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Remakes of Disney classics are a tricky thing to do successfully, but in 38 seconds, this group of brilliant young minds put every attempt to shame in a hilarious rendition of "I'll Make a Man Out of You" from the 1998 film Mulan. 
Twitter user @senseileskee and a group of friends banded together to create the now-viral clip of the song for a school project, performing a routine that is almost identical to the one from the animated film. 
SEE ALSO: Fans speculate who Disney will cast a

The idea of ingesting a Tide Pod used to be a little bit funny.For example, when The New York Daily News printed a comment from Senator Chuck Schumer under a rudely ageist headline in September 2012. He had recently been informed that 40 children in New York City had eaten Tide Pods and received medical attention for eating Tide Pods in the preceding five months. And he said, mostly unprovoked, “I saw one on my staffer’s desk and I wanted to eat it.” It’s good in print a

We're already nervous about Solo: A Star Wars Story, and that's only getting worse now that it looks like Disney may have plagiarized a French artist for the posters.
The super-swaggy character posters for Solo came out in February along with the trailer, giving the Star Wars prequel a quaint pop art vibe. They also happen to be almost identical to a series of album covers designed in 2015 by Hachim Bahous, who shared the similarities on Facebook.
SEE ALSO: Harrison Ford was quietly advising on

$3.37. 
That's the meager median wage Uber and Lyft drivers make per hour, according to a paper published by MIT's Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research that surveyed over 1,000 drivers in the United States. 
The study made headlines this week, revealing that the cost of insurance, fuel, and car maintenance all played a major impact on why those who drive for ride-share companies do not meet minimum wage. 
Despite the compelling findings, Uber's CEO Dara Khosrowshahi

Amazon launched the Kindle just after I graduated college in 2007, a device which Walt Mossberg called a milestone for the company. I remember seeing the first devices pop up at the time, but it wasn’t something I was interested in since I was firmly wedded to the paper book. A decade after Amazon debuted its revolutionary device, I finally broke down during last year’s Prime Day sale and purchased a refurbished Kindle Paperwhite.
I have a bit of a love-hate relationship with Amazon

Nintendo Switch launched on March 3, 2017. Today, exactly one year later, you're still at risk of losing all your save data in the event of a hardware failure.
We've talked about this beforeMore than once. It's an ongoing problem. The Switch is a great gaming machine, but this omnipresent dark cloud that still hovers over it is baffling.
SEE ALSO: Thank Nintendo's failed Wii U for the Switch's wild success
Can you name another game-playing device released in the past 25 years that didn't offer s

On March 3rd, 2017, Nintendo released a strange new device called the Switch. Part home console, part portable gaming device, the Switch created a new category for games hardware, and it has gone on to become the company’s fastest-selling device. In less than 12 months, it’s already more popular than its predecessor, the Wii U
Since its debut, the Switch has become home to some of the company’s best games, from The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild to Super Mario Odyssey to

I got my Switch exactly a year ago today, and I’ve spent hundreds of hours (and dollars) on games for Nintendo’s newest console. But unlike every other console I’ve owned, I’ve bought exactly one physical game for the Switch — The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild — which I preordered alongside my Switch so I’d have something to play when it first came out. I know I’m probably late to this party, but the Switch feels like the first console to tr

 San Francisco Board of Supervisors President London Breed wants you to remember that she was once, and will be the future of mayor of San Francisco, she said at the Lesbians Who Tech conference on Friday. For those unfamiliar with San Francisco local politics, Breed temporarily served as acting mayor following the untimely passing of SF Mayor Ed Lee in December. As a result of his passing… Read More

Apple hasn’t done much with its ultra-thin MacBook Air in recent years, opting to slim down some of its other offerings instead. But the computer is reasonably popular, and according to Apple analyst KGI Securities (via 9to5Mac), the company is reportedly planning to release a cheaper model at some point in the second quarter of 2018.According to 9to5Mac, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo expects that Apple will release a 13-inch MacBook Air “with a lower price tag,” later this year, and t

Last week, I profiled the rapper Dessa ahead of the release of her new album, Chime. Chime, I wrote, is inspired by science but not music “about” science; there are no songs explaining electrodes or brain waves.So, where is all the music about science that uses science data or teaches some facts? Fear not, there are plenty of examples (in no particular order).Every song on They Might Be Giants’ Here Comes Science
Okay, so the album is technically for children, but it’s g

It's been roughly one year since the biggest Oscars debacle of our lifetimes (besides Crash winning): The infamous envelope mixup at the 89th Academy Awards that had presenters Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway preemptively give the award to nominee La La Land instead of the actual winner, Moonlight.
An anonymous source told Us Weekly that Beatty and Dunaway – who are scheduled to present – will start Sunday's Oscars by presenting last year's Best Picture award to Moonlight, so the cast

