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There are lots of reasons Thor: Ragnarok works as well as it does: a ridiculously talented director, an deep bench of charismatic supporting stars, an eye-popping array of costumes and sets, a killer synth-heavy score, a franchise-making machine well-honed after nine years and 17 films.

Getting medical cannabis in some states is harder than others. Apparently it's so difficult in Pennsylvania that dudes are calling up an OB-GYN in an attempt at getting their hands on the stick icky. 

Want to own a piece of history that makes you weep with adoration each time you look at it? Well, you're in luck! Beyoncé is auctioning the wide-brimmed black hat she wore on her Formation Tour.

Zeynep Tufekci tried to tell us. 

She tried to tell us in November 2012, just after Barack Obama beat out Mitt Romney for a second term as president of the United States. Obama's win was credited in part to a sophisticated online campaign that used heaps of data on millions of Americans to target digital efforts for maximum impact—something that happened out of sight of government regulators and the public eye.

She tried to tell us that this was a bad precedent.

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There may be untapped millions to be made in the clearance racks of your local Walmart.

You just gotta do what you gotta do for extra credit—and if that means you go viral, then so be it. 

After traveling to a different planet and defeating one of the biggest threats in the universe, where do you go from there? Back to basics.

There's a new Pennywise in town.

Not only does little Shibuya the hamster make the cutest clown around, should he emerge from a sewer, it'd probably be pretty easy to win him over. All you'd need are a few baby carrots, much needed head scratches, and a nice fluffy pile of hamster bedding. 

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World of Warcraft has changed so much over the past 13 years with six expansions and countless updates and world-changing events, some people just want to go back and play the original (a.k.a. vanilla) version of the game.

Amid a global refugee crisis that's seen more than 22.5 million people flee countries like Syria and South Sudan because of civil war and famine, southern Bangladesh is poised to build the largest refugee camp in the world.

One very real, contemporary way for people to know who we are long after we're dead? By looking at the inner-contents of our electronics. And while the world knows Osama bin Laden as a ruthless terrorist responsible for legions of senseless deaths, what we didn't know was just how downright pedestrian the data he was surrounded by in private actually was — until now.

Overwatch is celebrating the entirety of Blizzard Entertainment with a new theme park map as well as introducing a brand new hybrid support hero.

Hearthstone is harkening back to some of fantasy's most classic elements with its latest expansion, even taking its own crack at dungeon-delving with a new single player mode.

StarCraft 2 is going to be free to play starting this month, Blizzard revealed at BlizzCon today.

Move over, Spider-Man. And Batman and Superman and all superheroes with the operative descriptor of "man" – there's a new sheriff in town and long may she reignWonder Woman is officially the highest grossing superhero origin movie ever made. Patty Jenkins' summer smash hit has now earned a whopping $821,750 worldwide, shooting past the 2002 Spider-Man which earned  $821,709.

Every day people clock into work and fantasize about about all of the different ways they can quit their jobs. 

Global warming is real. It's happening because of human activities, and it's on the cusp of pushing the climate toward tipping points or other "unforeseen consequences" that could reshape the planet as we know it, warns a new federal report released on Friday. 

Airbnb is hosting a contest for an overnight stay at the new Lego House in Denmark.

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Some tech jobs (and bosses) are easy to leave, but in some circumstances breaking away can be more difficult. Sometimes, it's not dissatisfaction with the employer that drives an employee away; it's having sights set on something bigger—like starting a business. 

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Listen up, tweeps and President Trump—Twitter has some new tips on what not to post.