Новости за 28.12.2017

Seems like people are always saying the world is ending. So it probably is true, right?

2018 is the year we'll eat healthy, we'll go to the gym, we'll be nicer to our exes... but before we get into all that, let's set some realistic goals. 

The iPhone X is basically one gigantic screen, but the "notch" right at the top of the display guides the owner on how to hold it. The phone should be held vertically, where the length is far longer than the width.

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While the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea are just around the corner, attention is already turning to the 2020 Summer Olympics and Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan as reports indicate that facial recognition will be used as a security measure at those games.

Someone needs to end this madness. This insanity. This horrifying trend of smart speakers that look like trash cans.

The Arctic blast is so severe in Canada that only those above the age of 24 have ever experienced something of this magnitude during the period between Christmas and New Years. Air temperatures from Nunavut to Ontario have plunged well below zero Fahrenheit, with wind chills colder than minus-40 degrees Fahrenheit. 

Even three years after launching, Jay-Z and Beyonce's family life still appears to be TIDAL's greatest asset.

The glitter tongue. The squiggly eyebrow. Anyone who's ever Instagrammed may remember some of these nightmare beauty trends of 2017, maybe you've ever tried them yourself. Who knows which of these sharp makeup looks will make it to 2018! 

The Providence Rink at the Alex and Ani City Center is now introducing bumper cars on ice. Each car is motorized and has two levers for control. Riders can slide, spin, and bump into each other on ice. Each ride costs $12 and lasts for 20 minutes. If you don't know how to skate, this could be a fun alternative to being on a skating rink. Read more...

Video game addiction will be classified as an official mental health condition next year. 

First drafts are never good, but damn, Milo Yiannopoulos, WTF kind of book manuscript did you file to Simon & Schuster?

The year began with a record-breaking march, and chant: "The pussy grabs back." At the time, it felt like an abstract promise. As the months went on, it became our warning, until it came to define 2017: the year women took back their narratives — both real and fictional.

You don't need to know how to crochet the Golden Girls in order to be a good parent.

Many people dream of a white Christmas, but the good people around Lake Erie probably never dreamed of this. 

John McAfee — an early cybersecurity pioneer — claims someone hacked into his phone and hijacked his Twitter account.

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Twitter's number one goal in 2017 was curbing abuse and cracking down on hate speech. But when one intrepid Twitter user tried to help with the problem, the company shut down his efforts.

There's nothing in the NHL rulebook that says a dog can't play hockey.

People are endlessly fascinated with doppelgängers, as one massively viral tweet definitely proves.

As we crawl to the finish line of 2017 while Trump plays golf behind a white truck, it's still hard to grasp how this year managed to be even more surreal than the tire fire that was 2016. 

To mark the one-year anniversary of Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds' death, Billie Lourd paid tribute to her mother and grandmother by sharing two touching posts on Instagram.

Bitcoin's price is taking a dive again after news broke that South Korea plans to make it harder to trade cryptocurrencies anonymously. 

Here's a tale of lost and found that'll restore your faith in humanity. A pub in London rallied to find the owner of a packet of wages that had been left on the premises in the run-up to Christmas. And, much to the relief of the internet, the pub jolly well found him!