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Ar'mon and Trey are the R&B singing brothers from Detroit who are taking social media by storm. They started out doing 6 second Vine covers, now they have over 4 million followers across all platforms and a record deal with Warner Bros. The brothers talked to us about how they found major success with social media. 
Their new single 'Forever' is dropping May 11th.  Read more...More about Watercooler, Entertainment, Facebook, Twitter, and Music

Tesla might be in trouble. 
Nikola, a hybrid-truck startup, has filed a $2 billion lawsuit against Tesla. Nikola alleges Tesla's semi-truck design infringes upon multiple patents it holds. 
SEE ALSO: Watch Tesla's Autopilot avoid a swerving semi-truck
According to the lawsuit, the saga of Nikola and Tesla (the first and last name of the famed 19th-century inventor) is a long and convoluted one. 
Nikola filed a number of design patents for a an electric truck in 2015. It posted a d

Nostalgic gamers, rejoice: The SNES Classic is back in stock on Amazon for $79.99.
If you've had FOMO since it sold out most everywhere last year, here's your second chance. You probably already learned this lesson the hard way, but let us just reiterate: If you see it in stock, do not wait to buy it.
No, seriously. It will probably sell out really fast.
SEE ALSO: SupaBoy is the handheld SNES console for people who just can't let go of their Nintendo cartridges
The Super NES quite literally took

Was Stephen Hawking’s final theory about Kanye West’s recent Twitter resurgance? No. It wasn’t. But it might contain the only logical explanation. First, a disclaimer: I’ve been a fan of Kanye West’s music since the moment I heard Jay-Z’s song “The Takeover,” which West produced, on the classic 2001 hip-hop album The Blueprint. And, as someone who’s followed his career for decades, I’m perfectly aware that he’s always been a bit

Tesla started 2018 with a record quarter in a number of ways. The company generated $3.4 billion in revenue, which is more than ever before. Tesla also burned through more money than ever, turning that revenue figure into a nearly $785 million loss. It set a new company high for cars made in the first quarter of a year, too, including the critically important Model 3, which the company is making at a pace of about 2,200 per week — still below CEO Elon Musk’s most recent targets.Musk

If you’re freaking out about the recent E. coli outbreak tied to romaine lettuce, don’t. Growing season is over in the area of Yuma, Arizona where the infected produce was coming from, so the romaine lettuce at your grocery store or restaurant should be coming from other places and be just fine. Still, if you can’t confirm where the romaine lettuce is coming from, don’t eat it, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
So far, 121 people have been i

Next to admitting you like Tevas or once owned a hard copy of Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead, there's nothing more embarrassing than revealing you're an adult who drinks milk. By choice.
In 2018, anti-milk stigma is alive and well in America and most of the Western World. You can't log onto Twitter without someone sharing the latest piece of anti-milk yellow journalism from www.aggrodude.wordpress.net. Asking for a glass of milk at a local bar? You'll be laughed out of the room by a bunch of psycho

JetBlue's Airbus A320 has a new look — and while it's not flashy or super badass, passengers should appreciate some upgraded features with better seats and more in-flight tech options.
SEE ALSO: Air New Zealand's Skycouch lets you sleep alongside your baby
JetBlue's first restyled plane went into service Wednesday on a flight from Boston to Bermuda. That flight saw some of the new features that will eventually make it onto the aircrafts in the coming years. In the seating department JetBlu

Spotify just released its first earnings report as a public company, and it contains an updated look at how many people are using the music service. In all, Spotify has 170 million monthly active users and 75 million paid subscribers. That latter total is up from the 71 million marker where Spotify ended Q4. By contrast, Apple Music recently crossed 40 million subscribers. There are now 99 million people listening to Spotify through its ad-supporter free tier. Spotify’s revenue (€1.1

Last year, Warner Bros. and DC Entertainment announced they were launching a new digital streaming platform that would include both animated and live action series. Now, that service has a name — DC Universe — and an official landing page on the DC Comics website.The landing page describes the platform as a “first-of-its kind, immersive digital experience designed just for DC fans,” with access to exclusive original series. Several shows have already been announced for t

Literature is not always kind to moms.
Whether it's the trope of the "missing mom" or the frequency with which mothers are delegated to supporting roles in other protagonist's adventures, these important women in our lives have been sidelined and even neglected in many of pop culture's biggest stories.
SEE ALSO: 10 books to read during the #MeToo era
Fortunately, that's not always true. Look carefully and you can find vivid, complex, and unforgettable portraits of moms. From passionate memoirs a

