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#TBT: Easy-Bake Oven food was kind of gross but we ate it anywayFor this week's #ThrowbackTech, Mashable takes you all the way back to the 1970s "mod" Easy-Bake Oven. Though the recipes were v simple, they were also v gross, but did we care? Nope. We ate all of the treats.Check back each Thursday as we explore another piece of #ThrowbackTech for a whole new take... Facebook opens Philippines officeFacebook has opened its first office in the Philippines. Facebook's vice president for Asia-Pacific, Dan Neary, announced the news on his Facebook page — naturally — on Wednesday. SEE ALSO: What should we expect from Facebook in the next 10 years? Like some of the other offices Faceboo... These Damien Hirst artworks 'leaked' formaldehyde gasLONDON — Works of art by acclaimed British artist Damien Hirst, involving dead animals preserved in tanks, leaked potentially-dangerous formaldehyde gas during an exhibition in London. Levels of the carcinogenic gas were detected during the 2012 show at the Tate Modern gallery by resear... NBA champ Warriors mercilessly roasted on Twitter after dorky newspaper fashion shootSAN FRANCISCO — Take the NBA's most popular team, some dorky photos and perhaps a secret ingredient— the evening hours of a national pot-smoking holiday—and what do you get? So many jokes. A perfect storm of comedy touched down in the Bay Area spontaneously on Wednesday... The Queen's birthday cake is a lot more normal than you'd expectLONDON — As the Queen celebrates her 90th birthday; one rather famous baker has been busy. SEE ALSO: Photos of the Queen (and her corgis) released for her birthday Great British Bake Off winner Nadiya Hussain was tasked with baking the Queen's birthday cake, which is, of course, shrouded in m... Microsoft earnings decline, but blame accountingHere's the good news: Microsoft's office subscription business continues to grow and it's stanching the bleeding on the Windows computer manufacturing side. SEE ALSO: Microsoft HoloLens is the best of the real and virtual worlds combined Here's the bad news: The company's earnings took a 6% year-ov... 'Coy' 7-year-old tips off teacher that his spelling test was leaked onlineLONDON — British seven-year-olds probably thought they had it made when they sat a spelling test that turned out to be the practice test the government had published online. The Department for Education's blunder was exposed when a student kept telling teachers, "I know this one, and this one... Little girl delivers birthday cupcake to her 'favorite, awesome, smiley garbage man'Three-year-old Brooklyn Andracke spent her birthday celebrating a different occasion — garbage day. That's when her favorite garbage collector, Delvar Dopson, rolls through her Bloomington, Illinois, neighborhood. And Brooklyn always makes sure to say hi. SEE ALSO: Little girl in mom's coat l... Google search results with TV listings are coming soonNo longer can you rely on TV Guide to give you all the small screen information you need. Home entertainment has moved beyond the traditional TV listings with services like Hulu, Netflix, Google Play, iTunes and more, but people still want to know when they can catch their favorite programs live. A... Volkswagen agrees to fix or buy back 500,000 diesel cars in U.S.The Volkswagen diesel scandal just got a lot more expensive for the German carmaker. SEE ALSO: Beverly Hills plans to use autonomous vehicles for public transportation On Thursday afternoon, Volkswagen agreed to fix or buy back roughly 500,000 of its diesel-powered models in the U.S affected ... |