIFs are making their way to a new frontier: scientists have finally figured out how to store and retrieve them from bacterial DNA.
SEE ALSO: A new video shows you exactly what it looks like when DNA replicates
Researchers at Harvard Medical School used CRISPR, a new, incredibly precise and relatively cheap gen

Undefeated boxing champion Floyd Mayweather and UFC lightweight champ Conor McGregor have not been holding back in their attempts to intimidate each other before their big showdown.
Bad Lip Reading added to the hype with a hilarious video that does exactly what Bad Lip Reading is supposed to do.
The video ends with Mayweather singing a nonsensical song called "Watch out Rinoldo" that may just be the song of the year. Read more...
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Say what you will about None Pizza Left Beef, but at least it was intentional.
The same cannot be said for this monstrosity, which was ordered unwittingly by a mom last week, then posted to Twitter by her son B.J. Stead of the Ohio band Miss May I. (Perhaps you know them? We do not.)
SEE ALSO: Heroic pizza delivery guy delivers pizza in the middle of the G20 Hamburg riots
Friends, here is the pizza, which is a pepperoni pizza with no sauce and no cheese. It was ordered using the Domino's app, wh

Game of Thrones has never been about giving readers or viewers what they most want. It’s more about creating fan expectations, then overturning them for narrative impact — and sometimes for pure shock value. But as long as the series is running, we can all live in hope that at least a few of the characters will come to a satisfying, well-deserved ending. That’s why there’s Game of Thrones Hope Chest, a new weekly poll where we put all our hopes together in one place. We a

Planet of the Apes movement choreographer and actor Terry Notary says playing an ape takes strong legs and an ability to reach a kind of effortless, meditative state. If performers consciously try too hard to take on ape-like qualities, Notary says, it “makes the performance look crappy.”
Crappy ape performances would have killed War for the Planet of the Apes, the latest installment in the Apes franchise. Human characters spend much less time on-screen than hyper-intelligent chimp C

Congresswomen are protesting for their right to "bare arms" — literally.
On Friday, dozens of House Democrats wore sleeveless clothing and posed for photos to mark the occasion, which has been labelled "Sleeveless Friday." 
SEE ALSO: Congressman tweets about impeaching Trump, but don't get too excited
The dress initiative was the brainchild of Rep. Jackie Speier (D- Calif.), and was meant as an act solidarity with female reporters who have been kicked out of Speaker Paul Ryan's lobby

The internet five years from now could look a lot different than what it is today.
Building an online business might be harder than ever thanks to the FCC throwing out the rules surrounding Net Neutrality — the premise that all data on the net should be treated equally regardless of origin or destination. Without Net Neutrality, providers would be free to create so-called "fast lanes" on the internet, prioritizing services that they're friendly to, and relegating those that don't pay up t

Spider-Man: Homecoming is a great little movie, thanks to its small focus and deeply personal stakes. Peter Parker is one of the greatest comic book characters ever created, because where heroes like Clark Kent and Bruce Wayne face huge conflicts, Peter’s a regular teenager with everyday problems, and he strains to be worthy of the title “superhero.”Spider-Man is a teenager trying hard not to screw up
Tom Holland’s take on the character in Homecoming exemplifies that stru

Game of Thrones returns on Sunday, and oh dear has a lot happened since the show first aired in 2011. If you haven’t made time or had the emotional fortitude to sit through six seasons of gut-wrenching deaths, shocks, and scheming, again, HBO has you covered. The show’s official YouTube channel has released a handy, five-minute video that recaps the last six seasons of the show in regards to the its major (remaining) players.There’s been a lot of turmoil within and without the

Adorned with wood, glass, and polished metal, Apple’s new ‘spaceship’ campus has an aesthetic straight out of a Jony Ive sketch. It’s high-tech and futuristic, and set to span 2.8-million square feet and house 13,000 employees — and perhaps some farm animals. In a recent drone fly-over video by Maverick Media, there’s clearly a team assembling a barn on the far corner of Apple’s campus. But what is an old wooden barn doing on Apple’s decidedly fut

Former President Bill Clinton has officially embraced the dad joke phase of his life.
Clinton attended the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum in Dallas, Texas, on Thursday to celebrate this year's graduating class from the Presidential Leadership Scholars program. While there, he took a moment to to hide among the Bushes, like our good friend in the current White House, press secretary Sean Spicer. 
SEE ALSO: Hillary Clinton's sad, unused election night party confetti gets new l

Last week, I argued in favor of giving Windows 10 S a chance. Now I’m putting my money where my mouth is. For the past couple of weeks I’ve been using the new Surface Laptop as my primary computer. Given there’s no way to roll back from Windows 10 Pro once you use the free upgrade, I’m trying to survive on Windows 10 S as long as possible, as that’s how Microsoft hopes the laptop’s buyers will use it too. Yes, there are growing pains, but even as someone alre