One of the most common, and irritating, cyberattacks — the distributed-denial-of-service (or DDoS) — now has the potential to come with a twist of cryptocurrency mining.
Security researchers with the internet services company Akamai have noticed something unusual as they've responded to a spate of recent DDoS attacks. Buried beneath the traffic deluge designed to grind a target's web traffic to a halt are ransom notes.
SEE ALSO: Salon's new business plan is running cryptocurrency-min

The Nintendo Switch turns one year old today, and last week on Circuit Breaker Live, we looked back at some of the most interesting accessories for Nintendo’s new console that have come out this year.There’s a bunch of interesting stuff out now that you’ll want to pick up for your Switch. You can swap out that terrible kickstand with a sturdier aluminum one, for instance, or add on a pro controller for more comfortable long gaming sessions. Charging is also a super interesting

I think the first time that I ever used a Nintendo game console was an NES plugged into a TV parked on the sidewalk outside an electronics shop in Ginza, Tokyo in the spring of 1991. In fact, I think this may have been the first time I had ever used a video game console of any kind, period. Though I had played arcade games and was the proud owner of a Game Boy, I don’t remember ever playing on a proper console prior to that trip to Tokyo. If I had, it was literally a very forgettable expe

The US East Coast was hit by a major winter storm yesterday, pummeling the region with high winds, rain, and snow and flooding coastal areas. At least six people have died as a result of the storm, according to The Washington Post.This is the second major storm to hit the region thus far this year. This week’s nor’easter that formed over the last week was particularly bad, with an area of low pressure holding the storm over the New England coast, resulting in widespread coastal floo

As the veterinary assistant holds down a year-old black tabby named Miso, she strokes his chin, and he purrs with delight. Dr. Yeumee Song takes the cue and inserts a thin needle on top of Miso’s head. The purring amplifies, and Miso’s eyes scrunch into blissful slits.
“This relaxes cats a lot, who are very strong and resilient creatures,” Dr. Song says as she expertly sticks needles into Miso.
Dr. Song is one of two physicians at Amber Vet in Singapore trained in veterin

Normally I might take this time to tell you what I thought of Paul Thomas Anderson’s Phantom Thread, which I saw last weekend, but people apparently have very strong feelings about this film and feelings about what your reaction to it says about you. I don’t want you to know! Phantom Thread reactions are the new astrological signs.Luckily for astrological signs and everyone who has one, movies will continue to be released.Check out six trailers from the week below.Wreck-It Ralph 2
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Only one thing is for certain in this world: there is very little Rihanna cannot do. 
The Barbados native is an international superstar who still manages to juggle a cosmetics brand, fashion line, and a charitable foundation. Oh—and she can defy the laws of nature and somehow walk gracefully on sidewalk-grates in the tallest of high heels and never fall.
SEE ALSO: 'Bathleisure' just cancelled every other Instagram trend and you can thank Rihannanever forget pic.twitter.com/pOO2ExuyYc

It's last call for Google's Nest users to buy their products on Amazon. 
Amazon reportedly reportedly let Google know in a phone call late last year that it wouldn't be listing any of the company's newer Nest smart home products. In response, Nest will stop selling its products through Amazon.
If Amazon's move sounds like a thinly-veiled plan to give Alexa the smart home edge, it likely is. The online retail giant didn't come here to make friends.
SEE ALSO: Amazon may open six new Amazon Go

I am not a rich man, but I’m rich in content subscriptions. I pay for ad-free Hulu. I pay for YouTube Red. I have Twitch Prime, and before that, I had Twitch Turbo. I pay for Spotify.
Basically, I hate ads, and if you have content I enjoy and you additionally offer me an ad-free experience for a reasonable monthly cost (let’s say $10 or so), then I will gladly tell you my credit card number.
Sadly, the entire world has not adjusted to my preferences. When I watch Hulu with my roomma

From Drag Race to Olympic figure skaters, queer people are owning culture, while the rest of you are regurgitating it at an alarming rate.
However, it's no secret that many queer artists are still finding their footing in mainstream pop music. As audiences grow progressively more tolerant, these artists are starting to find a way to step forward. This growing camp of musicians share a use of electric, synthpop sounds, and introspective lyrics that reflect the way they see the world through their

Wireless charging is pretty en vogue right now. Just about every major new phone supports wireless charging and a number of companies have released their own wireless charging pads. Of the dozens of options on the market, we ranked the RAVPower Fast Charge Wireless Charging Pad as the best, giving it a 9 out of 10 in our review in October. Verge readers are being offered an exclusive discount on this charger until 11:59 PM PT on Monday, March 5th with the code 34CHARGE, which brings the price f