We're talking about Instant Pots again, but hear us out: The 6-quart Instant Pot Ultra is on sale today, and it's kind of important.
Why, you ask?It's almost never the model on sale.
It's the model that does 10 things instead of six or seven.
It's on sale for $40 off its usual price, which the biggest discount we've seen (and $20 cheaper than it was on Black Friday).You're welcome.
SEE ALSO: Buyer's guide to the Instant Pot
If you thought the Instant Pot DUO or Instant Pot LUX could do a lot, ju

LG announced a storage and memory update to its V30 phone earlier this year at Mobile World Congress, and only now are we getting an idea of what the device might cost in the US. B&H has listed the 128GB version of the V30S ThinQ for $929.99. We don’t yet have pricing for the 256GB version. We’ve reached out to LG for confirmation, but the company did confirm the price with CNET. The original V30 Plus with 128GB of storage cost $912 in the US.
The V30S ThinQ features the exact s

To celebrate the upcoming Solo, The Star Wars Show has given us a beautiful gift: A New Hope narrated by Solo director and Arrested Development narrator Ron Howard.
SEE ALSO: Donald Glover ate pizza and watched Star Wars after getting the role of Lando
The Arrested Development-style Star Wars summary is, quite frankly, perfection. Howard, as narrator, punctures lies told by Leia and Obi-Wan, throws in a quick plug for Solo, and makes us realize how much Leia has in common with Maeby Fünke.

Ransomware is really nasty. Once it’s infiltrated your system, it’ll place your crucial work files and cherished family photos out of reach, and demand a small fortune in Bitcoin for their return. Fortunately though, new research from Finnish security firm F-Secure suggests that this is a threat that’s hit its peak. F-Secure’s Changing State of Ransomware report takes a deep dive into this malevolent form of malware, and notes that it evolved massively during 2017. Altho

Earbuds are essentially designed to shoot sound directly at your eardrums. Damaging? Probably. Fun? Absolutely. As good as surround-sound in a home theater? Definitely not.
SEE ALSO: Make any headphones wireless with this $20 Bluetooth receiver
The makers of the 360 5.1 Virtual Surround Sound Earbuds decided it was time to change that. These buds supposedly pack a unique, patented technology that will supposedly make you feel like you're sitting in the recording studio. 
Built to

After becoming the center of a scandal that led to a federal inquiry, Cambridge Analytica and its UK counterpart SCL Elections are closing and filing for bankruptcy. Employees received word today the company was closing, effective immediately. Cambridge Analytica and its UK counterpart called employees and released a statement today confirming the company was “immediately ceasing all operations” after having been “the subject of numerous unfounded accusations.” It wasn&r

Microsoft is providing a vague update on its Xbox One sales today, after remaining largely silent for years on exactly how many consoles have been sold. “Xbox One sales are up 15 percent over the same period last year,” says Microsoft’s game marketing chief, Mike Nichols, in a blog post about “recording-setting” Xbox numbers. The blog post still doesn’t include any actual sales numbers, so it’s hard to tell exactly how well the Xbox One is doing. Either

On Saturday, NASA will launch its next mission to Mars. This time the lander, known as InSight, is focused squarely on learning more about the inner-workings of the red planet. 
The space agency's InSight lander is expected to take about seven months between launch and — if all goes well — landing on the planet in November to gather all the data it can about the Martian geology around it and below it.
SEE ALSO: Incredible new photo shows Mars bathed in dramatic light
While the m

Verizon has signed a deal with Samsung to preload four apps from Verizon’s Oath brand onto Galaxy S9 smartphones as part of the company’s ongoing effort to get people to actually watch content (and, more importantly, ads) from services like Go90, via Reuters.
Specifically, Oath’s Newsroom, Yahoo Sports, Yahoo Finance, and Go90 mobile video apps will be preloaded on Samsung’s Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus phones sold through Verizon going forward. The Verge has confirmed with Sam

If you've ever been stumped by how to pick up a cat without getting scratched, never fear. This Vancouver vet has you covered. 
Dr. Yuri Burstyn of Helpful Vancouver Vet demonstrates the proper way to handle a cat. According to Burstyn these techniques are not only comfortable for the cat, but also safer for humans. When a cat is secure and comfortable, it is less likely to scratch and try to free itself. 
He goes over all steps of cat handling: the initial introduction, the correct st