WhatsApp is adding a brand new feature in its latest update: the ability to share any file type.
WhatsApp previously supported only documents, photos, and videos, but now users can share any file up to 100 MB. This new update could prove to be incredibly useful for people who want to share executable or other obscure files.
SEE ALSO: Australia wants to defy math and break into encrypted messaging apps
It could also be useful for people who use WhatsApp at work who would otherwise have to share v

Nintendo has a rich history of colorful consoles and handhelds, but the Nintendo Switch is the least colorful among them. 
The Switch is primarily gray, with scarce color options for its detachable joy con controllers. One Reddit user took it took upon himself to eradicate this oversight, creating a colorful, Pokémon-themed Switch fit for the '90s.
SEE ALSO: Misty and Brock are being erased from Pokémon history and honestly we’re appalled
Reddit user MajorMoron747 took a

GUEST: Now in its early stages, artificial intelligence is on the cusp of going mainstream. There are some cool AI-based gadgets and apps on the market, but the next step in AI’s evolution is the development of gadgets that are useful in day-to-day life. This doesn’t necessarily mean “smart” — just practical.
While AI will no doubt continue to improve as technology progresses, there are a handful of helpful devices and gadgets you can get your hands on now. Here is

Donald Trump is convinced that a brand spanking new wall across the border of the United States and Mexico would benefit his country immensely. 
But before building the wall or even figuring out who's paying for it, Trump realized it must include one critical design component: transparency.
SEE ALSO: Now Trump wants solar panels to pay for the border wall
Why would Trump want the wall to be see-though, you might be asking yourself. So we can admire each other's countries from an appropriate

Is there any greater feeling than when America gets to say goodbye to baby Trump for the weekend and put him in the hands of trusted foreign babysitters?
Of course, it's embarrassing when Trump throws his country all over the floor or has a temper tantrum until he gets to sit in the cart or hits on someone else's wife in front of the cameras. But our fellow soon-to-be-former allies are doing a remarkable job entertaining our president until his parents (Congress) come home, which looks increasin

Google’s latest artificial intelligence experiment is taking in Street View imagery from Google Maps and transforming it into professional-grade photography through post-processing — all without a human touch. Hui Fang, a software engineer on Google’s Machine Perception team, says the project uses machine learning techniques to train a deep neural network to scan thousands of Street View images in California for shots with impressive landscape potential. The software then &ldqu

Google is adding a new feature to Google Maps that not only tells you how to get somewhere or how long the trip should take, but when the best time to leave is (via Android Police).The new feature is only available for Maps users on Android, and it pops up when you input directions. Along with showing you the usual estimated time and distance, a new bar graph will appear, showing the relative time it will take your trip now (highlighted in either green, yellow, or red to indicate current traffic

Juicero, the Silicon Valley equivalent of an overturned truck full of slime eels, has apparently started to recognize its mistakes. According to Fortune, Juicero’s newish CEO, Jeff Dunn, emailed employees about making a “strategic shift” to lower-cost machines and juice packets. “The current prices of $399 for the Press and $5 - $7 for produce Packs are not a realistic way for us to fulfill our mission at the scale to which we aspire,” he reportedly wrote.
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One of the suspected co-founders of AlphaBay hanged himself Tuesday in a Thailand jail, according to local police. He was being held at the request of US authorities on drug-related charges. AlphaBay was one of the largest illegal goods marketplaces on the dark web until nine days ago when it went offline. Suspicion quickly arose that the secretive people behind the site were engaging in an elaborate exit scam. Turns out, they may have been right: AlphaBay isn’t back up, and speculation a

Shark Week makes enemies out of friends. 
Despite all those years swimming side-by-side and the countless moments accepting Olympic medals together, Ryan Lochte admits that he has no faith in his peer Michale Phelps, just a days before what might be Phelps' biggest race. 
SEE ALSO: Michael Phelps is seriously gonna race a great white shark
Lochte, a 12-time Olympic medalist, was brave enough to admit that he thinks his teammate (and at times, competitor) will lose on July 23 when Phelp

Meal delivery services aren't just for the wealthy. In fact, they could be the key to curbing hunger.
A new food service from hunger nonprofit Feeding Children Everywhere is bringing simple meal kits to low-income families struggling to afford food. The program, called Fed 40, is giving families across the United States the ability to apply for 40 meal bases that are delivered to their door at no charge. 
SEE ALSO: IBM turns to artificial intelligence to solve poverty, hunger, and illiterac

Red Bull revealed today that this year’s Capcom Pro Tour North American Finals will be from November 18-November 19 in Boston. Players will compete in Street Fighter V, the 2016 installment in the iconic fighting game series.
The event will start with a 512-player open bracket tournament to qualify for the grand finals on the second day. Players who will participate in the qualifiers are champions from regional events, as well as the top amateur players from the online Red Bull Provin