Новости за 18.04.2017

Welcome to the club, Adidas. The company is the latest in a string of brands to find itself frantically apologizing for doing something stupid. 

Game of Thrones star Kristian Nairn is saying a lot more than "Hodor!" these days. 

For bartenders, being able to quickly identify underage patrons seems like a useful skill. But only if they're good at it. 

Scientists are diving deep off the coast of Antarctica to help protect whale feeding areas.

His Memphis Grizzlies lost the game, but coach David Fizdale definitely won the internet. 

Not even a full week after the release of DAMN., Kung Fu Kenny delivers again. No, it's not another album—but if you love Don Cheadle then this just might be better. 

Residents in Amherst, New York have been on a wild goose chase for more than a month looking for a Canada goose walking around with an arrow through its neck. 

Mark Zuckerberg cares about a few things: his family (including his dog Beast), live video and VR, and destroying Snapchat. 

Don't watch the news stoned — it'll only freak you out, man. 

Live interviews on the local news always bring a wealth of interesting characters to the TV. It's inevitable that a few of those people will be blazed out of their minds.

Hey, at least it makes for great television.  Read more...

The handwringing over Netflix's 13 Reasons Why continues, with an Australian mental health organization and fellow-Netflix cast member who plays 'Barb' from Stranger Things coming out with concerns about the subject matter of the show.

Facebook just showed the world some big plans. CEO Mark Zuckerberg kicked off its F8 developer conference with a new mission focused on community, some obvious movie references, and tons of dad jokes.

In many ways, Mark Zuckerberg is like your dad.

• He insists on ever-increasing control of your internet experience.

• He tells bad jokes.

At Facebook's F8 developer conference held Tuesday held in San Jose, Zuckerberg opened the show with a series of increasingly rough one-liners.

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First up: He shared a few of his best F8/The Fate of the Furious crossover jokes. 

1: "We are gathered here at the second biggest event called F8 this week," he joked. Читать дальше...

Google just made becoming Superman in virtual reality a lot easier. 

How so?  

The search giant finally answered the requests of many VR users by opening Google Earth VR up to Oculus Rift users, and the update includes Oculus Touch controller support. 

SEE ALSO: Oculus Rift promised us the future of VR. Here's what really happened.

For the uninitiated, Google Earth VR takes the stunning 3D rendered landscapes and buildings available on the desktop version of Google... Читать дальше...

Convincing the human eye to believe virtual reality objects are real has been achieved through high-end headsets and immersive software experiences, but what about the other senses? Will VR ever be able to complete the illusion of reality through additional sensory input like touch? 

What's one problem Uber has that's just the usual level of upsetting, and not totally horrifying? Tipping. 

No entertainment company on Earth loves to play the cat-and-mouse game of spoilers with its fans like Lucasfilm does—especially when it's for charity.

President Trump has resisted extraordinary pressure to release his tax returns, and as someone who struggles with some of the very same issues, I can completely sympathize.

SeatGeek is serious about defeating Ticketmaster. 

The ticketing platform just spent $56 million on the ticketing tech company TopTix. SeatGeek paid for that acquisition by raising $57 million in its own Series D funding round. Before this round, SeatGeek had already raised over $100 million in funding. 

TopTix is an Israeli company, and a lot of its technology is used internationally. The tech company handles ticketing for 500 teams and institutions in 16 countries including the... Читать дальше...

Facebook is ready to give you and your friends a new place to hang out — in VR. Still, for some reason, there will be selfie sticks.

The Godfather just had its 45th anniversary, so what better time to share some things about it with you guys? As always, there are some bonus things in there too, so make sure you watch to the end!

Here's hoping you liked Tom Holland as Peter Parker in Captain America: Civil War, because you're going to be seeing a lot of him over the next few years.

The internet — and in online gaming especially — can be full of terrible people. 

Look, governing is hard, O.K.?

Did you know there are seven — SEVEN — continents?! That's as many continents as there were people helping out Snow White and who can really rattle off the names of all those little guys off the top of their head?

SEE ALSO: Trump remembers what cake he ate but not what country he bombed and help us somebody please

And then each of these continents has countries, some of them MULTIPLE countries and all of those countries have LEADERS and they... Читать дальше...

Harry Styles season is in full swing, so you should just assume your heart is going to remain a puddle for all of the foreseeable future. 

Facebook is making its Messenger bots a lot more useful. 

Today, at its F8 developer conference, the company introduced a new type of Messenger bot that allows people to access developers' bots inside of existing conversations on the messaging app. 

SEE ALSO: Facebook just reinvented Clippy

That may sound like a small change but it could be transformational. Instead of the siloed experiences that force you to open a new message thread each time you want to engage with a company or service... Читать дальше...