Rescuers attempt to save live whale stranded on sands in England

LONDON — The coastguard and marine rescuers are working to save another sperm whale that’s washed up alive on the sands at Hunstanton in Norfolk. See also: ‘Man’s fault’: Beached whales spray painted in protest Hunstanton Sea Life Sanctuary, British Divers Marine Life Rescue, Hunstanton Coastguard Rescue Team and the local council are working together […]

Hackers break into more than 20 million accounts on China’s largest marketplace

One of China’s largest web companies suffered a massive hacking attack last year, its owner said Thursday. Hackers managed to gain access to 20.59 million user accounts on Taobao. The attack on China’s largest marketplace happened in October last year, where criminals managed to obtain a database of 99 million usernames and passwords for Taobao, […]

Matt LeBlanc to co-host ‘Top Gear’

LONDON — Matt LeBlanc is going to be a presenter on Top Gear. The Friends and Episodes actor is joining Chris Evans on the long-running motoring show, Topgear.com announced Thursday. The new show premieres in May. Top Gear lost its star presenters Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond last year after Clarkson was dropped […]

Ford is entering a factory-fresh 2017 Raptor pickup in a desert racing series

To prove its toughness, Ford is taking its 2017 Ford Raptor desert racing. See also: Faraday Future’s 1,000-horsepower concept car should make Tesla very, very nervous Entering the 2016 Best in the Desert off-road racing series factory stock class does more than let Ford designers cover the courageous new performance truck in racing livery. It […]

The Italian Tech Sector Is Getting A Boost From Big U.S. Partners

 With a little help from some big American companies, the Italian technology sector is taking off in the early part of 2016. Read More from TechCrunch http://ift.tt/1o96SvkFiled under: U Tagged: TechCrunch

This is the only wild jaguar currently living in the U.S.

“El Jefe,” Spanish for “the boss,” is the only known wild jaguar in the United States. In the first publicly released video of the giant cat, he’s seen roaming the Santa Rita Mountains in Arizona, where he has been living for more than three years. Jaguars at one time roamed the U.S. Southwest, but they […]

Maid of Honor parodies ‘Ice Ice Baby’ with epic wedding rap

Wedding speeches can sometimes be a bit of an awkward affair, especially when there’s pressure to be funny. Rachel Winterbottom has the perfect solution, though — instead of your typical shared-memories-and-silly-anecdotes-style speech, she decided to add a musical twist to her sister’s wedding and came up with a brilliant, four-minute-long rap. See also: The ‘greatest […]

Pro-rape ‘pick-up artist’ cancels global meetups for safety of his men

LONDON — The pro-rape, anti-feminist “pick-up artist” who had planned to host controversial meetups for like-minded, heterosexual men in 43 cities worldwide has cancelled those events over fears about the safety of attendees. See also: Campaigners want to ban this ‘pro-rape’ blogger from Scotland Earlier this week, almost 80,000 people signed an online petition demanding […]

Samsung to roll out screen-equipped trucks that show the road ahead

In June 2015, Samsung showed off an intriguing concept: The company attached a large screen onto the back of a semi-truck, showing the road ahead to drivers behind the truck Now, the company is getting ready to roll out the system, called “Safety Truck,” to the global market See also: 25 Best Free Android Apps […]

Kidnapped cab driver recalls ordeal with California inmates

A 74-year-old California taxi driver expected to die when an escaped jail inmate put a gun to his stomach and kidnapped him. But on Wednesday, the driver instead thanked the man for saving his life. Cab driver Long Hoang Ma detailed the harrowing week he spent with the three violent fugitives who escaped on Jan. […]

Intrepid rat scampers up man’s leg to steal chip in British pub

LONDON — A British pub shut down for 30 minutes and brought in pest control after a fearless rat scurried up a customer’s leg and stole a chip out of his hand. See also: Family finds live rat in their Tesco food delivery The victim of the random chip theft was Reece Coombs, who was […]

Google Chrome will protect you from fake download buttons

It’s happened to all of us: You’re trying to find a download link for some freeware app, and the three largest buttons on the site that say “download” are all fake. Click on any of those, and your computer will probably get infested with malware Now Google is trying to put an end to this […]

The Daily Mail asks #WhoWillSpeakForEngland: Here are plenty of ideas

LONDON — The Daily Mail posed an important question on Thursday: Who WILL speak for England? The front-page editorial follows Prime Minister David Cameron’s widely criticised attempts to negotiate the terms of the UK’s relationship with the European Union ahead of a forthcoming referendum. “Today the Mail asks a question of profound significance to our […]

First black students to integrate Virginia public school reunite 57 years later

Gloria Thompson, Ronald Deskins, Lance Newman and Michael Jones were 12 years old in 1959 when they became the first black students to integrate a school in Virginia Deskins, Newman and Jones reunited on Tuesday at their old school at a Black History Month celebration, where they spoke to current students there See also: 8 […]

Anxious singles are renting partners for Chinese New Year

Chinese New Year isn’t all fun and games for everyone. For many single people, it brings the anxiety of large family reunions, where overly concerned relatives want to know why you’ve chosen to be alone forever. In China, a culture that often attaches unflattering labels to the unmarried, some enterprising people are making a quick […]

‘The Simpsons’ screenshot search engine is the perfect companion to life

Are there times in life when what you’re trying to say is best expressed with a moment from The Simpsons? Behold, the search engine that will make those craptacular expressions so much more “cromulent” with the Frinkiac, a catalogue of screenshots from the animated series. See also: Homer Simpson joins the dark side of desserts […]

Shakespearean actors perform Hamlet for refugees in Calais camp

Actors from Shakespeare’s Globe performed Hamlet on Feb. 3 in the Calais camp known as “the jungle,” one of the largest migrant camps in Europe. Under cloudy skies, the actors recited the lines of one of Shakespeare’s most famous plays for more than 300 people.See photos and read full story: http://on.mash.to/1VNW6W1 Read more… More about […]

Apple Ordered To Pay $625M To Patent Troll In FaceTime Lawsuit

 Apple has been ordered to pay $625 million to VirnetX after a U.S. court judged that the iPhone-maker had infringed on patents used in its iMessage and FaceTime services. Read More from TechCrunch http://ift.tt/1JZQI1lFiled under: U Tagged: TechCrunch

The birth of the modern flamethrower, a psychological weapon of WWI

May 28, 1918 French troops use flamethrowers to flush out German positions in the town of Cantigny, France. Image: The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images Though projected incendiary weapons such as Greek fire were used in naval engagements by ancient Byzantines and Chinese, the modern flamethrower made its debut in 1901, when Richard Fiedler submitted his […]

Tanzanian woman assaulted in India’s Silicon Valley, but local government says attack not racist

Last week, a 21-year-old Tanzanian woman was beaten and stripped by an angry mob in Bengaluru, popularly known as India’s Silicon Valley, after a Sudanese student’s car ran over a local woman in an unrelated incident. Five people have been arrested in the investigations, but the local government has denied that the attack was racist. See […]