In the wake of a horrific string of school shootings in Parkland, Florida and across the country, it looks as if Hollywood will be joining in on the gun control conversation in one of the best ways they know: pins. 
According to a source who spoke with People, some attendees of the 90th Academy Awards will be sporting an orange-hued American flag pin from Everytown, an organization dedicated to gun safety across the nation.
SEE ALSO: The Oscars have 'carved out' a moment for Time's UpA post

Nest products won’t be sold by Amazon.com any longer once current stock runs out, according to a report from Business Insider. Amazon last year declined to offer some of Nest’s newer products like the Nest Cam IQ and latest-generation smart thermostat. After weeks of simply ignoring the products and being unresponsive to Nest, Amazon informed the company of its decision by phone late in the year and said the directive “came from the top,” something Nest took to mean it h

For more than a decade, Nintendo’s overall hardware strategy has been easy to understand. The company doesn’t compete on power; instead, it creates accessible and attainable consoles that are really good at playing Nintendo games but not much else. Sometimes this works out well, like when the Wii rode the motion-control craze to more than 100 million units in sales. Sometimes it doesn’t work out at all, like when its follow-up, the Wii U, became Nintendo’s worst-selling

Oscar weekend is here, which means Razzie weekend is too. The Golden Raspberry Awards winners were announced Friday, with the star-studded Emoji Movie nabbing the impressive trifecta of worst screenplay, director, and film.
SEE ALSO: Razzie Awards nominate Mark Wahlberg, 'Fifty Shades,' and 'mother!' for being the worst
Other winners included Fifty Shades Darker, Baywatch, and The Mummy, with surprisingly few wins for the highly-nominated Transformers: The Last Knight and mother! Pirates of the

In his debut novel, author Tom Sweterlitsch constructed a fascinating mystery with Tomorrow and Tomorrow, set in a virtual version of Pittsburg after a terrorist attack leveled the city. In The Gone World, he introduces an even more ambitious investigation: one that jumps back and forth in time, and which could decide the fate of humanity. It’s a complicated, dazzling novel that keeps the reader hooked until the last pages.The Gone World opens with a 20th-century NCIS agent named Shannon

This week, Apple gave skiers and snowboarders a bunch of new reasons to get a new Apple Watch.
The company finally delivered the long awaited Apple Watch update that adds new workout-tracking features designed specifically for skiing and snowboarding. And with the update, Slopes, already one of the very best ski tracking apps out there, just became an even more essential tool to bring to the mountain with you.
SEE ALSO: These rare blue ice formations are attracting photographers
The iPhone app l

The remote Danger Islands off the coast of Antarctica are home to a previously undiscovered supercolony of more than 1.5 million Adélie Penguins, and thanks to a satellite and some drone footage, researchers now know about them. 
A new study published in the open-source journal Scientific Reports this week announced the discovery. It also details the pretty incredible way it was made. 
It all started off with NASA and the USGS' Landsat satellite, tasked with beaming images of ou

Two years ago, most of the country hadn’t heard of Flint, Mich.
I grew up about 30 minutes from the southeast Michigan town, and even then it was ubiquitous only for its proximity. Going to the movies? I-75 north toward Flint. The University of Michigan – Ann Arbor, Dearborn, or Flint? Over time, Flint fell into disrepair, synonymous with poverty, poor infrastructure, and insurmountable struggle, yet even this was eclipsed by the shadow of Detroit, an hour away and with its own promi

For a long time, I’ve felt like no piece of video game hardware could surpass the original Nintendo DS in my mind. It checked so many boxes for me. It was a device that had an absolutely incredible and eclectic library of games, from strange musical gems like Electroplankton and Elite Beat Agents, to some of the best iterations of iconic Nintendo series like Mario Kart, Pokémon, and Animal Crossing. Its dual screens and touch interface led to all new kinds of experiences, while at

I am a lifelong economy flier. I am all too familiar with the common man's grind of air travel: 20 minutes standing in line, trudging through crowded aisles, hoisting heavy bags into tiny compartments, and squeezing past grumpy people into hard, narrow seats. 
Recently, however, I got a chance to see how the other half flies — in Qatar Airways' Qsuite, the first ever business-class suite to include doors and a double bed. It's an experience reviewers have called the best business-clas

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We've written before about how cool the Nix Mini Color Sensor is. The Nix is a tiny spheroid capable of digitizing colors on demand. Pick up any item, and the device will automatically specify its print and digital color information.
Measuring at 1.5 inches X 1.0 inches and weighing a mere 0.6 ounces, the N

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In 2018, some of the most mundane household items can have innovative qualities — even blankets.
We know what you're thinking: A blanket's sole purpose is to keep you warm, so how could it possibly be improved? Enter the Infinity Blanket (on sale for $140) by Yaasa Studios, which made nearly $100