This couple deserves an award, and they haven't even had their child yet.
After seeing a thread on Reddit's r/DIY subreddit with a similar idea, Andy and Lisa decided to make a fiber-optic star ceiling in their daughter's nursery. Only this one has a precise star map  based on their child's due date.
SEE ALSO: First four images from Virgin Galactic’s successful new test flight
It's as amazing and complex as it sounds.
The couple put up a post of their own, where they shared 46 photos

Bang & Olufsen has debuted a new model of its wireless Earset headphones that borrow from one of its older, classic designs.
The B&O Play Earset specifically finds influence from a ‘90s design by Anders Hermansen, which the company says was more industrial in nature, focusing on the basic architecture of the headphones’ arm, piston, and ear hook. This design has been referenced in every iteration of the Earset, dating back to the first version, which was released in 2004.
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Google is reportedly helping young tech entrepreneur Michael Sayman build and launch a social gaming startup. Bloomberg reports that the project — called Arcade — won’t be tied to any existing social networks; instead, users will create accounts based off their phone number. The games might involve some trivia elements. Google confirmed Arcade’s existence to Bloomberg but provided no details other than the project being “focused on mobile gaming with friends.&rdquo

Secure messaging service Telegram is canceling its initial coin offering (ICO), an anonymous source told The Wall Street Journal today, and it won’t be opening up its digital coins for public sale. The cancellation is a blow to public investors who hoped to get in on the ground floor of one of the largest cryptocurrency investment opportunities in history, with an estimated $1.7 billion already raised.
Another source cited in the Journal partially attributed the shutdown to increasingly t

NASA recently discovered a seven-planet solar system called Trappist-1 that is seemingly capable of having water, oxygen, and, yes, life. So your dreams of living out E.T in IRL are not as crazy as you thought. Mind blown.
Trappist-1 is a casual 39 light years away from us, so chances are you won’t be traveling to it anytime soon. Bummer, right? Well, a brand called Xeric created a watch that brings inter-galaxy travel straight to you. After a successful launch on Kickstarter, th

Spoilers ahead, obviously.
A big Avengers: Infinity War no-show survived, as it turns out. It was strange to many that the character never appeared to begin with, but at least now we know for sure that she's safe.
SEE ALSO: Who's who in 'Avengers: Infinity War'
The movie's first moments open on a gruesome scene aboard the Statesman, home of Asgardian and Sakaarian refugees from Thor: Ragnarok. Thanos and his criminally underused cronies show up and kill basically everyone not named Hulk or Thor.

On April 13, 2018, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey welcomed Kanye West back to his social media platform. Then, everything went to hell.
In less than a month, the legendary rapper and father of three has used Twitter to share his passionate love for Donald Trump, post screenshots of private text conversations with friends, and take plenty of other scream-inducing actions.
After he told TMZ he believes slavery was a choice and revealed his past opioid usage, we thought it was time to look back and chroni

United Airlines is going to accept dogs and cats for air transportation again beginning this summer. The company made the announcement yesterday after a temporary suspension was put in place over the death of a pet. But this time, United will ban 21 different dog breeds and four cat breeds that tend to do poorly under travel stress or heat, Bloomberg reports.Some dog breeds that don’t travel well include bulldogs, pugs, Shih Tzus, and boxers. Burmese, Himalayan, Persian, and exotic shorth

If you get stuck on a roller coaster, at least you'll have a nice view?
At Universal Studios in Japan yesterday, the Jurassic Park-themed Flying Dinosaur roller coaster stalled, trapping riders for two hours until they were rescued. If that sounds bad, the roller coaster was designed so that the rides are lying prone for the whole thing.
And people thought I was ridiculous for still being afraid of dinosaurs. Tell that to this dinosaur ride from my nightmares.
Regardless, many brave theme park p

Today in Hard Same entertainment news, Ryan Reynolds admitted that he never even watched his first superhero movie in full, the 2011 flop Green Lantern.
“Look, I’ve never seen the full final version of Green Lantern," he told Entertainment Weekly. "I saw a very late stage rough cut of the film." 
SEE ALSO: Ryan Reynolds shared the brutal rejection letter the Avengers sent Deadpool
The topic came up in an interview promoting the upcoming sequel to Reynolds much more successful su