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New PayPal chief wants to make his company the universal payments platform
PayPal president Dan Schulman wants to make a payments platform that every merchant and consumer will use — regardless of device The 57-year-old executive, who previously spent four years at American Express, said as much on Thursday during a PayPal … Continue reading
A cappella ‘Boy Meets World’ medley gives you the throwback minus the instruments
Who says you need an instrument in order to do a song justice? The sketch comedy group The Warp Zone just made one of the best and most nostalgic tributes to the beloved 90s sitcom Boy Meets World — by … Continue reading
These startups hope to make psychiatric treatment less of a guessing game
When drug-company representatives visit Richard Friedman, a professor of clinical psychiatry and director of the psychopharmacology clinic of the Weill Cornell Medical College in New York, and ask him how he picks the right antidepressant for his patients, “I would … Continue reading
When natural disaster strikes: Facebook and the illusion of safety
I sat on the tiny swell of a hill behind my hotel, waiting for the four-story building to crumble into dust and take me with it. And then I would be gone — one moment here, the next moment not. … Continue reading
‘Nope, nope, nope’: The Internet takes on Tony Abbott’s refugee stance
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott made a succinct, but perhaps inelegant foreign policy statement in Adelaide on Thursday when he said “nope, nope, nope” to resettling any Rohingya refugees in Australia — and the Internet’s reaction has been glorious. Escaping … Continue reading
Revealed: The NSA’s plan to ‘hijack’ Android app stores
The NSA hatched a plan that would allow the agency to infect smartphones with malware by hijacking the Google Play and Samsung and the Samsung App Store, according to documents obtained by Edward Snowden. The documents, dated 2011 and 2012 … Continue reading
Man’s reaction to an overbooked flight was to get naked, obviously
Air travel can bring out the worst in all of us — and in this case, “worst” means “naked.” On Wednesday morning, an unidentified man at North Carolina’s Charlotte Douglas International Airport allegedly became so irate when his flight to … Continue reading
Pixar and Disney Animation will work really hard to be more diverse
For some time, Disney animation has come under fire as being the complete opposite of diverse with their animated characters. While films like Pocahontas and The Princess And The Frog have helped add some much needed weight on the other … Continue reading
At 37, Maggie Gyllenhaal has apparently had her ‘last f*ckable day’ in Hollywood
Um, what? At age 37, it seems Maggie Gyllenhaal is too old to be in love by Hollywood’s standards. During an interview with TheWrap Magazine, Gyllenhaal — an Oscar-nominated actress and star of the buzzed about miniseries “The Honourable Woman … Continue reading
Sustainable energy takes global center stage in May
For four women in rural India, the struggle to become solar engineers began before they’d even set foot in a classroom. None of the women had ever been allowed to travel without a male companion. Neighbors insisted that the training … Continue reading
